Select Medical's waiting period to acquire Regency Hospital Company terminated

Select Medical Holdings CorporationAug 21 2010

Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE: SEM) today announced that it has received notification of early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, applicable to its acquisition of Regency Hospital Company, L.L.C. ("Regency").

As previously announced, Select has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding equity securities of Regency.  The transaction, which is expected to close in the third quarter, is subject to the closing conditions set forth in the purchase agreement.