UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 16, 2012
TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada |
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95-2557091 |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400, Dallas, Texas |
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (469) 893-2200
Not Applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
The information in Item 2.03 is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
On October 16, 2012, Tenet Healthcare Corporation (Tenet) completed its offering of $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.75% senior secured notes due 2020 (the Secured Notes) and $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 6.75% senior unsecured notes due 2020 (the Unsecured Notes and, together with the Secured Notes, the Notes). The Notes were offered only to eligible purchasers through a private placement and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or any state securities laws.
Secured Notes
Tenet will pay interest on the Secured Notes semi-annually, in arrears, on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing June 1, 2013, to holders of record on the immediately preceding May 15 and November 15. The Secured Notes will rank senior to Tenets existing and future subordinated indebtedness, be effectively senior to Tenets existing and future unsecured indebtedness and other liabilities to the extent of the value of the collateral securing the senior secured notes or guarantees thereon, and will rank pari passu with Tenets 6.25% senior secured notes due 2018, which were issued in November 2011 and April 2012, 10% senior secured notes due 2018, which were issued in March 2009, and 8.875% senior secured notes due 2019, which were issued in June 2009, and similarly will be guaranteed by and secured by a pledge of the capital stock and other ownership interests of certain of Tenets subsidiaries, and will be subordinated to Tenets obligations under its senior secured revolving credit facility, and any of its subsidiaries secured guarantees thereof, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing borrowings under such facility.
The Secured Notes were issued pursuant to the Base Indenture, as supplemented by a fifteenth supplemental indenture (the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture) dated October 16, 2012, among Tenet, certain of its subsidiaries that will act as guarantors thereunder and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York (the Trustee). The Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, restrict Tenets ability and the ability of its subsidiaries: to incur liens; provide subsidiary guarantees; consummate asset sales; enter into sale and lease-back transactions; or consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of their assets, other than in certain transactions between one or more of Tenets wholly owned subsidiaries and Tenet. These restrictions, however, are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. In particular, there are no restrictions on Tenets ability or the ability of its subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, make restricted payments, pay dividends or make distributions in respect of capital stock, purchase or redeem capital stock, enter into transactions with affiliates or make advances to, or invest in, other entities (including unaffiliated entities).
The Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture also provides that the Secured Notes may become subject to redemption under certain circumstances, including a change of control (as defined in the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture) of Tenet. In addition, Tenet may, at its option, redeem the Secured Notes in whole or in part at any time at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Secured Notes being redeemed plus the applicable make-whole premium set forth in the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid interest.
In connection with the issuance of the Secured Notes, Tenet also entered into an Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2012 (the Secured Registration Rights Agreement), with Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers. Pursuant to the Secured Registration Rights Agreement, Tenet has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to register the Secured Notes with the Securities and Exchange Commission if the Secured Notes have not become freely tradable (as defined in the agreement) on or before the 380th day following the date hereof.
The foregoing is a summary and is qualified by reference to the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture and Secured Registration Rights Agreement, which are filed herewith as Exhibits 4.1 and 10.1, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Unsecured Notes
Tenet will pay interest on the Unsecured Notes semi-annually, in arrears, on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing February 1, 2013, to holders of record on the immediately preceding January 15 and July 15. The Unsecured Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of Tenet that will rank equally with Tenets other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness, will rank senior to Tenets existing and future subordinated indebtedness and will be effectively subordinated to any existing and future secured indebtedness of Tenet to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such secured indebtedness.
The Unsecured Notes were issued pursuant to the Base Indenture, as supplemented by a sixteenth supplemental indenture (the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture), dated October 16, 2012, between Tenet and the Trustee. The Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, restrict Tenets ability and the ability of its subsidiaries: to incur liens; enter into sale and lease-back transactions; or consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of their assets, other than in certain transactions between one or more of Tenets wholly owned subsidiaries and Tenet. These restrictions, however, are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. In particular, there are no restrictions on Tenets ability or the ability of its subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, make restricted payments, pay dividends or make distributions in respect of capital stock, purchase or redeem capital stock, enter into transactions with affiliates or make advances to, or invest in, other entities (including unaffiliated entities).
The Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture also provides that the Unsecured Notes may become subject to redemption under certain circumstances, including a change of control (as defined in the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture) of Tenet. In addition, Tenet may, at its option, redeem the Unsecured Notes in whole or in part at any time at a redemption price equal to 100%
of the principal amount of the Unsecured Notes being redeemed plus the applicable make-whole premium set forth in the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid interest.
In connection with the issuance of the Unsecured Notes, Tenet also entered into an Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2012 (the Unsecured Registration Rights Agreement), with Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. Pursuant to the Unsecured Registration Rights Agreement, Tenet has agreed to file an exchange offer registration statement for the Unsecured Notes with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 30 days after the date of the filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012.
The foregoing is a summary and is qualified by reference to the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture and Unsecured Registration Rights Agreement, which are filed herewith as Exhibits 4.2 and 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 Other Events
On October 16, 2012, Tenet issued a press release announcing (1) the completion of the private offering and the issuance of the Secured Notes and Unsecured Notes and (2) the early tender results and initial settlement of its previously announced cash tender offer for its outstanding 7.375% Senior Notes due 2013.
For additional information, reference is made to the press release, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) The following exhibits are filed as a part of this Report.
Exhibit No. |
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Description |
4.1 |
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Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 16, 2012 among Tenet, certain of its subsidiaries and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York. |
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4.2 |
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Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 16, 2012 between Tenet and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York. |
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10.1 |
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Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 16, 2012, by and among Tenet, Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers, and the guarantors party thereto. |
10.2 |
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Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 16, 2012, by and among Tenet, Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
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99.1 |
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Press release issued on October 16, 2012, announcing the completion of a private offering of senior secured notes due 2020 and senior unsecured notes due 2020 and Tenets early tender results and initial settlement of its tender offer for its senior notes due 2013. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, | ||
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Date: October 16, 2012 |
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/s/ Paul A. Castanon | |
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Paul A. Castanon |
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Vice President, Deputy General |
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Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. |
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Description |
4.1 |
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Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 16, 2012 among Tenet, certain of its subsidiaries and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York. |
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Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 16, 2012 between Tenet and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York. |
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Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 16, 2012, by and among Tenet, Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers, and the guarantors party thereto. |
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10.2 |
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Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 16, 2012, by and among Tenet, Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
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99.1 |
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Press release issued on October 16, 2012, announcing the completion of a private offering of senior secured notes due 2020 and senior unsecured notes due 2020 and Tenets early tender results and initial settlement of its tender offer for its senior notes due 2013. |
Exhibit 4.1
TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
AND THE GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
Fifteenth Supplemental
Indenture
Dated as of October 16, 2012
(Supplemental to Indenture Dated as of November 6, 2001)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee
4.75% Senior Secured Notes Due 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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Section 1.1. |
Relation to Existing Indenture |
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Section 1.2. |
Definitions |
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ARTICLE TWO GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES |
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Section 2.1. |
Form and Dating |
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Section 2.2. |
Execution and Authentication |
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Section 2.3. |
Registrar and Paying Agent |
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Section 2.4. |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
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Section 2.5. |
Transfer and Exchange |
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ARTICLE THREE REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT |
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Section 3.1. |
Optional Redemption |
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Section 3.2. |
Sinking Fund |
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Section 3.3. |
Offer to Purchase by Application of Balance in Net Available Cash |
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ARTICLE FOUR COVENANTS |
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Section 4.1. |
Limitations on Liens |
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Section 4.2. |
Limitations on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions |
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Section 4.3. |
Limitations on Issuances of Guarantees by Subsidiaries |
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Section 4.4. |
Additional Note Guarantees |
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Section 4.5. |
SEC Reports |
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Section 4.6. |
Asset Dispositions |
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Section 4.7. |
Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control |
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ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES |
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Section 5.1. |
Events of Default |
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ARTICLE SIX DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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Section 6.1. |
Defeasance and Discharge |
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Section 6.2. |
Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 6.3. |
Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance |
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ARTICLE SEVEN AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER |
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ARTICLE EIGHT COLLATERAL AND SECURITY |
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Section 8.1. |
Equal and Ratable Sharing of Collateral by Holders of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt |
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Section 8.2. |
Stock Lien Security Documents |
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Section 8.3. |
Release of Security Interests |
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Section 8.4. |
Additional First-Priority Stock Secured Debt |
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Section 8.5. |
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 8.6. |
Collateral Trustee |
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Section 8.7. |
Further Assurances |
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ARTICLE NINE NOTE GUARANTEES |
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Section 9.1. |
Guarantee |
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Section 9.2. |
Limitation on Guarantor Liability |
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Section 9.3. |
Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee |
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Section 9.4. |
Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms |
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Section 9.5. |
Releases |
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ARTICLE TEN MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 10.1. |
Conditions Precedent |
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Section 10.2. |
Relationship to Existing Indenture |
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Section 10.3. |
Modification of the Existing Indenture |
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Section 10.4. |
Notices |
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Section 10.5. |
Governing Law |
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Section 10.6. |
Counterparts |
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Section 10.7. |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 10.8. |
Force Majeure |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A |
FORM OF NOTE |
Exhibit B |
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER |
Exhibit C |
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE |
Exhibit D |
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFEREE |
Exhibit E |
FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE |
Exhibit F |
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE |
FIFTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of October 16, 2012, among Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (herein called the Company), the Guarantors (as defined herein) from time to time party hereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York (herein called Trustee);
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to The Bank of New York, as predecessor trustee to the Trustee, an Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001 (the Existing Indenture, and the Existing Indenture, as supplemented by this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), providing for the issuance from time to time of the Companys unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein and therein called the Securities), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Existing Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 901 of the Existing Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Existing Indenture to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of any additional series of Securities;
WHEREAS, Sections 201, 301 and 901 of the Existing Indenture permit the form of notes of each additional series of notes to be established pursuant to an indenture supplemental to the Existing Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 301 of the Existing Indenture permits certain terms of any additional series of notes to be established pursuant to an indenture supplemental to the Existing Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted at a meeting duly called on September 27, 2012 and resolutions of the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted at a meeting duly called on October 1, 2012, the Company has authorized the issuance of up to $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (such 4.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020, in an unlimited amount, the Notes);
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and terms of the Notes;
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement according to its terms have been done; and
WHEREAS, the foregoing recitals are made as statements of fact by the Company and not by the Trustee;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIFTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the issuance of the Notes provided for herein, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all holders of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1. Relation to Existing Indenture
This Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Existing Indenture (the provisions of which, as modified by this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes) in respect of the Notes but shall not modify, amend or otherwise affect the Existing Indenture insofar as it relates to any other series of Securities or affect in any manner the terms and conditions of the Securities of any other series. To the extent any provision of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of the Existing Indenture, the provisions of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
Section 1.2. Definitions
For all purposes of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, the capitalized terms used herein (i) which are defined in this Section 1.2 have the respective meanings assigned thereto in this Section 1.2, and (ii) which are defined in the Existing Indenture (and which are not defined in this Section 1.2) have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Existing Indenture. For all purposes of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture:
1.2.1 All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture;
1.2.2 The terms hereof, herein, hereby, hereto, hereunder and herewith refer to this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture; and
1.2.3 The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:
144A Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes issued in reliance on Rule 144A.
Act of Required Stock Secured Debtholders means, as to any matter at any time:
(1) prior to the Discharge of First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations, a direction in writing delivered to the Collateral Trustee by or with the written consent of the holders of more than 50% of the sum of:
(a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt (including outstanding letters of credit whether or not then available or drawn); and
(b) other than in connection with the exercise of remedies, the aggregate unfunded commitments to extend credit which, when funded, would constitute First-Priority Stock Secured Debt; and
(2) at any time after the Discharge of First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations, a direction in writing delivered to the Collateral Trustee by or with the written consent of the holders of Junior Stock Secured Debt representing the Required Junior Stock Secured Debtholders.
For purposes of this definition, (a) Stock Secured Debt registered in the name of, or beneficially owned by, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company will be deemed not to be outstanding and (b) votes will be determined in accordance with Section 7.2 of the Collateral Trust Agreement. Any such Act of Required Stock Secured Debtholders shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by an authorized officer of each First-Priority Stock Lien Representative, in the case of clause (1) above, or of each Junior Stock Lien Representative, in the case of clause (2) above, certifying that such written direction is being delivered to the Collateral Trustee by the requisite number of holders for such written direction to constitute an Act of Required Stock Secured Debtholders, and the Collateral Trustee may rely conclusively on, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, such certificate in proceeding with any direction set forth in such Act of Required Stock Secured Debtholders.
Additional Assets means:
(1) any property, plant or equipment or other assets or capital expenditures used in a Related Business or that replace the assets that were the subject of the Asset Disposition;
(2) the Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Company or another Subsidiary; or
(3) Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a Subsidiary;
provided, however, that any such Subsidiary described in clause (2) or (3) above is primarily engaged in a Related Business or replaces the assets that were the subject of the Asset Disposition.
Additional Notes means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes; provided that such additional Notes shall be part of the same issue as, and be fungible with, the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Additional Secured Debt Designation means a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit A to the Collateral Trust Agreement.
Adjusted Treasury Rate means, as obtained by the Company, with respect to any Redemption Date:
(1) the yield, under the heading that represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15(519) or any successor publication that is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and that establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption Treasury Constant Maturities, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; or
(2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
The Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.
Applicable Premium means, as determined by the Company, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or
(2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the principal amount of such Note, plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through June 1, 2020 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the applicable Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Adjusted Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points, over (b) the principal amount of the Note.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
Asset Disposition means any sale, lease, transfer or other voluntary disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers or dispositions) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a disposition), of:
(1) any shares of Capital Stock of a Subsidiary of the Company (other than directors qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries);
(2) all or substantially all the assets of any division or line of business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or
(3) any other assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries outside of the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Subsidiary
other than, in the case of clauses (1), (2) and (3) above,
(A) a disposition by a Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or any Subsidiary to a Subsidiary Guarantor or by any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to any Subsidiary;
(B) for purposes of this definition only, a disposition of all or substantially all of the Companys assets in accordance with Section 801 of the Existing Indenture or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;
(C) a disposition of assets with a fair market value of less than $75.0 million;
(D) a disposition of cash or cash equivalents (as set forth on the Companys balance sheet in accordance with GAAP);
(E) the creation of a Lien (but not the sale or other disposition of the property subject to such Lien);
(F) a Hospital Swap;
(G) a disposition of property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(H) a foreclosure on assets or transfer by reason of eminent domain;
(I) a disposition of an account receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(J) a financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions, in any such case not prohibited by the Indenture;
(K) a disposition in the ordinary course of business by any Subsidiary engaged in the insurance business in order to provide insurance to the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(L) a disposition of investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture agreements and similar binding arrangements;
(M) a disposition of Capital Stock in connection with ordinary course syndications of Subsidiaries or joint ventures owning or operating one or more healthcare facilities, including, without limitation, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient diagnostic centers, imaging centers or long-term care facilities in any
transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate fair market value of less than $100.0 million; and
(N) a disposition of Capital Stock or assets of a Subsidiary that does not own or operate a hospital or have any direct or indirect equity ownership interest in a Subsidiary that owns or operates a hospital.
Asset Disposition Offer has the meaning specified in Section 3.3.
Attributable Debt when used in connection with a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, means, as of the date of determination, (i) as to any capitalized lease obligations, the liability related thereto set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and (ii) as to any operating lease, the present value (discounted at the rate per annum equal to the rate of interest set forth or implicit in the term of the lease, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) of the total obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease (including any period for which an option to extend such lease has been exercised).
Authentication Order has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
Broker-Dealer has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Capital Stock means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person,
but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person;
(2) the Company becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 40% or more of the total voting power of the Companys Voting Stock;
(3) the Company merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into any other Person or any other Person merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where:
(a) the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified into or exchanged for other Voting Stock of the Company or for Voting Stock of the surviving Person, and
(b) the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, not less than a majority of the Voting Stock of the Company or the surviving Person immediately after such transaction as before the transaction; or
(4) the first day on which a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors.
Change of Control Offer has the meaning specified in Section 4.7.
Change of Control Payment has the meaning specified in Section 4.7.
Change of Control Payment Date has the meaning specified in Section 4.7.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
Collateral has the meaning specified in the Pledge Agreement and the other Stock Lien Security Documents.
Collateral Trust Agreement means the Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2009, by and among the Company, the other Pledgors from time to time party thereto, the Trustee, the other Secured Debt Representatives (as defined therein) from time to time party thereto and the Collateral Trustee, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including by that certain Collateral Trust Joinder executed and delivered by the Trustee to the Collateral Trustee on the date hereof.
Collateral Trust Joinder means (1) with respect to the provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement relating to any additional Stock Secured Debt, an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Collateral Trust Agreement and (2) with respect to the provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement relating to the addition of additional Pledgors, an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the Collateral Trust Agreement.
Collateral Trustee means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as Collateral Trustee under the Collateral Trust Agreement, together with its successors in such capacity.
Comparable Treasury Issue means the U.S. Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity most nearly equal to the period from the applicable Redemption Date to June 1, 2020, provided, however, that if the period from the Redemption Date to June 1, 2020 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) attributable to the Companys shareholders of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Total Assets means, as of any date of determination, after giving pro forma effect to any acquisition of assets on such date, the sum of the amounts that would appear on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as the total assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.
Covenant Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 6.2.
Credit Agreement means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 19, 2010, among the Company, the lenders and issuers party thereto, Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint lead arrangers, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., GE Capital Markets, Inc. and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as joint book runners, and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, Barclays Bank plc, General Electric Capital Corporation and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as co-documentation agents, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in
connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced by any other Debt (including by means of sales of debt securities and including any amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing) in whole or in part from time to time.
Custodian means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
Debt means, with respect to any specified Person, any debt of such Person in respect of borrowed money, including Guarantees related thereto.
Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.
Definitive Note means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.5 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto.
Depositary means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.3 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of the Indenture.
