Brigade Corrects Inaccuracies in Kindred Healthcare’s (KND) Press Release, Urges Shareholders to Take Advantage of Court-Ordered Extension to Voting Period and Vote “NO” to Proposed Acquisition

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brigade Capital Management, LP (“Brigade”), on behalf of funds managed by it, today responded to yesterday’s press release by Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) (“Kindred” or the “Company”) to correct what Brigade views as misleading statements by Kindred. Brigade believes Kindred’s shareholders deserve better and should vote “NO” to the proposed acquisition of the Company by a consortium of Humana, TPG Capital and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe.