EX-10.3





Exhibit
10.3




EXECUTION COPY




SPHERIS HOLDING III, INC.




AMENDED AND RESTATED




REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT




          AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of October 3, 2008, among the
investors listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Investors”) and Spheris Holding III,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).




RECITALS




          WHEREAS, the Investors (other than CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. (“CHS”)) have,
pursuant to the terms of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2004,
by and among the Company and the Investors (other than CHS) (the “Purchase Agreement”),
purchased shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company
(the “Preferred Stock”); and




          WHEREAS, on the date hereof, CHS has, pursuant to the terms of that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and CHS (the “CHS
Purchase Agreement” and, together with the Purchase Agreement, the “Purchase
Agreements”), (i) purchased shares of Preferred Stock and (ii) acquired warrants (the
“Warrants”) to purchase up to 14,275,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of the Company (the “Common Stock”); and




          WHEREAS, the shares of Preferred Stock are convertible, and the Warrants are exercisable, into
shares of Common Stock; and




          WHEREAS, the Company has agreed, as a condition precedent to the Investors’ obligations under
the Purchase Agreements, to grant the Investors certain Registration rights; and




          WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors desire to amend and restate that certain Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2004, by and among the Company and the investors named
therein, and to define the Registration rights of the Investors on the terms and subject to the
conditions herein set forth.




          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the parties hereby agree as follows:




     SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS



          As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:




 









 








          Agreement: shall mean this Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement among
the Investors and the Company;




          Commission: shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal
agency at the time administering the Securities Act;




          Exchange Act: shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;




          Holder: shall mean any holder of Registrable Securities;




          Initial Public Offering: shall mean the initial public offering of shares of Common
Stock pursuant to a Registration under the Securities Act;




          Initiating Holder: shall mean, with respect to any Registration, the Holder or
Holders who deliver a request to the Company pursuant to Section 2(a)(i) that the Company effect
such Registration;




          Majority TowerBrook Investors: shall mean the TowerBrook Investors holding a majority
of the then outstanding Registrable Securities then held by the TowerBrook Investors.




          Majority Warburg Investors: shall mean the Warburg Investors holding a majority of
the then outstanding Registrable Securities then held by the Warburg Investors.




          Person: shall mean an individual, partnership, joint-stock company, corporation,
trust or unincorporated organization, and a government or agency or political subdivision thereof;




          Register, Registered and Registration: shall mean a registration
effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act
(and any post-effective amendments filed or required to be filed) and the declaration or ordering
of effectiveness of such registration statement;




          Registrable Securities: shall mean (A) shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock, (B) any shares of Common Stock issuable to CHS upon
exercise of the Warrants, (C) any other shares of Common Stock held or hereafter acquired by the
Investors and (D) any stock of the Company issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect
to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, the shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock referred
to in clause (A), (B) or (C);




          Registration Expenses: shall mean all expenses incurred by the Company in compliance
with Section 2(a), (b) and (c) hereof, including, without limitation, all registration and filing
fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, fees and expenses of
one counsel for the TowerBrook Investors in an amount not to exceed $25,000, fees and expenses of
one counsel for the Warburg Investors in an amount not to exceed $25,000, fees and expenses of one
counsel for CHS in an amount not to exceed $25,000, blue sky fees and expenses and the expense of
any special audits incident to or required by any such Registration (but excluding the compensation
of regular employees of the Company, which shall be paid in any event by the Company);




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          Security, Securities: shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(1) of the
Securities Act;




          Securities Act: shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;




          Selling Expenses: shall mean all underwriting discounts and selling commissions
applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and all fees and disbursements of counsel for each
of the Holders other than (i) fees and expenses of one counsel for the TowerBrook Investors in an
amount not to exceed $25,000, (ii) fees and expenses of one counsel for the Warburg Investors in an
amount not to exceed $25,000 and (iii) fees and expenses of one counsel for CHS in an amount not to
exceed $25,000;