Discharge of First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations means the occurrence of all of the following:
(1) termination or expiration of all commitments to extend credit that would constitute First-Priority Stock Secured Debt;
(2) payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on all First-Priority Stock Secured Debt (other than any undrawn letters of credit);
(3) discharge or cash collateralization (at the lower of (A) 105% of the aggregate undrawn amount and (B) the percentage of the aggregate undrawn amount required for release of liens under the terms of the applicable First-Priority Stock Lien Document) of all outstanding letters of credit constituting First-Priority Stock Secured Debt; and
(4) payment in full in cash of all other First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations that are outstanding and unpaid at the time the First-Priority Stock Secured Debt is paid in full in cash (other than any obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities in respect of which no claim or demand for payment has been made at such time).
Domestic Hospital Subsidiary means each of the Companys current and future direct and indirect Subsidiaries organized in a jurisdiction in the United States that (i) owns or operates a hospital or (ii) has a direct or indirect equity ownership interest in a Subsidiary that owns or
operates a hospital, other than, in each of the cases (i) and (ii), any such Subsidiary that is a non-wholly-owned Subsidiary if the organizational documents thereof or related joint venture or similar agreements, or applicable law, would (A) prohibit the pledge of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary without the consent of the equity holders thereof (other than the Company or its wholly owned Subsidiaries) or (B) upon the making of such pledge, trigger in favor of the equity holders thereof (other than the Company or its wholly owned Subsidiaries) rights in respect of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary.
DTC has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
EBITDA means, for any period, (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (b) the sum of, in each case to the extent included in the calculation of such Consolidated Net Income, but without duplication, (i) losses from discontinued operations, (ii) any provision for income taxes, (iii) any loss from the sale of facilities and long term investments, (iv) any net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, (v) Interest Expense, (vi) losses from extraordinary items or from the early extinguishment of debt, (vii) impairments of long-lived assets and goodwill and restructuring charges, (viii) depreciation and amortization expenses and (ix) stock based compensation expense minus (c) the sum of, in each case to the extent included in the calculation of such Consolidated Net Income but without duplication, (i) the cumulative effect (positive or negative, as the case may be) of changes in accounting principle, (ii) income from discontinued operations, (iii) any net credit for taxes, (iv) any income from the sale of facilities and long term investments, (v) any net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and (vi) income from extraordinary items or from the early extinguishment of debt.
Exchange Offer has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Exchange Registration Statement has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Exchange Notes means the notes issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.5(f).
Existing Secured Notes means (i) all 10.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 issued prior to the date hereof pursuant to the Existing Indenture, as supplemented by that certain Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2009, by and among the Company, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and the Trustee; (ii) all 8.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 issued prior to the date hereof pursuant to the Existing Indenture, as supplemented by that certain Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2009, by and among the Company, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and the Trustee; and (iii) all 6.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 issued prior to the date hereof pursuant to the Existing Indenture, as supplemented by that certain Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2011, by and among the Company, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and the Trustee.
Euroclear means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
First-Priority Stock Lien means a Lien granted by a Stock Lien Security Document to the Collateral Trustee, at any time, upon any property of the Company or any other Pledgor to secure First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations.
First-Priority Stock Lien Documents means the Note Documents and the indenture, credit agreement or other agreement pursuant to which any First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations are incurred and the Stock Lien Security Documents (other than any Stock Lien Security Documents that do not secure First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations).
First-Priority Stock Lien Representative means:
(1) in the case of the Notes or the Existing Secured Notes, the Trustee; or
(2) in the case of any other Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt, the trustee, agent or representative of the holders of such Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt who maintains the transfer register for such Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt and (A) is appointed as a representative of the First-Priority Stock Secured Debt (for purposes related to the administration of the Stock Lien Security Documents) pursuant to the credit agreement, indenture or other agreement governing such Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt and (B) has executed a Collateral Trust Joinder.
First-Priority Stock Secured Debt means:
(1) the Existing Secured Notes;
(2) the Initial Notes issued on the date hereof (including any related Exchange Notes);
(3) any other Debt (including Additional Notes) that is secured equally and ratably with the Notes by a First-Priority Stock Lien that was permitted to be incurred and so secured under each applicable Stock Secured Debt Document; provided, in the case of any Debt referred to in this clause (3), that:
(a) on or before the date on which such Debt is incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, such Debt is designated by the Company as First-Priority Stock Secured Debt for the purposes of the Stock Secured Debt Documents in an Additional Secured Debt Designation executed and delivered in accordance with Section 3.8(a) of the Collateral Trust Agreement; provided, that no Obligation or Debt may be designated as both Junior Stock Secured Debt and First-Priority Stock Secured Debt;
(b) the First-Priority Stock Lien Representative for such Debt executes and delivers a Collateral Trust Joinder in accordance with Section 3.8(b) of the Collateral Trust Agreement; and
(c) all other requirements set forth in Section 3.8 of the Collateral Trust Agreement have been complied with.
First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations means the First-Priority Stock Secured Debt and all other Obligations in respect thereof.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or in such other statements by such other entity (such as International Financial Reporting Standards) as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.5(g)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under the Indenture.
Global Notes means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.1, 2.5 (b)(3), 2.5(b)(4), 2.5(d)(2) or 2.5(f) hereof.
Guarantee means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Debt.
Guarantors means the Subsidiary Guarantors and any other Subsidiary of the Company that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
Holder means a holder of Notes.
Hospital Swap means an exchange of assets and, to the extent necessary to equalize the value of the assets being exchanged, cash by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries for one or more hospitals and/or one or more Related Businesses, or for 100% of the Capital Stock of any Person owning or operating one or more hospitals and/or one or more Related Businesses; provided that cash does not exceed 30% of the sum of the amount of the cash and the fair market value of the Capital Stock or assets received or given by the Company or such Subsidiary in such transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries may consummate two Hospital Swaps in any 12-month period without regard to the requirements of the proviso in the previous sentence.
Independent Investment Banker means the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
Initial Notes means the first $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture on the date hereof.
Interest Expense means, for any period, the consolidated total interest expense of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period plus interest capitalized during such period in accordance with GAAP.
Junior Stock Lien means a Lien granted by a Stock Lien Security Document to the Collateral Trustee, at any time, upon any property of the Company or any other Pledgor to secure Junior Stock Secured Obligations.
Junior Stock Lien Documents means, collectively, any indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing each Series of Junior Stock Secured Debt and the Stock Lien Security Documents (other than any Stock Lien Security Documents that do not secure Junior Stock Secured Obligations).
Junior Stock Lien Representative means, in the case of any Series of Junior Stock Secured Debt, the trustee, agent or representative of the holders of such Series of Junior Stock Secured Debt who maintains the transfer register for such Series of Junior Stock Secured Debt and (A) is appointed as a Junior Stock Lien Representative (for purposes related to the administration of the Stock Lien Security Documents) pursuant to the indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing such Series of Junior Stock Secured Debt, together with its successors in such capacity and (B) has executed a Collateral Trust Joinder.
Junior Stock Secured Debt means any Debt that is secured by a Junior Stock Lien on the Collateral that was permitted to be incurred and so secured under each applicable Stock Secured Debt Document; provided, that in the case of any such Debt:
(1) on or before the date on which such Debt is incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, such Debt is designated by the Company as Junior Stock Secured Debt for the purposes of the Stock Secured Debt Documents in an Additional Secured Debt Designation executed and delivered in accordance with Section 3.8(a) of the Collateral Trust Agreement; provided, that no Obligation or Debt may be designated as both Junior Stock Secured Debt and First-Priority Stock Secured Debt;
(2) the Junior Stock Lien Representative for such Debt executes and delivers a Collateral Trust Joinder in accordance with Section 3.8(b) of the Collateral Trust Agreement; and
(3) all other requirements set forth in Section 3.8 of the Collateral Trust Agreement have been complied with.
Junior Stock Secured Obligations means Junior Stock Secured Debt and all other Obligations in respect thereof.
Letter of Transmittal means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.
Liens means liens, mortgages, pledges, charges, security interests or other encumbrances.
Net Available Cash from an Asset Disposition means cash payments received therefrom (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any securities received as consideration, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of debt or other obligations relating to such properties or assets or received in any other non-cash form), in each case net of:
(1) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition;
(2) all payments made on any debt which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition;
(3) all distributions and other payments required to be made to noncontrolling interest holders in Subsidiaries as a result of such Asset Disposition;
(4) the deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the property or other assets disposed in such Asset Disposition and retained by the Company or any Subsidiaries after such Asset Disposition; and
(5) any portion of the purchase price from an Asset Disposition placed in escrow, whether as a reserve for adjustment of the purchase price, for satisfaction of indemnities in respect of such Asset Disposition or otherwise in connection with that Asset Disposition; provided, however, that upon the termination of that escrow, Net Available Cash will be increased by any portion of funds in the escrow that are released to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Note Documents means the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Stock Lien Security Documents.
Note Guarantee means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Companys Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture.
Notes has the meaning assigned to it under the caption Recitals. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture,
and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
Obligations means any principal, interest, premium (if any), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages, expenses and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Debt.
Officer means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice President of such Person.
Other Secured Debt has the meaning specified in Section 4.1.
Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
Paying Agent has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
Permitted Credit Agreement Debt means Debt outstanding under the Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,000.0 million.
Permitted Prior Liens means Liens that arise by operation of law and are not voluntarily granted, to the extent entitled by law to priority over the Liens created by the Stock Lien Security Documents.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Pledge Agreement means the Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2009, among the Company, the other Pledgors from time to time party thereto and the Collateral Trustee, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2009, among the Pledgors and the Collateral Trustee and that certain Second Amendment to Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2009, among the Pledgors and the Collateral Trustee and as the same may be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Pledgors means the Company and any other Person (if any) that at any time provides collateral security for any Stock Secured Obligations.
Primary Treasury Dealer means a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City.
Private Placement Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.5(g)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under the Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of the Indenture.
Proceeds means any and all cash, securities and other property realized from collection, sale, foreclosure or enforcement of the Liens upon any Collateral (including distributions of Collateral in satisfaction of any Stock Secured Obligations) after payment of any applicable Permitted Prior Liens.
Qualified Institutional Buyer or QIB has the meaning specified in Rule 144A.
Reference Treasury Dealer means:
(1) Barclays Capital Inc. and its successor; provided that, if any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer; and
(2) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Registrar has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
Registration Rights Agreement means the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2012 among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, in each case relating to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of Notes to register such Notes under the Securities Act.
Regulation S means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
Regulation S Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
Related Business means a business affiliated or associated with a hospital or any business related or ancillary to the provision of health care services or information or the investment in, or the management, leasing or operation of, any of the foregoing.
Required Junior Stock Secured Debtholders means, at any time, the holders of more than 50% of the sum of:
(1) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Junior Stock Secured Debt (including outstanding letters of credit whether or not then available or drawn); and
(2) other than in connection with the exercise of remedies, the aggregate unfunded commitments to extend credit which, when funded, would constitute Junior Stock Secured Debt.
For purposes of this definition, (a) Junior Stock Secured Debt registered in the name of, or beneficially owned by, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company will be deemed not to be outstanding, and (b) votes will be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.2 of the Collateral Trust Agreement. Any written direction or consent from the Required Junior Stock Secured Debtholders shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by an authorized officer of each Junior Stock Lien Representative certifying that such written direction or consent is being delivered to the Collateral Trustee by the requisite number of holders to constitute the Required Junior Stock Secured Debtholders, and the Collateral Trustee may rely conclusively on, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, such certificate in proceeding with any such written direction or consent.
Restricted Definitive Note means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Restricted Global Note means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Restricted Period means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (including any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (including any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.
Rule 903 means Rule 903 under the Securities Act (including any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.
Rule 904 means Rule 904 under the Securities Act (including any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction means any arrangement with any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary), or to which any such Person is a party, providing for the leasing to the Company or a Subsidiary for a period of more than three years of any hospital that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary), to which the funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of the leased property.
Secured Debt means Debt secured by a Lien upon the property or assets of the Company or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries.
Secured Debt Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Secured Debt to (b) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to such determination date. In the event that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries issues, incurs, creates, assumes, guarantees, redeems, retires or extinguishes any Secured Debt (other than Secured Debt incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such Secured Debt has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Secured Debt Ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Secured Debt Ratio is made (the Calculation Date), then the Secured Debt Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such issuance, incurrence, creation, assumption, guarantee, redemption, retirement or extinguishment of Secured Debt, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of making the computation referred to above, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (and the change in any associated Secured Debt obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If, since the beginning of such period, any Person that subsequently became a Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall have made any acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Secured Debt Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or disposed operation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, any Secured Debt under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the amount of such Secured Debt outstanding on the Calculation Date.
Securities has the meaning ascribed to it in the first paragraph under the caption Recitals.
Senior Debt means with respect to any Person:
(1) Debt of such Person, whether outstanding on the date of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture or thereafter incurred; and
(2) all other Obligations of such Person (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to such Person whether or not post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) in respect of Debt described in clause (1) above
unless, in the case of clauses (1) and (2), in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such Debt or other Obligations are subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantee of such Person, as the case may be; provided, however, that Senior Debt shall not include:
(1) any Obligation of such Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(2) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;
(3) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business;
(4) any Debt or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other Debt or other Obligation of such Person; or
(5) that portion of any Debt which at the time of incurrence is incurred in violation of the Indenture.
Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt means, severally, the Notes, each series of Existing Secured Notes and each other issue or series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt for which a single transfer register is maintained.
Series of Junior Stock Secured Debt means, severally, each issue or series of Junior Stock Secured Debt for which a single transfer register is maintained.
Series of Stock Secured Debt means, severally, each Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt and each Series of Junior Stock Secured Debt.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that would be a significant subsidiary as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture.
Special Interest has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Stock Lien Security Documents means the Collateral Trust Agreement, each Collateral Trust Joinder relating to Stock Secured Debt, and all security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, collateral agency agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any other Pledgor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of the Stock Secured Parties, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms and Section 7.1 of the Collateral Trust Agreement.
Stock Secured Debt means First-Priority Stock Secured Debt and Junior Stock Secured Debt.
Stock Secured Debt Documents means the First-Priority Stock Lien Documents and the Junior Stock Lien Documents.
Stock Secured Debt Representative means each First-Priority Stock Lien Representative and each Junior Stock Lien Representative.
Stock Secured Obligations means First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations and Junior Stock Secured Obligations.
Stock Secured Parties means the holders of Stock Secured Obligations, the Stock Secured Debt Representatives on behalf of the holders of Stock Secured Obligations, and the Collateral Trustee.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, managing members or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
Subsidiary Guarantors means each of the Companys current and future direct and indirect Subsidiaries organized in a jurisdiction in the United States that (i) owns or operates a hospital or (ii) has a direct or indirect equity ownership interest in a Subsidiary that owns or operates a hospital, other than, in each of the cases (i) and (ii), any such Subsidiary that is a non-wholly-owned Subsidiary if the organizational documents thereof or related joint venture or similar agreements, or applicable law, would (A) prohibit the Guarantee of the Notes without the consent of the equity holders thereof (other than the Company or its wholly owned Subsidiaries) or (B) upon the making of such Guarantee, trigger in favor of the equity holders thereof (other than the Company or its wholly owned Subsidiaries) rights in respect of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary.
Unrestricted Definitive Note means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Global Note means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
U.S. Person means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.
Voting Stock of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
ARTICLE TWO
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
Section 2.1. Form and Dating
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.5 hereof.
Section 2.2. Execution and Authentication
At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.
A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under the Indenture.
The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an Authentication Order), authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under the Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for
issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 306 of the Existing Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.3. Registrar and Paying Agent
The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (Registrar) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (Paying Agent). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term Registrar includes any co-registrar and the term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to the Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (DTC) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes and the Trustee hereby agrees so to initially act.
Section 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or Special Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent will have no further liability for the money.
Section 2.5. Transfer and Exchange
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;
(2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; or
(3) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (1), (2) or (3) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Such Definitive Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and will be in registered form only, without coupons. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 304 and 306 of the Existing Indenture. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.5 or Section 304 or 306 of the Existing Indenture, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.5(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.5(b), (c) or (f) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.5(b)(1).
(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.5(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
(A) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
(B) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above.
Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.5(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.5(b)(2) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.5(h) hereof.
(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.5(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.
(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.5(b)(2) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(C) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (C), an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (C) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one
or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (C) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2) (a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.5(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.5(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.5(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(2) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(C) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (C), an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(3) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.5(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.5(h) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.5(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.5(c)(3) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(C) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such
Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (C), an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.5(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(C) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holders compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.5(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.5(e).
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(C) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (C), an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to
register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate:
(1) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company; and
(2) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company.
Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.
(g) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under the Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture.
(1) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:
THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (1)(a) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF APPLICABLE) OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE COMPANY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(2), (c)(3), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(3) or (f) of this Section 2.5 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend. The Company may also provide a certificate to the Trustee instructing the Trustee that the Private Placement Legend no longer applies or issue one or more new Notes to the Trustee in replacement for all or part of the Notes with the Private Placement Legend.
(2) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.5 OF THE FIFTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.5(a) OF THE FIFTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 309 OF THE EXISTING INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE
BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (DTC), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
(3) Original Issue Discount Legend. Each Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS NOTE BEARS ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT. INFORMATION INCLUDING THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE, AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO HOLDERS UPON REQUEST BY THE TREASURER OF THE COMPANY AT 1445 ROSS AVENUE, DALLAS, TX 75202.
(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 309 of the Existing Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof or at the Registrars request.
(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 304, 906 and 1107 of the Existing Indenture and Sections 3.3, 4.6 and 4.7 hereof).
(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid Obligations of the Company, evidencing the same Debt, and entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(5) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:
(A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 1103 of the Existing Indenture and ending at the close of business on the day of selection;
(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2 hereof.
(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.5 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
(9) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including
any transfers between or among Depositary Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.1. Optional Redemption
(a) The Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of the Redemption Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Special Interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
(b) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Article Eleven of the Existing Indenture.
(c) The following provision shall apply with respect to the Notes (notwithstanding the first sentence of the first paragraph of Section 1103 of the Existing Indenture, which shall be deemed modified and amended by the following):
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, selection of Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes to be redeemed are then listed, or, if the Notes are not so listed, by lot or, in the case of any Global Notes, according to the applicable procedures of the Depositary; provided that Notes with a principal amount of $2,000 will not be redeemed in part.
