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Exhibit 1.1

Underwriting Agreement

August 14, 2012

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

As Representative of the several Underwriters

c/o J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Introductory.  DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representative”) are acting as representative, $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.750% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis (collectively, the “Guarantees”) by each of the subsidiary guarantors named in Schedule B-1 hereto (the “DaVita Guarantors”). The Notes and the Guarantees are collectively referred to herein as the “Securities.” The Notes and related Guarantees will be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of August 28, 2012 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors (as defined below) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule A other than you, the terms Representative and Underwriters as used herein shall mean you as the Underwriter and Representative, and the term Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural as the context requires. The use of the neuter in this Underwriting Agreement (the “Agreement”) shall include the feminine and masculine wherever appropriate.

The Securities are being offered and sold by the Company in connection with the merger of Seismic Acquisition LLC (“Merger Sub”), a subsidiary of the Company, with and into HealthCare Partners Holdings, LLC (“HCP”), with HCP, surviving as a subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 20, 2012, by and among the Company, Merger Sub, Robert D. Mosher and HCP (the “Merger Agreement”). For purposes of this Underwriting Agreement, California Medical Group Insurance Company, Risk Retention Group, an Arizona corporation (“RRG”), an indirect majority owned investment of HCP shall not be deemed a subsidiary of HCP. HealthCare Partners, LLC, a California limited liability company (“HCP LLC”) and a first-tier, wholly-owned subsidiary of HCP, owns 67% of the outstanding common stock of RRG, through which HCP LLC and its subsidiaries maintain professional liability insurance; HCP’s investment in RRG is accounted for using the equity method.

HCP and each of its domestic wholly-owned subsidiaries that as of the Release Date guarantees the New Credit Facility (as defined below) (the “HCP Subsidiary Guarantors”, and together with HCP, the “HCP Guarantors” and, together with the DaVita Guarantors, the “Guarantors”) shall become Guarantors under the Indenture pursuant to a supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of the Release Date (as defined herein) and shall each become a party to, and a Guarantor for purposes of, this Agreement on the Release Date pursuant to a joinder agreement (the “Joinder Agreement”) dated as of the Release Date substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

Additionally, in connection with the Merger, (i) the Company and the DaVita Guarantors will, on or prior to the Closing Date (as defined below), enter into an amendment agreement (the “Amendment Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other parties thereto, pursuant to which the Company will amend its existing credit facility, dated as of October 20, 2010, as


supplemented by that certain Increase Joinder, dated as of August 26, 2011 (the “Existing Credit Facility”), to permit, among other things, the merger with HCP, the entering into and borrowing under of the Term Loan Facilities (as defined below), and the other amendments set forth therein, (ii) on or prior to the Release Date, the Company and the Guarantors will enter into an additional $1,350.0 million Tranche A-3 Term Loan facility and an additional $1,650.0 million Tranche B-2 Term Loan facility (the “Term Loan Facilities”) under the Existing Facility and (iii) on the Release Date, the Company will use a portion of the proceeds from the Term Loan Facilities to repay all outstanding Tranche A-2 Term Loans under the Existing Credit Facility and repay the outstanding amounts, if any, as of the Release Date under HCP’s existing credit facility (the “Refinancing”). The Existing Credit Facility as amended by the Amendment Agreement and to give effect to the Term Loan Facilities is referred to herein as the “New Credit Facility.

If the Closing Date occurs prior to the consummation of the Merger, the Company will enter into an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) with the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), pursuant to which the Company will deposit with the Escrow Agent the net proceeds (after deducting the underwriting discount) from the offering of the Securities, together with additional cash and Eligible Escrow Investments (as defined in the Indenture) in an amount sufficient (as reasonably determined by the Company taking into account investment income therefrom and proceeds thereof) to redeem the Securities for cash at a redemption price equal to the aggregate issue price of the Securities sold on the Closing Date, together with accrued and unpaid interest on such Securities from the Closing Date or the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Securities, as the case may be, up to but not including the Business Day after the Escrow End Date (collectively, the “Escrow Redemption Amount”) and in the manner and at times set forth in the Escrow Agreement for the latest special mandatory redemption date indicated therein (collectively, with any other property from time to time held by the Escrow Agent, the “Escrow Property”). The Escrow Property will be held by the Escrow Agent in an escrow account (the “Escrow Account”) in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in the Escrow Agreement, and released on such date as set forth in the Escrow Agreement (such date of release, the “Release Date”) in accordance with the conditions set forth therein. Until the Escrow Property is so released, the Securities will be secured by a first-priority security interest in the Escrow Account and the Escrow Property pursuant to the Escrow Agreement. If the Release Date does not occur by November 30, 2012 (or, if the Company exercises its option to extend such date, the later date specified pursuant to such an extension (in either such case, the “Outside Date”)), the amounts deposited in Escrow will be applied to redeem (the “Mandatory Redemption”) the Securities at the Escrow Redemption Amount in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement. The Mandatory Redemption will occur no later than two business days following the Outside Date (the date on which the Mandatory Redemption occurs, the “Mandatory Redemption Date”).

This Agreement, the Securities, the Indenture, the Escrow Agreement, the Amendment Agreement and the Merger Agreement are hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as the “Transaction Documents.” The Joinder Agreement and the Supplemental Indenture as entered into by the HCP Guarantors on the Release Date, are hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as the “Release Documents.” The issuance and sale of the Securities, the consummation of the Merger, the entry by the Company and the Guarantors into the Amendment Agreement, and the Refinancing are collectively referred to as the “Transactions.”

SECTION 1.    Representations and Warranties.  The Company and the DaVita Guarantors, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to each of the Underwriters as of the date hereof that (it being understood that, all representations and warranties by the Company and the DaVita Guarantors with respect to HCP and its subsidiaries, the HCP Guarantors or the HCP Affiliated Entities (as defined herein) are made to the knowledge, after due inquiry, of the Company and unless the context otherwise requires, references to “the Company and its subsidiaries” in this Section 1 shall be deemed to include HCP and its subsidiaries).

 

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(a)      The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-183285), which contains a base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”), to be used in connection with the public offering and sale of the Securities. Such registration statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, at each time of effectiveness under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), including any required information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B or 430C under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”), is called the “Registration Statement.” Any preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), together with the Base Prospectus, is hereafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus.” The term “Prospectus” shall mean the final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities dated August 14, 2012 that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto, including the Base Prospectus. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Exchange Act, and incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

(b)        Compliance with Registration Requirements.  The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement has become effective upon filing with the Commission under the Securities Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, the Commission has not issued any order or notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act have been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company and the DaVita Guarantors, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.

Each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus when filed complied in all material respects with the Securities Act. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at each time of effectiveness, at the date hereof and at the Closing Date, complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date, at the time of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and at the Closing Date, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the

 

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Representative expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Representative consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package (as defined herein) and the Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act. Any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents are filed with the Commission will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act. All documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as of their respective filing dates, when taken together with the other information in the Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time and, when taken together with the other information in the Prospectus, at the Closing Date, did not or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(c)        Well-Known Seasoned Issuer.  (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the Securities Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the Securities Act, and (iv) at the Applicable Time (with such date and time being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the Closing Date; the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form; and the Company has not otherwise ceased to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration form.

(d)        Disclosure Package.  The term “Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Base Prospectus together with the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated August 13, 2012, as amended or supplemented as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), (ii) the issuer free writing prospectuses as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act (each, an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), if any, identified in Schedule C hereto, (iii) any other free writing prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package and (iv) the Final Term Sheet (as defined herein), which also shall be identified in Schedule C hereto. As of 2:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement (the “Applicable Time”), the Disclosure Package did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

 

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(e)        Company Not Ineligible Issuer.  (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement relating to the Securities that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Securities Act) and (ii) as of the Applicable Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 of the Securities Act that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an “ineligible issuer.”

(f)        Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses.  Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the offering of Securities under this Agreement or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representative as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representative and has promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict. Any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when taken together with the Disclosure Package, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing three sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representative consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

(g)        Distribution of Offering Material by the Company and the Guarantors.  Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has distributed or will distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the Underwriters’ distribution of the Notes, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representative or the Registration Statement.

(h)        Financial Statements.  The historical financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries (excluding HCP and its subsidiaries), and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries, as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and the changes in cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby; the other historical financial information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries (excluding HCP and its subsidiaries) incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Selected Financial Data” in (i) the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 and (ii) the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2012, respectively, present fairly the information shown thereby in all material

 

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respects. To the knowledge of the Company, the historical financial statements of HCP and its subsidiaries, and the related notes thereto included in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position of HCP and its subsidiaries, as of the dates indicated and the results of operations and the changes in cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby. The pro forma financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the Merger, the related transactions and circumstances referred to therein. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(i)        No Material Adverse Change.  Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been (w) any change in the long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except for changes in the long-term debt in the ordinary course of business, (x) any issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any of the Guarantors, except for the issuance of options and shares of common stock under existing officer, director or employee stock option, stock purchase or similar benefit plans, upon the exercise of outstanding options or the issuance of capital stock of any subsidiary to the Company or one or more of its subsidiaries, (y) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock or (z) any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (collectively, a “Material Adverse Change”); (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(j)        Organization and Good Standing.  The Company and each Guarantor have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their obligations under the Securities and the Guarantees (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Schedules

 

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B-1 and B-2 to this Agreement. Schedule B-1 lists all of the DaVita Guarantors and Schedule B-2 lists all non-guarantor subsidiaries of the Company as of the date hereof and the Closing Date. The subsidiaries listed in Schedule B-3 to this Agreement are the only significant subsidiaries of the Company as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X (the “Significant Subsidiaries”).

(k)      Capitalization.  The Company has an authorized, “As adjusted” and “Pro forma as adjusted” capitalization after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization”; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and, except as otherwise described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or as described in Schedule B-1 or Schedule B-2, each of the subsidiaries of the Company is wholly-owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.

(l)       Due Authorization.  Each of the Company and the DaVita Guarantors has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Securities, and to perform its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and under the Indenture and to consummate the Transactions contemplated hereby.

