As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2010

Registration No. 333-165938

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

 

Amendment No. 1 to

Form S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

 

HCA Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

SEE TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Park Plaza

Nashville, Tennessee 37203

(615) 344-9551

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants’ principal executive offices)

 

John M. Franck II, Esq.

HCA Inc.

Vice President and Corporate Secretary

One Park Plaza

Nashville, Tennessee 37203

Telephone: (615) 344-9551

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

With a copy to:

John C. Ericson, Esq.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017-3954

Telephone: (212) 455-2000

 

 

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed exchange offers:  As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement is declared effective.

 

If the securities being registered on this form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, please check the following box.  o

 

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o

 

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

 

If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:

 

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer) o

 

Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer) o

 

The Registrants hereby amend this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

Table of Additional Registrant Guarantors

 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

 

California Registrants

 

(a) Columbia ASC Management, L.P. and Riverside Healthcare System, L.P. are registered under the laws of California.

 

The partnership agreements of Columbia ASC Management, L.P. and Riverside Healthcare System, L.P. provide that the limited partner shall indemnify and hold harmless the general partner; its partners, managers, employees, agents and representatives; and the officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives of its partners to the fullest extent permitted by the California Limited Partnership Act and the California Revised Partnership Act. Neither of these acts, however, addresses indemnification.

 

Section 15904.06 (Operative January 1, 2008) of the 2008 California Revised Limited Partnership Act addresses the rights of a general partner with respect to its management and conduct of partnership activities. The 2008 California Revised Limited Partnership Act provides that a limited partnership shall reimburse a general partner for payments made, and indemnify a general partner for liabilities incurred by, the general partner in the ordinary course of the activities of the partnership or for the preservation of its activities or property.

 

(b) Columbia Riverside, Inc., Encino Hospital Corporation, Inc., Los Robles Regional Medical Center and MCA Investment Company are incorporated under the laws of California.

 

Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law sets forth the provisions pertaining to the indemnification of corporate “agents.” For purposes of this law, an agent is any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or other agent of a corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation in such capacity with respect to any other corporation, partnership, join venture, trust or other enterprise. Indemnification for expenses, including amounts paid on settling or otherwise disposing of a threatened or pending action or defending against the same, can be made in certain circumstances by action of the company through:

 

 

Under certain circumstances, an agent can be indemnified, even when found liable. Indemnification is mandatory where the agent’s defense is successful on the merits. The law allows a corporation to make advances of expenses for certain actions upon the receipt of an undertaking that the agent will reimburse the corporation if the agent is found liable. The indemnification provided by Section 317 for acts while serving as a director or officer of the corporation, but not involving breach of duty to the corporation and its shareholders, shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw to the extent authorized by the corporation’s articles of the corporation.

 

The bylaws of each of the California Registrants in this section (b) provide, in relevant part, that each of the Registrants will indemnify its respective officers and directors, under the circumstances and to the extent provided for therein, for expenses, damages, judgments, fines and settlements such officers and directors may be required to pay in any action, suit or proceeding which they are or may be made a party by reason of their position as a director, officer or other agent of such Registrant, and otherwise to the full extent permitted under California law and our bylaws for any action taken on behalf of the corporation that does not involve gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(c) Surgicare of Riverside, LLC is registered under the laws of California.

 

Under Section 17155 of the California Limited Liability Company Act, except for a breach of duty, the articles of organization or written operating agreement of a limited liability company may provide for indemnification of any person, including, without limitation, any manager, member, officer, employee or agent of the limited liability company, against judgments, settlements, penalties, fines or expenses of any kind incurred as a result of acting in that capacity. A limited liability company shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any manager, member, officer, employee or agent of the limited liability company against any liability asserted against or incurred by the person in that capacity or arising out of the person’s status as a manager, member, officer, employee or agent of the limited liability company.

 

The limited liability company agreement of Surgicare of Riverside, LLC states that the company shall indemnify its officers and managers against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or managers of the company, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and managers and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the company or amounts paid in settlement to the company. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and managers in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

Colorado Registrants

 

(a) Colorado Health Systems, Inc., Columbine Psychiatric Center, Inc. and New Rose Holding Company, Inc. are incorporated under the laws of Colorado.

 

Sections 7-109-102 through 7-109-110 of the Colorado Business Corporation Act (the “Act”) grant the registrants’ broad powers to indemnify any person in connection with legal proceedings brought against him by reason of his present or past status as an officer or director of the registrant, provided with respect to conduct in an official capacity with the registrant, the person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the registrant, with respect to all other conduct, the person believed the conduct to be at least not opposed to the best interests of the registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. No indemnification may be made (i) in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the registrant in which the person was adjudged liable to the registrant; or (ii) in connection with any other proceedings charging that the person derived an improper personal benefit, whether or not involving action in an official capacity, in which proceeding the person was judged liable on the basis that he derived an improper personal benefit, unless and only to the extent the court in which such action was brought or another court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that, despite such adjudication, but in view of all relevant circumstances, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for reasonable expenses as the court deems proper. In addition, to the extent that any such person is successful in the defense of any such legal proceeding, the registrant is required by the Act to indemnify him against reasonable expenses.

