Mariner Health Care Announces Closing Of Merger With National Senior Care

ATLANTA, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mariner Health Care, Inc. (“Mariner”, or “Company”) (BULLETIN BOARD: MHCA) announced today that it has completed its merger with NCARE Acquisition Corp. (“NCARE”), a wholly owned subsidiary of National Senior Care, Inc. (“NSC”), which is a privately held company. Under the terms of the merger, Mariner shareholders will receive $30.00 for each share of Mariner common stock. American Stock Transfer has been engaged to handle shareholder distributions.

Mariner is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates own and/or operate approximately 252 skilled nursing and two assisted living facilities as well as 12 long-term acute care hospitals representing approximately 32,000 beds across the country.

Contact: Mariner Health Care, Inc. Boyd Gentry Senior Vice President and Treasurer 678-443-6872

Mariner Health Care, Inc.

CONTACT: Boyd Gentry, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of MarinerHealth Care, Inc., +1-678-443-6872