NorthWest Healthcare announcement

About Vital Healthcare Property Trust
Vital Healthcare Property Trust (NZX: VHP) is Australasia’s largest listed investor in healthcare real estate. Tenants include hospital
operators and healthcare practitioners who deliver a wide range of medical and healthcare related services. The Manager of Vital
Healthcare Property Trust is NorthWest Healthcare Properties Management Limited.
vhpt.co.nz
21 November 2018

NorthWest Healthcare announcement
NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, a Canadian
based healthcare focussed real estate investment trust and owner of
NorthWest Healthcare Properties Management Limited, the Manager of Vital
Healthcare Property Trust, has filed the attached notice regarding
Healthscope Limited (ASX:HSO) with ASX.

Please find a copy of the NorthWest Healthcare notice filed with the ASX attached.



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ENQUIRIES
David Carr, Chief Executive Officer
NorthWest Healthcare Properties Management Limited, Telephone 09 973 7301, Email dcarr@vhpt.co.nz


Stuart Harrison, Chief Financial Officer
NorthWest Healthcare Properties Management Limited, Telephone 09 973 7302, Email sharrison@vhpt.co.nz


Jason Kepecs, Director, Investments & Investor Relations
NorthWest Healthcare Properties Management Limited, Telephone 09 973 7303, Email jkepecs@vhpt.co.nz

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20 November 2018


NOTICE OF CHANGE OF INTERESTS OF SUBSTANTIAL HOLDER

STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN HEALTHSCOPE LIMITED

On 8 May 2018, NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT (NWH) announced it had acquired a
relevant interest in up to 10.1% of the voting shares in Healthscope Limited ACN 144 840 639
(Healthscope) under a forward derivative contract with Deutsche Bank AG, Sydney Branch, in
respect of up to 176,111,600 shares in Healthscope.

NWH has acquired on-market 1.0% of voting shares in Healthscope which, together with the
forward derivative contract increased their interest in voting shares to up to 11.1%, as detailed in
the attached Form 604.

Healthscope is one of Australia’s leading private hospital operators with a portfolio of 43 hospitals
concentrated in large metropolitan centres throughout Australia. An acquisition of Healthscope's
underlying hospital related real estate remains of interest to NWH and Vital Healthcare Property
Trust (Vital) in line with their long term strategy to invest in healthcare real estate assets in the
Australasian market. NWH and Vital currently intend to pursue any potential Healthscope real
estate acquisition jointly, with scope to introduce other capital partners as appropriate.



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For enquires contact:

Investors: Media:

Paul Dalla Lana John Frey
Chairman / CEO GRACosway
+1 416 366 2000 ext: 1001 jfrey@gracosway.com.au
+61 411 361 361
Shailen Chande
Chief Financial Officer
+1 416 366 2000 ext: 1002


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About NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: NWH.UN) (NWH) is
an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust established under the laws of
the Province of Ontario. NWH provides investors with access to a portfolio of high quality
healthcare real estate assets comprised of interests in a diversified portfolio of 149 income-
producing properties and 10.1 million square feet of gross leasable area. Its properties are
located throughout major markets in Canada, Brazil, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
NWH’s portfolio of medical office buildings, clinics, and hospitals is characterized by long
term indexed leases and stable occupancies. With a fully integrated and aligned senior
management team, NWH leverages over 180 professionals across 9 offices in 5 countries to
serve as a long term real estate partner to leading healthcare operators.

NWH has exposure to Australia and New Zealand through its investment in its associated
entity, Vital Healthcare Property Trust (NZX: VHP) (Vital) and management platform
NorthWest Healthcare Property Management Limited. NorthWest Healthcare Property
Management Limited is the manager of Vital.

About Vital Healthcare Property Trust

Vital is Australasia’s largest listed investor in healthcare real estate. Tenants include hospital
operators and healthcare practitioners who deliver a wide range of medical and healthcare
related services.

This press release contains forward-looking statements which reflect NWH’s current expectations regarding future events. The
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those projected