Section 3.2. Sinking Fund
The Company is not required to make mandatory sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
Section 3.3. Offer to Purchase by Application of Balance in Net Available Cash
In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof, the Company is required to commence an offer to all Holders of Notes (and to holders of other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt) to purchase Notes (and such other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt) (an Asset Disposition Offer), it will follow the procedures specified below.
The Asset Disposition Offer shall be made to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt. The Asset Disposition Offer will remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the Offer Period). No later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the Purchase Date),
the Company will apply the Net Available Cash available for the Asset Disposition Offer (the Offer Amount) to the purchase of Notes and such other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt (on a pro rata basis, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt tendered in response to the Asset Disposition Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased will be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Disposition Offer.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Disposition Offer, the Company will send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders and each of the holders of other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such holders to tender Notes and other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt pursuant to the Asset Disposition Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Disposition Offer, will state:
(1) that the Asset Disposition Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.3 and Section 4.6 hereof and the length of time the Asset Disposition Offer will remain open;
(2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Disposition Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Disposition Offer may elect to have Notes purchased only in denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof;
(6) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to any Asset Disposition Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled Option of Holder to Elect Purchase attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;
(7) that holders of Notes and other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the holder, the principal amount of the Note or other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt the holder delivered for
purchase and a statement that such holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note or other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt purchased;
(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company will select the Notes and other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, will be purchased); and
(9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
On or before the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes and other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Disposition Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt tendered, and will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.3. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, will promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company, will authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book entry) such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Asset Disposition Offer on the Purchase Date.
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.3, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Article Eleven of the Existing Indenture.
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
Section 4.1. Limitations on Liens
The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will issue, incur, create, assume or guarantee (collectively, incur) any Debt secured by Liens upon property or assets (including the Collateral), unless at the time of and after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt, the aggregate amount of all such Secured Debt (including the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at such time) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $3.2 billion and (y) the amount which would cause the Secured Debt Ratio to exceed 4.0 to 1.0;
provided that the aggregate amount of all such Debt secured by a Lien pari passu to the Lien securing the Notes (including the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at such time) shall not exceed the greater of (a) $2.6 billion and (b) the amount which would cause the Secured Debt Ratio to exceed 3.0 to 1.0. If any such Secured Debt (other than Permitted Credit Agreement Debt) is secured by property or assets other than the Collateral, the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Debt; provided that up to $75.0 million in principal amount of such Secured Debt (Other Secured Debt) is not subject to the equal and ratable security requirement in this sentence. To the extent that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurs any additional Debt permitted under this Section 4.1 (other than Other Secured Debt) that is secured by a Lien pari passu to the Lien securing the Notes or junior Lien on any property or assets, such Liens shall be subject to the Collateral Trust Agreement.
The foregoing provisions shall not apply to:
(1) Liens securing Permitted Credit Agreement Debt;
(2) Liens in favor of the Company or a Domestic Hospital Subsidiary;
(3) Liens existing on the date of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture;
(4) Liens in favor of a government or governmental entity that:
(a) secure Debt that is guaranteed by the government or governmental entity, or
(b) secure Debt incurred to finance all or some of the purchase price or cost of construction of goods, products or facilities produced under contract or subcontract for the government or governmental entity;
(5) Liens arising in connection with the transfer of tax benefits in accordance with Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or any similar provision of law from time to time in effect); provided, that such Liens (i) are incurred within 90 days (or any longer period, not in excess of one year, as any such provision of law may from time to time permit) after the acquisition of the property or equipment subject to said Lien, (ii) do not extend to any other property or equipment, and (iii) are solely for the purpose of said transfer of tax benefits;
(6) Liens created in substitution of or as replacements for any Liens permitted by clauses (1) to (5) set forth above, provided that the property encumbered by any substitute or replacement Lien is similar in nature and value to the property encumbered by the Lien that is being replaced, as determined in good faith by an Officer of the Company; and
(7) Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) to (6) inclusive of any Debt secured thereby; provided that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or
replacement Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the Lien extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property).
Section 4.2. Limitations on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction with another Person, other than the Company or any Guarantor, unless:
(i) the Company or such Subsidiary could incur the Attributable Debt in respect of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction secured by a Lien on the property to be leased in compliance with Section 4.1 hereof; and
(ii) the Company complies with Section 4.6 hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries may enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, provided that the aggregate Attributable Debt in respect of all such Sale and Lease-Back Transactions does not exceed the greater of (x) $650.0 million and (y) 5% of Consolidated Total Assets.
Section 4.3. Limitations on Issuances of Guarantees by Subsidiaries
The Company will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to Guarantee any Debt of the Company, unless at the time of and after giving effect to the issuance of such Guarantee, the aggregate amount of all such guaranteed Debt (including the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at such time) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $4.2 billion or (y) 5.0 times the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of determination; provided that, unless the Notes are secured by substantially all the property and assets (other than accounts receivable and cash) of the Guarantors, the aggregate amount of all such Debt guaranteed by Guarantees that are not subordinated to the Guarantees of the Notes (including the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at such time) shall not exceed the greater of (a) $2.6 billion and (b) 3.0 times the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of determination. The foregoing restriction will not prohibit the issuance of Guarantees by any of the Companys Subsidiaries in respect of Permitted Credit Agreement Debt. For purposes of the foregoing restriction, Debt and EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis consistent with the definition of Secured Debt Ratio.
Section 4.4. Additional Note Guarantees
The Company shall cause each newly created or acquired direct or indirect Subsidiary organized in a jurisdiction in the United States that (i) owns or operates a hospital or (ii) has a direct or indirect equity interest in a Subsidiary that owns or operates a hospital, other than, in each of the cases (i) and (ii), any such Subsidiary that is a non-wholly-owned Subsidiary if the organizational documents thereof or related joint venture or similar agreements, or applicable law, would (A) prohibit the Guarantee of the Notes without the consent of the equity holders thereof (other than the Company or its wholly owned Subsidiaries) or (B) upon the making of such Guarantee, trigger in favor of the equity holders thereof (other than the Company or its
wholly owned Subsidiaries) rights in respect of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary, to execute and deliver to the Trustee a Note Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture. The form of such Note Guarantee is attached as Exhibit E hereto.
Section 4.5. SEC Reports
If at any time the Company is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Company will nevertheless continue to file with the Commission for public availability within the time periods that would have been applicable if the Company were subject to such reporting requirements:
(1) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such reports; and
(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.
All such reports shall be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. Each annual report on Form 10-K shall include a report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries by the Companys independent registered public accounting firm.
Section 4.6. Asset Dispositions
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consummate any Asset Disposition unless:
(1) the Company or such Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Disposition at least equal to the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of the shares and assets subject to such Asset Disposition;
(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in such Asset Disposition by the Company or such Subsidiary is in the form of cash or cash equivalents;
(3) an amount equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition is applied by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be:
(A) to the extent the Company elects (or is required by the terms of any Debt), to prepay, repay, redeem or purchase Senior Debt of the Company or of a Guarantor or Debt of a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (in each case other than Debt owed to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries) within one year from the later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available Cash; or
(B) to the extent the Company elects, to acquire Additional Assets within one year from the later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available Cash; and
(4) to the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clauses (3)(A) or (3)(B) above, such balance is applied by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, to make an Asset Disposition Offer to the Holders of the Notes (and to holders of other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt) to purchase Notes (and such other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt) pursuant to and subject to the conditions contained in this Section and Section 3.3 hereof;
provided, however, that in connection with any prepayment, repayment or purchase of Debt pursuant to clause (3)(A) or (4) above, the Company or such Subsidiary shall permanently retire such Debt and shall cause the related loan commitment (if any) to be permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so prepaid, repaid or purchased; provided, further, however, that, in the case of clause (3)(B) above, a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Available Cash from the date of such commitment so long as the Company or such Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Available Cash will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment (an acceptable commitment); provided, further that if any acceptable commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such Net Available Cash is applied, then such Net Available Cash shall be applied pursuant to clause (4) above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Company and such Subsidiaries will not be required to apply any Net Available Cash in accordance with the preceding paragraph except to the extent that the aggregate Net Available Cash from all Asset Dispositions subject to the preceding paragraph which is not applied in accordance with the preceding paragraph exceeds $100.0 million. Pending application of Net Available Cash pursuant to this Section 4.6, such Net Available Cash may be used in any other manner not prohibited by the Indenture.
For purposes of this Section 4.6, the following are deemed to be cash or cash equivalents:
(1) the assumption or discharge of Debt or other liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary and the release of the Company or such Subsidiary from all liability on such Debt or other liability in connection with such Asset Disposition;
(2) securities or other obligations received by the Company or any Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted by the Company or such Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the Asset Disposition, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion; and
(3) Additional Assets.
In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the purchase of Notes (and other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt), the Company will purchase Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset Disposition Offer by the Company for the Notes (and such other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt) at a purchase price of 100% of their principal amount (or, in the event such other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), without premium, plus accrued but unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any (or, in respect of such other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt, such other price, not to
exceed 100%, as may be provided for by the terms of such other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt), in accordance with the procedures (including prorating in the event of oversubscription) set forth in Section 3.3 hereof. If there remains a balance of Net Available Cash after purchasing all securities tendered, then such balance may be used in any manner not prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate purchase price of the securities tendered exceeds the Net Available Cash allotted to their purchase, the Company will select the securities to be purchased on a pro rata basis but in round denominations, which in the case of the Notes will be denominations of $2,000 principal amount or any greater integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company shall not be required to make such an Asset Disposition Offer to purchase Notes (and other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt) pursuant to this Section 4.6 if the Net Available Cash available therefor is less than $100.0 million (which lesser amount shall be carried forward for purposes of determining whether such an Asset Disposition Offer is required with respect to the Net Available Cash from any subsequent Asset Disposition). Upon completion of such an Asset Disposition Offer, Net Available Cash will be deemed to be reduced by the aggregate amount of such Asset Disposition Offer.
The Company will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.6. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of Section 3.3 hereof or this Section 4.6, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 3.3 hereof or this Section 4.6 by virtue of such compliance.
Section 4.7. Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to make an offer (a Change of Control Offer) to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holders Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the date of purchase (the Change of Control Payment).
Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder and the Trustee describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and stating:
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.7 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date of such Change of Control (the Change of Control Payment Date);
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled Option of Holder to Elect Purchase attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.7, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.7 by virtue of such compliance.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will:
(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note issued for surrendered but unpurchased Notes will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of
the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.7, the Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.7 and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not validly withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to contrary in this Section 4.7, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of the making of the Change of Control Offer.
(e) The Company may, with respect to the Notes, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in this Section 4.7, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect. No supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby, modify any of the provisions of this Section 4.7(e), except to increase the percentage required to waive compliance by the Company of the covenants referenced here, provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to the Trustee and concomitant changes in this Section 4.7(e).
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 5.1. Events of Default
Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to the Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest (including any Special Interest) upon any Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) on any Note at its Maturity; or
(3) Reserved; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company or any Guarantor in the Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in the Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than the Notes), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or
(5) a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of Debt by the Company or any Guarantor (including a default with respect to Securities of any series other than the Notes) having an aggregate principal amount outstanding in excess of the greater of (i) $25,000,000 and (ii) 5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, whether such Debt now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall constitute a failure to pay principal of such Debt when due and payable (other than as a result of acceleration), after expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or shall have resulted in such Debt becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such Debt having been discharged, such failure to pay at maturity having been cured or paid or such default or acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 10 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company or such Guarantor to cause such Debt to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled, as the case may be, and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Sections 601 and 602 of the Existing Indenture, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such default unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of such default or (B) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company, from any Holder, from the holder of any such Debt or from the trustee under any such mortgage, indenture or other instrument; or
(6) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Guarantors that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company, any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Guarantors that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company, any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Guarantors that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company, any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Guarantors that, taken together,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of their respective properties, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of their respective affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(7) the commencement by the Company, any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Guarantors that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of it in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company, any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Guarantors that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of their respective properties, or the making by the Company, any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Guarantors that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate, limited liability company or partnership action by the Company, any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Guarantors that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action; or
(8) failure by the Company to comply with the provisions of Sections 4.6 and 4.7 of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture and continuance of such failure for a period of 30 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default; or
(9) with respect to any Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $25,000,000, (a) the security interest under the Pledge Agreement, at any time, ceases to be in full force and effect for any reason other than in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Pledge Agreement and any other Stock Lien Security Document; (b) any security interest created under the Pledge Agreement, such other Stock Lien Security Document relating to the Notes or the Indenture is declared invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (c) the Company or any Subsidiary asserts, in any pleading in any court of competent jurisdiction, that any security interest created under the Pledge Agreement, such other Stock Lien Security Document relating to the Notes or the Indenture is invalid or unenforceable; or
(10) except as permitted by the Indenture or the Note Guarantees, the Note Guarantee of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Guarantors
that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary shall for any reason cease to be, or shall for any reason be asserted in writing by the Company or any Guarantor not to be, in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE SIX
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 6.1. Defeasance and Discharge
Upon the Companys exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section 6.1 applied to the Notes, the Company and each of the Guarantors shall be deemed to have been discharged from their Obligations with respect to the Notes and the Note Guarantees as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 6.3 are satisfied (hereinafter called Defeasance). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the Notes (including the Note Guarantees) and to have satisfied all their other Obligations under the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Indenture insofar as the Notes and the Note Guarantees are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments provided to it acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of the Notes to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 6.3 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes when payments are due, (2) the Companys Obligations with respect to the Notes under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 of the Existing Indenture and Section 2.5 of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Notes notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 6.2 applied to such Notes.
Section 6.2. Covenant Defeasance
Upon the Companys exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to the Notes, (1) the Company shall be released from its Obligations under Sections 1006 through 1007 of the Existing Indenture, inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) of the Existing Indenture for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 5.1(4) (with respect to any of Sections 1006 through 1007 of the Existing Indenture, inclusive, and any such covenants provided pursuant to Sections 4.1 through 4.7 of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture or Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) of the Existing Indenture) and 5.1(5) and 5.1(8) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to the Notes and Note Guarantees as provided in this Section 6.2 on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 6.3 are satisfied (hereinafter called Covenant Defeasance). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Notes and Note Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 5.1(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any
reference in any such Section to any other provision in the Indenture or in any other document, but the remainder of the Indenture and the Notes and Notes Guarantees shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 6.3. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 6.1 or Section 6.2 to the Notes:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 of the Existing Indenture and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of the Notes, (A) money (in U.S. dollars which shall not be invested) in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest and Special Interest, if any, on such Notes on the Maturity Date, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes. As used herein, U.S. Government Obligation means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 6.2 apply to the Notes, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and
discharge to be effected with respect to the Notes and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have this Section 6.3 apply to the Notes, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Notes will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to the Notes and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate to the effect that the Notes, if then listed on any securities exchange, will not be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 5.1(6) and (7), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which it is bound.
(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
ARTICLE SEVEN
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Without the consent of Holders of at least 75% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not modify the Pledge Agreement, any other Stock Lien Security Document relating to the Notes or any of the provisions of the Indenture dealing with the pledge or the application of trust moneys, or otherwise release any Collateral, in any manner materially adverse to the Holders other than in
accordance with the Indenture, the Pledge Agreement or the applicable Stock Lien Security Document.
ARTICLE EIGHT
COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
Section 8.1. Equal and Ratable Sharing of Collateral by Holders of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt
(a) Notwithstanding (i) anything to the contrary contained in the Stock Lien Security Documents; (ii) the time of incurrence of any Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt; (iii) the order or method of attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt; (iv) the time or order of filing or recording of financing statements or other documents filed or recorded to perfect any Lien upon any Collateral; (v) the time of taking possession or control over any Collateral; (vi) that any First-Priority Stock Lien may not have been perfected or may be or have become subordinated, by equitable subordination or otherwise, to any other Lien; or (vii) the rules for determining priority under any law governing relative priorities of Liens:
(1) all First-Priority Stock Liens granted at any time by the Company or any other Pledgor shall secure, equally and ratably, all present and future First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations; and
(2) all Proceeds of all First-Priority Stock Liens granted at any time by the Company or any other Pledgor shall be allocated and distributed equally and ratably on account of the First-Priority Stock Secured Debt and other First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations.
The foregoing provision is intended for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable as a third party beneficiary by, each present and future holder of First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations, each present and future First-Priority Stock Lien Representative and the Collateral Trustee as holder of First-Priority Stock Liens. The First-Priority Stock Lien Representative of each future Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt shall be required to deliver a Collateral Trust Joinder to the Collateral Trustee at the time of incurrence of such Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt, and the Company shall promptly provide the Trustee with a copy of each such Collateral Trust Joinder; provided, however, that the failure to so deliver a copy of such Collateral Trust Joinder to the Trustee shall not affect the status of such future Debt as First-Priority Stock Secured Debt if the other requirements contained in the Collateral Trust Agreement in connection with the incurrence of additional Secured Debt are complied with.
(b) As provided in the Collateral Trust Agreement, the Liens securing the Junior Stock Secured Obligations, if any, are subject and subordinate to the Liens securing the First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations.
(c) The Notes and the Existing Secured Notes are, and any other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt permitted to be incurred after the date of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture will be, secured by First-Priority Stock Liens on the Collateral, which consists of the Capital
Stock of each of the Companys Domestic Hospital Subsidiaries. To the extent that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurs any Debt (other than Permitted Credit Agreement Debt) that is secured by a first priority or junior Lien on any property or assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral, the Company will cause the Notes to be secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Debt and such Liens will be subject to the Collateral Trust Agreement; provided that the Other Secured Debt is not subject to the equal and ratable security requirement in this sentence.