 

The bylaws of these Colorado registrants state that the corporation shall indemnify its officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in

settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

Delaware Registrants

 

(a) HCA Inc., American Medicorp Development Co., GPCH-GP, Inc., HCA — IT&S Field Operations, Inc., HCA — IT&S Inventory Management, Inc., Management Services Holdings, Inc., Midwest Holdings, Inc., Hospital Development Properties, Inc., Riverside Hospital, Inc., Terre Haute Hospital GP, Inc. and Terre Haute Hospital Holdings, Inc. are incorporated under the laws of Delaware.

 

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) grants each corporation organized thereunder the power to indemnify any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation or enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of being or having been in any such capacity, if he acted in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL enables a corporation in its certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders of monetary damages for violations of the directors’ fiduciary duty of care, except (i) for any breach of the directors’ duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions) or (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

HCA Inc.’s bylaws indemnify the directors and officers to the full extent of the DGCL and also allow the Board of Directors to indemnify all other employees. The bylaws of the remainder of the Delaware corporate registrants indemnify their officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

(b) Nashville Shared Services General Partnership is a general partnership under the laws of Delaware and Integrated Regional Laboratories, LLP is registered under the laws of Delaware.

 

Section 15-110 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act provides that subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its partnership agreement, a partnership may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.

 

The Nashville Shared Services General Partnership partnership agreement states that indemnification is controlled by the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act. The partnership agreement of Integrated

Regional Laboratories, LLP indemnifies its officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the company, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the company or amounts paid in settlement to the company. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

(c) Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence, LLC, CMS GP, LLC, Dallas/Ft. Worth Physician, LLC, EP Health, LLC, Fairview Park GP, LLC, Goppert-Trinity Family Care, LLC, Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, LLC, Healthtrust MOB, LLC, HSS Holdco, LLC, HSS Systems VA, LLC, HSS Systems, LLC, Lakeland Medical Center, LLC, Lakeview Medical Center, LLC, Lewis-Gale Medical Center, LLC, Medical Centers of Oklahoma, LLC, Medical Office Buildings of Kansas, LLC, Midwest Division — ACH, LLC, Midwest Division — LRHC, LLC, Midwest Division — LSH, LLC, Midwest Division — MCI, LLC, Midwest Division — MMC, LLC, Midwest Division — OPRMC, LLC, Midwest Division — PFC, LLC, Midwest Division — RMC, LLC, Midwest Division — RPC, LLC, Notami Hospitals, LLC, Outpatient Cardiovascular Center of Central Florida, LLC, Reston Hospital Center, LLC, Samaritan, LLC, San Jose Medical Center, LLC, San Jose, LLC, SJMC, LLC, Trident Medical Center, LLC, Utah Medco, LLC and Wesley Medical Center, LLC are registered under the laws of Delaware.

 

Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act empowers a Delaware limited liability company to indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager of the limited liability company from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.

 

The operating agreement of Healthtrust MOB, LLC indemnifies the directors and officers to the full extent of the law. The operating agreements of the remainder of the Delaware limited liability company registrants indemnify their officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the company, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the company or amounts paid in settlement to the company. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

(d) CHCA Bayshore, L.P., CHCA Conroe, L.P., CHCA Mainland, L.P., CHCA West Houston, L.P., CHCA Woman’s Hospital, L.P., Columbia Valley Healthcare System, L.P., Columbia Rio Grande Healthcare, L.P., HCA Management Services, L.P., Good Samaritan Hospital, L.P., JFK Medical Center Limited Partnership, Palms West Hospital Limited Partnership, Plantation General Hospital, L.P., San Jose Healthcare System, LP, Terre Haute Regional Hospital, L.P. and San Jose Hospital, L.P. are registered under the laws of Delaware.

 

Section 17-108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (“DRULPA”) permits a limited partnership to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.

The Columbia Valley Healthcare System, L.P. partnership agreement allows the partnership to indemnify the general partners for everything but willful misconduct or gross negligence. The other Delaware limited partnership registrants allow for indemnification to the fullest extent under the DRULPA.

 

Florida Registrants

 

(a) Bay Hospital, Inc., Central Florida Regional Hospital, Inc., Columbia Jacksonville Healthcare System, Inc., Edward White Hospital, Inc., HCA Health Services of Florida, Inc., HD&S Corp. Successor, Inc., Largo Medical Center, Inc., Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc., Marion Community Hospital, Inc., Memorial Healthcare Group, Inc., New Port Richey Hospital, Inc., North Florida Immediate Care Center, Inc., North Florida Regional Medical Center, Inc., Okaloosa Hospital, Inc., Okeechobee Hospital, Inc., Sarasota Doctors Hospital, Inc., Sun City Hospital, Inc., Surgicare of Brandon, Inc., Surgicare of Florida, Inc., Surgicare of Manatee, Inc., Surgicare of New Port Richey, Inc., Tallahassee Medical Center, Inc. and West Florida Regional Medical Center, Inc. are incorporated under the laws of Florida.