(m)     The Indenture.  The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and the DaVita Guarantors and at the Release Date will have been duly authorized by the HCP Guarantors and, (x) at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the DaVita Guarantors, and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee) constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the DaVita Guarantors enforceable against the Company and each of the DaVita Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium of or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”). The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

(n)      The Supplemental Indenture. The Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and at the Release Date will have been duly authorized by the HCP Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors on the Release Date, and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee) will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

(o)      The Securities and the Guarantees.  The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions; the Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the DaVita Guarantors, and, on or prior to the Release Date, will have been duly authorized by each of the HCP Guarantors, and, with respect to the HCP Guarantors, when the Supplemental Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto as provided in the Indenture, and, when the Securities have been duly executed,

 

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authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, the Guarantees will be valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, in each case enforceable against each of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(p)      Underwriting Agreement.  This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the DaVita Guarantors.

(q)      Joinder Agreement.  At the Release Date, the Joinder Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the HCP Guarantors party thereto.

(r)      Escrow Agreement.  The Escrow Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions.

(s)      Escrow Account.  Upon execution of the Escrow Agreement, the establishment of the Escrow Account to hold the Escrow Property and the issuance of the Securities and the Escrow Property granted in favor of the Escrow Agent for the benefit of the Trustee and the holders of the Securities pursuant to the Escrow Agreement will constitute a perfected security interest and there are no other liens on or security interests in the Escrow Account or the Escrow Property.

(t)      Descriptions of Certain Documents.  The Securities, the Indenture and the Escrow Agreement each conform, or on the Closing Date will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(u)      No Violation or Default.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(v)      No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the performance by the Company of the Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the Guarantees), the performance by the Company and the DaVita Guarantors, including the granting of the security interests in the Escrow Account and the Escrow Property, and compliance by the Company and each of the Guarantors with the terms thereof and the consummation of the Transactions will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any

 

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of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) assuming compliance with all applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws and assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Underwriters in Section 3 hereof, result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(w)        Government Reimbursement Programs.  Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the dialysis facilities operated by the Company and each of its subsidiaries and JSA Healthcare Corporation and each of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, HealthCare Partners Medical Group (Bacchus), Ltd., HealthCare Partners Affiliates Medical Group and JSA Professional Association (collectively, the “HCP Affiliated Entities”) are qualified for participation in all federal healthcare programs in which they participate, including the Medicare programs, the Medicaid programs and the TRICARE programs in which they participate (together with their respective intermediaries or carriers, the “Government Reimbursement Programs”) and are entitled to reimbursement under the Government Reimbursement Programs for services rendered to qualified beneficiaries, and comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Government Reimbursement Programs in which they participate or have participated, except for such failures to be qualified or to be entitled to reimbursement or to comply which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the DaVita Guarantors, threatened or contemplated proceeding or investigation by any of the Government Reimbursement Programs with respect to (i) the Company, each of the Company’s subsidiaries and the HCP Affiliated Entities’ qualification or right to participate in any Government Reimbursement Program in which they participate or have participated, (ii) the compliance or non-compliance by the Company, each of the Company’s subsidiaries and the HCP Affiliated Entities with the terms or provisions of any Government Reimbursement Program in which they participate or have participated, or (iii) the right of the Company, each of the Company’s subsidiaries and the HCP Affiliated Entities to receive or retain amounts received or due or to become due from any Government Reimbursement Program in which they participate or have participated, which proceeding or investigation, together with all other such proceedings and investigations, could reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate (x) have a Material Adverse Effect or (y) result in consolidated net operating revenues for any (including any future) four fiscal quarter period of the Company constituting less than 95% of consolidated net operating revenues for the immediately preceding four fiscal quarter period of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “Medicaid” means any state-operated means-tested entitlement program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act that provides federal grants to states for medical assistance based on specific eligibility criteria, “Medicare” means that government-sponsored entitlement program under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act that provides for a health insurance system for eligible elderly and disabled persons including eligible persons with end-stage renal disease and “TRICARE” means the healthcare program established by the U.S. Department of Defense under Title 10, Subtitle A, Part II, Chapter 55 (10 U.S.C. § 1071 et seq.) for members of the military, military retirees, and their dependants, and includes the competitive selection of contractors to financially underwrite the delivery of healthcare services under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services.

 

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(x)        Compliance with Federal Healthcare Laws.  None of the Company, any of the Company’s subsidiaries or the HCP Affiliated Entities, or any of their respective officers, directors or managers has, on behalf of any of the Company, the Company’s subsidiaries or the HCP Affiliated Entities, (A) committed any act that would cause any of them to incur a civil monetary penalty under 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7a or violated 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7b or knowingly or willfully violated any other of the federal statutes applicable to Government Reimbursement Programs or any regulations promulgated pursuant to such statutes or related state or local statutes or regulations, including but not limited to the following: (i) knowingly and willfully made or caused to be made a false statement or representation of a material fact in any applications for any benefit or payment; (ii) knowingly and willfully made or caused to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact for use in determining rights to any benefit or payment; (iii) knowingly and willfully failed to disclose knowledge by a claimant of the occurrence of any event affecting the initial or continued right to any benefit or payment on its own behalf or on behalf of another, with intent to secure such benefit or payment fraudulently; (iv) knowingly and willfully solicited or received or offered or paid any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe or rebate), directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind or offering to pay or soliciting to receive such remuneration (x) in return for referring an individual to a person for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any item or service for which payment may be made in whole or in part by Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE or other applicable government payers, or (y) in return for purchasing, leasing or ordering or arranging for or recommending, or to induce, the purchasing, leasing or ordering of any good, facility, service or item for which payment may be made in whole or in part by Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE or other applicable government payers, or (B) knowingly and willfully presented or caused to be presented a claim for a medical or other item or service that was not provided as claimed, or is for a medical or other item or service and the person knew or should have known the claim was false or fraudulent, except in the case of each of (A) and (B) as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company, the Company’s subsidiaries or the HCP Affiliated Entities has, nor have any of their respective officers, directors or managers, on behalf of the Company, the Company’s subsidiaries or the HCP Affiliated Entities, (X) violated the Federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, including without limitation (i) knowingly presenting or causing to be presented to a government official a false claim for payment or approval, (ii) knowingly made, used or caused to be made or used, a false record or statement to get a false or fraudulent claim paid or approved by the government or (iii) conspired to defraud the government by getting a false or fraudulent claim paid; or (Y) violated 42 U.S.C. §1395nn or any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto (collectively, the “Stark Law”), including, without limitation, presenting or causing to be presented a claim under Medicare or Medicaid or billing any individual, third party payor, or other entity, for any “designated health service” (as defined in the Stark Law) payable by Medicare or Medicaid for a referral for the designated health service made by a physician that had (or whose immediate family member had) a financial relationship with the Company, any of the Company’s subsidiaries or the HCP Affiliated Entities that did not meet a Stark Law exception. Except as individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company, each of the Company’s subsidiaries and each of the HCP Affiliated Entities is in compliance with the privacy and security rules promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 found at 45 C.F.R. parts 160-164 (collectively, “HIPAA”) and the amendments to HIPAA made under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act amendments to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. To the knowledge of the Company, none of the Company, the Company’s subsidiaries or the HCP Affiliated Entities has

 

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violated 18 U.S.C. §1347 including, but not limited to, knowingly and willfully executing or attempting to execute a scheme or artifice by means of false or fraudulent pretenses (i) to defraud any health care benefit program, or (ii) to obtain, any money or property owned by, under the custody or control of, any health benefit program.

(y)        Compliance with State Healthcare Laws.  Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, HCP and each of its subsidiaries and the HCP Affiliated Entities has complied with and is in compliance with the requirements pertaining to risk-bearing organizations, including, without limitation, requirements set forth in California Health & Safety Code § 1375.4 and those promulgated by the California Department of Managed Health Care (the “RBO Requirements”), except as individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the DaVita Guarantors, threatened or contemplated proceeding or investigation against any of HCP, its subsidiaries or the HCP Affiliated Entities by any of state governmental authority with respect to RBO Requirements or other compliance with state healthcare laws. Except as individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each of HCP and its subsidiaries and the HCP Affiliated Entities is in compliance with all state laws (i) regarding the privacy and security of health information and (ii) regarding corporate practice of medicine and fee splitting.

(z)      No Consents Required.  No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of each of the Note Documents to which each is a party, their performance of the Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the Guarantees), the performance by the Company (and the DaVita Guarantors) of the obligations under the Escrow Agreement, including the granting of the security interests in the Escrow Account and the Escrow Property and compliance by the Company and each of the Guarantors party thereto with the terms thereof and the consummation of the Offering, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications (i) as may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and resale of the Securities by the Underwriters, (ii) as have been obtained and (iii) the failure of which to be obtained could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely effect the ability of the Company to consummate the Offering and except, in the case of the HCP Guarantors, corporate, limited liability company and limited partnerships approvals required to authorize any Note Documents to which any HCP Guarantor will be a party as of the Release Date which will be obtained by the HCP Guarantors on or prior to the Release Date.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Note Documents” shall be deemed a reference to the Indenture, the Securities, the Escrow Agreement and the Supplemental Indenture.

(aa)    Legal Proceedings.  Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the best knowledge of each of the Company and the DaVita Guarantors, no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others.

 

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(bb)     Independent Accountants of the Company.  KPMG, LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries (excluding HCP and its subsidiaries) is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.

(cc)     Independent Accountants of HCP.  Ernst & Young LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of HCP and its subsidiaries are independent auditors with respect to HCP and its subsidiaries within the meaning of Rule 101 of the Code of Professional Conduct of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and its interpretations and rulings thereunder.

(dd)     Title to Real and Personal Property.  The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple (with respect to real property) or good and marketable title (with respect to personal property) to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are used in, or material to, the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title, except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) could not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ee)     Title to Intellectual Property.  The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses, except where failure to have such rights could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the knowledge of the Company and the DaVita Guarantors, (x) the conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict with or infringe any such rights of others and (y) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of any claim of infringement of or conflict with any such rights of others, except, in the case of each of (x) and (y), to the extent such conflict or infringement or alleged conflict or infringement could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ff)      Investment Company Act.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus none of them will be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, “Investment Company Act”).