          TowerBrook Initiating Holders: shall mean the TowerBrook Investors who in the
aggregate are the Holders of more than 50% of all then outstanding Registrable Securities held by
TowerBrook Investors;




          TowerBrook Investors: shall mean the Investors designated as TowerBrook Investors in
subsection B of Schedule I hereto and their respective transferees and assigns;




          Warburg Initiating Holders: shall mean Warburg Investors who in the aggregate are the
Holders of more than 50% of all then outstanding Registrable Securities held by Warburg Investors;
and




          Warburg Investors: shall mean the Investors designated as Warburg Investors in
subsection A of Schedule I hereto and their respective transferees and assigns.




     SECTION 2. REGISTRATION RIGHTS



          (a) Requested Registration.





     (i) Request for Registration. If the Company shall receive a written request
that the Company effect any Registration with respect to all or a part of the Registrable
Securities from (v) the Warburg Initiating Holders, at any time prior to an Initial Public
Offering, (w) the Warburg Initiating Holders, at any time after 180 days after an Initial
Public Offering, (x) the TowerBrook Initiating Holders, at any time after 180 days after a
Initial Public Offering, (y) CHS, at any time after 180 days after an Initial Public
Offering or (z) the Holders who are Holders of more than 50% of the then outstanding
Registrable Securities, the Company will:




          (1) promptly give written notice of the proposed Registration, qualification or
compliance to all other Holders; and




          (2) as soon as practicable, use its diligent best efforts to effect such
Registration (including, without limitation, the execution of an undertaking to file
post-effective amendments, appropriate qualification under applicable blue sky or
other state securities laws and appropriate compliance with applicable regulations
issued under the Securities Act) as may be so requested and as would permit or
facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such



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Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or
such portion of the Registrable Securities of any Holder or Holders joining in such
request as are specified in a written request received by the Company within ten
(10) business days after written notice from the Company is given under Section
2(a)(i)(1) above; provided that the Company shall not be obligated to
effect, or take any action to effect:




     (A) any such Registration pursuant to this Section 2(a) in any
particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a
general consent to service of process in effecting such Registration,
qualification or compliance, unless the Company is already subject to
service in such jurisdiction and except as may be required by the Securities
Act or applicable rules or regulations thereunder;




     (B) any such Registration pursuant to clause (w) of this Section
2(a)(i), if the Company has effected three (3) such Registrations pursuant
to requests under clauses (v) and (w) of this Section 2(a)(i) and such
Registrations have been declared or ordered effective and the sales of all
such Registrable Securities requested to be so Registered shall have closed;




     (C) any such Registration pursuant to clause (x) of this Section
2(a)(i), if the Company has effected two (2) such Registrations pursuant to
requests under clause (x) of this Section 2(a)(i) and such Registrations
have been declared or ordered effective and the sales of all such
Registrable Securities requested to be so Registered shall have closed;




     (D) any such Registration pursuant to clause (y) of this Section
2(a)(i), if the Company has effected one (1) such Registration pursuant to
requests under clause (y) of this Section 2(a)(i) and such Registration has
been declared or ordered effective and the sales of all such Registrable
Securities requested to be so Registered shall have closed;




     (E) any such Registration pursuant to clause (z) of this Section
2(a)(i), if the Company has effected two (2) such Registrations pursuant to
a request under clause (z) of this Section 2(a)(i) and such Registrations
have been declared or ordered effective and the sales of all such
Registrable Securities requested to be so Registered shall have closed;




     (F) any such Registration pursuant to this Section 2(a), if the
Registrable Securities requested by the Initiating Holders to be Registered
pursuant to such request do not have an anticipated aggregate public
offering price (before any underwriting discounts and commissions) of at
least $20,000,000;