 

Section 607.0831 of the Florida Business Corporation Act provides, among other things, that a director is not personally liable for monetary damages to a company or any other person for any statement, vote, decision, or failure to act, by the director, regarding corporate management or policy, unless the director breached or failed to perform his or her duties as a director and such breach or failure constitutes (a) a violation of criminal law, unless the director had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (b) a transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit; (c) a circumstance under which the liability provisions of Section 607.0834 of the Florida Business Corporation Act (relating to the liability of the directors for improper distributions) are applicable; (d) willful misconduct or a conscious disregard for the best interest of the company in the case of a proceeding by or in the right of the company to procure a judgment in its favor or by or in the right of a stockholders; or (e) recklessness or an act or omission in bad faith or with malicious purpose of with wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety or property, in a proceeding by or in the right of someone other than such company or a stockholder.

 

Section 607.0850 of the Florida Business Corporation Act authorizes, among other things, a company to indemnify any person who was or is a party to any proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the company) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the company (or is or was serving at the request of the company in such a position for any entity) against liability incurred in connection with such proceedings, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the company and, with respect to criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

The Florida Business Corporation Act requires that a director, officer or employee be indemnified for actual and reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) to the extent that he or she has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any proceeding. Florida law also allows expenses of defending a proceeding to be advanced by a company before the final disposition of the proceedings, provided that the officer, director or employee undertakes to repay such advance if it is ultimately determined that indemnification is not permitted.

 

The Florida Business Corporation Act states that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided pursuant to Section 607.0850 is not exclusive and that indemnification may be provided by a company pursuant to other means, including agreements or bylaw provisions. Florida law prohibits indemnification or advancement of expenses, however, if a judgment or other final adjudication establishes that the actions of a director, officer or employee constitute (i) a violation of criminal law, unless he or she had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (ii) a transaction from which such person derived an improper personal benefit; (iii) willful misconduct or conscious disregard for the best interests of the company in the case of a derivative action or a proceeding by or in the right of a stockholder, or (iv) in the case of a director, a circumstance

under which the liability provisions of Section 607.0834 of the Florida Business Corporation Act (relating to the liability of directors for improper distributions) are applicable.

 

The bylaws of all the Florida corporate registrants indemnify their officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

(b) Integrated Regional Lab, LLC and Surgicare of Palms West, LLC are registered under the laws of Florida.

 

Section 608.4229 of the Florida Limited Liability Company Act indemnifies members, managers, managing members, officers, employees, and agents subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its articles of organization or operating agreement. A limited liability company may, and has the power to, but is not be required to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, indemnification or advancement of expenses should not be made to or on behalf of any member, manager, managing member, officer, employee, or agent if a judgment or other final adjudication establishes that the actions, or omissions to act, of such member, manager, managing member, officer, employee, or agent were material to the cause of action so adjudicated and constitute any of the following: (i) a violation of criminal law, unless the member, manager, managing member, officer, employee, or agent had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful; (ii) a transaction from which the member, manager, managing member, officer, employee, or agent derived an improper personal benefit; (iii) in the case of a manager or managing member, a circumstance under which the liability provisions of section 608.426 are applicable; or (iv) willful misconduct or a conscious disregard for the best interests of the limited liability company in a proceeding by or in the right of the limited liability company to procure a judgment in its favor or in a proceeding by or in the right of a member.

 

The operating agreements of both of the Florida limited liability company registrants indemnify their officers and managers against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or managers of the company, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and managers and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the company or amounts paid in settlement to the company. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and managers in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or managers. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or manager may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and managers.

Georgia Registrants

 

(a) Columbia Polk General Hospital, Inc., Columbus Cardiology, Inc., Marietta Surgical Center, Inc., Palmyra Park Hospital, Inc. and Redmond Physician Practice Company are incorporated under the laws of Georgia.

 

Section 14-2-202(b)(4) of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation’s articles of incorporation may include a provision that eliminates or limits the liability of directors for monetary damages to a corporation or its shareholders for any action taken, or failure to take any action, as a director. The section does not, however, authorize a corporation to eliminate or limit the liability of a director for appropriating, in violation of his or her duties, any business opportunity of the corporation, for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, for any transaction from which the director received an improper personal benefit, or authorizing a dividend, stock repurchase or redemption, distribution of assets or other distribution in violation of Section 14-2-640 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code if it is established that the director did not perform his or her duties in compliance with Section 14-2-832 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code, which sets forth general standards for directors. Section 14-2-202(b)(4) also does not eliminate or limit the right of a corporation or any shareholder to seek an injunction, a rescission or any other equitable (non-monetary) relief for any action taken or not taken by a director. In addition, Section 14-2-202(b)(4) applies only to claims against a director arising out of his or her role as a director and does not relieve a director from liability arising from his or her role as an officer or in any other capacity.

 

Sections 14-2-852 and 14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provide that any director or officer who is wholly successful in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she was a party because he or she was an officer or a director of the corporation is entitled to indemnification against reasonable expenses as of right. On the other hand, if the charges made in any action are sustained, the determination of whether the required standard of conduct has been met will be made, in accordance with the provisions of Georgia Business Corporation Code Section 14-2-855, by either the board of directors or a committee thereof, acting by disinterested members, by special legal counsel or by the shareholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of directors seeking indemnification may not be voted.