(gg)     Taxes.  The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof, except where failure to pay such taxes or file such returns could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except as could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(hh)      Licenses and Permits.  The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations (collectively “licenses”) issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license or has any reason to believe that any such license will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where such revocation or modification could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ii)        No Labor Disputes.  To the knowledge of the Company and the DaVita Guarantors, (i) no labor dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists, (ii) no significant collective bargaining organizing activities are taking place with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (iii) no such significant collective bargaining organizing activities are contemplated or threatened, except, in the case of each of (i), (ii) and (iii), where such disputes and collective bargaining organizing activities could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(jj)        Compliance With Environmental Laws.  The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable Environmental Laws (as defined below); or (ii) have not received written notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of Hazardous Materials (as defined below), or action, suit, claim, demand, notice of non-compliance or violation, and is not a party to any order, decree or agreement, asserting any liability or requiring any action under any Environmental Law, except in any such case for any such failure to comply with, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company and the DaVita Guarantors there are no events, occurrences, conditions or activities which could reasonably be expected to result in any non-compliance with or liability under Environmental Law except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is conducting any investigation, response, remedial or other corrective action under any Environmental Law at any location except for any such actions which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Environmental Laws” means the common law and all applicable federal, provincial, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, decisions or injunctions issued, promulgated, approved or entered thereunder, relating to pollution or protection of public or employee health and safety or the environment, including, without limitation, laws relating to (i) emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of Hazardous Materials into the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna), (ii) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, handling or recycling of Hazardous Materials, (iii) zoning, facility siting, environmental impact assessment or review, or land use, and (iv) underground and aboveground storage tanks and related piping, and emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases therefrom, and “Hazardous Materials” means any substance, material, pollutant, contaminant, chemical, constituent or waste, including without limitation petroleum and petroleum products and human and biological waste or product, subject to regulation under or which could give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.

 

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(kk)        Compliance With ERISA.  Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for employees or former employees of the Company and its subsidiaries has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), except where the failure to so maintain such plans could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any such plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption, except such transactions as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; for each pension plan, within the meaning of Section 3(2) of the ERISA that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Company or any of its affiliates, and that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section 412 of the Code has been incurred, whether or not waived, except where such deficiency could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and for each such pension plan the present value of all benefits accrued under such pension plan does not exceed the fair market value of the assets of each such plan, determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions, by an amount that could individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect if such pension plans were terminated.

(ll)          Disclosure Controls.  The Company and its subsidiaries (excluding HCP and its subsidiaries) maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act). The Company and its subsidiaries (excluding HCP and its subsidiaries) have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(mm)      Accounting Controls.  The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(nn)        No Material Weakness in Internal Controls.  Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or in any document incorporated by reference therein, since the end of the Company’s most recent fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(oo)        Insurance.  The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance and medical liability insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as, in the opinion of management of the Company, are adequate to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses, except where failure to maintain such insurance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material

 

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Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business, except, in the case of clause (i) and (ii) above, as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(pp)        No Unlawful Payments.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best knowledge of the Company and each of the DaVita Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA or the UK Bribery Act, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company and the DaVita Guarantors, its affiliates have conducted their business in compliance with the FCPA and the UK Bribery Act and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith. “FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder. “UK Bribery Act” means the Bribery Act of 2010 enacted in the United Kingdom, and the notes and guidance thereunder.

(qq)        Solvency.  On and immediately after the Closing Date, and after giving effect to the issuance of the Notes and the Guarantees and the use of proceeds therefrom as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and each of the DaVita Guarantors will be Solvent. On and immediately after the Release Date, and after giving effect to the distribution of the Escrow Property from the Escrow Account and the consummation of the other Transaction on Release Date, including the consummation of the Merger, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and each of the Guarantors will be Solvent. As used in this paragraph, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to any person on a particular date, that on such date (i) the present fair market value (or present fair saleable value) of the assets of such person is not less than the total amount required to pay the liabilities of such person on its total existing debts and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and matured; (ii) such person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and commitments as they mature and become due in the normal course of business; (iii) assuming consummation of the issuance of the Notes and the Guarantees as contemplated by this Agreement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the use of proceeds therefrom as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, such person is not incurring debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; (iv) such person is not engaged in any business or transaction, and does not propose to engage in any business or transaction, for which its property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such person is engaged; and (v) such person is not a defendant in any civil action that would result in a judgment that such person is or would become unable to satisfy.

 

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(rr)     No Stabilization.  Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(ss)      Margin Rules.  Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.

(tt)       Forward-Looking Statements.  No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been made without a reasonable basis for such statement.

(uu)      Statistical and Market Data.  To the knowledge of the Company and each of the DaVita Guarantors the statistical and market-related data included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(vv)      Material Contracts.  There is no contract, agreement or other document to which the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is a party which is required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 or any subsequent Exchange Act filings that has not been so filed as required.

(ww)    Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.  There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in any material respect with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(xx)      Release Documents.  Each of the Release Documents will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to the extent described therein.

(yy)      No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws.  The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company and the DaVita Guarantors, threatened.

(zz)      No Conflict with OFAC Laws.  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company and the DaVita Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or

 

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lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds, to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company or any DaVita Guarantor and delivered to the Representative or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company or any Guarantor to each Underwriter as to the matters set forth therein.

SECTION 2.    Purchase and Sale.  The Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters the Notes upon the terms herein set forth and, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth opposite their names on Schedule A. The purchase price per Note to be paid by the several Underwriters to the Company shall be equal to 98.50% of the principal amount thereof.

SECTION 3.    Delivery and Payment; Representations and Warranties and Covenants of the Underwriters.

(a)        Delivery of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, 80 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representative) at 9:00 a.m. New York time, on August 28, 2012, or such other time and date as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representative (the time and date of such closing are called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct.

(b)        Public Offering of the Notes.  The Representative hereby advises the Company that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Notes as soon after this Agreement has been executed the Representative, in its sole judgment, have determined is advisable and practicable.

(c)        Payment for the Notes.  Payment for the Notes shall be made on the Closing Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company.

It is understood that the Representative has been authorized, for its own account and the account of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Notes. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (“J.P. Morgan”), individually and not as the Representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any Notes to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been received by the Representative by the Closing Date for the account of such Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under this Agreement.

(d)        Delivery of the Notes.  Delivery of one or more global notes (collectively, the “Global Note”) representing the Notes shall be made to a nominee of DTC or to the Trustee, acting as custodian for DTC, as applicable. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Underwriters.

(e)        Delivery of Prospectus to the Underwriters.  Not later than 10:00 a.m. on the second business day following the date the Notes are first released by the Underwriters for sale to the public, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered, copies of the Prospectus in such quantities and at such places as the Representative shall reasonably request.

 

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SECTION 4.    Covenants.  The Company and the DaVita Guarantors and, on the Release Date the HCP Guarantors, jointly and severally, covenant and agree with each of the Underwriters as follows:

(a)          Representative’s Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements.  During the period beginning at the Applicable Time and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date, as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file or use any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects.

(b)          Securities Act Compliance.  After the date of this Agreement and during the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) when the Registration Statement, if not effective at the Applicable Time, shall have become effective, (ii) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (iii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, (iv) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order or notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of any receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Notes for sale in any jurisdiction or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes (including any notice or order pursuant to Section 8A or Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act). The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or notice of prevention or suspension of such use. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order or issue any such notice at any time, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting or reversal of such order or notice at the earliest possible moment, or, subject to Section 4(a), will file an amendment to the Registration Statement or will file a new registration statement and use its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b) and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act, including with respect to the timely filing of documents thereunder, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under such Rule 424(b) were received in a timely manner by the Commission.

(c)          Exchange Act Compliance.  During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act in the manner and within the time periods required by the Exchange Act.

(d)         Final Term Sheet.  The Company will prepare a final term sheet in a form approved by the Representative, and will file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act within the time required by such rule (such term sheet, the “Final Term Sheet”).

 

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(e)        Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses.  The Company represents that it has not made, and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not make, any offer relating to the Notes that constitutes or would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that otherwise constitutes or would constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) or a portion thereof required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act; provided that the prior written consent of the Representative hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule C hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representative is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the Securities Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping. The Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that (a) is not an “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433, or (b) contains only (1) information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering, (2) information that describes the final terms of the Securities or their offering and that is included in the Final Term Sheet of the Company contemplated in Section 4(d) hereof or (3) information permitted under Rule 134 under the Securities Act; provided that each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not to take any action without the Company’s consent which consent shall be confirmed in writing that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of such Underwriter.

(f)        Amendments and Supplements to the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus and Other Securities Act Matters.  If, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any event or development shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing, as the case may be, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing, as the case may be, not misleading, or if in the opinion of the Company or the Representative it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or to file a new registration statement containing the Prospectus, in order to comply with law, including in connection with the delivery of the Prospectus, the Company agrees to (i) notify the Representative of any such event or condition and (ii) promptly prepare (subject to Section 4(a) and 4(e) hereof), file with the Commission (and use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or any new registration statement to be declared effective) and furnish at its own expense to the Underwriters and to dealers, amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any new registration statement, necessary in order to make the statements in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing, as the case may be, not misleading or so that the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.

 

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(g)        Copies of Any Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus.  The Company agrees to furnish to the Representative, without charge, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto (including any documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein) and the Disclosure Package as the Representative may reasonably request in writing.

(h)        Copies of the Registration Statements and the Prospectus.  The Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters signed copies of the Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) and, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplement thereto and the Disclosure Package as the Representative may reasonably request in writing.

(i)         Blue Sky Compliance.  The Company and the Guarantors shall cooperate with the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters to qualify or register the Securities for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the state securities or blue sky laws or Canadian provincial securities laws or other foreign laws of those jurisdictions designated by the Representative and consented to by the Company, and the Company and the Guarantors shall comply in all material respects with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject. The Company and the Guarantors will advise the Representative promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Securities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.

(j)         Use of Proceeds.  The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities sold by it in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(k)        Agreement Not to Offer to Sell Additional Securities.  During the period of 30 days following the date of this Agreement, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of J.P. Morgan), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge or transfer, or otherwise dispose of, or announce the offering of, any debt securities of the Company or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities of the Company in each case that are substantially similar to the Securities (other than as contemplated by this Agreement) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include entering into or borrowings under the senior secured credit facility to be entered into by the Company as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus).

(l)         DTC.  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the approval of DTC to permit the Notes to be eligible for “book-entry” transfer and settlement through the facilities of DTC, and agrees to comply with all of its agreements set forth in the representation letters of the Company to DTC relating to the approval of the Notes by DTC for “book-entry” transfer.

 

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(m)       Earnings Statement.  As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representative an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158 under the Securities Act) of the Registration Statement.

