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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
SCHEDULE TO
TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))
 
WEBMD HEALTH CORP. (ISSUER)
(Names of Filing Persons (Issuer and Offeror))
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
(Title of Class of Securities)
94770V 10 2
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
 
DOUGLAS W. WAMSLEY, ESQ.
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
111 EIGHTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011
(212) 624-3700
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on
Behalf of Filing Persons)
 
Copy to:
ROBERT M. KATZ, ESQ.
SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP
599 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
(212) 848-4000
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
     
TRANSACTION VALUATION(1)   AMOUNT OF FILING FEE(2)
$ 156,000,000   $11,122.80
(1)   Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee, this amount is based on the purchase of 3,000,000 shares of common stock at the offer price of $52.00 per share.
 
(2)   The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals $71.30 per million of the value of the transaction.
 
o   Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
     
Amount Previously Paid:
  Filing Party:
Form or Registration No.:
  Date Filed:
o   Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.
Check the appropriate boxes to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:
o   third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
x   issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
o   going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
o   amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.
Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: o
 
 

 


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ITEM 1. SUMMARY TERM SHEET
ITEM 2. SUBJECT COMPANY INFORMATION
ITEM 3. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND OF FILING PERSON
ITEM 4. TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION
ITEM 5. PAST CONTACTS, TRANSACTIONS, NEGOTIATIONS AND AGREEMENTS
ITEM 6. PURPOSES OF THE TRANSACTION AND PLANS OR PROPOSALS
ITEM 7. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION
ITEM 8. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE SUBJECT COMPANY
ITEM 9. PERSON/ASSETS, RETAINED, EMPLOYED, COMPENSATED OR USED
ITEM 10. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ITEM 11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS
ITEM 13. INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SCHEDULE 13E-3
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-99.(A)(1)(A)
EX-99.(A)(1)(B)
EX-99.(A)(1)(C)
EX-99.(A)(1)(D)
EX-99.(A)(1)(E)
EX-99.(A)(1)(F)
EX-99.(A)(1)(G)
EX-99.(A)(1)(H)
EX-99.(A)(1)(I)
EX-99.(A)(1)(L)
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INTRODUCTION
     This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO relates to the offer by WebMD Health Corp., a Delaware corporation, to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $.01 per share, at a price of $52.00 per share, without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated August 10, 2010 (the “Offer to Purchase”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(1)(A), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(1)(B). This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO is intended to satisfy the reporting requirements of Rule 13e-4(c)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The information contained in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal is incorporated herein by reference in response to all of the items of this Schedule TO, as more particularly described below.
ITEM 1. SUMMARY TERM SHEET.
     The information set forth under “Summary Term Sheet” in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 2. SUBJECT COMPANY INFORMATION.
     (a) The name of the issuer is WebMD Health Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the address of its principal executive office is 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011. The Company’s telephone number is (212) 624-3700.
     (b) The information set forth under “Introduction” in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
     (c) The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under Section 8 (“Price Range of the Shares”) is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 3. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND OF FILING PERSON.
     (a) The Company is the filing person. The Company’s address and telephone number are set forth in Item 2 above. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under Section 11 (“Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares”) and in Schedule I to the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 4. TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION.
     (a) The following sections of the Offer to Purchase contain a description of the material terms of the transaction and are incorporated herein by reference:
    “Summary Term Sheet”;
 
    “Introduction”;
 
    Section 1 (“Number of Shares; Proration”);
 
    Section 2 (“Purpose of the Tender Offer; Certain Effects of the Tender Offer; Other Plans”);
 
    Section 3 (“Procedures for Tendering Shares”);
 
    Section 4 (“Withdrawal Rights”);
 
    Section 5 (“Purchase of Shares and Payment of Purchase Price”);

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    Section 6 (“Conditional Tender of Shares”);
 
    Section 7 (“Conditions of the Tender Offer”);
 
    Section 11 (“Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares”);
 