 

The bylaws of each of the Georgia corporate registrants indemnify their officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

(b) Dublin Community Hospital, LLC, Northlake Medical Center, LLC and Redmond Park Hospital, LLC are registered under the laws of Georgia.

 

Georgia law provides that a limited liability company may indemnify a member, manager or other person against liability incurred in connection with the limited liability company subject to any standards or restrictions set forth in the articles of organization or operating agreement. Unless the member or manager is aware of information which would cause any reliance to be unwarranted, he or she is entitled to rely upon information prepared or presented by other members, managers, committees and employees of the limited liability company and legal counsel, public accountants or other professionals or experts.

 

However, Georgia law does not permit indemnification if the member or manager has engaged in any intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or was involved in any transaction in which the member

or manager received a personal benefit as a result of his or her breach of any provision in the operating agreement.

 

The operating agreements of each of the Georgia limited liability companies indemnify their officers and managers against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or managers of the limited liability company, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and managers and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the company or amounts paid in settlement to the company. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or managers. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or manager may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and managers.

 

(b) Fairview Park, Limited Partnership is registered under the laws of Georgia.

 

Section 14-9-108 of the Georgia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act provides that:

 

(a) Subject to any limitations expressly set forth in the partnership agreement, a limited partnership may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever, provided that the partnership shall not indemnify any person:

 

(1) For intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; or

 

(2) For any transaction for which the person received a personal benefit in violation or breach of any provision of the partnership agreement.

 

(b) To the extent that, at law or in equity, a partner has duties including but not limited to fiduciary duties and liabilities relating thereto to a limited partnership or another partner:

 

(1) The partner’s duties and liabilities may be expanded, restricted, or eliminated by provisions in the partnership agreement; provided, however, that no such provision shall eliminate or limit the liability of a partner for intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or for any transaction for which the partner received a personal benefit in violation or breach of any provision of the partnership agreement; and

 

(2) The partner shall have no liability to the limited partnership or to any other partner for his or her good faith reliance on the provisions of the partnership agreement, including, without limitation, provisions thereof that relate to the scope of duties including but not limited to fiduciary duties of partners.

 

Fairview Park Limited Partnership’s Partnership Agreement allows the limited partnership to indemnify its general partner, directors and officers to the full extent of the Georgia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act.

Idaho Registrants

 

(a) Eastern Idaho Health Services, Inc. and West Valley Medical Center, Inc. are incorporated under the laws of Idaho.

 

Under Title 30, Section 30-1-851 of the Idaho Code, a registrant’s directors and officers may be indemnified against certain liabilities which they may incur in their capacities as such. The material terms of the indemnification provisions are indemnification:

 

 

Attorneys’ fees are included in such indemnification to the extent the indemnified party is successful on the merits in defense of the proceeding. If the foregoing criteria are met, indemnification also applies to a suit threatened or pending by the company against the officer, director, employee or agent with respect to attorneys’ fees unless there is negligence on the part of the indemnified party. Indemnification is made only upon a determination by the company that it is proper under the circumstances because the applicable standard is met.

 

Generally, expenses for defense may be paid in advance of final disposition of the proceeding if the indemnified party provides a written affirmation of his good faith belief that he has met the relevant standard of conduct under the Idaho Code and further provides a written undertaking to repay such amounts if it is determined that the applicable standard has not been met.

 

The bylaws of both of the Idaho corporate registrants indemnify their officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

Illinois Registrant

 

(a) Columbia LaGrange Hospital, Inc. is incorporated under the laws of Illinois.

 

Section 8.75 of the Illinois Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended (the “IBCA”), provides for a limitation of director liability. Under Section 8.75 of the IBCA, directors and officers may be indemnified by the registrant against all expenses incurred in connection with actions (including, under certain circumstances, derivative actions) brought against such director or officer by reason of his or her status as our representative, or by reason of the fact that such director or officer serves or served as a representative of another entity at our request, so long as the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests.

The bylaws of Columbia La Grange Hospital, Inc. indemnify its officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

Indiana Registrant

 

(a) Terre Haute MOB, L.P. is registered under the laws of Indiana.

 

Title 23, Article 16, Chapter 2 of the Indiana Code provides that a domestic or foreign limited partnership may indemnify a person made a party to an action because the person is or was a partner or officer of the partnership against liability incurred in the action if:

 

(1) the person’s conduct was in good faith; and

 

(2) the person reasonably believed:

 

(A) in the case of conduct in the person’s capacity as a partner, that the person’s conduct was in the best interests of the partnership; and

 

(B) in all other cases that the person’s conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership; and

 

(3) in the case of any criminal action, the person either:

 

(A) had reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was lawful; or

 

(B) had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful.

 

The indemnification provided for above does not exclude any other rights to indemnification that a partner or officer of the limited partnership may have under the partnership agreement or with the written consent of all partners.

 

The general partners of Terre Haute MOB, L.P. are indemnified by the partnership pursuant to the partnership agreement for all actions relating to their performance or nonperformance on behalf of the partnership.

