Health Management Associates Stockholders Approve Proposed Acquisition by Community Health Systems

FRANKLIN, Tenn. & NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CYH) (“CHS”) and Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE: HMA) (“HMA”) announced today that HMA stockholders voted to adopt the previously announced merger agreement under which CHS has agreed to acquire HMA. HMA stockholders approved the transaction with approximately 98.7 percent of the votes cast at today’s special meeting voting in favor of adoption of the merger agreement, representing approximately 81.7 percent of HMA’s outstanding common shares as of November 22, 2013, the record date for the special meeting.