PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • December 15th, 2004 • Community Health Systems Inc • Services-general medical & surgical hospitals, nec • New York
Community Health Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“CHS”) confirm their respective agreements with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (“JPMorgan”) and each of the other initial purchasers named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”, which term shall also include any initial purchaser substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom JPMorgan is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company, and the purchase by the Initial Purchasers, acting severally and not jointly, of an aggregate of $300,000,000 principal amount of the 6½% Senior Subordinated Notes of the Company due 2012 (the “Securities”), set forth in Schedule A hereto. The Securities are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of December 16, 2004 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and the trustee to be named therein (the “Trus