    Section 14 (“Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences”); and
 
    Section 15 (“Extension of the Tender Offer; Termination; Amendment”).
     (b)  The information in the “Introduction” to the Offer to Purchase and in Section 11 of the Offer to Purchase (“Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares”) is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 5. PAST CONTACTS, TRANSACTIONS, NEGOTIATIONS AND AGREEMENTS.
     (e) The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under Section 11 (“Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares”) is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 6. PURPOSES OF THE TRANSACTION AND PLANS OR PROPOSALS.
     (a), (b) and (c) The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under Section 2 (“Purpose of the Tender Offer; Certain Effects of the Tender Offer; Other Plans”) and Section 10 (“Certain Information Concerning the Company”) is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 7. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.
     (a) The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under Section 9 (“Source and Amount of Funds”) is incorporated herein by reference.
     (b) and (d) Not applicable.
ITEM 8. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE SUBJECT COMPANY.
     (a) and (b) The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under Section 11 (“Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares”) is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9. PERSON/ASSETS, RETAINED, EMPLOYED, COMPENSATED OR USED.
     (a) The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under Section 16 (“Fees and Expenses”) is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 10. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
     (a) and (b) Not Applicable.
ITEM 11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
     (a)     The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under Section 11 (“Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares”), Section 10 (“Certain Information Concerning the Company”) and Section 13 (“Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals”) is incorporated herein by reference. To the knowledge of the Company, no material legal proceedings relating to the tender offer are pending.

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     (b)     The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal, copies of which are filed as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B) hereto, respectively, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
     
(a)(1)(A)*
  Offer to Purchase dated August 10, 2010.
(a)(1)(B)*
  Letter of Transmittal.
(a)(1)(C)*
  Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
(a)(1)(D)*
  Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.
(a)(1)(E)*
  Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.
(a)(1)(F)*
  Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.
(a)(1)(G)*
  Press Release dated August 10, 2010.
(a)(1)(H)*
  Summary Advertisement.
(a)(1)(I)*
  Letter to Stockholders.
(a)(1)(J)**
  Letter to Participants in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan.
(a)(1)(K)**
  Letter to Participants in the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan.
(a)(1)(L)*
  Letter to Vested Stock Option Holders.
(a)(1)(M)*
  Email communication to Employees.
(b)
  Not Applicable.
(d)
  Not Applicable.
(g)
  Not Applicable.
(h)
  Not Applicable.
 
*   Filed herewith.
 
**   To be filed by amendment.
ITEM 13. INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SCHEDULE 13E-3.
     Not Applicable.

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SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: August 10, 2010
         
  WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Lewis H. Leicher    
    Name:   Lewis H. Leicher   
    Title: Senior Vice President   

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
(a)(1)(A)*
  Offer to Purchase dated August 10, 2010.
(a)(1)(B)*
  Letter of Transmittal.
(a)(1)(C)*
  Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
(a)(1)(D)*
  Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.
(a)(1)(E)*
  Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.
(a)(1)(F)*
  Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.
(a)(1)(G)*
  Press Release dated August 10, 2010.
(a)(1)(H)*
  Summary Advertisement.
(a)(1)(I)*
  Letter to Stockholders.
(a)(1)(J)**
  Letter to Participants in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan.
(a)(1)(K)**
  Letter to Participants in the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan.
(a)(1)(L)*
  Letter to Vested Stock Option Holders.
(a)(1)(M)*
  Email communication to Employees.
(b)
  Not Applicable.
(d)
  Not Applicable.
(g)
  Not Applicable.
(h)
  Not Applicable.
*     Filed herewith.
**   To be filed by amendment.

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EX-99.(A)(1)(A) 2 g24280exv99wxayx1yxay.htm EX-99.(A)(1)(A) exv99wxayx1yxay
Exhibit (a)(1)(A)
 
(WEBMD HEALTH CORP. LOGO)
 
Offer to Purchase for Cash
 
by
 
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
of
 
Up to 3,000,000 Shares of its Common Stock
at a Purchase Price of $52.00 Per Share
 
 
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT
5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (THE “EXPIRATION TIME”).
 
WebMD Health Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “we,” or “us”), is offering to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock, $.01 par value per share (the “common stock”), at a price of $52.00 per share without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal (which together, as they may be amended and supplemented from time to time, constitute the “Offer”). Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the shares shall refer to the common stock of the Company.
 
On the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, we will pay for shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn in the tender offer, a price of $52.00 per share, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest. Only shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be purchased. Due to the “odd lot” priority, proration and conditional tender offer provisions described in this Offer to Purchase, all of the shares tendered may not be purchased if more than the number of shares we seek are properly tendered. Shares not purchased in the Offer will be returned at our expense promptly following the expiration of the Offer. See Section 3.
 
Subject to certain limitations and legal requirements, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to purchase more than 3,000,000 shares pursuant to the Offer. See Section 1.
 
The Offer is subject to certain conditions. See Section 7.
 
