225,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.Purchase Agreement • August 8th, 2008 • Health Management Associates Inc • Services-general medical & surgical hospitals, nec • New York
Health Management Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several purchasers named in Schedule A (the “Initial Purchasers”), $225,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 3.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2028 (the “Firm Notes”). In addition, the Company has granted to the Initial Purchasers an option to purchase up to an additional $25,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 3.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due May May 1, 2028 (the “Optional Notes” and, together with the Firm Notes, the “Notes”), as provided in Section 2. Banc of America Securities LLC (“BAS”) has agreed to act as representatives of the several Initial Purchasers (in such capacity, the “Representatives”) in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes. To the extent that there are no additional Initial Purchasers listed on Schedule A other than you, the terms Representatives and Initial Purchasers as used herein shall mean you,