 

Kentucky Registrants

 

(a) Frankfort Hospital, Inc. and Greenview Hospital, Inc. are incorporated under the laws of Kentucky.

 

Sections 271B.8-500 to 271B.8-580 of the Kentucky Business Corporation Act provides that, subject to restrictions contained in the statute, a corporation may indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation. A person who has been successful on the merits or otherwise in any suit or matter covered by the indemnification statute shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. Indemnification is authorized upon a determination that the person to be indemnified has met the applicable standard of conduct required. Expenses incurred in defense may be paid in advance upon receipt by the corporation of a written affirmation by the

director of his good faith belief that he has met the applicable standard of conduct required, a written undertaking by or on behalf of the director to repay such advance if it is ultimately determined that he did not meet the standard of conduct, and a determination that the facts then known to those making the determination would not preclude indemnification under the statute. The indemnification provided by statute shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, which shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. Insurance may be purchased on behalf of any person entitled to indemnification by the corporation against any liability incurred in an official capacity regardless of whether the person could be indemnified under the statute.

 

The bylaws of Frankfort Hospital, Inc. and Greenview Hospital, Inc. indemnify their officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

Louisiana Registrants

 

(a) Dauterive Hospital Corporation, HCA Health Services of Louisiana, Inc. and Notami Hospitals of Louisiana, Inc. are incorporated under the laws of Louisiana.

 

Section 83 of the Louisiana Business Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation. The indemnity may include expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Section 83 further provides that a Louisiana corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable for willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in any defense of any action referred to above or any claim therein, the corporation must indemnify him against such expenses that such officer or director actually incurred. Section 83 permits a corporation to pay expenses incurred by the officer or director in defending an action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition thereof if approved by the board of directors.

 

The bylaws of each of the Louisiana corporations indemnify their officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if

there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

(b) The Regional Health System of Acadiana, LLC is registered under the laws of Louisiana.

 

Section 315 of the Louisiana Limited Liability Company Act permits a limited liability company, in its articles of organization or in a written operating agreement, to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a member or members, if management is reserved to the members, or a manager or managers, if management is vested in one or more managers, for monetary damages for breach of any duty of diligence, care, judgment or skill. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liability of a member or manager shall not be limited or eliminated for the amount of a financial benefit received by a member or manager to which he is not entitled or for an intentional violation of a criminal law.

 

The operating agreement of The Regional Health System of Acadiana, LLC indemnifies the officers and managers against all reasonable expenses incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or managers of the company, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and managers and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the company or amounts paid in settlement to the company. Such indemnification shall also extend to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and managers in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or managers. Such right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any right to which such officer or manager may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers or managers.

 

Mississippi Registrant

 

(a) Brookwood Medical Center of Gulfport, Inc. is incorporated under the laws of Mississippi.

 

Article 8, Subarticle E of the Mississippi Business Corporation Act (“MBCA”) permits Mississippi corporations to indemnify officers and directors. MBCA Section 79-4-2.02(b)(5) permits the corporation to include an obligatory indemnification for directors in its Articles of Incorporation for all acts other than:

 

(i) distributions made in excess of standards established by Mississippi law or in the corporation’s articles of incorporation, for which Section 79-4-8.33 imposes personal liability on directors to the corporation; and

 

(ii) circumstances where, in his performance as a director, a director has received a financial benefit to which he is not entitled, he intentionally inflicts harm on the corporation or its stockholders or he intentionally violates any criminal law. The law further permits us to advance all expenses for defense of a director in any lawsuit brought against a director in his capacity as a director. The MBCA specifically provides in Section 79-4-8.53 that such advances are allowed by Mississippi law. Such advances may be made under the MBCA only after a determination that the director met all relevant standards of conduct.

 

Section 79-4-8.56 of the MBCA permits a Mississippi corporation to indemnify any officer to the same extent as to a director. Indemnification of officers and directors against reasonable expenses is mandatory under Section 79-4-8.52 of the MBCA to the extent the officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action or suit against him giving rise to a claim of indemnification.

 

The bylaws of Brookwood Medical Center of Gulfport, Inc. indemnify its officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful

misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

Missouri Registrants

 

(a) Health Midwest Office Facilities Corporation and Health Midwest Ventures Group, Inc. are incorporated under the laws of Missouri.

 

Section 351.355(1) of the Revised Statutes of Missouri provides that a corporation may indemnify a director or officer of the corporation in any action, suit or proceeding other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 351.355(2) provides that the corporation may indemnify any such person in any action or suit by or in the right of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and settlement amounts actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that he may not be indemnified in respect of any matter in which he has been adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation, unless authorized by the court.

 

Section 351.355(3) provides that a corporation shall indemnify any such person against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he has been successful in defense of such action, suit or proceeding and if such action, suit or proceeding is one for which the corporation may indemnify him under Section 351.355(1) or (2).