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     (G) any such Registration pursuant to this Section 2(a) during the
period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good
faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on the date six (6)
months immediately following the effective date of, any registration
statement pertaining to securities of the Company (other than a Registration
of securities in a Rule 145 transaction under the Securities Act, with
respect to an employee benefit plan or with respect to the Company’s first
Registered public offering of its stock), provided that the Company is
actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective; provided,
however, that the Company may only delay an offering pursuant to
this Section 2(a)(i)(2)(G) for a period of not more than sixty (60) days, if
a filing of any other registration statement is not made within that period
and the Company may only exercise this right once in any twelve (12)-month
period; or




     (H) any such Registration pursuant to this Section 2(a), if the Company
shall furnish to the Initiating Holders a certificate signed by the
President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the
Board of Directors of the Company it would be seriously detrimental to the
Company or its stockholders for a registration statement to be filed in the
near future, in which case the Company’s obligation to use its best efforts
to comply with this Section 2(a) shall be deferred for a period not to
exceed sixty (60) days from the date of receipt of written request from the
Initiating Holders; provided, however, that the Company
shall not exercise such right more than once in any twelve (12)-month
period.



          The registration statement filed pursuant to the request of the Initiating Holders may,
subject to the provisions of Section 2(a)(ii) below, include other securities of the Company which
are held by Persons who, by virtue of agreements with the Company, are entitled to include their
securities in any such Registration (“Other Stockholders”). In the event any Holder
requests a Registration pursuant to this Section 2(a) in connection with a distribution of
Registrable Securities to its partners, the Registration shall provide for the resale by such
partners, if requested by such Holder.




          The Registration rights set forth in this Section 2 may be assigned, in whole or in part, to
any transferee of Registrable Securities (who shall be bound by all obligations of this Agreement).





     (ii) Underwriting. If the Initiating Holders intend to distribute the
Registrable Securities covered by their request by means of an underwriting, they shall so
advise the Company as a part of their request made pursuant to Section 2(a)(i).



          If Other Stockholders request inclusion of their securities in the underwriting, the Holders
shall offer to include the securities of such Other Stockholders in the underwriting and may
condition such offer on their acceptance of the further applicable provisions of this Section 2.
The Holders whose shares are to be included in such Registration and the Company shall




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(together with all Other Stockholders proposing to distribute their securities through such
underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the representative of the
underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Initiating Holders and reasonably
acceptable to the Company; provided, however, that such underwriting agreement
shall not provide for indemnification or contribution obligations on the part of the Holders
materially greater than the obligations of the Holders under Section 2(f)(ii). Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section 2(a), if the representative advises the Holders in writing that
marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, the securities
of the Company held by Other Stockholders shall be excluded from such Registration to the extent so
required by such limitation. If, after the exclusion of the shares, further reductions are still
required, the number of Registrable Securities included in the Registration by each Holder shall be
reduced on a pro rata basis (based on the number of shares held by such Holder), by such minimum
number of shares as is necessary to comply with such request. No Registrable Securities or any
other securities excluded from the underwriting by reason of the underwriter’s marketing limitation
shall be included in such Registration. If any Other Stockholder who has requested inclusion in
such Registration as provided above disapproves of the terms of the underwriting, such Person may
elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company, the underwriter and the Initiating
Holders. The securities so withdrawn shall also be withdrawn from Registration. If the
underwriter has not limited the number of Registrable Securities or other securities to be
underwritten, the Company and officers and directors of the Company may include its or their
securities for its or their own account in such Registration if the representative so agrees and if
the number of Registrable Securities and other securities which would otherwise have been included
in such Registration and underwriting will not thereby be limited.




          (b) Company Registration.