Section 8.2. Stock Lien Security Documents
The due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an Interest Payment Date, at Maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest and Special Interest (to the extent permitted by law), if any, on the Notes and performance of all other obligations of the Company and the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes or the Trustee under the Indenture and the Notes, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, are secured as provided in the Stock Lien Security Documents which the Company, the Pledgors and/or the Trustee have entered into in connection with the execution of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture. Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance thereof, consents and agrees to the terms of the Stock Lien Security Documents (including, without limitation, the provisions providing for foreclosure and release of Collateral) as the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms and authorizes and directs the Collateral Trustee to enter into the Stock Lien Security Documents and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith. The Company will deliver to the Trustee copies of all documents delivered to the Collateral Trustee pursuant to the Stock Lien Security Documents, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be necessary or proper, or as may be required by the provisions of the Stock Lien Security Documents, to assure and confirm to the Trustee and the Collateral Trustee the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Stock Lien Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of the Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Company will take, and will cause its Subsidiaries to take any and all actions reasonably required under applicable law to cause the Stock Lien Security Documents to create and maintain, as security for the Obligations of the Company hereunder, a valid and enforceable perfected first priority Lien in and on all the Collateral, in favor of the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the Holders, superior to and prior to the rights of all third Persons (other than other holders of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt) and subject to no other Liens (other than Permitted Prior Liens).
Each Holder of the Notes, by acceptance of the Notes, hereby authorizes the Trustee and the Collateral Trustee, as applicable, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Holders, to be the agent for and representative of the Holders with respect to the Note Guarantees, the Collateral and the Stock Lien Security Documents.
Anything contained in any of the Note Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, each Holder hereby agrees that no Holder or the Trustee shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies of
the Trustee hereunder may be exercised solely by the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies in respect of the Collateral under the Stock Lien Security Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Trustee and its agents.
Section 8.3. Release of Security Interests
(a) In accordance with the provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement or as provided hereby, the Collateral Trustees Liens upon the Collateral will be released:
(1) in whole, upon (A) payment in full and discharge of all outstanding Stock Secured Debt and all other Stock Secured Obligations that are outstanding, due and payable at the time all of the Stock Secured Debt is paid in full and discharged and (B) termination or expiration of all commitments to extend credit under all Stock Secured Debt Documents and the cancellation or termination or cash collateralization (at the lower of (1) 105% of the aggregate undrawn amount and (2) the percentage of the aggregate undrawn amount required for release of Liens under the terms of the applicable Stock Secured Debt Documents) of all outstanding letters of credit, if any, issued pursuant to any Stock Secured Debt Documents;
(2) as to any Collateral that is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Company or any other Pledgor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after such sale, transfer or disposition) the Company or a Guarantor in a transaction or other circumstance that does not violate Section 4.6 hereof and is not prohibited by any of the other Stock Secured Debt Documents, at the time of such sale, transfer or other disposition or to the extent of the interest sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of; provided, that the Collateral Trustees Liens upon the Collateral will not be released if the sale or disposition is subject to Section 801 of the Existing Indenture or Section 9.4 hereof;
(3) as to any Collateral constituting pledged Capital Stock of a Subsidiary of the Company, upon liquidation and dissolution of that Subsidiary in a transaction that is not prohibited by any of the Stock Secured Debt Documents;
(4) as to any Collateral owned by a Guarantor, upon the release of that Guarantor from its Guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Stock Secured Debt Documents;
(5) as to a release of any or all of the Collateral, if (A) consent to release of that Collateral has been given by the requisite percentage or number of holders of each Series of Stock Secured Debt at the time outstanding as provided for in the applicable Stock Secured Debt Documents and (B) the Company has delivered an Officers Certificate to the Collateral Trustee certifying that any such necessary consents have been obtained; and
(6) as otherwise permitted by the Indenture and each other Stock Secured Debt Document.
(b) With respect to the Notes, the Collateral Trustees First-Priority Stock Lien upon the Collateral will no longer secure the Notes outstanding under the Indenture or any other Obligations in respect of such Notes under the Indenture, and the right of the Holders of Notes and such Obligations to the benefits and Proceeds of the Collateral Trustees First-Priority Stock Lien on the Collateral will terminate and be discharged:
(1) upon satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture as set forth under Article Four of the Existing Indenture;
(2) upon a Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance of the Notes as set forth under Article Six hereof;
(3) upon payment in full and discharge of all Notes outstanding under the Indenture and all Obligations in respect of such Notes that are outstanding, due and payable under the Indenture at the time the Notes are paid in full and discharged; or
(4) in whole or in part, with the consent of the Holders of the requisite percentage of the Notes then outstanding in accordance with Article Nine of the Existing Indenture, as supplemented by Article Seven of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture.
In addition the Company shall deliver an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to the release of such First-Priority Stock Liens have been satisfied.
Section 8.4. Additional First-Priority Stock Secured Debt
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture and the other Stock Lien Security Documents, the Company may incur additional First-Priority Stock Secured Debt by issuing Additional Notes under the Indenture or issuing or increasing any other Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt. All additional First-Priority Stock Secured Debt will be pari passu with the Notes and will be secured by the Collateral equally and ratably with the Notes for as long as the Notes and the Note Guarantees are secured by the Collateral. The additional First-Priority Stock Secured Debt will only be permitted to be secured by the Collateral if such Debt and the related Liens are permitted to be incurred under the Indenture, including Section 4.1 hereof.
The Collateral Trust Agreement sets forth the procedures pursuant to which an additional series of Debt can become an additional Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt that is entitled to be secured equally and ratably with the Notes by the Liens on the Collateral granted to the Collateral Trustee. The Indenture and all future First-Priority Stock Lien Documents will be required to provide that, notwithstanding (i) anything to the contrary contained in the Stock Lien Security Documents; (ii) the time of incurrence of any Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt; (iii) the order or method of attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt; (iv) the time or order of filing or recording of financing statements or other documents filed or recorded to perfect any Lien upon any Collateral; (v) the time of taking possession or control over any Collateral; (vi) that any First-Priority Stock Lien may not have been perfected or may be or have become subordinated, by equitable subordination or otherwise, to any other Lien; or (vii) the rules for determining priority under any law governing relative priorities of Liens:
(1) all First-Priority Stock Liens granted at any time by the Company or any other Pledgor secure, equally and ratably, all present and future First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations; and
(2) all Proceeds of all First-Priority Stock Liens granted at any time by the Company or any other Pledgor will be allocated and distributed equally and ratably on account of the First-Priority Stock Secured Debt and other First-Priority Stock Secured Obligations.
The First-Priority Stock Lien Representative of each future Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt shall be required to deliver a Collateral Trust Joinder to the Collateral Trustee at the time of incurrence of such Series of First-Priority Stock Secured Debt, and the Company shall promptly provide the Trustee with a copy of each such Collateral Trust Joinder; provided, however, that the failure to so deliver a copy of such Collateral Trust Joinder to the Trustee shall not affect the status of such future Debt as First-Priority Stock Secured Debt if the other requirements contained in the Collateral Trust Agreement in connection with the incurrence of additional Secured Debt are complied with.
The Company may also incur new or additional Junior Stock Secured Debt in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the Collateral Trust Agreement.
Section 8.5. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
The Company shall comply with the provisions of TIA §314. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee the Opinion of Counsel required in accordance with TIA § 314(b) by no later than October 16 of each year commencing October 16, 2012.
(a) To the extent applicable, the Company shall cause TIA §313(b), relating to reports, and TIA §314(d), relating to the release of property or securities or relating to the substitution therefor of any property or securities to be subjected to the Lien of the Stock Lien Security Documents, to be complied with. Any certificate or opinion required by TIA §314(d) may be made by an Officer of the Company except in cases where TIA §314(d) requires that such certificate or opinion be made by an independent Person, which Person will be an independent engineer, appraiser or other expert selected or reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8.5(a), the Company shall not be required to comply with all or any portion of TIA §314(d) if it determines, in good faith based on advice of counsel, that under the terms of TIA §314(d) and/or any interpretation or guidance as to the meaning thereof of the Commission and its staff, including no action letters or exemptive orders, all or any portion of TIA §314(d) is inapplicable to one or a series of released Collateral.
Section 8.6. Collateral Trustee
(a) The Company has appointed The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. to serve as the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of, among others, the Holders of the Notes, the holders of the Existing Secured Notes and the holders of future Stock Secured Obligations.
(b) The Collateral Trustee (directly or through co-trustees or agents) holds and will continue to hold, and is entitled to and will continue to be entitled to enforce, all Liens on the Collateral created by the Stock Lien Security Documents.
(c) Except as provided in the Stock Lien Security Documents, the Collateral Trust Agreement or as directed by an Act of Required Stock Secured Debtholders, the Collateral Trustee is not nor will it be obligated:
(1) to act upon directions purported to be delivered to it by any Person in respect of the Collateral;
(2) to foreclose upon or otherwise enforce any Lien on the Collateral; or
(3) to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any or all of the Stock Lien Security Documents, the Liens created thereby or the Collateral.
Section 8.7. Further Assurances
(a) The Company and each of the other Pledgors will do or cause to be done all acts and things that may be required to assure and confirm that the Collateral Trustee holds, for the benefit of the holders of Stock Secured Obligations, duly created and enforceable and perfected Liens upon the Collateral (including any property or assets that are acquired or otherwise become Collateral after the date hereof), in each case as contemplated by, and with the Lien priority required under, the Stock Secured Debt Documents.
(b) The Company and each of the Pledgors shall promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such security documents, instruments, certificates, notices and other documents, and take such other actions as may be reasonably required to create, perfect, protect, assure or enforce the Liens and benefits intended to be conferred, in each case as contemplated by the Stock Secured Debt Documents for the benefit of the holders of Stock Secured Obligations.
ARTICLE NINE
NOTE GUARANTEES
Section 9.1. Guarantee
(a) Subject to this Article Nine, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the Obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(1) the principal of, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other Obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their Obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture.
(c) If any Holder, the Trustee or the Collateral Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee, the Collateral Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.
(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the Maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Five of the Existing Indenture (as amended hereby) for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article Five of the Existing Indenture (as amended hereby), such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee.
Section 9.2. Limitation on Guarantor Liability
By its execution of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Obligations of each Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the Obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article Nine, result in the Obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 9.3. Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee
To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 9.1 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto will be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 9.1 hereof will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee.
If an Officer whose signature is on this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture or on the Note Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Note Guarantee is endorsed, the Note Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
Section 9.4. Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.5 hereof, no Guarantor shall, and the Company will not permit any Guarantor to, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, and no Guarantor shall, and the Company will not permit any Guarantor to, permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into such Guarantor or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to such Guarantor, unless:
(1) subject to Section 9.5 hereof, either such Guarantor shall be the surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger or the resultant or successor corporation shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the Obligations of such Guarantor under the Indenture and such Guarantors Guarantee; and
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Section 9.5. Releases
(a) Upon the full and final payment and performance of all Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, each Guarantor will be released and relieved of any Obligations under its Note Guarantee.
(b) In the event of any sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of any Guarantor (including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction that is not prohibited by the Indenture, then such Guarantor will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee; provided that the Net Available Cash from such sale or other disposition are applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.6 hereof. Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, including without limitation Section 4.6 hereof, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required and provided to it in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guarantee.
(c) Upon liquidation and dissolution of any Guarantor in a transaction that is not prohibited by the Indenture, such Guarantor will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee.
(d) Upon Defeasance of the Notes in accordance with Article Six hereof or satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture in accordance with Article Four of the Existing Indenture, each Guarantor will be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee as provided in this Section 9.5 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest and premium and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under the Indenture as provided in this Article Nine.
ARTICLE TEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1. Conditions Precedent
The effectiveness of this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture is conditioned upon the receipt by the Trustee of the items specified in Sections 102 and 903 of the Existing Indenture.
Section 10.2. Relationship to Existing Indenture
The Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture within the meaning of the Existing Indenture. The Existing Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified, confirmed and approved and, with respect to the Notes, the Existing Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
Section 10.3. Modification of the Existing Indenture
Except as expressly modified by this Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Existing Indenture shall govern the terms and conditions of the Notes.
Section 10.4. Notices
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if it writing and delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others address:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75202
Facsimile No.: (469) 893-8600
Attention: General Counsel
With a copy to:
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166-0193
Facsimile No.: (212) 351-4035
Attention: Barbara Becker
If to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
400 South Hope Street, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Facsimile No.: (213) 630-6298
Attention: Corporate Unit
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustees understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustees reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding whether such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.
Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication will also be so mailed to any Person described in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 10.5. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction
This instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof. The Company and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or any Federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Guarantees and the Notes, and irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts.
Section 10.6. Counterparts
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a pdf or tif) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
Section 10.7. Waiver of Jury Trial
EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTE GUARANTEES, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 10.8. Force Majeure
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
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CGH HOSPITAL, LTD. | |
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NEW MEDICAL HORIZONS II, LTD. | |
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TENET 100 MEDICAL CENTER SLIDELL, L.L.C. | |
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HAHNEMANN, L.L.C. | |
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AMERICAN MEDICAL (CENTRAL), INC. |
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AMI INFORMATION SYSTEMS GROUP, INC. |
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AMISUB (HEIGHTS), INC. |
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AMISUB (SFH), INC. |
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AMISUB (TWELVE OAKS), INC. |
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TENET HEALTHSYSTEM NORTH SHORE, INC. | |
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TENET HEALTHSYSTEM PHILADELPHIA, INC. | |
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EXHIBIT A
To Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture
[Face of Note]
[Insert Original Issue Discount Legend here, if applicable]
CUSIP/CINS [ ]
4.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020
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TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
promises to pay to [ ] or registered assigns,
the principal sum of [ ] DOLLARS on June 1, 2020.
Interest Payment Dates: June 1 and December 1
Record Dates: May 15 and November 15
Dated: [ ], 20[ ]
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[Back of Note]
4.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1) INTEREST. Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (the Company), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 4.75% per annum from [ ], 20[ ] until June 1, 2020 (Maturity) and shall pay the Special Interest, if any, payable pursuant to Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below. The Company will pay interest and Special Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an Interest Payment Date). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Event of Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be [ ], 20[ ]. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
(2) METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes and Special Interest, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the May 15 or November 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Special Interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their respective addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Special Interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Until otherwise designated by the Company, the office or agency of the Company in New York will be the office of the Trustee maintained for such purpose.
(3) PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, the corporate trust department of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
(4) INDENTURE AND SECURITY DOCUMENTS. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as predecessor trustee to the Trustee, as supplemented by the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture (the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture), dated as of October 16, 2012 (as so supplemented, the Indenture), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are secured Obligations of the Company. The Notes are secured by a pledge of the Collateral pursuant to the Stock Lien Security Documents referred to in the Indenture. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued thereunder.
(5) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
The Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of the Redemption Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and Special Interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
(6) MANDATORY REDEMPTION.
The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
(7) REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER.
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to make an offer (a Change of Control Offer) to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holders Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the date of purchase (the Change of Control Payment). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
(b) In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the purchase of Notes (and other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt), the Company will purchase Notes tendered pursuant to an offer (an Asset Disposition Offer) by the Company for the Notes (and such other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt) at a purchase price of 100% of their principal amount (or, in the event such other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), without premium, plus accrued but unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any (or, in respect of such other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt, such other price, not to exceed 100%, as may be provided for by the terms of such other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt), in accordance with the procedures (including prorating in the event of oversubscription) set forth in Section 3.3 of the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture. If there
remains a balance of Net Available Cash after purchasing all securities tendered, then such balance may be used in any manner not prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate purchase price of the securities tendered exceeds the Net Available Cash allotted to their purchase, the Company will select the securities to be purchased on a pro rata basis but in round denominations, which in the case of the Notes will be denominations of $2,000 principal amount or any greater integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to make such an Asset Disposition Offer to purchase Notes (and other First-Priority Stock Secured Debt) if the Net Available Cash available therefor is less than $100.0 million (which lesser amount shall be carried forward for purposes of determining whether such an Asset Disposition Offer is required with respect to the Net Available Cash from any subsequent Asset Disposition). Upon completion of such an Asset Disposition Offer, Net Available Cash will be deemed to be reduced by the aggregate amount of such Asset Disposition Offer. Holders of Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Disposition Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased by completing the form entitled Option of Holder to Elect Purchase attached to the Notes.
(8) NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction or discharge of the Indenture. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed.
(9) DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
(10) PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
(11) AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing Event or Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class.
Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Companys or a Guarantors obligations to Holders of the Notes and Note Guarantees in case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder or to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
(12) EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or Special Interest, if any, with respect to the Notes; (ii) default in the payment when due of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at Maturity; (iii) failure by the Company for 30 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes including Additional Notes, if any, then outstanding to comply with Section 4.6 or 4.7 of the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company or any Guarantor for 90 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes including Additional Notes, if any, then outstanding to comply with the covenants or warranties in the Indenture; (v) default under certain other agreements relating to Debt of the Company or any Guarantor which default results in the acceleration of such Debt prior to its express maturity; (vi) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Guarantors that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; (vii) with respect to Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $25.0 million, the security interest created under the Pledge Agreement, any other Stock Lien Security Document or the Indenture is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or the security interest in the Pledge Agreement ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect for any reason other than in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Pledge Agreement and any other Stock Lien Security Document or the Company or any Subsidiary asserts, in any pleading in a judicial proceeding, that any security interest created under the Pledge Agreement, any other Stock Lien Security Document or the Indenture is invalid or unenforceable; and (viii) except as permitted by the Indenture or the Note Guarantees, any Note Guarantee of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Guarantors that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect and enforceable or the Company or any Guarantor denies or disaffirms the Guarantors obligations under such Guarantors Note Guarantee. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Event of Default (except an Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest or premium or Special Interest, if any) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the
Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium or Special Interest, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required, upon becoming aware of any Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Event of Default.
(13) TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
(14) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any of the Guarantors, as such, will not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
(15) AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
(16) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
(17) ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have all the rights set forth in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 16, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof or, in the case of Additional Notes, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have the rights set forth in one or more registration rights agreements, if any, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Company and the Guarantors to the purchasers of any Additional Notes (collectively, the Registration Rights Agreement).