The shares are listed and traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”) under the symbol “WBMD.” On August 4, 2010, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price per share of our common stock was $47.25. We announced our intention to make the Offer at a price per share of $50.00 on August 5, 2010, prior to market open. On August 9, 2010, the last full trading day before commencement of the Offer, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price per share of our common stock was $51.34. On August 10, 2010, we commenced the Offer and increased the price per share to $52.00. Stockholders are urged to obtain current market quotations for the shares. See Section 8.
 
Our Board of Directors has approved the Offer. However, neither we nor our Board of Directors, the Information Agent or the Depositary makes any recommendation to you as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering your shares and we have not authorized any person to make any such recommendation. You must decide whether to tender your shares and, if so, how many shares to tender. In doing so, you should read and evaluate carefully the information in this Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal, including our reasons for making the Offer, and should discuss whether to tender your shares with your broker or other financial or tax advisor. See Section 2.
 
Several of our directors and executive officers, including Martin J. Wygod, the Chairman of our Board of Directors, have advised us that, as of August 10, 2010, they intend either to tender up to a specified amount of shares beneficially owned by them in the Offer or to sell such shares in the open market during the pendency of the Offer. See Section 11.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of this transaction or passed upon the merits or fairness of such transaction or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of the information contained in this document. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
 
August 10, 2010


 

 
IMPORTANT
 
If you desire to tender all or any portion of your shares, you should either (1)(a) complete and sign the Letter of Transmittal, or a facsimile thereof, in accordance with the instructions to the Letter of Transmittal, have your signature thereon guaranteed if Instruction 1 to the Letter of Transmittal so requires, mail or deliver the Letter of Transmittal, or facsimile thereof, together with any other required documents, including the share certificates, to the Depositary (as defined herein) or (b) tender the shares in accordance with the procedure for book-entry transfer set forth in Section 3, or (2) request that your bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee effect the transaction for you. If you have shares registered in the name of a bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee you must contact that institution if you desire to tender those shares.
 
If you desire to tender shares and your certificates for those shares are not immediately available or the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis, or time will not permit all required documents to reach the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time (as defined herein), your tender may be effected by following the procedure for guaranteed delivery set forth in Section 3.
 
To properly tender shares, you must validly complete the Letter of Transmittal. If you are tendering shares under the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (a plan sponsored by a company that was formerly affiliated with the Company), you must validly follow the tender instructions provided by the applicable plan trustee.
 
Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to Innisfree M&A Incorporated, the Information Agent for the Offer, at its address and telephone number set forth on the back cover page of this document. Requests for additional copies of this document, the related Letter of Transmittal or the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be directed to the Information Agent.
 
We are not making the Offer to, and will not accept any tendered shares from, stockholders in any jurisdiction where it would be illegal to do so. However, we may, at our discretion, take any actions necessary for us to make this Offer to stockholders in any such jurisdiction.
 
We have not authorized any person to make any recommendation on our behalf as to whether you should tender or refrain from tendering your shares in the Offer. You should rely only on the information contained in this document or to which we have referred you. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information or to make any representation in connection with the Offer other than those contained in this Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal. If anyone makes any recommendation or gives any information or representation, you must not rely upon that recommendation, information or representation as having been authorized by us, the Information Agent or the Depositary.
 
 
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS HOLDING PHYSICAL CERTIFICATES
FOR SHARES OF HLTH COMMON STOCK
 
On October 23, 2009, WebMD completed its merger with HLTH Corporation (which we refer to as the Merger). In the Merger, each share of HLTH common stock was converted into the right to receive 0.4444 shares of WebMD common stock. This Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal were mailed by the Depositary to all persons holding unexchanged certificates representing shares of HLTH common stock. If you still hold a stock certificate or certificates for shares of common stock of HLTH Corporation (HLTH) or one of its predecessor companies, you can use the Letter of Transmittal sent to you with this Offer to Purchase to submit the certificate(s) to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (AST) and AST will:
 
  •  process, in its capacity as Exchange Agent for the Merger, the exchange of your stock certificate(s) into WebMD common stock in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 17, 2009, between HLTH and WebMD, which will result in each share of HLTH common stock represented by a properly submitted certificate being converted into 0.4444 shares of WebMD common stock (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share); and
 
  •  in its capacity as the Depositary for the Offer, receive your tender of all or a portion of the resulting shares of WebMD common stock, which will then be treated in the same manner as other shares of WebMD common stock tendered into the Offer, as described in this Offer to Purchase.
 
The Letter of Transmittal for the Offer contains the instructions you will need to submit such a stock certificate with the Letter of Transmittal for the Offer. If you have already sent your stock certificate(s) to AST using the letter of transmittal for the Merger sent to you shortly after completion of the Merger, you must wait to receive any WebMD Common Stock certificate or certificates you requested through that process and then can use the Letter of Transmittal for the Offer to submit those certificates.
 