 

Section 351.355(7) provides that a corporation shall have the power to give any further indemnity to any such person, in addition to the indemnity otherwise authorized under Section 351.355, provided such further indemnity is either (i) authorized, directed or provided for in the articles of incorporation of the corporation or any duly adopted amendment thereof or (ii) is authorized, directed or provided for in any bylaw or agreement of the corporation which has been adopted by a vote of the shareholders of the corporation, provided that no such indemnity shall indemnify any person from or on account of such person’s conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.

 

The bylaws of both Health Midwest Office Facilities Corporation and Health Midwest Ventures Group, Inc indemnify their officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

(b) Midwest Division — RBH, LLC is registered under the laws of Missouri.

 

The operating agreement of Midwest Division — RBH, LLC indemnifies its officers and managers against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the company, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the company or amounts paid in settlement to the company. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and managers in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or managers. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or manager may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and managers.

 

The Missouri Limited Liability Company Act is silent with respect to the limits of a limited liability company’s ability to provide for the indemnification of its officers and managers in its operating agreement. However, Section 347.081(2) states that it is the policy of the Missouri Limited Liability Company Act to give the maximum effect to the principle of freedom of contract and to the enforceability of operating agreements.

 

Nevada Registrants

 

(a) Las Vegas Surgicare, Inc., Sunrise Mountainview Hospital, Inc., VH Holdco, Inc., VH Holdings, Inc. and Western Plains Capital, Inc. are incorporated under the laws of Nevada.

 

Chapter 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) allows directors and officers to be indemnified against liabilities they may incur while serving in such capacities. Under the applicable statutory provisions, the registrant may indemnify its directors or officers who were or are a party or are threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact that they are or were directors or officers of the corporation, or are or were serving at the request of the corporation as directors or officers of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding, unless it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that they breached their fiduciary duties by intentional misconduct, fraud, or a knowing violation of law or did not act in good faith and in a manner which they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. In addition, the applicable statutory provisions mandate that the registrant indemnify its directors and officers who have been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with the defense. The registrant will advance expenses incurred by directors or officers in defending any such action, suit, or proceeding upon receipt of written confirmation from such officers or directors that they have met certain standards of conduct and an undertaking by or on behalf of such officers or directors to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that they are not entitled to indemnification by the registrant.

 

The bylaws of all the Nevada corporate registrants indemnify their officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if

there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

(b) Southern Hills Medical Center, LLC is registered under the laws of Nevada.

 

Section 86.411 of the NRS permits a limited liability company to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (except an action by or in the right of the limited liability company), by reason of being or having been a manager or member of the limited liability company. As with corporations, indemnification may include attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person to be indemnified. Section 86.421 of the NRS permits a limited liability company to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the limited liability company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of being or having been a manager or member of the limited liability company except that indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been finally adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the limited liability company or for amounts paid in settlement to the limited liability company, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that, in view of all the circumstances, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper. In either case, however, to be entitled to indemnification, the person to be indemnified must have acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the limited liability company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 86.431 of the NRS also provides that to the extent a manager or member of a limited liability company has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any such action, he or she must be indemnified by the limited liability company against expenses, including attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense.

 

Section 86.441 of the NRS permits a limited liability company, in its articles of organization, operating agreement or other agreement, to provide for the payment of expenses incurred by members or managers in defending any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the person is not entitled to indemnification.

 

Section 86.461 of the NRS permits a limited liability company to purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of the limited liability company’s managers or members for any liability and expenses incurred by them in their capacities as managers or members or arising out of their status as such, whether or not the limited liability company has the authority to indemnify him, her or them against such liability and expenses.

 

The operating agreement of Southern Hills Medical Center, LLC indemnifies its officers and managers against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or managers of the company, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and managers and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the company or amounts paid in settlement to the company. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and managers in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or managers. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or manager may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and managers.

Oklahoma Registrant

 

(a) HCA Health Services of Oklahoma, Inc. is incorporated under the laws of Oklahoma.

 

Section 1031 of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act provides that an Oklahoma corporation may indemnify any persons, including officers and directors, who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person was an officer or director of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such officer or director acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was illegal. An Oklahoma corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him against the expenses which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred.

 

The bylaws of HCA Health Services of Oklahoma indemnify its officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

South Carolina Registrant

 

(a) Walterboro Community Hospital, Inc. is incorporated under the laws of South Carolina.

 

Under Section 33 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, a corporation may indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because he is or was a director or officer against liability incurred in the proceeding if: (1) he conducted himself in good faith; and (2) he reasonably believed: (i) in the case of conduct in his official capacity with the corporation, that his conduct was in its best interest; and (ii) in all other cases, that his conduct was at least not opposed to its best interest; and (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

 

The bylaws of Walterboro Community Hospital, Inc indemnify its officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer

or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

Tennessee Registrants

 

(a) Central Tennessee Hospital Corporation, HCA Central Group, Inc., HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc., HCA Realty, Inc., Hendersonville Hospital Corporation, Hospital Corporation of Tennessee, HTI Memorial Hospital Corporation, Spring Hill Hospital, Inc. and TCMC Madison-Portland, Inc. are incorporated under the laws of Tennessee.