(18) CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
(19) GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND
THE NOTE GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75202
Attention: Investor Relations
Assignment Form
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Option of Holder to Elect Purchase
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.6 or 4.7 of the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
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The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
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EXHIBIT B
To Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75202
Attention: Investor Relations
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
400 South Hope Street, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Attention: Corporate Unit
Re: 4.75% Senior Secured Notes Due 2020
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001, between Tenet Healthcare Corporation, as issuer (the Company), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York, as supplemented by the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (as so supplemented, the Indenture). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
[ ], (the Transferor) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $[ ] in such Note[s] or interests (the Transfer), to [ ] (the Transferee), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
2. o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
3. o Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
(a) o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
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(b) o such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof;
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(c) o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;
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(d) o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed by the
Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) if such Transfer is in respect of a principal amount of Notes at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
4. o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
(a) o Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(b) o Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(c) o Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
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(a) o a beneficial interest in the.
(i) o 144A Global Note (CUSIP ), or
(ii) o Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ), or
(b) o a Restricted Definitive Note.
2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
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(a) o a beneficial interest in the:
(i) o 144A Global Note (CUSIP ), or
(ii) o Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ), or
(iii) o Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP ); or
(b) o a Restricted Definitive Note; or
(c) o an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
EXHIBIT C
To Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75202
Attention: Investor Relations
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
400 South Hope Street, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Attention: Corporate Unit
Re: 4.75% Senior Secured Notes Due 2020
(CUSIP )
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001, between Tenet Healthcare Corporation, as issuer (the Company), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York, as supplemented by the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (as so supplemented, the Indenture). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
[ ], (the Owner) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $[ ] in such Note[s] or interests (the Exchange). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note
(a) o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(b) o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(c) o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owners Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(d) o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owners Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
(a) o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
(b) o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] o 144A Global Note, o Regulation S Global Note, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the
beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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EXHIBIT D
To Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture
FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM TRANSFEREE
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75202
Attention: Investor Relations
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
400 South Hope Street, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Attention: Corporate Unit
Re: 4.75% Senior Secured Notes Due 2020
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001, between Tenet Healthcare Corporation, as issuer (the Company), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York, as supplemented by the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (as so supplemented, the Indenture). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
In connection with our proposed purchase of $[ ] aggregate principal amount of:
(a) o a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or
(b) o a Definitive Note,
we confirm that:
1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act).
2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein, we will do so only (A) to the Company; (B) under a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act; (C) to a Person that we reasonably believe is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another Qualified Institutional Buyer and to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, all in compliance with Rule 144A (if available); (D) in an offshore transaction complying with Rule 903 or
Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act; or (E) under any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
3. We understand that, prior to any transfer of the Notes pursuant to clause (E) of paragraph 2, we will be required to furnish to the Company such legal opinions as the Company may require and may rely upon to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect. We understand that we may also be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications and other information as you or the Company may require and may rely upon to confirm that any transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
4. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
5. We are not acquiring the Notes with a view towards any distribution thereof in a transaction that would violate the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion and on behalf of which we have the full power to make the foregoing acknowledgments, representations and agreements.
You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. We understand that you and the Company and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing acknowledgments, representations and agreements and agree that, if any of the foregoing acknowledgments, representations and agreements is no longer accurate, we will promptly notify you and the Company of such inaccuracy.
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EXHIBIT E
To Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture
[FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE]
For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of November 6, 2001, between Tenet Healthcare Corporation, as issuer (the Company), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York (the Trustee), as supplemented by the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2012 (the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (as so supplemented, the Indenture), (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest on, the Notes, whether at Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other Obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Note Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Nine of the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Note Guarantee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT F
To Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture), dated as of [ ], 20[ ], among [ ] (the Guaranteeing Subsidiary), a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare Corporation (or its permitted successor), a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (the Company), the Company, the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the Trustee).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001 (the Base Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as predecessor trustee to the Trustee, as supplemented by the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2012 (the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (as so supplemented, the Indenture), providing for the issuance of 4.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (the Notes);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Companys Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the Note Guarantee); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Note Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article Nine of the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture.
4. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder or agent of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, any Note Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in
respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the SEC that such a waiver is against public policy.
5. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
6. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
7. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
8. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
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Exhibit 4.2
TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Sixteenth Supplemental
Indenture
Dated as of October 16, 2012
(Supplemental to Indenture Dated as of November 6, 2001)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee
6.75% Senior Notes due 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Form and Dating |
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Execution and Authentication |
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Registrar and Paying Agent |
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Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
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Transfer and Exchange |
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Redemption |
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Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed |
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Limitations on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions |
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Exception to Limitations |
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SEC Reports |
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Notices |
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Governing Law |
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Counterparts |
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EXHIBITS
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SIXTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of October 16, 2012, between Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (herein called the Company), and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York (herein called Trustee);
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to The Bank of New York, as predecessor trustee to the Trustee, an Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001 (the Existing Indenture, and the Existing Indenture, as supplemented by this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), providing for the issuance from time to time of the Companys unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein and therein called the Securities), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Existing Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 901 of the Existing Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Existing Indenture to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of any additional series of Securities;
WHEREAS, Sections 201, 301 and 901 of the Existing Indenture permit the form of notes of each additional series of notes to be established pursuant to an indenture supplemental to the Existing Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 301 of the Existing Indenture permits certain terms of any additional series of notes to be established pursuant to an indenture supplemental to the Existing Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted at a meeting duly called on September 27, 2012 and resolutions of the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted at a meeting duly called on October 1, 2012, the Company has authorized the issuance of up to $300.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020 (such 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020, in an unlimited amount, the Notes);
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and terms of the Notes;
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement according to its terms have been done; and
WHEREAS, the foregoing recitals are made as statements of fact by the Company and not by the Trustee;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SIXTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the issuance of the Notes provided for herein, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all holders of the Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1. Relation to Existing Indenture
This Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Existing Indenture (the provisions of which, as modified by this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes) in respect of the Notes but shall not modify, amend or otherwise affect the Existing Indenture insofar as it relates to any other series of Securities or affect in any manner the terms and conditions of the Securities of any other series. To the extent any provision of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of the Existing Indenture, the provisions of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
Section 1.2. Definitions
For all purposes of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, the capitalized terms used herein (i) which are defined in this Section 1.2 have the respective meanings assigned thereto in this Section 1.2, and (ii) which are defined in the Existing Indenture (and which are not defined in this Section 1.2) have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Existing Indenture. For all purposes of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture:
1.2.1 All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture;
1.2.2 The terms hereof, herein, hereby, hereto, hereunder and herewith refer to this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture; and
1.2.3 The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:
144A Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes issued in reliance on Rule 144A.
Additional Notes means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes; provided that such additional Notes shall be part of the same issue as, and be fungible with, the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Adjusted Treasury Rate means, as obtained by the Company, with respect to any Redemption Date:
(1) the yield, under the heading that represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15(519) or any successor publication that is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and that establishes yields on actively
traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption Treasury Constant Maturities, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue; or
(2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
The Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.
Applicable Premium means, as determined by the Company, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or
(2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the principal amount of such Note, plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through February 1, 2020 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the applicable Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Adjusted Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points, over (b) the principal amount of the Note.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
Attributable Debt when used in connection with a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, means, as of the date of determination, (i) as to any capitalized lease obligations, the liability related thereto set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and (ii) as to any operating lease, the present value (discounted at the rate per annum equal to the rate of interest set forth or implicit in the term of the lease, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) of the total obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease (including any period for which an option to extend such lease has been exercised).
Authentication Order has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.
Broker-Dealer has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Capital Stock means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person,
but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person;
(2) the Company becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 40% or more of the total voting power of the Companys Voting Stock;
(3) the Company merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into any other Person or any other Person merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where:
(a) the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company is reclassified into or exchanged for other Voting Stock of the Company or for Voting Stock of the surviving Person, and
(b) the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, not less than a majority of the Voting Stock of the Company or the surviving Person immediately after such transaction as before the transaction; or
(4) the first day on which a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors.
Change of Control Offer has the meaning specified in Section 4.5.
Change of Control Payment has the meaning specified in Section 4.5.
Change of Control Payment Date has the meaning specified in Section 4.5.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
Comparable Treasury Issue means the U.S. Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity most nearly equal to the period from the applicable Redemption Date to February 1, 2020, provided, however, that if the period from the Redemption Date to February 1, 2020 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of five Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets means the total amount of assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom (a) all current liabilities as disclosed on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (excluding any deferred income taxes that are included in current liabilities) and (b) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt issue costs and other like intangible assets, all as set forth on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and in each case computed in accordance with GAAP.
Continuing Directors means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Company who (1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election.
Covenant Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 6.2.
Custodian means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
Debt means, with respect to any specified Person, any debt of such Person in respect of borrowed money, including Guarantees related thereto.
Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.
Definitive Note means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.5 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto.
Depositary means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.3 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of the Indenture.
DTC has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
Exchange Offer has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Exchange Registration Statement has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Exchange Notes means the notes issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.5(f).
Euroclear means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or in such other statements by such other entity (such as International Financial Reporting Standards) as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.5(g)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under the Indenture.
Global Notes means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.1, 2.5(b)(3), 2.5(b)(4), 2.5(d)(2) or 2.5(f) hereof.
Guarantee means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Debt.
Holder means a holder of Notes.
Independent Investment Banker means the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
Initial Notes means the first $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture on the date hereof.
Letter of Transmittal means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.
Liens means liens, mortgages, pledges, charges, security interests or other encumbrances.
Notes has the meaning assigned to it under the caption Recitals. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
Obligations means any principal, interest, premium (if any), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages, expenses and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Debt.
Officer means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice President of such Person.
Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
Paying Agent has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Primary Treasury Dealer means a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City.
Principal Property means each hospital owned solely by the Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries that has an asset value shown on the books of the Company in excess of 5% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company.
Private Placement Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.5(g)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under the Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of the Indenture.
Qualified Institutional Buyer or QIB has the meaning specified in Rule 144A.
Reference Treasury Dealer means:
(1) Barclays Capital Inc. and its successor; provided that, if any of the foregoing ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer; and
(2) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Registrar has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
Registration Rights Agreement means the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2012 among the Company and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements among the Company and the other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, in each case relating to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of Notes to register such Notes under the Securities Act.
Regulation S means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
Regulation S Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
Restricted Definitive Note means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Restricted Global Note means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Restricted Period means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (including any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (including any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.
Rule 903 means Rule 903 under the Securities Act (including any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.
Rule 904 means Rule 904 under the Securities Act (including any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction means any arrangement with any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary), or to which any such Person is a party, providing for the leasing to the Company or a Subsidiary for a period of more than three years of any Principal Property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary), to which the funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of the leased property.
Securities has the meaning ascribed to it in the first paragraph under the caption Recitals.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that would be a significant subsidiary as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture.
Special Interest has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, managing members or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
Unrestricted Definitive Note means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Global Note means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
U.S. Person means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.
Voting Stock of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
ARTICLE TWO
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
Section 2.1. Form and Dating
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture and the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.5 hereof.
Section 2.2. Execution and Authentication
At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.
A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under the Indenture.
The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an Authentication Order), authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under the Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for
issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 306 of the Existing Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.3. Registrar and Paying Agent
The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (Registrar) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (Paying Agent). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term Registrar includes any co-registrar and the term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to the Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (DTC) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes and the Trustee hereby agrees so to initially act.
Section 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or Special Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent will have no further liability for the money.
Section 2.5. Transfer and Exchange
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(1) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;
(2) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; or
(3) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (1), (2) or (3) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Such Definitive Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and will be in registered form only, without coupons. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 304 and 306 of the Existing Indenture. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.5 or Section 304 or 306 of the Existing Indenture, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.5(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.5(b), (c) or (f) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.5(b)(1).
(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.5(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
(A) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
(B) both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above.
Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.5(f) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.5(b)(2) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.5(h) hereof.
(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.5(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.
(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.5(b)(2) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(C) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (C), an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (C) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one
or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (C) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.5(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.5(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.5(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(2) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(C) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (C), an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(3) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.5(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.5(h) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.5(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.5(c)(3) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(C) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such
Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (C), an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.5(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(C) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holders compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.5(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.5(e).
(1) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or
(C) the Registrar receives the following:
(i) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(ii) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (C), an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(3) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to
register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate:
(1) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company; and
(2) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company.
Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.
(g) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under the Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture.
(1) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:
THE SALE OF THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND ACCORDINGLY, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION (THE COMPANY) HAS INSTRUCTED THE TRUSTEE THAT THIS LEGEND NO LONGER APPLIES, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER AGREES (1) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, RESELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY, EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY; (B) UNDER A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; (C) TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A (IF AVAILABLE); (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR (E) UNDER ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT; AND (2) THAT IT WILL, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE PURSUANT TO THE FOREGOING CLAUSE (E), FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS THEY MAY REQUIRE AND MAY RELY UPON TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. IN ANY EVENT, NO AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY MAY RESELL THIS NOTE OTHER THAN IN CONFORMITY WITH RULE 144 BEFORE ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF NOTES.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(2), (c)(3), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(3) or (f) of this Section 2.5 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend. The Company may also provide a certificate to the Trustee instructing the Trustee that the Private Placement Legend no longer applies or issue one or more new Notes to the Trustee in replacement for all or part of the Notes with the Private Placement Legend.
(2) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.5 OF THE SIXTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.5(a) OF THE SIXTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 309 OF THE EXISTING INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (DTC), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
(3) Original Issue Discount Legend. Each Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS NOTE BEARS ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT. INFORMATION INCLUDING THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE, AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO HOLDERS UPON REQUEST BY THE TREASURER OF THE COMPANY AT 1445 ROSS AVENUE, DALLAS, TX 75202.
(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 309 of the Existing Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof or at the Registrars request.
(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than
any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 304, 906 and 1107 of the Existing Indenture and Section 4.5 hereof).
(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid Obligations of the Company, evidencing the same Debt, and entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(5) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:
(A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 1103 of the Existing Indenture and ending at the close of business on the day of selection;
(B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
(C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(7) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2 hereof.
(8) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.5 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.1. Redemption
(a) The Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed
plus the Applicable Premium as of the Redemption Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Special Interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
(b) Other than as specifically provided in Section 3.2 hereof, any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Article Eleven of the Existing Indenture.
Section 3.2. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed
The following provision shall apply with respect to the Notes (notwithstanding the first sentence of the first paragraph of Section 1103 of the Existing Indenture, which shall be deemed modified and amended by the following):
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, selection of Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes to be redeemed are then listed, or, if the Notes are not so listed, by lot or, in the case of any Global Notes, according to the applicable procedures of the Depositary; provided that Notes with a principal amount of $2,000 will not be redeemed in part.
Section 3.3. Sinking Fund
The Company is not required to make mandatory sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
Section 4.1. Limitations on Liens
The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will issue, incur, create, assume or guarantee (collectively, incur) any Debt secured by Liens upon any Principal Property, unless the Notes are secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Debt.
The foregoing provisions shall not apply to:
(1) Liens securing the purchase price or cost of construction of property or additions, substantial repairs, alterations or improvements, if the Debt and the Liens are incurred within 12 months of the acquisition, the completion of construction and the full operation or completion of such additions, repairs, alterations or improvements;
(2) Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition by the Company or its Subsidiaries or on the property of an entity at the time of the acquisition of such entity by the Company or its Subsidiaries, provided that the Liens were in existence prior to the closing of, and not incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition and, in the case of the acquisition of an entity, the Liens do not extend to any assets other than those of the entity acquired;
(3) In the case of a Consolidated Subsidiary, Liens in favor of the Company or another Consolidated Subsidiary;
(4) Liens existing on the date of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture;
(5) Liens in favor of a government or governmental entity that:
(a) secure Debt that is guaranteed by the government or governmental entity, or
(b) secure Debt incurred to finance all or some of the purchase price or cost of construction of goods, products or facilities produced under contract or subcontract for the government or governmental entity;
(6) Liens arising in connection with the transfer of tax benefits in accordance with Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or any similar provision of law from time to time in effect); provided, that such Liens (i) are incurred within 90 days (or any longer period, not in excess of one year, as any such provision of law may from time to time permit) after the acquisition of the property or equipment subject to said Lien, (ii) do not extend to any other property or equipment, and (iii) are solely for the purpose of said transfer of tax benefits;
(7) Liens created in substitution of or as replacements for any Liens permitted by clauses (1) to (6) set forth above, provided that the property encumbered by any substitute or replacement Lien is similar in nature and value to the property encumbered by the Lien that is being replaced as determined in good faith by an Officer of the Company; and
(8) Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) to (7) inclusive of any Debt secured thereby; provided that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the Lien extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property).
Section 4.2. Limitations on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction with another Person unless:
(i) the Company or such Subsidiary would be entitled, pursuant to Section 4.1, to incur Debt secured by a Lien on the property to be leased, without equally and ratably securing the Notes; or
(ii) the Company (and in any such case the Company covenants and agrees that it will do so) during or immediately after the expiration of 120 days after the effective date of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction (whether made by the
Company or a Subsidiary) applies an amount equal to the greater of the net proceeds of the sale of the leased property or the fair value of the leased property to the acquisition, construction, addition, reparation, alteration or improvement of a Principal Property and/or to the voluntary retirement of any Debt of the Company which would be defined as long-term Debt on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Section 4.3. Exception to Limitations
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 4.1 or 4.2, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries may issue, incur, create, assume or guarantee Debt secured by Liens or enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that would otherwise be subject to the restrictions on Liens and Sale and Lease-Back Transactions described in Sections 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, provided that (i) the aggregate amount of all of the Companys Debt subject to the restriction on Liens described in Section 4.1 plus (ii) the aggregate Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions subject to the restriction on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions described in Section 4.2, does not exceed 15% of the Companys Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
Section 4.4. SEC Reports
If at any time the Company is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Company will nevertheless continue to file with the Commission for public availability within the time periods that would have been applicable if the Company were subject to such reporting requirements:
(1) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such reports; and
(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.
All such reports shall be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. Each annual report on Form 10-K shall include a report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries by the Companys independent registered public accounting firm.
Section 4.5. Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to make an offer (a Change of Control Offer) to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holders Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the date of purchase (the Change of Control Payment).
Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder and the Trustee describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and stating:
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.5 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date of such Change of Control (the Change of Control Payment Date);
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled Option of Holder to Elect Purchase attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.5, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.5 by virtue of such compliance.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will:
(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Note issued for surrendered but unpurchased Notes will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.5, the Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.5 and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not validly withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to contrary in this Section 4.5, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of the making of the Change of Control Offer.
