AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of July 29, 2013, by and among HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. and FWCT-2 ACQUISITION CORPORATIONMerger Agreement • July 30th, 2013 • Health Management Associates, Inc • Services-general medical & surgical hospitals, nec • Delaware
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 29, 2013, by and among Health Management Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Community Health Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and FWCT-2 Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”).
AMENDMENT TO THE RIGHTS AGREEMENTRights Agreement • July 30th, 2013 • Health Management Associates, Inc • Services-general medical & surgical hospitals, nec • Delaware
THIS AMENDMENT dated as of July 29, 2013 (this “Amendment”), amends the Rights Agreement, dated as of May 24, 2013 (the “Rights Agreement”), by and between Health Management Associates, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company (the “Rights Agent”). All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Rights Agreement.
