SURGICAL CARE SHAREHOLDER NOTICE: Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Announces the Investigation of Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. (SCAI) Over the Proposed Sale of the Company to UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Nadeem Faruqi, founding partner at Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities firm headquartered in New York City, is investigating the Board of Directors of Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. ("Surgical Care" or the "Company") SCAI for potential breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with the sale of the Company to Optum, a leading health services company and part of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated ("UnitedHealth") for approximately $2.3 billion in a cash and stock transaction.

The Company's stockholders will only receive $57.00 for each share of Company common stock they own. The Company's stockholders will receive between 51 percent and 80 percent of the offer in UnitedHealth common stock and the remainder in cash.

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The investigation focuses on whether Surgical Care's Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company's stockholders by failing to conduct a fair sales process and whether and by how much this proposed transaction undervalues the Company to the detriment of Surgical Care's shareholders.

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Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP is working together in this investigation with Juan E. Monteverde from Monteverde & Associates PC.

If you own common stock in Surgical Care and wish to obtain additional information and protect your investments free of charge, please visit us at www.faruqilaw.com/SCAI or contact Nadeem Faruqi, Esq. either via e-mail at nfaruqi@faruqilaw.com or by telephone at (877) 247-4292 or (212) 983-9330.  You may also contact Juan E. Monteverde, Esq.  either via email at jmonteverde@monteverdelaw.com or by telephone at (212) 971-1341.

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