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          issue 2 million shares of class A preferred stock, with a                   
          liquidation value of $50 per share, for a total amount of $100              
          million, and 4 million shares of class B preferred stock, without           
          par, for a total amount of $200 million.  Dividends on both the             
          class A preferred stock and the class B preferred stock could be            
          payable in additional shares of the applicable Preferred Stock.             
          Hereinafter, we shall refer to the class A preferred stock and              
          the class B preferred stock collectively as the Preferred Stock.            
               Schedule 1.02(b) of the Original Agreement described the               
          warrants to be issued by HealthTrust (Common Stock Warrants) as             
          part of the reorganization.  Pursuant to that schedule,                     
          HealthTrust would issue 18 million Common Stock Warrants, each              
          transferable and exercisable by the holder to purchase one share            
          of HealthTrust common stock (Common Stock).  Hereinafter, we                
          shall refer to the Preferred Stock and Common Stock Warrants                
          collectively as the Securities.                                             
               HCA Management employed a financial model (model) developed            
          by Bankers Trust to devise the stated purchase price of                     
          approximately $2.1 billion.  The model used a number of factors,            
          including the value of the assets to be divested and the                    
          Hospitals' projected cash-flow from operations, to estimate the             
          debt load the Hospitals could support and the amount of cash                
          consideration petitioners could obtain.  Bankers Trust advised              
          petitioners that, in order to acquire the financing for the                 






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