These Special Instructions apply only to holders of physical stock certificates
representing shares of HLTH common stock.
 
If you hold through a broker or other intermediary, you will NOT need to use the Letter of Transmittal and
these Special Instructions do NOT apply to you.


 

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
     
SUMMARY TERM SHEET
  i
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
  vi
INTRODUCTION
  1
THE TENDER OFFER
  2
1. Number of Shares; Proration
  2
2. Purpose of the Tender Offer; Certain Effects of the Tender Offer; Other Plans
  4
3. Procedures for Tendering Shares
  6
4. Withdrawal Rights
  10
5. Purchase of Shares and Payment of Purchase Price
  11
6. Conditional Tender of Shares
  12
7. Conditions of the Tender Offer
  13
8. Price Range of the Shares
  15
9. Source and Amount of Funds
  15
10. Certain Information Concerning the Company
  16
11. Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares
  16
12. Effects of the Tender Offer on the Market for Shares; Registration under the Exchange Act
  23
13. Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals
  24
14. Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences
  24
15. Extension of the Tender Offer; Termination; Amendment
  28
16. Fees and Expenses
  29
17. Miscellaneous
  29


 

 
SUMMARY TERM SHEET
 
We are providing this summary term sheet for your convenience. The Company is at times referred to as “we,” “our” or “us.” We refer to the shares of our common stock as the “shares.” This summary term sheet highlights certain material information in the remainder of this Offer to Purchase, but you should realize that it does not describe all of the details of the tender offer to the same extent described in the remainder of this Offer to Purchase. We urge you to read the entire Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal because they contain the full details of the Offer. We have included references to the sections of this document where you will find a more complete discussion.
 
Who is offering to purchase my shares?
 
The Company is offering to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $.01 per share. See Section 1.
 
What will the purchase price for the shares be and what will be the form of payment?
 
The purchase price for the shares will be $52.00 per share. If your shares are purchased in the Offer, we will pay you the purchase price, in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, promptly after the expiration of the Offer. If you are a participant in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan, you should be aware that the plan is prohibited from selling shares to us for a price less than the prevailing market price. Accordingly, if you elect to tender shares held in your account under the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan, and the NASDAQ Official Closing Price per share of the common stock on or about the expiration date of the Offer is more than $52.00 per share, shares held under the plan will not be eligible to participate, and your tender of plan shares automatically will be withdrawn. See Sections 1 and 5.
 
How many shares will the Company purchase in the Offer?
 
We will purchase up to 3,000,000 shares in the Offer (representing approximately 5.1% of our outstanding shares, including shares of unvested restricted stock), or if a lesser number of shares are properly tendered, all shares that are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn. If more than 3,000,000 shares are properly tendered, we will purchase all shares properly tendered on a pro rata basis, except for “odd lots” (lots held by owners of fewer than 100 shares), which we will purchase on a priority basis, and conditional tenders whose condition was not met, which we will not purchase (except as described in Section 6). We also expressly reserve the right to purchase additional shares, up to 2% of our outstanding shares (approximately 1.2 million shares, based on 59,370,055 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of August 2, 2010, including shares of unvested restricted stock), without extending the Offer, and could decide to purchase more shares, subject to applicable legal requirements. See Sections 1 and 7.
 
How will the Company pay for the shares?
 
Assuming that the maximum of 3,000,000 shares are tendered in the Offer at a price of $52.00 per share, the aggregate purchase price will be approximately $156 million. We expect that expenses for the Offer will be approximately $700,000. We anticipate that we will pay for the shares tendered in the Offer and all expenses applicable to the Offer primarily from cash and cash equivalents on hand. See Section 9. The Offer is not separately conditioned upon the receipt of financing.
 
How long do I have to tender my shares; Can the Offer be extended, amended or terminated?
 
You may tender your shares until the Offer expires.  The Offer will expire on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, unless we extend it. See Section 1. If a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee holds your shares, it is likely they have an earlier deadline for administrative reasons, such as four business days before the expiration of the Offer (e.g., 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 1, 2010), for you to act to instruct them to accept the Offer on your behalf. We urge you to contact the broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to find out their deadline. Similarly, if you are a participant in one of the 401(k) plans, there will be an earlier deadline for


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accepting the Offer. 401(k) plan participants should confirm their deadlines by carefully reading the materials provided to them by the applicable plan trustee. See Section 3.
 
