Exhibit 99.1
Investor Contact:
Asher Dewhurst
Westwicke Partners
QuorumHealth@Westwicke.com / (443)213-0500
QUORUM HEALTH CORPORATION RECEIVES NYSE CONTINUED LISTING STANDARD NOTICE
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (March 27, 2020) – Quorum Health Corporation (NYSE: QHC) (the “Company”) today announced that it was notified (the “March 2020 Notice”) on March 23, 2020 by the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) that it was not in compliance with the NYSE’s continued listing standards as a result of the average closing price of the Company’s common stock being less than $1.00 per share over a consecutive30 trading-day period. As set forth in the March 2020 Notice, as of March 20, 2020, the30 trading-day average closing share price of the Company’s common stock was $0.94.
In accordance with the NYSE rules, the Company has a period of six months following the receipt of the March 2020 Notice to regain compliance with the minimum share price requirement. The NYSE rules require the Company to notify the NYSE, within 10 business days of receipt of the March 2020 Notice, of its intent to cure this deficiency or be subject to suspension and delisting procedures.
The March 2020 Notice represents the second instance that the Company was not in compliance with this criterion. As previously announced on December 6, 2019, the Company received notice on December 3, 2019 that it was not in compliance with the NYSE’s continued listing standards because the average closing price of the Company’s common stock was less than $1.00 per share over a consecutive 30trading-day period. The Company regained compliance with this standard on January 31, 2020 because on such date it had (i) a closing share price of at least $1.00 and (ii) an average closing share price of at least $1.00 over the 30trading-day period ending on such date.
In addition, as previously announced on May 3, 2019, the Company received notice on April 30, 2019 that it was not in compliance with the continued listing standard set forth in Section 802.01B of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual because the Company’s average market capitalization was less than $50 million over a consecutive30 trading-day period and the most recently reported stockholders’ equity of the Company was also less than $50 million. In connection with the April notice, on June 10, 2019, the NYSE accepted the Company’s18-month plan with respect to the deficiency under Section 802.01B. The Company currently remains out of compliance with the continued listing standard set forth in Section 802.01B.
The Company’s common stock will continue to trade under the symbol “QHC”, subject to the Company’s compliance with the other listing requirements of the NYSE, but will continue to have the designation of “.BC” to indicate the status of the common stock as being “below compliance”.