(n)        Periodic Reporting Obligations.  During the Prospectus Delivery Period the Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act.

(o)        Filing Fees.  The Company agrees to pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) of the Securities Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Securities Act.

(p)        Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply with all applicable securities and other laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and use its best efforts to cause the Company’s directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

(q)        Future Reports to the Representative.  During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will furnish to the Representative (i) to the extent not available on the Commission’s Next-Generation EDGAR filing system, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, copies of the Annual Report of the Company containing the balance sheet of the Company as of the close of such fiscal year and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended and the opinion thereon of the Company’s independent public or certified public accountants; and (ii) to the extent not available on the Commission’s Next-Generation EDGAR filing system, as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, copies of each proxy statement, Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other report filed by the Company with the Commission, FINRA or any securities exchange.

(r)         No Manipulation of Price.  The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(s)         Investment Limitation.  The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Notes in such a manner as would require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

(t)         Notice of Inability to Use Automatic Shelf Registration Statement Form.  If at any time during the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Representative, (ii) promptly file a

 

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new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representative, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective and (iv) promptly notify the Representative of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Notes to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.

(u)         Security Interest.  On the Closing Date and until the Release Date, the Issuer shall cause the Securities to be secured by the Escrow Property to the extent and in the manner provided in the Escrow Agreement and as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(v)         Release Date. On the Release Date, the Company will cause to be delivered to the Representative, (x) executed copies of the Release Documents, (y) opinions substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters and (z) such information and documents as they may reasonably require in connection with the execution of the Release Documents.

SECTION 5.   Payment of Expenses.  The Company and the DaVita Guarantors and, upon execution of the Joinder Agreement on the Release Date, the HCP Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Securities (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iii) all fees and expenses of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (iv) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, this Agreement, the Indenture, the DTC blanket letter of representations and riders thereto and the Notes and Guarantees, (v) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company, the Guarantors or the Underwriters in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of the several states of the United States, the provinces of Canada or other jurisdictions designated by the Underwriters (including, without limitation, the cost of preparing, printing and mailing preliminary and final blue sky or legal investment memoranda), (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities, (vii) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities with the ratings agencies, (viii) the filing fees for FINRA’s review of the offering of the Securities, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with compliance with FINRA’s rules and regulations, (ix) all fees and expenses of the Company and the Guarantors in connection with approval of the Securities by DTC for “book-entry” transfer, and the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their respective other obligations under this Agreement, (x) all expenses incident to the “road show” for the offering of the Securities, including one half of the cost of any chartered airplane or other transportation, (xi) all other fees, costs and expenses referred to in Item 14 of Part II of the Registration Statement, (xii) all fees and expenses incident to the creation and perfection of a security interest in the Escrow Account, (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith)

 

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and (xiii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 5. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5, Section 7, Section 8 and Section 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees and expenses of their counsel.

SECTION 6.  Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters.  The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties of the Company and each DaVita Guarantor herein are true and correct at and as of the date hereof and the Closing Date, the condition that the Company and each DaVita Guarantor shall have performed all of their respective obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

  (a)      Accountants’ Comfort Letter.  On the date hereof, the Underwriters shall have received from (i) KPMG, LLP, independent public accountants for the Company and (ii) Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors for HCP, letters dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, covering certain financial information included in or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and other customary information included in accountant’s comfort letters to underwriters.

  (b)      Compliance with Registration Requirements; No Stop Order; No Objection from FINRA.  For the period from and after effectiveness of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

(i)        the Company shall have filed the Prospectus with the Commission (including the information required by Rules 430A, 430B and 430C under the Securities Act) in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act;

(ii)       the Final Term Sheet, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings under such Rule 433; and

(iii)      no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act shall have been instituted or threatened by the Commission; and the Company shall not have received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form.

  (c)      No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change.  For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

(i)        in the judgment of the Representative there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Change;

(ii)       there shall not have been any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 6 which is, in the sole judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and

 

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(iii)      there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Section 3(c)(62) of the Exchange Act), and no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, any such rating.

  (d)      Opinion of Counsel for the Company.  On the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received the opinion of (i) Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit B, (ii) Kim M. Rivera, Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit C and (iii) Sidley Austin, counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, in customary form and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, with respect to the creation and perfection of a security interests in the Escrow Property.

  (e)      Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters.  On the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinion of (i) Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated as of such Closing Date, and (ii) Winston and Strawn, LLP, special regulatory counsel to the Underwriters, dated as of such Closing Date, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to, and addressed to, the Underwriters, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

  (f)      Officers’ Certificate.  On the Closing Date, the Representative shall have received a written certificate executed by an executive officer of the Company reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and this Agreement, to the effect set forth in subsections (b)(i), (ii) and (iii) and (c)(iii) of this Section 6, and further to the effect that:

(i)        for the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, there has not occurred any Material Adverse Change;

(ii)       the representations and warranties of the Company and the DaVita Guarantors set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects, except that such materiality qualifier shall not apply to any representation or warranty that is by its terms qualified as to materiality, on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of the Closing Date; and

(iii)      the Company and the DaVita Guarantors have complied with all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(g)        Bring-down Comfort Letter.  On the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received from (x) KPMG, LLP, independent public accountants for the Company and (y) Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors for HCP, letters dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished by them pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 6, except that (i) it shall cover certain financial information included in or incorporated by reference to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto customarily included in accountant’s comfort letters to underwriters and (ii) the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date, as the case may be.

(h)        Escrow Agreement.  On the Closing Date, (i) the Company, the Trustee and the Escrow Agent shall have executed the Escrow Agreement, and the Representative shall have received copies thereof, executed by the Company, the Trustee and the Escrow Agent and such agreement shall be in full force and effect at all times from and after the Closing Date and (ii) the Company shall have deposited the Escrow Property with the Escrow Agent solely in accordance with the Escrow Agreement.

(i)        Closing Documents.  At the Closing Date, the Company and the DaVita Guarantors shall have furnished counsel for the Company, the Guarantors or the Underwriters, as the case may be, such documents as they reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties or fulfillment of any of the conditions herein contained.

(j)        Bank Transactions.  The Company shall have, prior to or substantially simultaneously with the sale of the Notes, entered into the Amendment Agreement.

If any condition specified in this Section 6 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Section 5, Section 7, Section 8, Section 9, Section 13 and Section 17 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

SECTION 7.  Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses.  If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative pursuant to Section 6, Section 10 or Section 11, or if the sale to the Underwriters of the Notes on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or any DaVita Guarantor to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company and the DaVita Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to reimburse the Representative and the other Underwriters (or such Underwriters as have terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves), severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Representative and the Underwriters in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Securities, including but not limited to fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.

SECTION 8.  Indemnification.

(a)      Indemnification of the Underwriters.  The Company and each of the DaVita Guarantors (and upon execution of the Joinder Agreement on the Release Date, each of the HCP Guarantors) jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates which offer Securities, directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within

 

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the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), and expenses, joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and to reimburse each Underwriter, its officers, directors, employees, agents and each such controlling person for any and all expenses (including, subject to Section 8(c), the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by J.P. Morgan) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Underwriter, or its officers, directors, employees and agents or such controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, arising out of, or based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood the only information provided by any Underwriter is referenced in Section 8(b). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.

(b)        Indemnification of the Company and the Guarantors.  Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of the DaVita Guarantors (and, upon the execution of the Joinder Agreement on the Release Date, each of the HCP Guarantors) and each of their respective directors and each of their respective officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any of the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or alleged omission of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto, including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B or 430C under the Securities Act), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company and the Guarantors, or any such director, officer or controlling person for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the Company and the Guarantors, or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The Company and the Guarantors hereby acknowledge that the only information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company through the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), consists of the statements set forth in the third sentence of the sixth paragraph and the seventh, nineteenth and twenty second paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

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(c)        Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures.  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in material prejudice to the indemnifying party (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses) and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or the other indemnified parties that are different or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (other than local counsel)), representing all indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party as reasonably incurred by the indemnified party.

(d)        Settlements.  The indemnifying party under this Section shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which shall not be withheld unreasonably, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have provided the indemnifying party with the proposed terms of settlement and shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 8 hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that such party shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement or notified the indemnified party that it in good faith disputes whether it is obligated to indemnify the indemnified party with respect to such settlement or the fees and expenses of counsel. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment if any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or

 

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consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

SECTION 9.  Contribution.

(a)        Contribution.  If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for any reason unavailable to an or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party, shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions or inaccuracies in the representations and warranties herein which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities, pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Guarantors, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the front cover page of the Prospectus bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Notes as set forth on such cover. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact or any such inaccurate or alleged inaccurate representation or warranty relates to information supplied by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, or the Underwriters, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(c), any legal or other fees or disbursements reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.

The Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discount received by such Underwriter in connection with the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the

 

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Company and/or a Guarantor, each officer of the Company and/or a Guarantor who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company and/or a Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the respective Guarantors, as the case may be.

SECTION 10.  Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters.

(a)        If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the several Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase the Notes that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Notes which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions that the principal amount of Notes to be purchased set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Representative with the consent of the non-defaulting Underwriters, to purchase the Notes which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase the Notes and the aggregate principal amount of Notes with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representative and the Company for the purchase of such Notes are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 5, Section 7, Section 8, Section 9, Section 13 and Section 17 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case either the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter under this Section 10. Any action taken under this Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

SECTION 11.  Termination of this Agreement.

(a)        Prior to the Closing Date this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice given to the Company if at any time (i) trading or quotation in any of the Company’s securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by the New York Stock Exchange, or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such stock exchanges by the Commission or FINRA; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or New York authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States has occurred; (iii) in the judgment of the Representative there shall have occurred any Material Adverse Change; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United States or international financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change in United States’ or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the judgment of the Representative is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities in the manner and on the terms described in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities. Any termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without liability on the part of (a) the Company or any DaVita Guarantor to any Underwriter, except that the Company and the DaVita Guarantors shall be, jointly and severally, obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Representative and the Underwriters pursuant to Sections 5 and 7 hereof or (b) any Underwriter to the Company, except, in each case, as provided under Sections 8 and 9 hereof.

 

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SECTION 12.  No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.

(a)        The Company and each Guarantor acknowledge and agree that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, and the Company and such Guarantor are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or such Guarantor with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or such Guarantor on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company or such Guarantor with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Guarantors and that the several Underwriters have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company and the Guarantors have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.