     (i) If the Company shall determine to Register any of its equity securities either for
its own account or for the account of any Other Stockholder, other than a Registration
relating solely to employee benefit plans, or a Registration relating solely to a Rule 145
transaction under the Securities Act, or a Registration on any registration form which does
not permit secondary sales or does not include substantially the same information as would
be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of Registrable
Securities, the Company will:




          (1) promptly give to each of the Holders a written notice thereof (which shall
include a list of the jurisdictions in which the Company intends to attempt to
qualify such securities under the applicable blue sky or other state securities
laws); and




          (2) include in such Registration (and any related qualification under blue sky
laws or other compliance), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the
Registrable Securities specified in a written request or requests, made by the
Holders within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the written notice from the
Company described in clause (1) above, except as set forth in Section 2(b)(ii)
below. Such written request may specify all or a part of the Holders’ Registrable
Securities. In the event any Holder requests inclusion in a Registration pursuant
to this Section 2(b) in connection with a distribution of



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Registrable Securities to its partners, the Registration shall provide for the
resale by such partners, if requested by such Holder.




     (ii) Underwriting. If the Registration of which the Company gives notice is
for a Registered public offering involving an underwriting, the Company shall so advise each
of the Holders as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2(b)(i)(1) above.
In such event, the right of each of the Holders to Registration pursuant to this Section
2(b) shall be conditioned upon such Holders’ participation in such underwriting and the
inclusion of such Holders’ Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided
herein. The Holders whose shares are to be included in such Registration shall (together
with the Company and the Other Stockholders distributing their securities through such
underwriting) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the representative
of the underwriter or underwriters selected for underwriting by the Company;
provided, however, that such underwriting agreement shall not provide for
indemnification or contribution obligations on the part of the Holders materially greater
than the obligations of the Holders under Section 2(f)(ii). Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section 2(b), if the representative determines that marketing factors
require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, and (x) if such
Registration is the Initial Public Offering, the representative may (subject to the
allocation priority set forth below) exclude from such Registration and underwriting some or
all of the Registrable Securities which would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and
(y) if such Registration is other than the Initial Public Offering, the representative may
(subject to the allocation priority set forth below) limit the number of Registrable
Securities to be included in the Registration and underwriting to not less than twenty-five
percent (25%) of the shares included therein (based on the number of shares). The Company
shall so advise all Holders of securities requesting Registration, and the number of shares
of securities that are entitled to be included in the Registration and underwriting shall be
allocated in the following manner: the securities of the Company held by officers and
directors of the Company (except shares held by them as Holders) and Other Stockholders
shall be excluded from such Registration and underwriting to the extent required by such
limitation, and, if a limitation on the number of shares is still required, the number of
            shares that may be included in the Registration and underwriting by each of the Holders
shall be reduced, on a pro rata basis (based on the number of shares held by such Holder),
by such minimum number of shares as is necessary to comply with such limitation. If any of
the Holders or any officer, director or Other Stockholder disapproves of the terms of any
such underwriting, he may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and
the underwriter. Any Registrable Securities or other securities excluded or withdrawn from
such underwriting shall be withdrawn from such Registration.



          (c) Form S-3. Following the Initial Public Offering, if the Company meets the
eligibility requirements for use of Form S-3, the Company shall use its best efforts to qualify for
Registration on Form S-3 for secondary sales. After the Company has qualified for the use of Form
S-3, each Holder shall have the right to request an unlimited number of Registrations on Form S-3
(such requests shall be in writing and shall state the number of shares of Registrable Securities
to be disposed of and the intended method of disposition of shares by such Holders),




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provided that the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or take any action to
effect, any such Registration pursuant to this Section 2(c):





     (i) unless the Holder or Holders requesting Registration propose to dispose of shares
of Registrable Securities having an aggregate price to the public (before deduction of
Selling Expenses) of more than $5,000,000;




     (ii) within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of the most recent
Registration pursuant to this Section 2(c) in which securities held by the requesting Holder
could have been included for sale or distribution;




     (iii) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute
a general consent to service of process in effecting such Registration, qualification or
compliance, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction and except
as may be required by the Securities Act or applicable rules or regulations thereunder;




