MHC is a national provider of home care and home support services, serving ~20,000 customers. MHC is a for-profit Home Care Package (HCP) funding provider, with service offerings including fully managed and self-managed options to its ~12,000 HCP customers. MHC also provides services to approximately 8,000 Commonwealth Home Support Programme customers.

When combined with Australian Unity’s current Home Health operations, the merged business will serve more than 50,000 customers, employ over 6,000 people and provide full continuum of care services—from personal support through to high acuity clinical and hospital-in-the-home services, on a range of fully-managed or self-managed bases.

Announcing the proposed purchase of MHC, Australian Unity’s Group Managing Director, Rohan Mead, said that the acquisition will enhance Australian Unity’s ability to support thousands of Australians to receive the critical care they need, while relieving pressure on the extended healthcare and aged care sectors.

“The acquisition is another important step in realising the Group’s strategies—developing operations that can help address the burgeoning community needs arising from demographic change,” said Mr Mead.

“This is a significant opportunity for Australian Unity and underlines the company portfolio’s capacity to generate diversified revenues; leverage substantial ongoing investments in technology, logistics, and clinical systems; while at the same time materially increasing the Community and Social Value delivered by the group.”

Group Executive – Home Health, Prue Bowden said that the acquisition offers the ability to add ‘intelligent scale’ to Australian Unity’s existing home care services.

“The proposed acquisition enables Australian Unity to deepen its home care offering, particularly in the area of self-managed services. Importantly, the acquisition also delivers a step change in workforce capacity—adding more than 1,000 healthcare workers—enabling Australian Unity to advance into new regions, particularly southeast Queensland, and add to our presence in some existing service geographies” Ms Bowden said.

Under the agreement, Australian Unity has agreed to pay $285 million for MHC, on a debt and cash free basis, with an initial sum of $215 million to be paid on completion, with the balance of the purchase price to be paid progressively over an 18-month period following completion. The purchase price is subject to adjustments in accordance with the purchase agreement. Australian Unity is being advised by Greenhill & Co. as financial adviser and King & Wood Mallesons as legal adviser.

Australian Unity intends to fund the acquisition through its current bank facilities and existing funds, which include proceeds from the recent issue of the Australian Unity simple corporate bonds.

Completion of the acquisition is subject to receipt of clearance from the ACCC and certain other conditions.

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Media contact: Olivia Bilson
T: 0499 977 898
E: obilson@australianunity.com.au

About Home Health
Australian Unity Home Health is an integrated healthcare business which delivers clinical, aged care, mental health and rehabilitation services through in-home, community and virtual settings. Home Health was established in 2022 to address changing health and social challenges facing the Australian community including an ageing population, rising levels of chronic disease, and increasing demand for mental health services.

Through a dedicated Aboriginal Home Health team, Australian Unity designs and delivers culturally appropriate care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customers.

About Australian Unity
Established in 1840, Australian Unity is a member-owned wellbeing company with more than 385,000 members and more than 700,000 customers. Our range of health, wealth and care products and services provides member, customer and community value that is supportive of personal and community wellbeing.