This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Guarantors and the several Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. The Company and each Guarantor hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company or such Guarantor may have against the several Underwriters with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.

SECTION 13.  Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery.  The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, of its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any (A) investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the officers or employees of any Underwriter, or any person controlling the Underwriter or (B) acceptance of the Securities and payment for them hereunder. The provisions of Section 5, Section 7, Section 8, Section 9, this Section 13 and Section 17 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

SECTION 14.  Notices.  All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:

If to the Representative:

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10179

Attention: Andreas Pierroutsakos

 

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If to the Company:

DaVita Inc.

601 Hawaii Street

El Segundo, CA 90245

Facsimile:  (866) 912-0682

Attention:  Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

with a copy to:

Sharon R. Flanagan, Esq.

Sidley Austin LLP

555 California Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94104

Facsimile:  (415) 772-7400

Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.

SECTION 15.  Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, including any substitute Underwriters pursuant to Section 10 hereof, and to the benefit of (i) the Company and the Guarantors, their respective directors, any person who controls the Company or any of the Guarantors within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any officer of the Company or any Guarantor who signed the Registration Statement, (ii) the Underwriters, the officers, directors, employees and agents of the Underwriters, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and (iii) the respective successors and assigns of any of the above, all as and to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser of any of the Securities from any of the several Underwriters merely because of such purchase.

SECTION 16.  Partial Unenforceability.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

SECTION 17.  Governing Law Provisions.  THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS SECTION 17 SHALL NOT BE INTENDED TO, AND SHALL NOT HAVE THE EFFECT OF, SUPERSEDING THE GOVERNING LAW PROVISION OF ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT).

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York or the courts of the State of New York in

 

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each case located in the City and County of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for suits, actions, or proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any Specified Court in a Related Proceeding (a “Related Judgment”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Related Proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

SECTION 18.  General Provisions.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile, email or other electronic transmission (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

SECTION 19.  Patriot Act Compliance.  In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the indemnification provisions of Section 8 and the contribution provisions of Section 9, and is fully informed regarding said provisions. Each of the parties hereto further acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereto fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company, its affairs and its business in order to assure that adequate disclosure has been made in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (and any amendments and supplements thereto), as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,
DAVITA INC.
By:       

 

                   
  Name:  James K. Hilger
  Title:    Interim Chief Financial Officer and              Chief Accounting Officer

 

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CARROLL COUNTY DIALYSIS FACILITY, INC.

CONTINENTAL DIALYSIS CENTER, INC.

CONTINENTAL DIALYSIS CENTER OF SPRINGFIELD-FAIRFAX, INC.

DAVITA OF NEW YORK, INC.

DIALYSIS HOLDINGS, INC.

DIALYSIS SPECIALISTS OF DALLAS, INC.

DOWNRIVER CENTERS, INC.

DVA HEALTHCARE OF MARYLAND, INC.

DVA HEALTHCARE OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC.

DVA HEALTHCARE OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC.

DVA HEALTHCARE PROCUREMENT SERVICES, INC.

DVA HEALTHCARE RENAL CARE, INC.

DVA LABORATORY SERVICES, INC.

DVA OF NEW YORK, INC.

DVA RENAL HEALTHCARE, INC.

EAST END DIALYSIS CENTER, INC.

ELBERTON DIALYSIS FACILITY, INC.

FLAMINGO PARK KIDNEY CENTER, INC.

KNICKERBOCKER DIALYSIS, INC.

LIBERTY RC, INC.

LINCOLN PARK DIALYSIS SERVICES, INC.

MASON-DIXON DIALYSIS FACILITIES, INC.

PHYSICIANS DIALYSIS ACQUISITIONS, INC.

PHYSICIANS DIALYSIS, INC.

PHYSICIANS DIALYSIS VENTURES, INC.

RENAL LIFE LINK, INC.

RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS, INC.

RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS -CALIFORNIA, INC.

RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS - HAWAII, INC.

RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS - ILLINOIS, INC.

RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS - MID-ATLANTIC, INC.

RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS -NORTHEAST, INC.

RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS - WEST, INC.

 

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RMS LIFELINE, INC.

 

SHINING STAR DIALYSIS, INC.

 

THE DAVITA COLLECTION, INC.

 

TOTAL ACUTE KIDNEY CARE, INC.

 

TOTAL RENAL CARE, INC.

 

TOTAL RENAL LABORATORIES, INC.

 

TOTAL RENAL RESEARCH, INC.

 

TRC OF NEW YORK, INC.

 

TRC WEST, INC.

 
By:   

*

 
   Chetan P. Mehta  
   Vice President of Finance  
ALAMOSA DIALYSIS, LLC  
GREENSPOINT DIALYSIS, LLC  
By:    RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS –
   SOUTHEAST, LP  
Its:    Manager
By:    RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS, INC.  
Its:    General Partner
By:   

*

 
   Chetan P. Mehta  
   Vice President of Finance  
DAVITA – WEST, LLC  
By:    RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS, INC.  
Its:    Manager  
By:   

*

 
  

Chetan P. Mehta

Vice President of Finance

 

 

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DAVITA RX, LLC

 

DNP MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC

 

FORT DIALYSIS, LLC

 

HILLS DIALYSIS, LLC

 

KIDNEY CARE SERVICES, LLC

 

MAPLE GROVE DIALYSIS, LLC

 

NEPHROLOGY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF GEORGIA, LLC

 

PALO DIALYSIS, LLC

 

PATIENT PATHWAYS, LLC

 

TRC—INDIANA, LLC

 

TREE CITY DIALYSIS, LLC

 

VILLAGEHEALTH DM, LLC

 
By:   TOTAL RENAL CARE, INC.  
Its:   Manager  
By:  

*

 
  Chetan P. Mehta  
  Vice President of Finance  

FREEHOLD ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY CENTER, LLC

 

NEPTUNE ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY CENTER, LLC

By:   DVA RENAL HEALTHCARE, INC.  
Its:   Manager  
By:  

*

 
  Chetan P. Mehta  
  Vice President of Finance  
HOUSTON KIDNEY CENTER/TOTAL RENAL CARE INTEGRATED SERVICE NETWORK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP  
By:   TOTAL RENAL CARE, INC.  
Its:   General Partner  
By:  

*

 
  Chetan P. Mehta  
  Vice President of Finance  

 

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NEW HOPE DIALYSIS, LLC

 
By:   RENAL LIFE LINK, INC.  
Its:   Manager  
By:  

*

 
  Chetan P. Mehta  
  Vice President of Finance  

NORTH ATLANTA DIALYSIS CENTER, LLC

 

SOUTHWEST ATLANTA DIALYSIS CENTERS, LLC

 
By:   RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS –  
  MID-ATLANTIC, INC.  
Its:   Manager  
By:  

*

 
  Chetan P. Mehta  
  Vice President of Finance  

NORTH COLORADO SPRINGS DIALYSIS, LLC

 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIALYSIS SERVICES, LLC

 

SIERRA ROSE DIALYSIS CENTER, LLC

 
By:   RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS –  
  WEST, INC.  
Its:   Manager  
By:  

*

 
  Chetan P. Mehta  
  Vice President of Finance  

 

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PHYSICIANS CHOICE DIALYSIS, LLC

 
By:   PHYSICIANS MANAGEMENT, LLC  
Its:   Manager  
By:   PHYSICIANS DIALYSIS VENTURES,  
  INC.  
Its:   Manager  
By:  

*

 
  Chetan P. Mehta  
  Vice President of Finance  

PHYSICIANS CHOICE DIALYSIS OF ALABAMA, LLC

 
By:   PHYSICIANS CHOICE DIALYSIS, LLC  
Its:   Manager  
By:   PHYSICIANS MANAGEMENT, LLC  
Its:   Manager  
By:   PHYSICIANS DIALYSIS VENTURES,  
  INC.  
Its:   Manager  
By:  

*

 
  Chetan P. Mehta  
  Vice President of Finance  

PHYSICIANS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 
By:   PHYSICIANS DIALYSIS VENTURES,  
   INC.  
Its:   Manager  
By:  

*

 
  Chetan P. Mehta  
  Vice President of Finance  

 

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RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS-SOUTHEAST, L.P.

 
By:  RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS, INC.  
Its: General Partner  
By:  

*

 
  Chetan P. Mehta  
  Vice President of Finance  

 

TOTAL RENAL CARE TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 
By:     TOTAL RENAL CARE, INC.  
Its:     General Partner  
By:  

*

 
  Chetan P. Mehta  
  Vice President of Finance  

 

WESTVIEW DIALYSIS, LLC

 
By:   RENAL TREATMENT CENTERS –  
  ILLINOIS, INC.  
Its:   Manager  
By:  

*

 
  Chetan P. Mehta  
  Vice President of Finance  

 

 

By:  

 

  Chetan P. Mehta
  Vice President of Finance

 

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Representative as of the date first above written.

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

Acting as Representative of the

several Underwriters named in

the attached Schedule A.

By:   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
By:  

 

 
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

Underwriters   

    Principal Amount Of    

Notes To Be

Purchased

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     $   462,500,000   

Barclays Capital Inc.

     100,000,000   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

     100,000,000   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     100,000,000   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

     100,000,000   

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     100,000,000   

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

     100,000,000   

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     100,000,000   

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

     21,875,000   

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

     21,875,000   

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

     21,875,000   

SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited

     21,875,000   

Total

     $1,250,000,000   

 

Schedule A-1


SCHEDULE B-1

DaVita Guarantors

 

Name of Entity    Jurisdiction of Formation   IRS EIN

Alamosa Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware   26-3340007

Carroll County Dialysis Facility, Inc.

   Maryland   52-1693649

Continental Dialysis Center of Springfield-Fairfax, Inc.

   Virginia   62-1238381

Continental Dialysis Center, Inc.

   Virginia   22-2470712

DaVita - West, LLC

   Delaware   01-0561202

DaVita of New York, Inc.

   New York   26-1650326

DaVita Rx, LLC

   Delaware   20-3998217

Dialysis Holdings, Inc.

   Delaware   94-3096645

Dialysis Specialists of Dallas, Inc.

   Texas   75-2533856

DNP Management Company, LLC

   Delaware   26-0775419

Downriver Centers, Inc.