(e) The Company may, with respect to the Notes, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in this Section 4.5, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect. No supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected thereby, modify any of the provisions of this Section 4.5(e), except to increase the percentage required to waive compliance by the Company of the covenants referenced here, provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to the Trustee and concomitant changes in this Section 4.5(e).
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 5.1. Events of Default
Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to the Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest (including any Special Interest) upon any Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) on any Note at its Maturity; or
(3) [Reserved]; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in the Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is specifically addressed elsewhere in this Section or which has expressly been included in the Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than the Notes), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or
(5) a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of Debt by the Company (including a default with respect to Securities of any series other than the Notes) having an aggregate principal amount outstanding in excess of the greater of (i) $25,000,000 and (ii) 5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, whether such Debt now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall constitute a failure to pay principal of such Debt when due and payable (other than as a result of acceleration), after expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or shall have resulted in such Debt becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such Debt having been discharged, such failure to pay at maturity having been cured or paid or such default or acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 10 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such Debt to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled, as the case may be, and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Sections 601 and 602 of the Existing Indenture, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such default unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of such default or (B) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company, from any Holder, from the holder of any such Debt or from the trustee under any such mortgage, indenture or other instrument; or
(6) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its properties, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(7) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of it in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its properties, or the making by the Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate, limited liability company or partnership action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or
(8) failure by the Company to comply with the provisions of Section 4.5 of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture and continuance of such failure for a period of 30 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default.
Section 5.2. Limitation on Suits
Other than as specifically provided in this Section 5.2, the right of a Holder of a Note to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or a trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, shall be provided pursuant to Section 507 of the Existing Indenture. Section 507(3) of the Existing Indenture shall be deemed modified and amended as follows:
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it to institute such proceeding as Trustee.
ARTICLE SIX
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 6.1. Defeasance and Discharge
Upon the Companys exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section 6.1 applied to the Notes, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its Obligations with respect to the Notes as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 6.3 are satisfied (hereinafter called Defeasance). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the Notes and to have satisfied all its other Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture insofar as the Notes are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments provided to it acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of the Notes to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 6.3 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes when payments are due, (2) the Companys Obligations with respect to the Notes under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 of the Existing Indenture and Section 2.5 of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Notes notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 6.2 applied to such Notes.
Section 6.2. Covenant Defeasance
Upon the Companys exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to the Notes, (1) the Company shall be released from its Obligations under Sections 1006 through 1007 of the Existing Indenture, inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) of the Existing Indenture for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 5.1(4) (with respect to any of Sections 1006 through 1007 of the Existing Indenture, inclusive, and any such covenants provided pursuant to Sections 4.1 through 4.5 of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture or Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) of the Existing Indenture) and 5.1(5) and 5.1(8) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to the Notes as provided in this Section 6.2 on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 6.3 are satisfied (hereinafter called Covenant Defeasance). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 5.1(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision in the Indenture or in any other document, but the remainder of the Indenture and the Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 6.3. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 6.1 or Section 6.2 to the Notes:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 of the Existing Indenture and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of the Notes, (A) money (in U.S. dollars which shall not be invested) in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest and Special Interest, if any, on such Notes on the Maturity Date, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes. As used herein, U.S. Government Obligation means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 6.2 apply to the Notes, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to the Notes and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have this Section 6.3 apply to the Notes, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Notes will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to the Notes and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate to the effect that the Notes, if then listed on any securities exchange, will not be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 5.1(6) and (7), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
ARTICLE SEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1. Conditions Precedent
The effectiveness of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture is conditioned upon the receipt by the Trustee of the items specified in Section 903 of the Existing Indenture.
Section 7.2. Relationship to Existing Indenture
The Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture within the meaning of the Existing Indenture. The Existing Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Sixteenth
Supplemental Indenture is in all respects ratified, confirmed and approved and, with respect to the Notes, the Existing Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
Section 7.3. Modification of the Existing Indenture
Except as expressly modified by this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Existing Indenture shall govern the terms and conditions of the Notes.
Section 7.4. Notices
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the others is duly given if it writing and delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others address:
If to the Company:
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75202
Facsimile No.: (469) 893-8600
Attention: General Counsel
With a copy to:
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166-0193
Facsimile No.: (212) 351-4035
Attention: Barbara Becker
If to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
400 South Hope Street, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Facsimile No.: (213) 630-6298
Attention: Corporate Unit
The Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, pdf, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions, subsequent to such transmission of written instructions, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustees understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustees reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding whether such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.
Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication will also be so mailed to any Person described in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 7.5. Governing Law
This instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof. The Company hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York or any Federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture and the Notes, and irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts.
Section 7.6. Counterparts
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a pdf or tif) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
Section 7.7. Waiver of Jury Trial
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 7.8. Force Majeure
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
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Signature Page to Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture
EXHIBIT A
To Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture
[Face of Note]
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CUSIP/CINS
6.75% Senior Notes due 2020
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TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
promises to pay to [ ] or registered assigns,
the principal sum of DOLLARS on February 1, 2020.
Interest Payment Dates: February 1 and August 1
Record Dates: January 15 and July 15
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This is one of the Notes referred to
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
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6.75% Senior Notes due 2020
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(1) INTEREST. Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (the Company), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 6.75% per annum from , 20 until February 1, 2020 (Maturity) and shall pay the Special Interest, if any, payable pursuant to Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below. The Company will pay interest and Special Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an Interest Payment Date). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that if there is no existing Event of Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be , 20 . Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
(2) METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes and Special Interest, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the January 15 or July 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and Special Interest, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Special Interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their respective addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium and Special Interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Until otherwise designated by the Company, the office or agency of the Company in New York will be the office of the Trustee maintained for such purpose.
(3) PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, the corporate trust department of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or
Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
(4) INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as predecessor trustee to the Trustee, as supplemented by the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture (the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture), dated as of October 16, 2012 (as so supplemented, the Indenture), between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be issued thereunder.
(5) REDEMPTION. The Company, at its option, may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of the Redemption Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Special Interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
(6) MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
(7) REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDER. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to make an offer (a Change of Control Offer) to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holders Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the date of purchase (the Change of Control Payment). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture.
(8) NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction or discharge of the Indenture. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed.
(9) DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the
Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
(10) PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
(11) AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing Event or Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Companys obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder or to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
(12) EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or Special Interest, if any, with respect to the Notes; (ii) default in the payment when due of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the Notes when the same becomes due and payable at Maturity; (iii) failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for 30 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes including Additional Notes, if any, then outstanding to comply with Section 4.5 of the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company for 90 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes including Additional Notes, if any, then outstanding to comply with the covenants or warranties in the Indenture; (v) default under certain other agreements relating to Debt of the Company which default results in the acceleration of such Debt prior to its express maturity; and (vi) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Event of Default (except an Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest or premium or Special Interest, if any) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium or Special Interest, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required, upon becoming aware of any Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Event of Default.
(13) TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
(14) NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, will not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
(15) AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
(16) ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
(17) ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have all the rights set forth in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 16, 2012, among the Company and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof or, in the case of Additional Notes, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have the rights set forth in one or more registration rights agreements, if any, among the Company and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of any Additional Notes (collectively, the Registration Rights Agreement ).
(18) CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused
CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
(19) GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE AND THIS NOTE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75202
Attention: Investor Relations
Assignment Form
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
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Option of Holder to Elect Purchase
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, check the following box: o
If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
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Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note *
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
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EXHIBIT B
To Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75202
Attention: Investor Relations
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
400 South Hope Street, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Attention: Corporate Unit
Re: 6.75% Senior Notes Due 2020
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001, between Tenet Healthcare Corporation, as issuer (the Company) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York, as supplemented by the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2012, between the Company and the Trustee (as so supplemented, the Indenture). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
, (the Transferor) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the Transfer), to (the Transferee), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
2. o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
3. o Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
(a) o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
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(c) o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;
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(d) o such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a
Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) if such Transfer is in respect of a principal amount of Notes at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that such Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
4. o Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
(a) o Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(b) o Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
(c) o Check if Transfer is Pursuant to Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
(a) o a beneficial interest in the:
(i) o 144A Global Note (CUSIP ), or
(ii) o Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ), or
(b) o a Restricted Definitive Note.
2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK ONE]
(a) o a beneficial interest in the:
(i) o 144A Global Note (CUSIP ), or
(ii) o Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP ), or
(iii) o Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP ); or
(b) o a Restricted Definitive Note; or
(c) o an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
EXHIBIT C
To Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75202
Attention: Investor Relations
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
400 South Hope Street, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Attention: Corporate Unit
Re: 6.75% Senior Notes Due 2020
(CUSIP )
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001, between Tenet Healthcare Corporation, as issuer (the Company) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York, as supplemented by the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2012, between the Company and the Trustee (as so supplemented, the Indenture). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
, (the Owner) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the Exchange). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note
(a) o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(b) o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(c) o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owners Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
(d) o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owners Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes
(a) o Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
(b) o Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] o 144A Global Note, o Regulation S Global Note, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
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EXHIBIT D
To Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture
FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM
TRANSFEREE
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75202
Attention: Investor Relations
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
400 South Hope Street, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Attention: Corporate Unit
Re: 6.75% Senior Notes Due 2020
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001, between Tenet Healthcare Corporation, as issuer (the Company) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York, as supplemented by the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2012, between the Company and the Trustee (as so supplemented, the Indenture). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
In connection with our proposed purchase of $ aggregate principal amount of:
(a) o a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or
(b) o a Definitive Note,
we confirm that:
1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act).
2. We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein, we will do so only (A) to the Company; (B) under a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act; (C) to a Person that we reasonably believe is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another Qualified Institutional Buyer and to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, all in compliance
with Rule 144A (if available); (D) in an offshore transaction complying with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act; or (E) under any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
3. We understand that, prior to any transfer of the Notes pursuant to clause (E) of paragraph 2, we will be required to furnish to the Company such legal opinions as the Company may require and may rely upon to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect. We understand that we may also be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications and other information as you or the Company may require and may rely upon to confirm that any transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
4. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.
5. We are not acquiring the Notes with a view towards any distribution thereof in a transaction that would violate the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction. We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion and on behalf of which we have the full power to make the foregoing acknowledgments, representations and agreements.
You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. We understand that you and the Company and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing acknowledgments, representations and agreements and agree that, if any of the foregoing acknowledgments, representations and agreements is no longer accurate, we will promptly notify you and the Company of such inaccuracy.
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Exhibit 10.1
TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
4.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020
unconditionally guaranteed as to the
payment of principal, premium,
if any, and interest by the
Guarantors named on Schedule I hereto
Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement
October 16, 2012
Barclays Capital Inc.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
As Representatives of the Initial Purchasers
c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the Company), is issuing, on the date hereof, $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 4.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (the Notes), which are unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (as defined herein), upon the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Offering Memorandum, dated October 1, 2012, as amended and supplemented, and that certain Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement), dated as of October 1, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined herein) and Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives (the Representatives) of the Initial Purchasers (as defined herein). As an inducement to purchase the Notes, and in satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of the Company under the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors agree with the Representatives, for the benefit of the holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Registrable Securities (as defined herein), as follows:
1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement (this Agreement), the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
Base Interest shall mean the interest that would otherwise accrue on the Securities under the terms thereof and the Indenture, without giving effect to the provisions of this Agreement.
The term broker-dealer shall mean any broker or dealer registered with the Commission under the Exchange Act.
Business Day shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13e-4(a)(3) promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act, as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.
Closing Date shall mean the date hereof, which is the date of original issuance of the Securities.
Commission shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose.
Company shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble.
Consummation Date shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof.
Effective Time shall mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares the Exchange Registration Statement effective or as of which the Exchange Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.
Exchange Offer shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof.
Exchange Registration shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(c) hereof.
Exchange Registration Statement shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof.
Exchange Securities shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof.
FINRA shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
Free Trade Date shall mean the 380th day following the Closing Date.
Freely Tradable shall mean, with respect to the Securities at any time of determination, that (a) all outstanding Securities are eligible to be sold by a person who has not been an affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Company or any Guarantor during the preceding 90 days without any volume or manner of sale restrictions under the Securities Act, (b) the Company has provided a certificate to the Trustee instructing the Trustee
that the restrictive legend on the Securities no longer applies and (c) the Securities have been assigned an unrestricted CUSIP number.
Guarantors shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Indenture.
The term holder shall mean each of the persons who acquire Registrable Securities from time to time (including any successors or assigns), in each case for so long as such person owns any Registrable Securities.
Indenture shall mean the Indenture, dated November 6, 2001, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor to The Bank of New York, as supplemented by the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, as the same shall be supplemented or amended from time to time.
Initial Purchasers shall mean Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Notes shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble.
The term person shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Purchase Agreement shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble.
Registrable Securities shall mean the Securities; provided, however, that a Security shall cease to be a Registrable Security upon the earliest to occur of the following: (a) in the circumstances contemplated by Section 2(a) hereof, the Security has been exchanged for an Exchange Security in an Exchange Offer as contemplated in Section 2(a) hereof (provided that any Exchange Security that, pursuant to the second to last and third to last sentences of Section 2(a), is included in a prospectus for use in connection with resales by broker-dealers shall be deemed to be a Registrable Security with respect to Sections 5, 6 and 9 until resale of such Registrable Security has been effected within the Resale Period); (b) the Securities become Freely Tradable or (c) such Security shall cease to be outstanding.
Registration Default shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b) hereof.
Registration Default Period shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b) hereof.
Registration Expenses shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4 hereof.
Representatives shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble.
Resale Period shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof.
Restricted Holder shall mean (i) a holder that is an affiliate of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405, (ii) a holder who acquires Exchange Securities outside the ordinary course of such holders business, (iii) a holder who has arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing Exchange Securities and (iv) a holder that is a broker-dealer, but only with respect to Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer in exchange for Registrable Securities acquired by the broker-dealer directly from the Company.
Rule 144, Rule 405, Rule 415 and Rule 433 shall mean, in each case, such rule promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.
Securities shall mean the $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Companys 4.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020, and securities issued in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof pursuant to the Indenture. Each Security is entitled to the benefit of the guarantees provided for in the Indenture (the Guarantees) and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a Security, an Exchange Security or a Registrable Security shall include the related Guarantees.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor thereto, as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.
Special Interest shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b) hereof.
Trust Indenture Act shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or any successor thereto, and the rules, regulations and forms promulgated thereunder, all as the same may be amended or succeeded from time to time.
Trustee shall mean The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture, together with any successors in such capacity.
Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a Section or clause refers to a Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Agreement, and the words herein, hereof and hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision.
2. Registration Under the Securities Act.
(a) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 2(a), if the Securities have not become Freely Tradable on or before the Free Trade Date, the Company and the Guarantors agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to (i) file under the Securities Act a registration statement relating to an offer to exchange (such registration statement, the Exchange Registration Statement, and such offer, the Exchange Offer) any and all of the Securities for a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors, which debt securities and guarantees are substantially identical to the Securities and the related Guarantees, respectively (and are entitled to the benefits of a trust indenture that is substantially identical to the Indenture or is the Indenture and that has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act), except that they have been registered pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act and do not contain provisions for the additional interest contemplated in Section 2(b) below (such new debt securities are hereinafter called Exchange Securities), (ii) cause the Exchange Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act, (iii) commence the Exchange Offer promptly after such Exchange Registration Statement has become effective, (iv) hold the Exchange Offer open for at least 20 Business Days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date that notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to holders of the Securities, (v) exchange Exchange Securities for all Registrable Securities that have been properly tendered and not withdrawn on or prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer and (vi) consummate the Exchange Offer on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Registration Statement has become effective, but in no event later than 30 Business Days thereafter (such 30th Business Day being the Consummation Date). The Exchange Offer will be registered under the Securities Act on the appropriate form and will comply with all applicable tender offer rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. The Exchange Offer will be deemed to have been completed only (A) if the debt securities and related guarantees received by holders other than Restricted Holders in the Exchange Offer for Registrable Securities are, upon receipt, transferable by each such holder without restriction under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and without material restrictions under the blue sky or securities laws of a substantial majority of the states of the United States of America, and (B) upon the earlier to occur of (1) the Company having exchanged the Exchange Securities for all outstanding Registrable Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer and (2) the Company having exchanged, pursuant to the Exchange Offer, Exchange Securities for all Registrable Securities that have been properly tendered and not withdrawn before the expiration of the Exchange Offer, which shall be on a date that is at least 20 Business Days following the commencement of the Exchange Offer. The Company and the Guarantors agree (I) to include in the Exchange Registration Statement a prospectus for use in any resales by any holder of Exchange Securities that is a broker-dealer and (II) to keep such Exchange Registration Statement effective for a period (the Resale Period) beginning when Exchange Securities are first issued in the Exchange Offer and ending upon the earlier of the expiration of the 180th day after the Exchange Offer has been completed or such time as such broker-dealers no longer own any Registrable Securities. With respect to such Exchange Registration Statement, such holders shall have the benefit of the rights of indemnification and contribution set forth in Sections 6(a), (b), (c) and (d) hereof. The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in this Section 2(a) shall cease on the date on which the Securities become Freely Tradable.
(b) If (i) the Exchange Offer has not been consummated prior to the Consummation Date, (ii) the Securities have not become Freely Tradable on or before the Free Trade Date, or (iii) any Exchange Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective, but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded by a post-effective amendment or prospectus supplement to such Exchange Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself declared effectively promptly (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iii), a Registration Default, and the period during which a Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, the Registration Default Period), then, as liquidated damages for such Registration Default, subject to the provisions of Section 8(b), special interest (Special Interest), in addition to the Base Interest, shall accrue at a per annum rate of 0.25% for the first 90 days of the Registration Default Period, at a per annum rate of 0.50% for the second 90 days of the Registration Default Period, at a per annum rate of 0.75% for the third 90 days of the Registration Default Period and
at a per annum rate of 1.0% thereafter for the remaining portion of the Registration Default Period, provided that in no event shall the Company be required to pay Special Interest for more than one Registration Default at any given time. The Registration Default Period shall terminate on the date on which (i) the Securities become Freely Tradable or (ii) the Exchange Registration Statement has been declared effective and the Exchange Offer has been consummated. Special Interest shall not accrue as a result of the Companys failure to provide a certificate to the Trustee instructing the Trustee that the restrictive legend on the Securities no longer applies unless the Company has received a request to do so by a holder of Securities or the Trustee on or after the 365th day after the Closing Date; provided that if the Company receives such a request on or after the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the Free Trade Date and the restrictive legend on the Securities has not been removed by the close of business on the fifth Business Day thereafter, Special Interest shall accrue as provided in this Section 2(b) until the date on which (i) the Securities become Freely Tradable or (ii) the Exchange Registration Statement has been declared effective and the Exchange Offer has been consummated.