     (iv) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s
good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on the date six (6) months
immediately following the effective date of, any registration statement pertaining to
securities of the Company (other than a Registration of securities in a Rule 145 transaction
under the Securities Act or with respect to an employee benefit plan), provided that the
Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective; provided, however, that the
Company may only delay an offering pursuant to this Section 2(c)(iv) for a period of not
more than sixty (60) days, if a filing of any other registration statement is not made
within that period and the Company may only exercise this right once in any twelve
(12)-month period; or




     (v) if the Company shall furnish to the requesting Holders a certificate signed by the
President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors
of the Company it would be seriously detrimental to the Company or its stockholders for a
registration statement to be filed in the near future, in which case the Company’s
obligation to use its best efforts to comply with this Section 2(c) shall be deferred for a
period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of receipt of written request from the
Holders; provided, however, that the Company shall not exercise such right
more than once in any twelve (12)-month period.



          The Company shall give written notice to all Holders of the receipt of a request for
Registration pursuant to this Section 2(c) and shall provide a reasonable opportunity for other
Holders to participate in the Registration, provided that if the Registration is for an
underwritten offering, the terms of Section 2(a)(ii) above shall apply to all participants in such
offering. Subject to the foregoing, the Company will use its best efforts to effect promptly the
Registration of all shares of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 to the extent requested by the
Holder or Holders thereof for purposes of disposition. In the event any Holder requests a
Registration pursuant to this Section 2(c) in connection with a distribution of Registrable
Securities to its




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partners, the Registration shall provide for the resale by such partners, if requested by such
Holder.




          (d) Expenses of Registration. All Registration Expenses incurred in connection with
any Registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 2 shall be borne by the
Company, and all Selling Expenses shall be borne by the Holders of the securities so Registered pro
rata on the basis of the number of their shares so Registered other than fees and expenses of
counsel, which, to the extent not included in Registration Expenses, shall be borne by the Holder
incurring such fees and expenses of counsel (or, if incurred by a Holder or Holders on behalf of
one or more other Holders, pro rata on the basis of the number of their shares so Registered).




          (e) Registration Procedures. In the case of each Registration effected by the Company
pursuant to this Section 2, the Company will keep the Holders, as applicable, advised in writing as
to the initiation of each Registration and as to the completion thereof. At its expense, the
Company will:





     (i) keep such Registration effective for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days or
until the Holders (or in the case of a distribution to the partners of such Holder, such
partners), as applicable, have completed the distribution described in the registration
statement relating thereto, whichever first occurs; provided, however, that
(1) such one hundred twenty (120)-day period shall be extended for a period of time equal to
the period during which the Holders or partners, as applicable, refrain from selling any
securities included in such Registration in accordance with the provisions in Section 2(i)
hereof; and (2) in the case of any Registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3 which
are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, such one hundred and twenty
(120)-day period shall be extended until all such Registrable Securities are sold, provided
that Rule 415, or any successor rule under the Securities Act, permits an offering on a
continuous or delayed basis, and provided further that applicable rules under the Securities
Act governing the obligation to file a post-effective amendment permit, in lieu of filing a
post-effective amendment which (x) includes any prospectus required by Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act or (y) reflects facts or events representing a material or fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement, the incorporation by reference
of information required to be included in (x) and (y) above to be contained in periodic
reports filed pursuant to Section 12 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act in the registration
statement;




     (ii) furnish such number of prospectuses and other documents incident thereto as each
of the Holders, as applicable, from time to time may reasonably request;




     (iii) notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration at any
time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act
of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus or free writing prospectus and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto
included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of
a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to



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be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the
light of the circumstances then existing; and




     (iv) furnish, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the
underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold through underwriters or, if such
securities are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the registration
statement with respect to such securities becomes effective, (1) an opinion, dated as of
such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, in
form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an underwritten public
offering and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the Holders participating
in such Registration, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders
participating in such Registration and (2) a letter, dated as of such date, from the
independent certified public accountants of the Company, in form and substance as is
customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an
underwritten public offering and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the
Holders participating in such Registration, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and if
permitted by applicable accounting standards, to the Holders participating in such
Registration.