   Michigan   38-3500376

DVA Healthcare of Maryland, Inc.

   Maryland   62-1605235

DVA Healthcare of Massachusetts, Inc.

   Massachusetts   62-1529463

DVA Healthcare of Pennsylvania, Inc.

   Pennsylvania   91-1867238

DVA Healthcare Procurement Services, Inc.

   California   33-0731597

DVA Healthcare Renal Care, Inc.

   Nevada   95-2977916

DVA Laboratory Services, Inc.

   Florida   65-0127483

DVA of New York, Inc.

   New York   91-1806157

DVA Renal Healthcare, Inc.

   Tennessee   62-1323090

East End Dialysis Center, Inc.

   Virginia   54-1318452

Elberton Dialysis Facility, Inc.

   Georgia   58-1721014

Flamingo Park Kidney Center, Inc.

   Florida   65-0431823

Fort Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware   27-2942409

Freehold Artificial Kidney Center, L.L.C.

   New Jersey   22-3328300

Greenspoint Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware   26-1649191

Hills Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware   27-1859945

Houston Kidney Center/Total Renal Care Integrated Service

Network Limited Partnership

   Delaware   76-0509917

Kidney Care Services, LLC

   Delaware   11-3685202

Knickerbocker Dialysis, Inc.

   New York   40-0002285

Liberty RC, Inc.

   New York   91-1889832

Lincoln Park Dialysis Services, Inc.

   Illinois   36-3191860

Maple Grove Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware   26-1757887

Mason-Dixon Dialysis Facilities, Inc.

   Maryland   52-1766772

Nephrology Medical Associates of Georgia, LLC

   Georgia   91-2160693

Neptune Artificial Kidney Center, L.L.C.

   New Jersey   22-3328303

New Hope Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware   20-3344191

North Atlanta Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware   20-0336249

North Colorado Springs Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware   26-2099530

 

Schedule B-1-1


Name of Entity    Jurisdiction of Formation   IRS EIN

Palo Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware   26-4578737

Patient Pathways, LLC

   Delaware   27-0670041

Physicians Choice Dialysis Of Alabama, LLC

   Delaware   90-0072092

Physicians Choice Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware   90-0072080

Physicians Dialysis Acquisitions, Inc.

   Delaware   04-3546654

Physicians Dialysis Ventures, Inc.

   Delaware   04-3546656

Physicians Dialysis, Inc.

   Delaware   04-3535478

Physicians Management, LLC

   Delaware   90-0072097

Renal Life Link, Inc.

   Delaware   20-1649898

Renal Treatment Centers - California, Inc.

   Delaware   23-2741218

Renal Treatment Centers - Hawaii, Inc.

   Delaware   23-2830661

Renal Treatment Centers - Illinois, Inc.

   Delaware   23-2798598

Renal Treatment Centers - Mid-Atlantic, Inc.

   Delaware   23-2536597

Renal Treatment Centers - Northeast, Inc.

   Delaware   23-2709856

Renal Treatment Centers - Southeast, LP

   Delaware   23-2791135

Renal Treatment Centers - West, Inc.

   Delaware   23-2763722

Renal Treatment Centers, Inc.

   Delaware   23-2518331

RMS Lifeline, Inc.

   Delaware   36-4258607

Rocky Mountain Dialysis Services, LLC

   Delaware   32-0000322

Shining Star Dialysis, Inc.

   New Jersey   91-2134787

Sierra Rose Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware   02-0614476

Southwest Atlanta Dialysis Centers, LLC

   Delaware   20-0336205

The DaVita Collection, Inc.

   California   20-5766131

Total Acute Kidney Care, Inc.

   Florida   65-0086334

Total Renal Care Texas Limited Partnership

   Delaware   74-2794200

Total Renal Care, Inc.

   California   95-3372911

Total Renal Laboratories, Inc.

   Florida   59-3205549

Total Renal Research, Inc.

   Delaware   94-3269918

TRC - Indiana, LLC

   Indiana   91-1971775

TRC of New York, Inc.

   New York   91-1849180

TRC West, Inc.

   Delaware   88-0364717

Tree City Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware   26-0460873

VillageHealth DM, LLC

   Delaware   20-0174548

Westview Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware   20-5394805

 

Schedule B-1-2


SCHEDULE B-2

DaVita Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries

 

Name of Entity          

 Jurisdiction of 

Formation

        IRS EIN

Aberdeen Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     20-5915205

Amarillo Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     26-0460662

American Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     26-2663172

American Fork Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     26-0460502

Amery Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     26-2123887

Anderson Kidney Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     27-4361004

Animas Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     26-3480119

Arcadia Gardens Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     26-1504868

Arches Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     26-2662940

Astro, Hobby, West Mt. Renal Care Limited Partnership

              Delaware     76-0520167

Austin Dialysis Centers, L.P.

              Delaware     20-1561159

Bainbridge Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     45-4590483

Barton Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     45-2930643

Basin Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     45-5471578

Bay Area Dialysis Partnership

              Florida     91-1869022

Baytown Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     26-0331376

Beachside Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     45-4250374

Beacon Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     27-4254774

Bear Creek Dialysis Center, L.P.

              Delaware     20-4682364

Beverly Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     27-3908172

Beverly Hills Dialysis Partnership

              California     95-4504550

Birch Dialysis, LLC

              Ohio     27-4408173

Bladon Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     36-4696541

Blake Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     45-1966671

Blanco Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     45-2930794

Blue Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     26-3334211

Bluegrass Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     26-2687778

Bottle Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     45-2223489

Brantley Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     27-4832563

Bridges Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     27-2658081

Bright Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     27-0488742

Brighton Dialysis Center, LLC

              Delaware     20-0875984

Brook Dialysis LLC

              Delaware     27-4254870

Brownsville Kidney Center, Ltd

              Texas     74-2751452

Bruno Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     26-3390599

Bryce Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     26-3390882

Buford Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     20-4682316

Bulfinch Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     45-3775154

Bullards Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     45-2979520

Burney Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     45-3970363

Burton Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     26-2876085

Butano Dialysis, LLC

              Delaware     45-2930832

 

Schedule B-2-1


Caballo Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2722819

Caddo Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2972812

Camino Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-4360932

Canyon Springs Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0775607

Canyonlands Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2582569

Capelville Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1787972

Capes Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-3698250

Capital Dialysis Partnership

   California    91-1874072

Carroll County Dialysis Facility Limited Partnership

   Maryland    52-1728533

Cascades Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2875946

Caswell Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3340150

Cathedral Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-4156590

Cedar Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4446133

Centennial LV, LLC

   Delaware    20-8944319

Central Carolina Dialysis Centers, LLC

   Delaware    47-0938741

Central Georgia Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-2984009

Central Iowa Dialysis Partners, LLC

   Delaware    20-0847476

Central Kentucky Dialysis Centers, LLC

   Delaware    20-1557876

Cerito Dialysis Partners, LLC

   Delaware    27-2635201

Champions Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-1823824

Channel Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3297790

Cherry Valley Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0494445

Chesterfield Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-5513546

Chicago Heights Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-1252883

Chipeta Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3334256

Churchill Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-3843842

Cinco Rios Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-2194358

Clayton Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-4590554

Clinton Township Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0494278

Coast Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-3335977

Coe Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4068427

Columbus-RNA-DaVita, LLC

   Delaware    26-1928637

Colville Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0494371

Commerce Township Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-5915164

Conconully Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-5102245

Cooper Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4389484

Cordele Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    26-0876834

Cottonwood Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-1586962

Court Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-3843714

Creek Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3297767

Crystals Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2970977

Dallas-Fort Worth Nephrology II, LLC

   Delaware    20-8299900

Dallas-Fort Worth Nephrology, L.P.

   Delaware    20-2541557

Damon Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2678686

Daroga Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-5275018

DaVita Care (Korea) Limited

   Korea    na

DaVita Care (Philippines), Inc.

   Philippines    na

DaVita Care (Taiwan) Private Limited

   Taiwan    na

DaVita Care (Thailand), LTD

   Thailand    na

DaVita Care PTE, LTD.

   Singapore    na

 

Schedule B-2-2


DaVita China Pte. Ltd.

   China    na

DaVita Dakota Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    26-0231202

DaVita DPC Holding Co., LLC

   Delaware    45-3448887

DaVita El Paso East, L.P.

   Delaware    20-5433802

DaVita Lehbi Cayman

   Saudi Arabia    na

DaVita Nephrology Medical Associates of California, Inc.

   California    68-0502689

DaVita Nephrology Medical Associates of Pennsylvania, P.C.

   Pennsylvania    20-5673600

DaVita Nephrology Medical Associates of Washington, P.C.

   Washington    20-0863625

DaVita Nephrology Partners- Midwest, Co.

   Ohio    20-5654425

DaVita Renal Care India Private Limited

   India    na

DaVita Renal Care Sweden AB

   Sweden    na

DaVita Renal PTE, LTD.

   Singapore    na

DaVita Seri Setia SDN. BDH.

   Malaysia    na

DaVita Tidewater, LLC

   Delaware    20-1242215

DaVita Tidewater-Virginia Beach, LLC

   Delaware    20-5739248

DaVita VillageHealth Insurance Of Alabama, Inc.

   Alabama    20-8384508

DaVita VillageHealth of Colorado, Inc.

   Colorado    26-0233682

DaVita VillageHealth of Georgia, Inc.

   Georgia    26-0382562

DaVita VillageHealth of Ohio, Inc.

   Ohio    20-8981247

DaVita VillageHealth of Virginia, Inc.

   Virginia    20-8230364

DaVita VillageHealth, Inc.

   Delaware    20-8077143

DaVita-Riverside II, LLC

   Delaware    20-5577621

DaVita-Riverside, LLC

   Delaware    03-0400051

DC Healthcare International, Inc.

   Delaware    27-3128578

DE Oro Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3106196

Decker Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1538625

Deerbrook Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-8015586

Desoto Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2388727

Dialyse-Zentrum Hamburg-Ost GmbH (DZ HH-Ost)

   Germany    na

Dialysis of Des Moines, LLC

   Delaware    90-0065950

Dialysis of North Atlanta, LLC

   Delaware    75-3058908

Dialysis of Northern Illinois, LLC

   Delaware    68-0555153

Dolores Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3340210

Dome Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-0985042

Doves Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-2695485

Downtown Houston Dialysis Center, L.P.

   Delaware    20-0749365

DPC Vail, LLC

   Delaware    80-0772321

Dr. Ali Al Lehbi Medical Centre

   Saudi Arabia    na

Durango Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-1557928

DV Care GmbH

   Germany    na

DV Care Netherlands B.V.

