Mediclinic International PLC (Incorporated in England and Wales) Company Number: 08338604 LSE Share Code: MDC

JSE Share Code: MEI NSX Share Code: MEP

ISIN: GB00B8HX8Z88

LEI: 2138002S5BSBIZTD5I60

South African income tax number: 9950122714

('Mediclinic' or the 'Company')

13 December 2017

TAX TREATMENT OF ORDINARY SHARE DIVIDEND FOR SHAREHOLDERS ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN REGISTER

Background

Shareholders on the South African register of the Company are referred to Mediclinic's announcement of the interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2017 and the declaration of dividend released on the Stock Exchange News Service and on the Regulatory News Service on 16 November 2017, confirming that theBoard of Directors of Mediclinic had approved an interim dividend from retained earnings of 3.20 pence per ordinary share for the six months ended 30 September 2017.

The interim dividend will be paid on Monday, 18 December 2017 to all ordinary shareholders who are on the register of members at the close of business on the record date of Friday, 8 December 2017.

Shareholders on the South African register will be paid the ZAR cash equivalent of 59.87200 cents (47.89760 cents net of dividend withholding tax) per share. A dividend withholding tax of 20% will be applicable to all shareholders on the South African register who are not exempt therefrom. The ZAR cash equivalent has been calculated using the following exchange rate: £1: ZAR18.71, being the five-day average ZAR/GBP exchange rate (Bloomberg) on Friday, 10 November 2017 at 3:00pm GMT.

Tax treatment for shareholders on the South African register

South African tax resident shareholders on the South African register:

In terms of the Company's Dividend Access Trust structure, eligible South African tax resident shareholders on the South African register set out below will receive a component of the dividend, namely 46.47247 cents per share, from the Dividend Access Trust and therefore regarded as a local South African dividend, with the remaining component, namely 13.39953 cents per share, being received from the Company and therefore regarded as a foreign non-South African dividend. For purposes of South African dividend withholding tax, the entire dividend of 59.87200 cents per share is taxable at a rate of 20%, unless an applicable exemption applies:

1.

in the case of shares held in certificated form, eligible shareholders who are registered on the South African register with an address in South Africa (other than PLC Nominees Proprietary Limited (or any successor entity through which shares held in dematerialised form are held)); and

2.

in the case of shares held in dematerialised form, in respect of whom the South African transfer secretaries of the Company have determined, in good faith and by reference to the information provided to them by the eligible shareholders and/or their brokers and/or central securities depository participants, that such eligible shareholders are either (i) tax resident in South Africa or (ii) have an address in South Africa and have not expressly indicated that they are not tax resident in South Africa as at the dividend record date.

Non-South African tax resident shareholders on the South African register:

Non-South African tax resident shareholders on the South African register will be paid the dividend by the Company in the usual way and not through the Dividend Access Trust. The entire dividend of 59.87200 cents per share payable to such shareholders will therefore be regarded as a foreign dividend and exempt from South African dividend withholding tax, provided that the relevant exemption forms have been completed and submitted as prescribed.

About Mediclinic International plc

Mediclinic is an international private healthcare group with operating platforms in Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia), Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. Its core purpose is to enhance the quality of life of patients by providing acute care, specialist-orientated, multi-disciplinary healthcare services. Mediclinic also holds a 29.9% interest in Spire Healthcare Group plc, a LSE listed and UK-based private healthcare group.

Mediclinic comprises 75 hospitals and 29 clinics. Mediclinic Southern Africa operates 49 hospitals and 2 day clinics throughout South Africa and 3 hospitals in Namibia with more than 8 000 inpatient beds in total; Hirslanden operates 17 private acute care facilities and 4 clinics in Switzerland with more than 1 700 inpatient beds; and Mediclinic Middle East operates 6 hospitals and 23 clinics with more than 700 inpatient beds in the United Arab Emirates.

During February 2016, the combination of the Company (previously named Al Noor Hospitals Group plc), with operations mainly in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, and Mediclinic International Limited was completed. Mediclinic International Limited was a South African based international private healthcare group founded in 1983 and listed on the JSE, the South African stock exchange, since 1986, with operations in South Africa, Namibia, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates (mainly in Dubai). The combination resulted in the renaming of the enlarged group to Mediclinic International plc.

Mediclinic has a primary listing on the Main Market of the LSE, with secondary listings on the JSE in South Africa and the NSX in Namibia.

For further information, please contact:

Company Secretary

Link Company Matters Limited

Victoria Dalby / Caroline Emmet

+44 (0)20 7954 9600

Investor Relations

James Arnold, Head of Investor Relations

ir@mediclinic.com

+44 (0)20 3786 8181

Media queries

FTI Consulting

Brett Pollard / Debbie Scott (UK)

+44 (0)20 3727 1000

Frank Ford (South Africa)

+27 (0)21 487 9000

Registered address: 6th Floor, 65 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7NQ, United Kingdom

Website:www.mediclinic.com

Corporate broker: Morgan Stanley & Co International plc

JSE sponsor: RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

NSX sponsor: Simonis Storm Securities (Pty) Ltd

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