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Pan-European listed French nursing home group Clariane has successfully exited the UK with the sale of its Berkley Care subsidiary. The group has also made progress on the sale of its Belgian and Dutch branches, but has not yet secured a buyer for these.
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French nursing home operator Clariane (formerly Korian) is selling half of its stake in its joint venture with European real estate investor Aedifica. The sale of the real estate for six Dutch homes for €25m follows Clariane’s plans to reduce its debt and also mirrors rival operator Orpea’s attempts to pull back from the country.
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Pan-European French elderly care giant Clariane (formerly Korian) plans to sell over €1bn worth of assets to help shore up its finances and get its debt-to-equity leverage ratio under 3x by 2025. Its Belgian and Dutch nursing homes are top of the list of potential assets to sell. A real estate investor with close connections to the company tells us this will involve the sale of the opco as well as the propco, but a Clariane spokesperson declined to confirm this for us.
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