          (f) Indemnification.





     (i) The Company will indemnify each of the Holders, as applicable, each of its
officers, directors and partners, and each Person controlling each of the Holders, with
respect to each Registration which has been effected pursuant to this Section 2, and each
underwriter, if any, and each person who controls any underwriter, against all claims,
losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on
any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any
prospectus, preliminary prospectus, free writing prospectus and any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, offering circular or other document (including any related registration
statement, notification or the like) incident to any such Registration, qualification or
compliance, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or
any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or any rule or
regulation thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required
of the Company in connection with any such Registration, qualification or compliance, and
will reimburse each of the Holders, each of its officers, directors and partners, and each
Person controlling each of the Holders, each such underwriter and each Person who controls
any such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection
with investigating and defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, provided
that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim,
loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or
omission based upon written information furnished to the Company by the Holders or
underwriter and stated to be specifically for use therein.




     (ii) Each of the Holders will, if Registrable Securities held by it are included in the
securities as to which such Registration, qualification or compliance is



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being effected, indemnify the Company, each of its directors and officers and each
underwriter, if any, of the Company’s securities covered by such a registration statement,
each person who controls the Company or such underwriter, each Other Stockholder and each of
their officers, directors, and partners, and each person controlling such Other Stockholder
against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising
out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact
contained in any such registration statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus, free
writing prospectus and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, offering circular or
other document made by such Holder about such Holder, or any omission (or alleged omission)
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements by such Holder about such Holder therein not misleading, and will reimburse the
Company and such Other Stockholders, directors, officers, partners, persons, underwriters or
control persons for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating and defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case
to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue
statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such registration statement,
prospectus, preliminary prospectus, free writing prospectus and any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, offering circular or other document in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder and stated to be
specifically for use therein; provided, however, that the obligations of each of the Holders
hereunder shall be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds to such Holder of
securities sold as contemplated herein.




     (iii) Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 2(f) (the
“Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide
indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has
actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the
Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim or any litigation resulting
therefrom; provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense
of such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified
Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld) and the Indemnified Party may
participate in such defense at such party’s expense (unless the Indemnified Party shall have
reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the Indemnifying Party
and the Indemnified Party in such action, in which case the fees and expenses of counsel
shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party), and provided further that the failure of
any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying
Party of its obligations under this Section 2(f) unless the Indemnifying Party is materially
prejudiced thereby. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation
shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment
or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the
giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all
liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such
information regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may
reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with the
defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom.



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     (iv) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2(f) is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party with respect to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, then the Indemnifying Party, in lieu
of indemnifying such Indemnified Party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the
Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue (or alleged untrue) statement of a material fact or the
omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact relates to information supplied by
the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.



     (v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification
and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with any
underwritten public offering contemplated by this Agreement are in conflict with the
foregoing provisions, the provisions in such underwriting agreement shall be controlling.



          (g) Information by the Holders.





     (i) Each of the Holders holding securities included in any Registration shall furnish
to the Company such information regarding such Holder and the distribution proposed by such
Holder as the Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required
in connection with any Registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Section
2.




     (ii) In the event that, either immediately prior to or subsequent to the effectiveness
of any registration statement, any Holder shall distribute Registrable Securities to its
partners, such Holder shall so advise the Company and provide such information as shall be
necessary to permit an amendment to such registration statement to provide information with
respect to such partners, as selling security holders. Promptly following receipt of such
information, the Company shall file an appropriate amendment to such registration statement
reflecting the information so provided. Any incremental expense to the Company resulting
from such amendment shall be borne by such Holder.



          (h) Rule 144 Reporting.