   Netherlands    na

DVA (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.

   Malaysia    na

DVA Dialysis Services SDN. BHD.

   Malaysia    na

DVA Healthcare - Southwest Ohio, LLC

   Tennessee    91-1806155

DVA Healthcare Nephrology Partners, Inc.

   Nevada    94-3259141

DVA Healthcare of New London, LLC

   Tennessee    91-1973363

DVA Healthcare of Norwich, LLC

   Tennessee    91-1973361

DVA Healthcare of Tuscaloosa, LLC

   Tennessee    62-1620606

DVA Renal Care Portugal, Unipessoal Lda.

   Portugal    na

DVA/Washington University Healthcare of Greater St. Louis, LLC

   Delaware    43-1868988

 

Schedule B-2-3


Eagles Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-2078131

East Bay - DaVita Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    None

East Dearborn Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    80-0132363

East Ft. Lauderdale, LLC

   Delaware    20-0068890

East Houston Kidney Center, L.P.

   Delaware    20-0749404

Eastmont Dialysis Partnership

   California    91-1819193

Eastover Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1209524

Elgin Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-4186625

Elk Grove Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    47-0936543

Empire State DC, Inc.

   New York    84-1377630

Enchanted Dialysis, LLC

   New York    45-4079844

Espeja sp. z o.o.

   Poland    na

Estero Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0158396

ExtraCorp Aktiengesellschaft (AG)

   Germany    na

Fairfield Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-4079774

Falcon, LLC

   Delaware    80-0488649

Falls Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-1586831

Fields Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3947575

Five Star Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0876772

Flor Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-4790558

Forester Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3558715

Fullerton Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-2161899

Gardenside Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-3169279

Garner Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-4940932

GDC International, LLC

   Delaware    27-1464577

GDC Resources, LLC

   Delaware    27-1464490

Gemini Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2484760

GiveLife Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0558651

Golden Sun Bear, LLC

   Delaware    27-3112699

Goliad Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-4727520

Grand Home Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0494588

Great Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4067168

Greater Las Vegas Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-3344216

Greater Los Angeles Dialysis Centers, LLC

   Delaware    20-2983937

Green Country Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-3445615

Green Desert Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-8659499

Greenwood Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-0340412

Griffin Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4579249

Grosse Pointe Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0435725

Grove Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3480088

Guntersville Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-4400599

Hagerstown Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0460607

Hanford Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1382974

Harris Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-4879360

Hart Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-1586624

Hawaiian Gardens Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    26-0231123

Heron Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-2064591

Hialeah Kidney Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0689776

Historic Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3980737

HomeChoice Partners, Inc.

   Delaware    54-1823804

 

Schedule B-2-4


Honey Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0669943

Honeyman Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2224777

Houston Acute Dialysis, L.P.

   Delaware    20-1545064

Humboldt Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-3734445

Huntington Artificial Kidney Center, Ltd.

   New York    11-2476458

Huntington Park Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0666057

Hunts Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0342360

Hyattsville Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1382857

Indian River Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-5739181

Ionia Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-5513576

ISD Bartlett, LLC

   Delaware    27-3145409

ISD Bends Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-2218368

ISD Brandon, LLC

   Delaware    72-1343656

ISD Buffalo Grove, LLC

   Delaware    61-1432627

ISD Canton, LLC

   Delaware    37-1418573

ISD Corpus Christi, LLC

   Delaware    26-0229697

ISD I Holding Company, Inc.

   Delaware    27-1619457

ISD II Holding Company, Inc.

   Delaware    27-1619686

ISD Kansas City, LLC

   Delaware    26-1188366

ISD Kendallville, LLC

   Delaware    20-8521308

ISD Las Vegas, LLC

   Delaware    20-8684590

ISD Lees Summit, LLC

   Delaware    26-0334050

ISD Plainfield, LLC

   Delaware    20-8521459

ISD Renal, Inc.

   Delaware    20-2694671

ISD Schaumburg, LLC

   Delaware    32-0080776

ISD Spring Valley, LLC

   Delaware    45-1857925

ISD Summit Renal Care, LLC

   Ohio    62-1748058

ISD Trenton, LLC

   Delaware    26-1223747

J.E.T. New Orleans East Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0494663

Jedburg Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1808390

Joliet Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1117186

Joshua Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-5499992

Kearn Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-1823160

Keller Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-1822963

Kidney Care Rx, Inc.

   Delaware    95-4393983

Kidney Centers of Michigan, L.L.C.

   Delaware    20-0091149

Kidney Home Center, LLC

   Delaware    26-3274576

Kimball Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-4790193

Kings Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3917452

Lakeside Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2239375

Landing Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-0985307

Las Vegas Pediatric Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1269919

Latrobe Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-4124578

Lawrenceburg Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-0284135

Leasburg Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    37-1637560

Lehbi Investment Limited (JAFZ)

   Saudi Arabia    na

Leo Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2484656

Lexington Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2099628

Lifeline Vascular Access Network, LLC

   Delaware    26-0231059

Lifeline Vascular Birmingham, Inc.

   Delaware    45-1061509

 

Schedule B-2-5


Lighthouse Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-2454736

Limon Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3297836

Little Rock Dialysis Centers, LLC

   Delaware    20-8659726

Livingston Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-3817451

Llano Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4648163

Lockhart Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2930715

Lockport Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1117337

Lone Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3340079

Long Beach Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-4196738

Long Island Renal Care, Inc.

   New York    14-1858502

Longworth Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-3734706

Lord Baltimore Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-8659439

Lory Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2678650

Los Angeles Dialysis Center

   California    93-0990123

Los Arcos Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0342298

Loup Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0889026

Lurleen Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-4790430

Lyndon Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4578910

Mammoth Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-3637644

Manzano Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-2078211

Maples Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0488857

Marlton Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-8588746

Marysville Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    74-3071948

Mayfield Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1648870

Memorial Dialysis Center, L.P.

   Delaware    20-2388989

Mena Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-5643248

Mendocino Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2224542

Meridian Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4287172

Mesilla Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-2078299

MGD-Central New York Dialysis Center

   New York    91-2021225

MGD-Western New York D.C., LLC

   New York    16-1568684

Mid-City New Orleans Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-1680408

Middlesex Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    62-1817596

Milo Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2543709

Minam Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2445449

Miramar Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    26-0230798

Mission Dialysis Services, LLC

   Delaware    26-4445982

Modesto Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0494766

Moncrief Dialysis Center/Total Renal Care Limited Partnership

   Delaware    91-1841248

Monte Perla Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4180252

Morro Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3480029

Mountain West Dialysis Services, LLC

   Delaware    26-2728849

Muskogee Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-1242151

MVZ Dresden Betriebs GmbH (MVZ Dresden)

   Germany    na

National Trail Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2388760

Natomas Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-5095623

Nephrolife Care (India) Private Limited

   India    na

Nephrology Medical Associates of California, Inc.

   California    33-0827443

New Bay Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3917376

New Castle Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3917598

 

Schedule B-2-6


New Springs Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3917306

North Austin Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-5673534

Northwest Arkansas Kidney Centers, LLC

   Delaware    26-1383081

Nuevo Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3105972

Oakes Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1504946

Oasis Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-2194468

Ohio River Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-5673628

Olympic Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3105859

Ontario Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-1757176

Open Access Lifeline, LLC

   Delaware    26-0334277

Open Access Sonography, Inc.

   Florida    59-3245347

Orange Dialysis, LLC

   California    01-0721696

Owasso Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0494334

Pacific Coast Dialysis Center

   California    95-3964201

Pacific Dialysis Partnership

   Guam    66-0526846

Pacific Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1383151

Paladina Health Group of Washington, P.C.

   Washington    45-3559449

Paladina Health, LLC

   Delaware    45-3449075

Palmetto Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-4520583

Palomar Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3297816

Parker Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4287582

Patch Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2972916

PDI Holdings, Inc.

   Delaware    23-3084850

Peaks Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2970896

Pearl Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3748294

Percha Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-4797339

Perry County Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1757708

Pfeiffer Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2224372

Physicians Dialysis of Houston, LLP

   Texas    14-1861585

Physicians Dialysis of Lancaster, LLC

   Pennsylvania    46-0499619

Physicians Dialysis of Newark, LLC

   New Jersey    02-0535949

Pike Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3748411

Pittsburgh Dialysis Partners, LLC

   Delaware    26-0152600

Plaine Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-3412748

Platte Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0670106

Plumas Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3422387

Pointe Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-3335934

Pooler Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0230854

Portola Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-5028223

Priday Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-5411958

Princeton Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1825946

Quincy Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1504781

Rancho Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3932567

Rayburn Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-3734403

Red Willow Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0887633

Redwood Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2662808

Refuge Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4194741

Removed

     

Renaissance Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2099591

Renal Clinic Of Houston, LLC

   Delaware    26-1538547

 

Schedule B-2-7


Reno Avenue Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1928706

Rickwood Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-3647154

Riddle Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-8438006

Ridgeland Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1928516

Rio Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-5406277

Ripley Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1538677

Rita Ranch Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1928730

River Valley Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-5673780

RNA - DaVita Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-8658239

Roaring Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3390946

Robinson Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2123806

Rochester Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-2207532

Roose Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4068188

Ross Clark Circle Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1757995

Royale Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2663320

RTC Holdings, Inc.

   Delaware    51-0340369

RTC TN, Inc.

   Delaware    51-0378828

Rusk Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-3775101

Russell Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-3734561

Saddleback Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-3219587

SafeHarbor Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4180102

Saguaro Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3917511

SAKDC-DaVita Dialysis Partners, L.P.

   Delaware    20-2947583

Salisbury Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1209451

San Gabriel Valley Partnership

   California    94-3246576

San Marcos Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0494529

Sandlin Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-4504674

Sands Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-1587050

Sandusky Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-8659550

Santa Fe Springs Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-8930429

Santiam Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-4824640

SE Ohio Regional Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2239440

Seneca Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-2507581

Shadow Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3105801

Shayano Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3864170

Sherman Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0888094

Siena Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-4399694

Simeon Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-2393802

Skagit Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-5405465

Soledad Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    02-0614455

Somerville Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    26-0665984

South Central Florida Dialysis Partners, LLC

   Delaware    20-8930468

South Fork Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-4801842

South Shore Dialysis Center, L.P.

   Delaware    20-2386656

Southcrest Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    74-3066995

Southeast Florida Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-2207697

Southeastern Indiana Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1928669

Southern Colorado Joint Ventures, LLC

   Delaware    20-4399756

Southern Hills Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-0315546

Southwest Indiana Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1649377

 

Schedule B-2-8


Southwestern Tennessee Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1196508

Sparks Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-1672411

St. Luke’s Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-8099389

Star Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0342502

Steam Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3558698

Stevenson Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-3908059

Stewart Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-5465923

Storrie Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-2078262

Strongsville Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-4682761

Sugarite Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-1966865

Sugarloaf Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-4682416

Summer Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-2218326

Summit Dialysis Center, L.P.

