Article: LifePoint Hospitals Signs Definitive Agreement with HCA to Add Five Hospitals in Virginia and West Virginia.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPNT) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase five rural Virginia and West Virginia hospitals from HCA (NYSE:HCA) for approximately $285 million, plus working capital. The Company expects to complete the transaction in the fourth quarter of 2005.

The five facilities include 200-bed Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, Virginia; 325-bed St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkersburg, West Virginia; 155-bed Saint Francis Hospital, Charleston, W. Virginia; 369-bed Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, West Virginia; and 68-bed Putnam General Hospital, Hurricane, West Virginia.

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