(c) The Company shall take, and shall cause the Guarantors to take, all actions necessary or advisable to be taken to ensure that the transactions contemplated herein are effected as so contemplated, including all actions necessary or desirable to register the Guarantees under the Exchange Registration Statement contemplated in Section 2(a) hereof.
(d) Any reference herein to a registration statement or prospectus as of any time shall be deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, therein by reference as of such time and any reference herein to any post-effective amendment to a registration statement or to any prospectus supplement as of any time shall be deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, therein by reference as of such time.
3. Registration Procedures.
If the Company and the Guarantors file a registration statement pursuant to Section 2(a), the following provisions shall apply:
(a) At or before the Effective Time of the Exchange Registration, the Company and the Guarantors shall qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) In the event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Company and the Guarantors shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture.
(c) In connection with the Companys and the Guarantors obligations with respect to the registration of Exchange Securities as contemplated by Section 2(a) (the Exchange Registration), if applicable, the Company and the Guarantors shall, as soon as practicable (or as otherwise specified):
(i) prepare and file with the Commission an Exchange Registration Statement on any form that may be utilized by the Company and the Guarantors and that shall permit the Exchange Offer and resales of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers during the Resale Period to be effected as contemplated by Section 2(a), and use all
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Exchange Registration Statement to become effective;
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Exchange Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement for the periods and purposes contemplated in Section 2(a) hereof and as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions applicable to the form of such Exchange Registration Statement, and promptly provide each broker-dealer holding Exchange Securities with such number of copies of the prospectus included therein (as then amended or supplemented), in conformity in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, as such broker-dealer reasonably may request prior to the expiration of the Resale Period, for use in connection with resales of Exchange Securities;
(iii) notify each broker-dealer that has requested or received copies of the prospectus included in such Exchange Registration Statement, and confirm such advice in writing, (A) when such Exchange Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or any prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to such Exchange Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of any comments by the Commission and by the blue sky or securities commissioner or regulator of any state with respect thereto or any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such Exchange Registration Statement or prospectus or for additional information, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (D) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contemplated by Section 5 cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (E) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Exchange Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, or (F) at any time during the Resale Period when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, that such Exchange Registration Statement, prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment does not conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;
(iv) in the event that the Company and the Guarantors would be required, pursuant to Section 3(c)(iii)(F) above, to notify any broker-dealers holding Exchange Securities, prepare and furnish to each such holder a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of such Exchange Securities during the Resale Period, such prospectus shall conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and
the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;
(v) use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Exchange Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto at the earliest practicable date;
(vi) use all commercially reasonable efforts to (A) register or qualify the Exchange Securities under the securities laws or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are contemplated by Section 2(a) no later than the commencement of the Exchange Offer, (B) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions until the expiration of the Resale Period and (C) take any and all other actions as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each broker-dealer holding Exchange Securities to consummate the disposition thereof in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors shall be required for any such purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for the requirements of this Section 3(c)(vi), (2) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) in the case of the Company, make any changes to its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or any agreement between it and its stockholders, and in the case of the Guarantors, make any changes to (x) the certificate (or articles) of incorporation, certificate (or articles) of organization, certificate (or articles) of formation or certificate of limited partnership, as the case may be, and any amendments thereto, of any Guarantor, (y) the bylaws, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement or partnership agreement, as the case may be, and any amendments thereto, of any Guarantor or (z) any agreement between any Guarantor and its stockholders, shareholders, members or partners;
(vii) use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent or approval of each governmental agency or authority, whether federal, state or local, that may be required to effect the Exchange Registration, the Exchange Offer and the offering and sale of Exchange Securities by broker-dealers during the Resale Period;
(viii) provide a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities, not later than the applicable Effective Time; and
(ix) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable but no later than 18 months after the Effective Time of such Exchange Registration Statement, an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 thereunder).
(d) Until the expiration of one year after the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors will not, and will not permit any of their affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) to,
resell any of the Securities that have been acquired by any of them except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
4. Registration Expenses.
The Company and the Guarantors agree to bear and to pay or cause to be paid promptly all expenses incident to the Companys and the Guarantors performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including, without limitation, (a) all Commission and any FINRA registration, filing and review fees and expenses including fees and disbursements of counsel for the placement or sales agent or underwriters in connection with such registration, filing and review; (b) all expenses relating to the preparation, printing, production, distribution and reproduction of each registration statement required to be filed hereunder, each prospectus included therein or prepared for distribution pursuant hereto, each amendment or supplement to the foregoing, the expenses of preparing the Securities for delivery and the expenses of printing or producing any blue sky or legal investment memoranda and all other documents in connection with the offering, sale or delivery of Securities to be disposed of (including certificates representing the Securities); (c) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses relating to the offering, sale or delivery of Securities and the preparation of documents referred in clause (b) above; (d) fees and expenses of the Trustee under the Indenture, any agent of the Trustee and any counsel for the Trustee and of any collateral agent or custodian; (e) internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of the Companys or Guarantors officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties); (f) fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel and independent registered public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any opinions or comfort letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance); (g) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; and (h) fees, expenses and disbursements of any other persons, including special experts, retained by the Company or its Guarantors in connection with this Agreement (collectively, the Registration Expenses). To the extent that any reasonable fees are incurred, assumed or paid by any holder of Registrable Securities or its counsel, the Company or its Guarantors shall reimburse such person for the full amount of such reasonable fees so incurred, assumed or paid promptly after receipt of a request therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of the Registrable Securities being registered shall pay all agency fees and commissions attributable to the sale of such Registrable Securities.
5. Representations and Warranties.
Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Initial Purchasers and each of the holders from time to time of Registrable Securities that:
(a) Each registration statement covering Registrable Securities and each prospectus (including any preliminary or summary prospectus) contained therein or furnished pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof and any further amendments or supplements to any such registration statement or prospectus, when it becomes effective or is filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and at all times
subsequent to the Effective Time when a prospectus would be required to be delivered under the Securities Act, other than from (i) such time as a notice has been given to holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 3(c)(iii)(F) hereof until (ii) such time as the Company furnishes an amended or supplemented prospectus pursuant to Section 3(c)(iv) hereof, each such registration statement, and each prospectus (including any summary prospectus) contained therein or furnished pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof, as then amended or supplemented, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a holder of Registrable Securities expressly for use therein.
(b) Any documents incorporated by reference in any prospectus referred to in Section 5(a) hereof, when they become or became effective or are or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform or conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of such documents will contain or contained an untrue statement of a material fact or will omit or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by a holder of Registrable Securities expressly for use therein.
(c) The compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not: (i) conflict with or result in a material breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is a party or by which the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is subject; (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the articles of incorporation, as amended, or the bylaws of the Company; the certificate (or articles) of incorporation, certificate (or articles) of organization, certificate (or articles) of formation or certificate of limited partnership, as the case may be, and any amendments thereto, of any Guarantor; the bylaws, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement or partnership agreement, as the case may be, and any amendments thereto, of any Guarantor; or (iii) result in any material violation of any law or statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company and the Guarantors of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities, the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the offering and distribution of the Securities.
(d) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor.
6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold harmless each of the holders of Registrable Securities included in an Exchange Registration Statement, and each person who participates as a placement or sales agent or as an underwriter in any offering or sale of such Registrable Securities against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such holder, agent or underwriter may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Exchange Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus (including, without limitation, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433) contained therein or furnished by the Company to any such holder, agent or underwriter, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse such holder, such agent and such underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be liable to any such person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any registration statement contemplated hereunder, or preliminary, final or summary prospectus (including, without limitation, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433), or amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such person expressly for use therein.
(b) Notices of Claims, Etc. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) above of written notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party pursuant to the indemnification provisions of or contemplated by this Section 6, notify such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of such action; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under the indemnification provisions of or contemplated by Section 6(a) hereof. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, such indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, such indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(c) Contribution. If for any reason the indemnification provisions contemplated by Section 6(a) are unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or by such indemnified party, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 6(c) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the holders or any agents or underwriters or all of them were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6(c). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(c), no holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such holder from the sale of any Registrable Securities (after deducting any fees, discounts and commissions applicable thereto) exceeds the amount of any damages that such holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, and no underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Registrable Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The holders obligations in this Section 6(c) to contribute shall be several in proportion to the principal amount of Registrable Securities registered by them and not joint.
(d) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or the Guarantors may otherwise have
and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer, director and partner of each holder, agent and underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any holder, agent or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act; and the obligations of the holders and any agents or underwriters contemplated by this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective holder, agent or underwriter may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company or any Guarantor (including any person who, with his consent, is named in any registration statement as about to become a director of the Company or any Guarantor) and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act.
7. Rule 144.
The Company covenants to the holders of Registrable Securities that to the extent it shall be required to do so under the Exchange Act, the Company shall timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (including the reports under Section 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1) of Rule 144 adopted by the Commission under the Securities Act) and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, and shall take such further action as any holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the safe harbor provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar or successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities in connection with that holders sale pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall deliver to such holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and each Guarantor represents, warrants, covenants and agrees that it has not granted, and shall not grant, registration rights with respect to Registrable Securities or any other securities which would be inconsistent with the terms contained in this Agreement.
(b) Specific Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge that there would be no adequate remedy at law if the Company or any Guarantor fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder and that the Initial Purchasers and the holders from time to time of the Registrable Securities may be irreparably harmed by any such failure, and accordingly agree that the Initial Purchasers and such holders, in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to seek specific performance of the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in any court of the United States or any state thereof having jurisdiction.
(c) Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand, if delivered personally or by courier, or three days after being deposited in the mail (registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested) as follows: If to the Company, to it at 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400, Dallas, Texas 75202, Attention: Chief
Financial Officer, and if to a holder, to the address of such holder set forth in the security register or other records of the Company, or to such other address as the Company or any such holder may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
(d) Parties in Interest. All the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and the holders from time to time of the Registrable Securities and the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto and such holders. In the event that any transferee of any holder of Registrable Securities shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by gift, bequest, purchase, operation of law or otherwise, such transferee shall, without any further writing or action of any kind, be deemed a beneficiary hereof for all purposes and such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such transferee shall be entitled to receive the benefits of, and be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by all of the applicable terms and provisions of this Agreement. If the Company shall so request, any such successor, assign or transferee shall agree in writing to acquire and hold the Registrable Securities subject to all of the applicable terms hereof.
(e) Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and each other provision set forth in this Agreement or made pursuant hereto shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation (or statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any holder of Registrable Securities, any director, officer or partner of such holder, any agent or underwriter or any director, officer or partner thereof, or any controlling person of any of the foregoing, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the transfer and registration of Registrable Securities by such holder and the consummation of an Exchange Offer.
(f) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(g) Headings. The descriptive headings of the several sections and paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
(h) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and the other writings referred to herein (including the Indenture, the Purchase Agreement and the form of Securities) or delivered pursuant hereto which form a part hereof contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to its subject matter. This Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only by a written instrument duly executed by the Company, the Guarantors and the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding. Each holder of any Registrable Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any amendment or waiver effected pursuant to this Section 8(h), whether or not any notice, writing or marking
indicating such amendment or waiver appears on such Registrable Securities or is delivered to such holder.
(i) Inspection. For so long as this Agreement shall be in effect, this Agreement and a complete list of the names and addresses of all the holders of Registrable Securities shall be made available for inspection and copying on any Business Day by any holder of Registrable Securities for proper purposes only (which shall include any purpose related to the rights of the holders of Registrable Securities under the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement) at the offices of the Company at the address thereof set forth in Section 8(c) above and at the office of the Trustee under the Indenture.
(j) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a pdf or tif) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
(k) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained in this Agreement shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us two counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the holders, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the holders, the Guarantors and the Company.
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TENET HEALTHSYSTEM PHILADELPHIA, INC., as: Managing Member of TENET HEALTHSYSTEM ST. CHRISTOPHERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, L.L.C. | ||
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BROOKWOOD HEALTH SERVICES, INC. |
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COASTAL CAROLINA MEDICAL CENTER, INC. |
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COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF LOS GATOS, INC. |
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CORAL GABLES HOSPITAL, INC. |
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CYPRESS FAIRBANKS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. |
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DELRAY MEDICAL CENTER, INC. |
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DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF MANTECA, INC. |
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DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF MODESTO, INC. |
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EAST COOPER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC. |
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FMC MEDICAL, INC. |
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FOUNTAIN VALLEY REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER |
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FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC. |
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JFK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC. |
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LAKEWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC. |
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LIFEMARK HOSPITALS, INC. |
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LIFEMARK HOSPITALS OF FLORIDA, INC. |
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LOS ALAMITOS MEDICAL CENTER, INC. |
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NORTH FULTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC. |
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PALM BEACH GARDENS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC. |
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PLACENTIA-LINDA HOSPITAL, INC. |
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SAN RAMON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC. |
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SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. |
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TENET FLORIDA, INC. |
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TENET GOOD SAMARITAN, INC. |
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TENET HEALTHSYSTEM BARTLETT, INC. |
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TENET HEALTHSYSTEM CFMC, INC. |
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TENET HEALTHSYSTEM DESERT, INC. |
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TENET HEALTHSYSTEM DI, INC. |
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TENET HEALTHSYSTEM GB, INC. |
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TENET HEALTHSYSTEM HEALTHCORP |
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TENET HEALTHSYSTEM HOLDINGS, INC. |
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TENET HEALTHSYSTEM KNC, INC. |
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TENET HEALTHSYSTEM MEDICAL, INC. |
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TENET HEALTHSYSTEM NORTH SHORE, INC. |
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TENET TEXAS, INC. | |
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TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC. | |
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WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER, INC. | |
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BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. |
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/s/ Jeremy Hazan |
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Jeremy Hazan |
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MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED | |||
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. |
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Stuart G. Dickson |
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Managing Director |
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WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC |
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David Gillespie |
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Schedule I
Guarantors
American Medical (Central), Inc.
AMI Information Systems Group, Inc.
Amisub (Heights), Inc.
Amisub (Hilton Head), Inc.
Amisub (SFH), Inc.
Amisub (Twelve Oaks), Inc.
Amisub of North Carolina, Inc.
Amisub of South Carolina, Inc.
Amisub of Texas, Inc.
Anaheim MRI Holding, Inc. (formerly known as USC University Hospital, Inc. and formerly known as Tenet 1500 San Pablo, Inc.)
Brookwood Health Services, Inc.
CGH Hospital, Ltd.
Coastal Carolina Medical Center, Inc.
Community Hospital of Los Gatos, Inc.
Coral Gables Hospital, Inc.
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center, Inc.
Delray Medical Center, Inc.
Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Inc.
Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, Inc.
East Cooper Community Hospital, Inc.
FMC Medical, Inc.
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center
Frye Regional Medical Center, Inc.
Hilton Head Health System, L.P.
JFK Memorial Hospital, Inc.
Lakewood Regional Medical Center, Inc.
Lifemark Hospitals, Inc.
Lifemark Hospitals of Florida, Inc.
Los Alamitos Medical Center, Inc.
New Medical Horizons II, Ltd.
North Fulton Medical Center, Inc.
OrNda Hospital Corporation
Palm Beach Gardens Community Hospital, Inc.
Placentia-Linda Hospital, Inc.
San Ramon Regional Medical Center, Inc.
Sierra Vista Hospital, Inc.
Tenet 100 Medical Center Slidell, L.L.C. (formerly known as NorthShore Regional Medical Center, L.L.C.)
Tenet California, Inc.
Tenet Florida, Inc.
Tenet Frisco, Ltd.
Tenet Good Samaritan, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem Bartlett, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem CFMC, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem Desert, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem DI, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem GB, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem Hahnemann, L.L.C.
Tenet HealthSystem HealthCorp
Tenet HealthSystem Holdings, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem KNC, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem Medical, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem North Shore, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem Philadelphia, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem SGH, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem SL, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem Spalding, Inc.
Tenet HealthSystem St. Christophers Hospital for Children, L.L.C.
Tenet Hialeah HealthSystem, Inc.
Tenet Hospitals, Inc.
Tenet Hospitals Limited
Tenet Louisiana, Inc.
Tenet Missouri, Inc.
Tenet Physician Services Hilton Head, Inc.
Tenet South Fulton, Inc.
Tenet St. Marys, Inc.
Tenet Texas, Inc.
Tenetsub Texas, Inc.
TH Healthcare, Ltd.
Twin Cities Community Hospital, Inc.
West Boca Medical Center, Inc.
Exhibit 10.2
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 16, 2012
by and among
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
and
Barclays Capital Inc.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
and
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
As the Initial Purchasers
This Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of October 16, 2012, by and among Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the Company), and Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. (collectively, the Initial Purchasers). Each of the Initial Purchasers has agreed to purchase the Companys 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020 (the Initial Notes), pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated October 1, 2012, by and among the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the Initial Purchasers (the Purchase Agreement).
In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Notes, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers under the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001, or the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2012, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York, relating to the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes (as defined below).
The parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
Affiliate shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 144 of the Securities Act.
Base Interest shall mean the interest that would otherwise accrue on the Notes under the terms thereof and the Indenture, without giving effect to the provisions of this Agreement.
Broker-Dealer shall mean any broker or dealer registered with the Commission under the Exchange Act.
Business Day shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York City are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Closing Date shall mean the date on which the Initial Notes are initially issued.
Commission shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose.
Consummate: an Exchange Offer shall be deemed Consummated for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (b) the maintenance of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof and (c) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes validly tendered by Holders thereof and accepted by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
Consummation Deadline shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof.