   Delaware    20-1345201

Sun City Dialysis Center, L.L.C.

   Delaware    20-0068957

Sun City West Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    26-0331340

Sunrays Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0626229

Sunset Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1383037

Swanson Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-1823545

Sylvania Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    26-1116957

Taylor Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1649744

Tel-Huron Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0492001

Tennessee Valley Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-5593316

Teton Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-5493812

The Woodlands Dialysis Center, LP

   Delaware    20-3344171

Topanga Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3106140

Tortugas Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2663266

Total Renal Care of North Carolina, LLC

   Delaware    91-1868873

Total Renal Care of Utah, L.L.C.

   Delaware    87-0570546

Total Renal Care/Eaton Canyon Dialysis Center Partnership

   California    95-4584694

Total Renal Care/Peralta Renal Center Partnership

   California    94-3249675

Total Renal Care/Piedmont Dialysis Center Partnership

   California    94-3249677

Total Renal Support Services of North Carolina, LLC

   Delaware    91-1887043

Transmountain Dialysis, L.P.

   Delaware    86-1120659

TRC - Four Corners Dialysis Clinics, L.L.C.

   New Mexico    36-4271799

TRC - Petersburg, LLC

   Delaware    91-1887759

TRC El Paso Limited Partnership

   Delaware    93-1229060

TRC-Dyker Heights, L.P.

   New York    91-2002576

TRC-Georgetown Regional Dialysis, LLC

   District of Columbia    91-1931209

Tugman Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    35-2408404

Tulsa Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    32-0000319

Tumalo Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-1344802

Turlock Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    26-0460709

Tustin Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    02-0614431

Union City Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1649025

University Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    20-4684219

Upper Valley Dialysis, L.P.

   Delaware    20-3590685

Urbana Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1538755

USC-DaVita Dialysis Center, LLC

   California    20-3176826

UT Southwestern DVA Healthcare, L.L.P.

   Texas    62-1634350

 

Schedule B-2-9


Valley Springs Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1117691

Verde Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2811202

Victory Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-3169407

Villanueva Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-2064417

Waldorf Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1505006

Walker Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-1953130

Wauseon Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1928603

Waycross Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1383069

Wesley Chapel Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-2239307

West Broomfield Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1117100

West Elk Grove Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0689726

West Monroe Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0231256

West Pensacola Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1115381

West Sacramento Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-8381261

Western Nevada Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-1269936

Weston Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    82-0574862

Whitney Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-3639276

Wilder Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0342457

Willowbrook Dialysis Center, L.P.

   Delaware    20-3153743

Windcreek Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    45-4443584

Winds Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    27-0888875

Wood Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-3932475

Wyandotte Central Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    20-8405544

Wyler Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-4287269

Ybor City Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0460800

Yucaipa Dialysis, LLC

   Delaware    26-0460763

Zephyrhills Dialysis Center, LLC

   Delaware    26-2663372

 

Schedule B-2-10


SCHEDULE B-3

Significant Subsidiaries

Significant Subsidiaries

 

Name of Entity   Jurisdiction of Formation   IRS EIN

Dialysis Holdings, Inc.

  Delaware   94-3096645

DVA Healthcare Renal Care, Inc.

  Nevada   95-2977916

DVA Renal Healthcare, Inc.

  Tennessee   62-1323090

Renal Treatment Centers, Inc.

  Delaware   23-2518331

Total Renal Care, Inc.

  California   95-3372911

 

Schedule B-3-1


SCHEDULE C

Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses

Final Term Sheet dated as of August 14, 2012 filed pursuant to Rule 433.

 

Schedule C-1


SCHEDULE D

Form of Final Term Sheet

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement 333-183285

Final Term Sheet

Supplementing the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated August 13, 2012

August 14, 2012

$1,250,000,000

DaVita Inc.

5.750% Senior Notes due 2022

August 14, 2012

This final term sheet supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, DaVita Inc.’s preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 13, 2012 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”) and accompanying prospectus dated August 13, 2012 and the documents incorporated by reference therein. Terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.

 

 

 

Issuer:    DaVita Inc. (the “Issuer”)

Title of Securities:

   5.750% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”)

Aggregate Offering Size:

   $1,250,000,000, which represents an increase of $250,000,000 from the amount offered under the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated August 13, 2012

Net Proceeds to Issuer before Expenses:

   $1,231,250,000

Maturity Date:

   August 15, 2022

Coupon:

   5.750% per annum, accruing interest from August 28, 2012

Offering Price:

   100.000%, plus accrued interest from August 28, 2012, if any

Yield To Maturity:

   5.750% per annum

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

   +404 basis points

Benchmark Treasury:

   UST 1.625% due August 15, 2022

Interest Payment Dates:

   February 15 and August 15

First Interest Payment Date:

   February 15, 2013

Optional Redemption:

  

At any time prior to August 15, 2017, the Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or from time to time in part, at a “make whole” redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption, as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.

 

At any time on or after August 15, 2017, the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or from time to time in part at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on August 15 of the years set forth below:

    

Date

  

Price

   
   2017    102.875%  
  

 

2018

  

 

101.917%

 
  

 

2019

  

 

100.958%

 
  

 

2020 and thereafter

  

 

100.000%

 

 

Schedule D-1


Optional Redemption with Net Cash Proceeds of Equity Offerings:    At any time prior to August 15, 2015, the Issuer may redeem at its option, on one or more occasions, in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including the original aggregate principal amount of any Additional Notes) at 105.750%, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date; provided that at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including the original aggregate principal amount of any Additional Notes) remain outstanding after each such redemption.
Change of Control:    101%, plus accrued interest, if any
Special Mandatory Redemption:    The Notes shall be subject to a special mandatory redemption at the price, under the circumstances and on the terms and conditions set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement under “Description of Notes—Special mandatory redemption.”
Joint Book-Running Managers:   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Barclays Capital Inc.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Co-managers:   

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited

CUSIP/ISIN Numbers:   

CUSIP: 23918KAP3

ISIN: US23918KAP30

Trade Date:    August 14, 2012
Settlement Date:    August 28, 2012 (T+10)
Use of Proceeds:    Upon consummation of the Merger and satisfaction of certain other conditions, we intend to use the net proceeds from this offering, together with proceeds from our anticipated amended senior secured credit facilities and available cash, to finance the aggregate cash consideration for the Merger and pay related fees and expenses. Substantially simultaneously with the consummation of the Merger, we intend to use the proceeds from additional borrowings under our amended senior secured credit facilities and available cash to repay approximately $198 million of our Term Loan A-2 outstanding under our existing senior secured credit agreement, to repay the net amount of HCP indebtedness as a result of the Merger, pay related fees and expenses and for general corporate purposes.

 

Schedule D-2


Additional Changes to the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement:
Capitalization:   

As Adjusted and As Further Adjusted information set forth on page S-78 of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated August 13, 2012 is revised as follows: (amounts in millions)

The Notes offered hereby shall be increased from $1,000 to $1,250.

Total debt shall be increased from $8,307 to $8,557.

Total capitalization shall be increased from $11,788 to $12,038.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus, when available, if you request it by contacting (i) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, by calling toll-free 1-800-245-8812, (ii) Barclays Capital Inc. by emailing barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com or by calling toll-free 1-888-603-5847, (iii) BofA Merrill Lynch at 1-800-294-1322 or email: dg.Prospectus_Requests@baml.com, (iv) Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC by calling toll-free 1-800-221-1037, (v) Goldman, Sachs & Co. by emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com or by calling toll-free 1-866-471-2526, (vi) Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC by calling toll-free at 1-866-718-1649, (vii) SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. by calling 404-926-5052 and (viii) Wells Fargo Securities LLC by calling toll-free 1-800-326-5897 or by emailing cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com.

 

Schedule D-3


EXHIBIT A

Form of Underwriting Agreement Joinder

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

As Representative of the several Underwriters

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to that certain underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) dated as of August 14, 2012 among DaVita Inc. (the “Company”), and you and the other underwriters named in Schedule A thereto (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters $1,250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 5.750% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Underwriting Agreement.

Each of the undersigned (the “HCP Guarantors”) hereby acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Underwriting Agreement and acknowledges and agrees jointly and severally with the Underwriters that by its execution of this agreement (this “Underwriting Agreement Joinder”) and delivery hereof it shall join and become a party to the Underwriting Agreement as a Guarantor, (ii) be bound by all covenants, agreements and acknowledgements applicable to a Guarantor, as if such HCP Guarantor was a party to the Underwriting Agreement as of the date thereof, as set forth in and in accordance with the respective terms of the Underwriting Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 5 (Expenses), Section 8 (Indemnification) and Section 9 (Contribution) and (iii) perform all obligations and duties as required of it as a Guarantor by (i) and (ii) above in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement. On the date hereof, each of the HCP Guarantors is executing the Supplemental Indenture.

Each of the HCP Guarantors, as listed on the signature pages, on its own behalf, hereby represents and warrants to and agrees with the Underwriters as follows:

(a)      has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and has all power and authority to own or hold its properties and to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(b)        this Underwriting Agreement Joinder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it;

(c)        the Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee) will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of it enforceable against it in accordance with the terms thereof, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions;

(d)        no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Underwriting Agreement Joinder, the Supplemental Indenture or the transactions contemplated herein or therein, except such as have been obtained prior to the execution and delivery thereof; and

 

Exhibit A-1


(e)        the execution, delivery and performance by it of each of this Underwriting Agreement Joinder and the Supplemental Indenture and the performance of, and compliance with, the terms thereof by it will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of it or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of it or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of it or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) assuming compliance with all applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws, result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

THIS UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT JOINDER AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF THIS UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT JOINDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Exhibit A-2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Underwriting Agreement Joinder to be duly executed and delivered by its proper and duly authorized officer as of the date set forth above.

 

DAVITA INC.  
By:    

 

 
  Name:    
  Title:    
[HCP GUARANTORS]  
By:  

 

 
  Name:    
  Title:    

 

Exhibit A-3


Accepted: [                ], 2012
  J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

  For itself and on behalf of the

  several Underwriters listed

  in Schedule A to the Underwriting  Agreement

By:      

 

                  
  Name:    
  Title:    

 

Exhibit A-4