COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. (a Delware corporation) 23,134,738 Shares of Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTCommunity Health Systems Inc • September 24th, 2004 • Services-general medical & surgical hospitals, nec • New York
Community Health Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("CHS"), and the persons listed in Schedule A hereto under the heading "Selling Shareholders" (the "Selling Shareholders") confirm their respective agreements with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the "Underwriter"), with respect to the sale by the Selling Shareholders, acting severally and not jointly, and the purchase by the Underwriter, of the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock") set forth in said Schedule A hereto (collectively, the "Securities").