Effectiveness Deadline shall have the meanings set forth in Section 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor thereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.
Exchange Notes shall mean the Companys 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020, to be issued pursuant to the Indenture (i) in the Exchange Offer or (ii) as contemplated by Section 4 hereof.
Exchange Offer shall mean the exchange and issuance by the Company of a principal amount of Exchange Notes (which shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding principal amount of Initial Notes that are validly tendered by Holders and accepted by the Company in connection with such exchange and issuance.
Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall mean the Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.
Exempt Resales shall mean the transactions in which the Initial Purchasers propose to sell the Initial Notes to certain qualified institutional buyers, as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Filing Date shall mean the date of the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, with the Commission.
Filing Deadline shall have the meanings set forth in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.
Holders shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2 hereof.
Indemnified Person shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a) hereof.
Indenture shall mean the Indenture, dated as of November 6, 2001, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York, as supplemented by the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture on October 16, 2012, as the same may be amended from time to time.
Liabilities shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a) hereof.
Notes shall mean, collectively, the Initial Notes to be issued and sold to the Initial Purchasers, and securities issued in exchange therefore or in lieu thereof pursuant to the Indenture.
Offering Memorandum shall mean the offering memorandum, dated as of October 1, 2012, prepared in connection with the offer and sale of the Initial Notes.
Prospectus shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the time such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such Prospectus.
Recommencement Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof.
Registration Default shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.
Registration Statement shall mean any registration statement of the Company relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Notes pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) that is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.
Rule 144 shall mean Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, or any successor thereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.
Shelf Registration Statement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4 hereof.
Special Interest shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.
Suspension Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d) hereof.
TIA shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture.
Transfer Restricted Securities shall mean (a) each Initial Note, until the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which such Initial Note is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Note
which is entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (ii) the date on which such Initial Note has been disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement (and the purchasers thereof have been issued Exchange Notes), or (iii) the date on which such Initial Note is sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act and (b) each Exchange Note held by a Broker-Dealer until the date on which such Exchange Note is disposed of by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Plan of Distribution contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including the delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).
SECTION 2. HOLDERS
A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a Holder) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.
SECTION 3. REGISTERED EXCHANGE OFFER
(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by applicable federal law (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below have been complied with) or the policies, rules or regulations of the Commission, the Company shall (i) cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission within 30 days after the earlier of (a) the date of filing of the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 and (b) the date on which such report should have been timely filed under the Securities Act (such 30th day being the Filing Deadline), (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective at the earliest possible time, but in no event later than 360 days after the date of the Offering Memorandum (such 360th day being the Effectiveness Deadline), (iii) in connection with the foregoing, (A) file all pre-effective amendments to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause it to become effective, (B) file, if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Notes to be made under the Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) as soon as practicable following the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to commence and Consummate the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form permitting (i) registration of the Exchange Notes to be offered in exchange for the Initial Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) resales of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered into the Exchange Offer Initial Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of market making activities or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) as contemplated by Section 3(c) below.
(b) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously, and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 20 Business Days. The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Notes shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective but in no event later than 30 Business Days thereafter, unless required by applicable law or the policies, rules or regulations of the Commission (the last day of such period being the Consummation Deadline).
(c) The Company shall include a Plan of Distribution section in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and indicate therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds Transfer Restricted Securities that were acquired for the account of such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any Affiliate of the Company), may exchange such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Such Plan of Distribution section shall also contain all other information with respect to such sales by such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such Plan of Distribution shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the Commission as a result of a change in policy, rules or regulations after the date of this Agreement.
Because such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with its initial sale of any Exchange Notes received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, the Company shall permit the use of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement by such Broker-Dealer to satisfy such prospectus delivery requirement. To the extent necessary to ensure that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is available for sales of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers, the Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions of Section 6(a) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of 180 days from the Consummation Deadline or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto. The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to such Broker-Dealers, promptly upon request, and in no event later than two Business Days after such request, at any time during such period.
SECTION 4. SHELF REGISTRATION
(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law (after the Company has complied with the procedures set forth in Section 6(a)(i) below) or the policies, rules or regulations of the Commission or (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is not Consummated by the Consummation Deadline or (iii) if any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall notify the Company within 20 Business Days following the Consummation of the Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder was prohibited by applicable law or the policies, rules or regulations of the Commission from participating in the Exchange Offer; or (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder; or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates, then the Company shall:
(x) file, on or prior to 30 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the Company determines that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement cannot be filed as a result of clause (a)(i) above, (ii) the next Business Day following the Consummation Deadline, if the Exchange Offer is not Consummated by the Consummation Deadline and (iii) the date on which the Company receives the notice specified in clause (a)(iii) above (such earlier date, the Filing Deadline), a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (the Shelf Registration Statement)), relating to all Transfer Restricted Securities, and
(y) shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective on or prior to 90 days after the Filing Date (such 90th day, the Effectiveness Deadline).
If, after the Company has filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement that satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a) above, the Company is required to file and make effective a Shelf Registration Statement solely because the Exchange Offer is not permitted under applicable law or the policies, rules or regulations of the Commission (i.e., as contemplated by clause (a)(i) above), then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above; provided that, in such event, the Company shall remain obligated to meet the Effectiveness Deadline set forth in clause (y).
To the extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration Statement is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by the Holders thereof entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and the other securities required to be registered therein pursuant to Section 6(b)(ii) hereof, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Section 4(a) continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at least two years (as extended pursuant to Section 6(c)(i)) following the Closing Date, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto.
(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 days after receipt of a request therefor, the information specified in Item 507 or Item 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, of the Securities Act for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein and such other information as the Company may reasonably request. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall be entitled to Special Interest pursuant to Section 5 hereof relating to a Shelf Registration Statement unless and until such Holder shall have provided all such information. Each selling Holder agrees to promptly furnish additional
information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.
SECTION 5. SPECIAL INTEREST
If (i) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline, (ii) any such Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness Deadline, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated on or prior to the Consummation Deadline or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself declared effective promptly (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a Registration Default), then the Company hereby agrees to pay to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities affected thereby, as liquidated damages for such Registration Default, special interest (Special Interest), in addition to the Base Interest, which Special Interest shall accrue at a per annum rate of 0.25% for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default, at a per annum rate of 0.50% for the second 90-day period following the occurrence of such Registration Default, at a per annum rate of 0.75% for the third 90-day period following the occurrence of such Registration Default and at a per annum rate of 1.0% thereafter for any remaining time period until all Registration Defaults have been cured; provided that the Company shall in no event be required to pay Special Interest for more than one Registration Default at any given time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of (ii) above, (3) upon Consummation of the Exchange Offer, in the case of (iii) above, or (4) upon the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared effective or made usable in the case of (iv) above, the Special Interest payable with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), as applicable, shall cease.
All accrued Special Interest shall be paid to the Holders entitled thereto, in the manner provided for the payment of interest in the Indenture, on each Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the fact that any securities for which Special Interest is due cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, all obligations of the Company to pay Special Interest with respect to such securities shall survive until such time as such obligations with respect to such securities shall have been satisfied in full. Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Indenture to the contrary, the payment of Special Interest shall be the only remedy available to Holders for any Registration Default.
SECTION 6. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company shall (x) comply with all applicable provisions of Section 6(c) below, (y) use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the resale of Exchange Notes by Broker-Dealers that validly tendered, in the Exchange Offer, Initial Notes that such
Broker-Dealer acquired for its own account as a result of its market making activities or other trading activities (other than Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or any of its Affiliates) being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and (z) comply with all of the following provisions:
(i) If, following the date hereof there has been announced a change in the policies, rules or regulations of the Commission with respect to exchange offers such as the Exchange Offer, that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company raises a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable law, the Company hereby agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Transfer Restricted Securities. In connection with the foregoing, the Company hereby agrees to take such other commercially reasonable actions as may be requested by the Commission or otherwise required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including without limitation (A) participating in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission staff.
(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Holder who is a Broker-Dealer) shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written representation to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business. As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the Exchange Notes hereby acknowledges and agrees that, if the resales are of Exchange Notes obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Notes acquired directly from the Company or an Affiliate thereof, it (1) could not, under the policies, rules or regulations of the Commission as in effect on the date of this Agreement, rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co. Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commissions letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (including, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K.
(iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Company shall provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the
Company is registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co. Inc. (available June 5, 1991) as interpreted in the Commissions letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) including a representation that the Company has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any Person to distribute the Exchange Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer and that, to the best of the Companys information and belief, each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer is acquiring the Exchange Notes in its ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes received in the Exchange Offer and (C) providing any other commercially reasonable undertaking or representation required by the Commission as set forth in any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above, if applicable.
(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, if any, the Company shall:
(i) (x) comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) below and (y) use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof (as indicated in the information furnished to the Company pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof), and pursuant thereto the Company will prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof within the time periods and otherwise in accordance with the provisions hereof; and
(ii) issue, subject to compliance with the applicable Indenture, upon the request of any Holder or purchaser of Initial Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, Exchange Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and surrendered to the Company for cancellation; the Company shall register Exchange Notes on the Shelf Registration Statement for this purpose and issue the Exchange Notes to the purchaser(s) of securities subject to the Shelf Registration Statement in the names as such purchaser(s) shall designate; provided, that the Holder shall pay any transfer taxes or other fees charged in connection with such registration of Exchange Notes.
(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any related Prospectus required by this Agreement, the Company shall:
(i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement, as applicable. Upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement (A) to contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this
Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement curing such defect, and, if Commission review is required, use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable;
(ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as the case may be; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with Rules 424, 430A and 462, as applicable, under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act in connection with the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
(iii) advise each Holder promptly and, if requested by such Holder, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any applicable Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;
(iv) subject to Section 6(c)(i), if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have occurred, use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of
Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(v) if requested by an Initial Purchaser or a Holder, furnish to each Holder in connection with such exchange or sale, if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders in connection with such sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business Days if practicable, or such shorter time period as is practicable, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which such Holders shall reasonably object within five Business Days after the receipt thereof. A Holder shall be deemed to have reasonably objected to such filing only if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or fails to comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act;
(vi) make available, at reasonable times, for inspection by one Holder designated by a majority of the Holders and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents of the Company and cause the Companys officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness; provided, however, that any information that is designated in writing by the Company as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the Holders or any such attorney or accountant, unless such disclosure is required by law;
(vii) if requested by any Holders in connection with such exchange or sale, promptly include in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such Holders may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the Plan of Distribution of the Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, that the Company shall not be required to participate in a distribution of any derivative security by or on behalf of any Holder; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be included in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
(viii) deliver to each Holder without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; the Company hereby consents to the use (in accordance with law) of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each selling Holder in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer
Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;
(ix) upon the request of any Holder, enter into such commercially reasonable agreements (including underwriting agreements) and make such customary representations and warranties and take all such other commercially reasonable actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any applicable Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement as may be reasonably requested by any Holder in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any applicable Registration Statement. In such connection, the Company shall:
(A) upon request of any Holder, furnish (or in the case of paragraphs (2) and (3), use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be furnished) to each such Holder upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:
(1) a certificate, dated such date, signed on behalf of the Company by (x) an executive officer of the Company and (y) a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in Section 6(g) of the Purchase Agreement and such other similar matters as such Holders may reasonably request;
(2) an opinion, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, of counsel for the Company covering matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in connection with underwritten offerings and such other matters as such Holder may reasonably request;
(3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, from the Companys independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in comfort letters to underwriters in connection with underwritten offerings; and
(B) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the selling Holders to evidence compliance with the matters covered in clause (A) above and with any customary conditions contained in the any agreement entered into by the Company pursuant to this clause (ix);
(x) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders may request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement, but in no event for longer than 365 days from the effective date of the Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to register or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;
(xi) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and to register such Transfer Restricted Securities in such denominations and such names as the selling Holders may request at least two Business Days prior to such sale of Transfer Restricted Securities;
(xii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, but in no event for longer than 365 days from the effective date of the Registration Statement, subject to the proviso contained in clause (x) above;
(xiii) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with typed certificates for the Transfer Restricted Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with a custodian for the Depository Trust Company;
(xiv) otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders with regard to any applicable Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 (which need not be audited) covering a twelve-month period beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as such term is defined in paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under the Securities Act); and
(xv) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.
(d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of the notice referred to in Section 6(c)(iii)(C) or any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (in each case, a Suspension Notice), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until (i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(iv) hereof, or (ii) such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (in each case, the Recommencement Date). Each Holder receiving a Suspension Notice hereby agrees that it will either (i) destroy
any Prospectuses, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holders possession which have been replaced by the Company with more recently dated Prospectuses or (ii) deliver to the Company (at the Companys expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holders possession of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of the Suspension Notice. The time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days in the period from and including the date of delivery of the Suspension Notice to the Recommencement Date.
SECTION 7. REGISTRATION EXPENSES
(a) All expenses incident to the Companys performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; and (v) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).
The Company will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company.
(b) In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement required by this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities who are selling or reselling Initial Notes or Exchange Notes pursuant to the Plan of Distribution contained in the Shelf Registration Statement for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Shelf Registration Statement is being prepared.
SECTION 8. INDEMNIFICATION
(a) Indemnification of the Holders. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its directors, officers, and each person, if any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Holder, director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) provided by the Company to any Holder or any prospective purchaser of Exchange Notes or registered Initial Notes, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and to reimburse each such Holder and each such director, officer or controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen pursuant to Section 8(c)) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Holder or such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the indemnity in this Section 8(a) shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company by any of the Holders.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Holder), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company and each such director, officer or controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen pursuant to Section 8(c)) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by the Company or such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. In no event shall any Holder, its directors, officers or any person who controls such Holder be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount received by such Holder with respect to its sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the amount of any damages that such Holder, its directors, officers or any person who controls such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
(c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b) (the indemnified party), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the indemnifying person) in writing and the indemnifying party shall assume and control the defense of such action, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except
that in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), a Holder shall not be required to assume the defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ separate counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Holder). Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified parties and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by a majority of the Holders, in the case of the parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b).
(d) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include any statements as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(e) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from their sale of Transfer Restricted Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Holder, on the other hand, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8 hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in Section 8 hereof with respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for contribution is to be made under this Section 8(e); provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 8 hereof for purposes of indemnification.
The Company and each Holder agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 8(e).
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(e), no Holder, its directors, its officers or any person, if any, who controls such Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total received by such Holder with respect to the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(e) are several, and not joint, in proportion to the respective principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities held by each Holder hereunder. For purposes of this Section 8(e), each director and officer of a Holder and each person, if any, who controls a Holder within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each director and officer of the Company, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
SECTION 9. RULE 144A and RULE 144
The Company agrees with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding and during any period in which the Company (i) is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to make available, upon request of any Holder, to such Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities designated by such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A, and (ii) is subject
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to make all filings required thereby in a timely manner in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Companys securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.
(b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 10(b)(i), the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Company or its Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose Transfer Restricted Securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities subject to such Exchange Offer.
(c) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, facsimile, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and
(ii) if to the Company:
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1400
Dallas, Texas 75202
Facsimile No.: (469) 893-8600
Attention: General Counsel
With a copy to:
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Facsimile No.: (212) 351-5237
Attention: Andrew Fabens
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if facsimiled; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.
Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.
(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided, that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities in violation of the terms hereof or of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Transfer Restricted Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(h) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.
(i) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
(j) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and
accepted as of the date first above written.
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
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Exhibit 99.1
Tenet Announces Completion of Its Private Offering of 4.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 and 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020 and Early Tender Results of Its Tender Offer
DALLAS October 16, 2012 Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) announced today the successful completion of its previously announced private offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 and $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020.
The proceeds from the offering will be used to purchase Tenets 7.375% Senior Notes due 2013 (the Notes) in a tender offer. Tenet will use any remaining net proceeds for purchases of its other outstanding senior notes through public or privately negotiated transactions, and for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of indebtedness and drawings under its senior secured revolving credit facility and strategic acquisitions. The terms of the tender offer are contained in an offer to purchase dated October 1, 2012 and a related letter of transmittal. The tender offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on October 29, 2012.
As of the early tender time of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 15, 2012, $160,791,000 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn.
Holders that validly tendered prior to the early tender time and whose Notes were accepted will receive total consideration of $1,019.67 per $1,000 principal amount of purchased Notes, which includes an early tender premium of $30.00 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the initial settlement date of October 16, 2012.
Holders that validly tender after the early tender time, but prior to the expiration of the tender offer, and whose Notes are accepted will receive the tender offer consideration of $989.67 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the final settlement date, which is expected to be October 30, 2012. Holders of the Notes that tender after the early tender time will not receive an early tender premium. Any Notes tendered after the withdrawal deadline of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 15, 2012 may not be withdrawn except as required by law.
This news release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any notes. The tender offer is being made only pursuant to the offer to purchase and the related letter of transmittal, copies of which have been delivered to all holders of the Notes. Persons with questions regarding the tender offer should contact the dealer managers Barclays Capital Inc. at (800) 438-3242 (toll free) or (212) 528-7581 (collect), BofA Merrill Lynch at (888) 292-0070 (toll free) or (980) 387-3907 (collect), Citigroup at (800) 558-3745 (toll free) or Wells Fargo Securities at (866) 309-6316 (toll free) or (704) 715-8341 (collect) or the Information Agent, Global Bondholder Services Corporation, at (866) 540-1500 (toll free) or (212) 430-3774 (collect).
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a leading health care services company, through its subsidiaries operates 49 hospitals, over 100 free-standing outpatient centers and Conifer Health Solutions, a leader in business process solutions for health care providers serving nearly 400 hospital and health care entities nationwide. Tenets hospitals and related health care facilities are committed to providing high quality care to patients in the communities they serve.
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Some of the statements in this release may constitute forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on our current expectations and could be affected by numerous factors and are subject to various risks and uncertainties discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2011, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and periodic reports on Form 8-K. Do not rely on any forward-looking statement, as we cannot predict or control many of the factors that ultimately may affect our ability to achieve the results estimated. We make no promise to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of changes in underlying factors, new information, future events or otherwise.
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