EXCHANGE AGENT AGREEMENTAgent Agreement • November 29th, 2001 • Tenet Healthcare Corp • Services-general medical & surgical hospitals, nec • New York
Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), proposes to make offers (as to each series, an "Exchange Offer") to exchange all of its outstanding 53/8% Senior Notes due 2006, 63/8% Senior Notes due 2011 and 67/8% Senior Notes due 2031 (together, the "Old Securities") for its 53/8% Senior Notes due 2006, 63/8% Senior Notes due 2011 and 67/8% Senior Notes due 2031, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (together, the "New Securities"). The terms and conditions of each Exchange Offer as currently contemplated are set forth in a prospectus, dated (the "Prospectus"), proposed to be distributed to all record holders of the Old Securities. The Old Securities and the New Securities are collectively referred to herein as the "Securities".
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT Dated as of November 6, 2001 by and among Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Salomon Smith Barney Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. As Representatives of the Initial...And Registration Rights Agreement • November 29th, 2001 • Tenet Healthcare Corp • Services-general medical & surgical hospitals, nec • New York
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated October 30, 2001 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and among the Company, CSFB, SSB and J.P. Morgan, as Representatives of the Initial Purchasers. 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, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (the "Indenture") relating to the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes (as defined below).