 

The Tennessee Business Corporation Act (“TBCA”) sets forth in Sections 48-18-502 through 48-18-508 the circumstances governing the indemnification of directors and officers of a corporation against liability incurred in the course of their official capacities. Section 48-18-502 of the TBCA provides that a corporation may indemnify any director against liability incurred in connection with a proceeding if (i) the director acted in good faith, (ii) the director reasonably believed, in the case of conduct in his or her official capacity with the corporation, that such conduct was in the corporation’s best interest, or, in all other cases, that his or her conduct was not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and (iii) in connection with any criminal proceeding, the director had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. In actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, however, the TBCA provides that no indemnification may be made if the director or officer is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Similarly, the TBCA prohibits indemnification in connection with any proceeding charging improper personal benefit to a director, if such director is adjudged liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. In cases where the director is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding instigated because of his or her status as a director of a corporation, Section 48-18-503 of the TBCA mandates that the corporation indemnify the director against reasonable expenses incurred in the proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 48-18-505 of the TBCA provides that a court of competent jurisdiction, upon application, may order that a director or officer be indemnified for reasonable expense if, in consideration of all relevant circumstances, the court determines that such individual is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, whether or not the standard of conduct set forth above was met. Officers who are not directors are entitled, through the provisions of Section 48-18-507 of the TBCA, to the same indemnification afforded to directors under Sections 48-18-503 and 48-18-505.

 

The bylaws of each of the Tennessee corporations indemnify its officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

Texas Registrants

 

(a) Columbia Medical Center of Las Colinas, Inc., Conroe Hospital Corporation, El Paso Surgicenter, Inc., KPH-Consolidation, Inc., National Patient Account Services, Inc., Pasadena Bayshore Hospital, Inc., Rio Grande Regional Hospital, Inc., Spring Branch Medical Center, Inc., Surgicare of Houston Women’s, Inc., W & C Hospital, Inc., WHMC, Inc. and Woman’s Hospital of Texas, Incorporated are incorporated under the laws of Texas.

 

Under Article 2.02-1 of the Texas Business Corporation Act (“TBCA”), a company may indemnify any person who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding because the person is or was a director or officer against judgment, penalties (including excise and similar taxes), fines, settlements, and reasonable expenses (including court costs and attorneys’ fees) actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the person seeking indemnification acted in good faith, reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in or at least not opposed to our best interests and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, has no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

A company is required by Article 2.02-1 of the TBCA to indemnify a director or officer against reasonable expenses (including court costs and attorneys’ fees) incurred by the director or officer in connection with a proceeding in which the director or officer is a named defendant or respondent because the director or officer is or was in that position if the director or officer has been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the proceeding. The TBCA prohibits a company from indemnifying a director or officer in respect of a proceeding in which the person is found liable to the company or on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received by him or her, other than for reasonable expenses (including court costs and attorneys’ fees) actually incurred by him or her in connection with the proceeding; provided, that the TBCA further prohibits a company from indemnifying a director or officer in respect of any such proceeding in which the person is found liable for willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of his or her duties.

 

Under Article 2.02-1(J) of the TBCA, a court of competent jurisdiction may order a company to indemnify a director or officer if the court determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances; however, if the director or officer is found liable to the company or is found liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received by him or her, the indemnification will be limited to reasonable expenses (including court costs and attorneys’ fees) actually incurred by him or her in connection with the proceeding.

 

The bylaws of each of the Texas corporations indemnify its officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

(b) Columbia Medical Center of Arlington Subsidiary, L.P., Columbia Medical Center of Denton Subsidiary, L.P., Columbia Medical Center of Lewisville Subsidiary, L.P., Columbia Medical Center of McKinney Subsidiary, L.P., Columbia Medical Center of Plano Subsidiary, L.P., Columbia North Hills Hospital Subsidiary, L.P., Columbia Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth Subsidiary, L.P. and Green Oaks Hospital Subsidiary, L.P. are registered under the laws of Texas.

 

Article 11 of the Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act (“TRLPA”) provides for the indemnification of a general partner or limited partner by the limited partnership under certain circumstances against expenses and

liabilities incurred in legal proceedings involving such persons because of their being or having been a general partner or limited partner. Under the TRLPA, a limited partnership may purchase insurance on behalf of a general partner or limited partner against any liability incurred regardless of whether the person could be indemnified under the TLRPA.

 

The partnership agreement of each Texas limited partnership indemnifies the general partners to the fullest extent permitted under the TRLPA.

 

Utah Registrants

 

(a) Brigham City Community Hospital, Inc., Columbia Ogden Medical Center, Inc., Hospital Corporation of Utah, Mountain View Hospital, Inc., Northern Utah Healthcare Corporation, St. Mark’s Lone Peak Hospital, Inc. and Timpanogos Regional Medical Services, Inc. are incorporated under the laws of Utah.