          With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the
Commission which may permit the sale of restricted securities to the public without Registration,
the Company agrees to:




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     (i) make and keep public information available as those terms are understood and
defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), at all times from and
after ninety (90) days following the effective date of the first Registration under the
Securities Act filed by the Company for an offering of its securities to the general public;




     (ii) use its best efforts to file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports
and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act at
any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements, as applicable; and




     (iii) so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, furnish to such Holder upon
request, a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting
requirements of Rule 144 (at any time from and after ninety (90) days following the
effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company for an offering of
its securities to the general public), and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at
any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements, as applicable), a copy
of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and
documents so filed as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or
regulation of the Commission allowing such Holder to sell any such securities without
Registration.



          (i) “Market Stand-off” Agreement. Each of the Holders agrees, if requested by the
Company and an underwriter of equity securities of the Company, not to sell or otherwise transfer
or dispose of any Registrable Securities held by such Holder during the 180-day period following
the effective date of a registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act,
provided that:





     (i) such agreement only applies to the Initial Public Offering; and




     (ii) all officers and directors of the Company enter into similar agreements.



          If requested by the underwriters, the Holders shall execute a separate agreement to the
foregoing effect. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to the shares (or
securities) subject to the foregoing restriction until the end of said 180-day period. The
provisions of this Section 2(i) shall be binding upon any transferee who acquires Registrable
Securities.




          (j) Additional Registration Rights. The Company shall not, without first obtaining
the written consent of the Holders who are Holders of more than 50% of the then outstanding
Registrable Securities, grant future Registration rights on terms more favorable than the
Registration rights granted pursuant to this Agreement.




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          (k) Termination. The Registration rights set forth in this Section 2 shall not be
available to any Holder during any period in which, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, all
of the Registrable Securities then owned by such Holder could be sold in any ninety (90)-day period
pursuant to Rule 144. The Registration rights set forth in this Section 2 shall terminate with
respect to any Holder at such time as all of the Registrable Securities held by such Holder have
been sold in a Registration pursuant to the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144.




     SECTION 3. MISCELLANEOUS



          (a) Directly or Indirectly. Where any provision in this Agreement refers to action to
be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be
applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.




          (b) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely
within such State.




          (c) Section Headings. The headings of the sections and subsections of this Agreement
are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part thereof.




          (d) Notices.





     (i) All communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered
by hand or facsimile or mailed by overnight courier or by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid:




          (1) if to the Company, to Spheris Holding III, Inc., Suite C-3, 9009 Carothers
Parkway, Franklin, Tennessee 37067, Attention: Chief Executive Officer Steven
Simpson (facsimile: (615) 261-1792), or at such other address as it may have
furnished in writing to the Company and Holders, with a copy to Bass Berry & Sims
PLC, 1700 Riverview Tower, 900 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902, Attention Laura
Brothers, Esq.




          (2) if to the Warburg Investors, at the address or facsimile number listed
beneath such Investors’ name on Schedule I hereto, or at such other address
or facsimile number as it may have been furnished in writing the Company and
Holders, with a copy to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York,
NY 10019 (facsimile: (212) 728-9222), Attention: Steven J. Gartner, Esq. and Mark A.
Cognetti, Esq.




          (3) if to the TowerBrook Investors, at the address or facsimile number listed
beneath such Investors’ name on Schedule I hereto, or at such other address
or facsimile number as may have been furnished in writing to the Company and
Holders, with a copy to Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 153 East 53rd Street, New
York, NY 10022-4675 (facsimile: (212) 446-4900), Attention: W. Brian Raftery, Esq.



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          (4) if to CHS, at the address or facsimile number listed beneath such
Investor’s name on Schedule I hereto, or at such other address or facsimile
number as may have been furnished in writing to the Company and Holders, with a copy
to Community Health Systems Professional Services Corporation, 4000 Meridian
Boulevard, Franklin, TN 37067 (facsimile: (615) 373-9704), Attention: General
Counsel.