 

Section 16-10a-902 of the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act (the “Revised Act”) provides that a corporation may indemnify any individual who was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent (a “Party”) in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal (a “Proceeding”), because he or she is or was a director of the corporation against any obligation incurred with respect to a Proceeding, including any judgment, settlement, penalty, fine or reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees), incurred in the Proceeding if his or her conduct was in good faith, he or she reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, in the case of any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that (i) pursuant to Subsection 902(5), indemnification under Section 902 in connection with a Proceeding by or in the right of the corporation is limited to payment of reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with the Proceeding and (ii) pursuant to 902(4), the corporation may not indemnify an Indemnifiable Director in connection with a Proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which the Indemnifiable Director was adjudged liable to the corporation, or in connection with any other Proceeding charging that the Indemnifiable Director derived an improper personal benefit, whether or not involving action in his or her official capacity, in which Proceeding he or she was adjudged liable on the basis that he or she derived an improper personal benefit.

 

Section 16-10a-907 of the Revised Act permits corporations to indemnify officers and advance expenses to the same extent as a director and in some cases to a greater extent than a director.

 

The bylaws of each of the Utah corporate registrants indemnify its officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

Virginia Registrants

 

(a) Capital Division, Inc., Chippenham & Johnston-Willis Hospitals, Inc., Columbia/Alleghany Regional Hospital, Incorporated, Columbia/HCA John Randolph, Inc., HCA Health Services of Virginia, Inc., Lewis-Gale Hospital, Incorporated, Montgomery Regional Hospital, Inc., Pulaski Community Hospital, Inc., Spotsylvania Medical Center, Inc and Virginia Psychiatric Company, Inc. are incorporated under the laws of Virginia.

 

Under Sections 13.1-697 and 13.1-702 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, a Virginia corporation generally is authorized to indemnify its directors and officers in civil and criminal actions if they acted in good faith and believed their conduct to be in the best interests of the corporation and, in the case of criminal actions, had no reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful. In addition, the Virginia Stock Corporation Act eliminates the liability for monetary damages of a director or officer in a shareholder or derivative proceeding. This elimination of liability will not apply in the event of willful misconduct or a knowing violation of criminal law or any federal or state securities law. Sections 13.1-692.1 and 13.1-696 through 704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act are incorporated into this paragraph by reference.

 

The bylaws of each of the Virginia corporate registrants indemnify its officers and directors against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or directors of the corporation, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and directors and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the corporation or amounts paid in settlement to the corporation. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and directors in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or directors. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and directors.

 

(b) Central Shared Services, LLC, Galen Property, LLC, Lewis-Gale Physicians, LLC, Northern Virginia Community Hospital, LLC and Retreat Hospital, LLC are registered under the laws of Virginia.

 

Section 13.1-1009(16) of the Virginia Limited Liability Company Act permits a limited liability company to indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever, and to pay for or reimburse any member or manager or other person for reasonable expenses incurred by such a person who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding.

 

The operating agreements of each of the Virginia limited liability companies indemnify their officers and managers against all reasonable expense incurred by them in defending claims or suits, irrespective of the time of the occurrence of the claims or causes of action in such suits, made or brought against them as officers or managers of the company, and against all liability in such suits, except in such cases as involve gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties. Such indemnification extends to the payment of judgments against such officers and managers and to reimbursement of amounts paid in settlement of such claims or actions and may apply to judgments in favor of the company or amounts paid in settlement to the company. Such indemnification also extends to the payment of counsel fees and expenses of such officers and managers in suits against them where successfully defended by them or where unsuccessfully defended, if there is no finding or judgment that the claim or action arose from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such officers or managers. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or manager may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates of deceased officers and managers.

(c) HSS Virginia, L.P. is registered under the laws of Virginia

 

HSS Virginia, L.P. is governed by the Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act. However, neither the partnership agreement nor the Virginia Revised Uniform Partnership Act specify the extent to which a limited partnership may indemnify its general partners.

 

West Virginia Registrant

 

(a) Columbia Parkersburg Healthcare System, LLC is registered under the laws of West Virginia.

 

Section 31B-4-403 of the West Virginia Uniform Limited Liability Company Act discusses members’ and managers’ rights to payments and reimbursement. A limited liability company shall reimburse a member or manager for payments made and indemnify a member or manager for liabilities incurred by the member or manager in the ordinary course of the business of the company or for the preservation of its business or property. A limited liability company shall reimburse a member for an advance to the company beyond the amount of contribution the member agreed to make. A payment or advance made by a member which gives rise to an obligation of a limited liability company under the West Virginia statute constitutes a loan to the company upon which interest accrues from the date of the payment or advance. A member is not entitled to remuneration for services performed for a limited liability company, except for reasonable compensation for services rendered in winding up the business of the company.

 

The organizational documents of Columbia Parkersburg Healthcare System, LLC indemnify its managers and officers to the fullest extent of the West Virginia Uniform Limited Liability Company Act.

 

Certain Other Arrangements

 

HCA Inc. maintains a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy that covers the directors and officers of each of the registrants in amounts that HCA Inc. believes are customary in its industry, including for liabilities in connection with the registration, offering and sale of the notes.

 

In addition, pursuant to the Management Agreement entered into with the Sponsors and their affiliates and the Frists, the Company has agreed to customary exculpation and indemnification provisions for the benefit of the Sponsors, the Frists, their affiliates, directors, officers and certain other persons. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.”

 

 

(a) Exhibits

 

 

 

 

(b) Financial Statement Schedules