     (ii) Any notice so addressed shall be deemed to be given: if delivered by hand or
facsimile, on the date of such delivery; if mailed by overnight courier, on the first
business day following the date of such mailing; and if mailed by registered or certified
mail, on the third business day after the date of such mailing.



          (e) Reproduction of Documents. This Agreement and all documents relating hereto,
including, without limitation, any consents, waivers and modifications which may hereafter be
executed may be reproduced by the Holders by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard,
miniature photographic or other similar process and the Holders may destroy any original document
so reproduced. The parties hereto agree and stipulate that any such reproduction shall be
admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether
or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by the Holders in
the regular course of business) and that any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such
reproduction shall likewise be admissible in evidence.



          (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties.



          (g) Entire Agreement; Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement constitutes the entire
understanding of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
understandings among such parties. This Agreement may be amended, and the observance of any term
of this Agreement may be waived, with (and only with) the written consent of the Company, the
Majority Warburg Investors, the Majority TowerBrook Investors and CHS.



          (h) Severability. In the event that any part or parts of this Agreement shall be held
illegal or unenforceable by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction, such
determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement which shall remain in
full force and effect.



          (i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts
(including by facsimile or email attachment), each of which shall be deemed an original and all of
which together shall be considered one and the same agreement.



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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Registration Rights
Agreement as of the date first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SPHERIS HOLDING III, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Steven E. Simpson
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Steven E. Simpson 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President & CEO 	 
	 



[Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]





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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amended and Restated Registration
Rights Agreement as of the date first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WARBURG PINCUS PRIVATE EQUITY VIII, L.P.

 	 
	 	By:  	WARBURG PINCUS PARTNERS LLC, its General Partner
 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                      /s/ Joel Ackerman
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Joel Ackerman 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WARBURG PINCUS NETHERLANDS PRIVATE EQUITY VIII C.V. I

 	 
	 	By:  	WARBURG PINCUS PARTNERS LLC, its General Partner
 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                      /s/ Joel Ackerman
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Joel Ackerman 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	WP-WP VIII INVESTORS L.P.

 	 
	 	By:  	WARBURG PINCUS PARTNERS LLC, its General Partner
 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                      /s/ Joel Ackerman
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Joel Ackerman 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 



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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Registration Rights
Agreement as of the date first set forth above.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SPHERIS INVESTMENT LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., Warburg Pincus Netherlands Private Equity VIII C.V. I and WP-WP VIII Investors
L.P., together, its Managing Members
 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, their General Partner
 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                      /s/ Joel Ackerman
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Joel Ackerman 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Registration Rights
Agreement as of the date first set forth above.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	TOWERBROOK INVESTORS L.P.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Glenn F. Miller
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Glenn F. Miller 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Attorney-in-Fact 	 
	 



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Registration Rights
Agreement as of the date first set forth above.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Kenneth D. Hawkins
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Kenneth D. Hawkins 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Development 	 
	 



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Schedule I

 

Subsection A

“Warburg Investors”




Investor Name and Address




Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P.

466 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017-3147

Facsimile: (212) 878-9361

Attention: Joel Ackerman and David Wenstrup
 

Warburg
Pincus Netherlands Private Equity VIII C.V. I

466 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017-3147

Facsimile: (212) 878-9361

Attention: Joel Ackerman and David Wenstrup
 

WP-WP
VIII Investors L.P.

466 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017-3147

Facsimile: (212) 878-9361

Attention: Joel Ackerman and David Wenstrup
 

Spheris
Investment LLC

c/o Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P.

466 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017-3147

Facsimile: (212) 878-9361

Attention: Joel Ackerman and David Wenstrup




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Subsection B

“TowerBrook Investors”




Investor Name and Address




TowerBrook Investors L.P.

430 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Facsimile: (917) 591-9856

Attention: General Counsel and Jonathan Bilzin





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Subsection C

“CHS”




Investor Name and Address




CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.

4000 Meridian Boulevard

Franklin, TN 37067

Facsimile: (615) 465-3012

Attention: Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Development





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