We may choose to extend the Offer at any time and for any reason, subject to applicable law. See Section 15. We cannot assure you that we will extend the Offer or indicate the length of any extension that we may provide. If we extend the Offer, we will delay the acceptance of any shares that have been tendered. We can also amend the Offer in our sole discretion or terminate the Offer under certain circumstances. See Section 7 and Section 15.
 
How will I be notified if the Company extends the Offer or amends the terms of the Offer?
 
If we extend the Offer, we will issue a press release announcing the extension and the new Expiration Time by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Time (as defined herein). We will announce any amendment to the Offer by making a public announcement of the amendment. See Section 15.
 
What is the purpose of the Offer?
 
On August 5, 2010, we announced our intention to commence a tender offer to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares at a price per share of $50.00 to be funded primarily with cash and cash equivalents on hand. On August 10, 2010, we commenced the Offer and increased the price per share to $52.00. As of August 5, 2010, we had approximately $520 million in cash and cash equivalents. We will use a portion of our cash and cash equivalents to fund the Offer. Our Board of Directors, after evaluating expected capital requirements of our operations and other expected cash commitments, as well as the additional shares of our common stock potentially issuable upon conversion of our outstanding convertible notes, believes that purchasing shares of our common stock in the Offer represents a superior alternative to other available uses of the funds required for the Offer. The Offer represents an opportunity for us to return capital to our stockholders who elect to tender their shares. Additionally, stockholders who do not participate in the Offer will automatically increase their relative percentage interest in us and our future operations at no additional cost to them. The Offer also provides stockholders (particularly those who, because of the size of their stockholdings, might not be able to sell their shares without potential disruption to the share price) with an opportunity to obtain liquidity with respect to all or a portion of their shares, without potential disruption to the share price and the usual transaction costs associated with market sales. See Section 2.
 
What are the significant conditions to the Offer?
 
Our obligation to accept and pay for your tendered shares depends upon a number of conditions that must be satisfied or waived prior to the Expiration Time, including, but not limited to:
 
  •  No general suspension of, or general limitation on prices for, or trading in, securities on any national securities exchange in the United States or in the over-the-counter market.
 
  •  No significant changes in the general political, market, economic or financial conditions in the United States or abroad that are reasonably likely to adversely affect our business or the trading in the shares shall have occurred.
 
  •  No legal action shall have been taken, and we shall not have received notice of any legal action, that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Offer.
 
  •  No one shall have proposed, announced or made a tender or exchange offer (other than this Offer), merger, business combination or other similar transaction involving us.
 
  •  No one shall have filed a Notification and Report Form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, or made a public announcement reflecting an intent to acquire us or any of our subsidiaries.
 
  •  No material adverse change in our business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, income, operations, prospects or stock ownership shall have occurred.


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  •  Our determination that the consummation of the Offer and the purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer will not cause our common stock to be delisted from NASDAQ or to be eligible for deregistration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
 
The Offer is subject to a number of other conditions described in greater detail in Section 7.
 
Following the Offer, will the Company continue as a public company?
 
Yes. The completion of the Offer in accordance with its terms and conditions will not cause the Company to be delisted from NASDAQ or to stop being subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. It is a condition of our obligation to purchase shares pursuant to the Offer that there will not be a reasonable likelihood that such purchase will cause the shares either (1) to be held of record by less than 300 persons; or (2) to not continue to be eligible to be listed on NASDAQ or to not continue to be eligible for registration under the Exchange Act. See Section 7.
 
How do I tender my shares?
 
If you want to tender all or part of your shares, you must do one of the following before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, or any later time and date to which the Offer may be extended:
 
  •  If your shares are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you must contact the nominee and request that the nominee tender your shares for you.
 
  •  If you hold certificates in your own name, you must complete and sign a Letter of Transmittal according to its instructions, and deliver it, or a facsimile thereof, together with any required signature guarantees, the certificates for your shares and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the Depositary for the Offer.
 
  •  If you are an institution participating in the book-entry transfer facility (as defined herein), you must tender your shares according to the procedure for book-entry transfer described in Section 3.
 
  •  If you are unable to deliver the certificates for the shares or the other required documents to the Depositary or you cannot comply with the procedure for book-entry transfer within the required time, you must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedure outlined in Section 3.
 
You may contact the Information Agent or your broker for assistance. The contact information for the Information Agent appears on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase. See Section 3 and the Instructions to the Letter of Transmittal. Please see the Special Instructions below if you wish to tender shares held in one of the 401(k) plans.
 
How do participants who hold physical certificates for shares of HLTH common stock participate in the Offer?
 
As a result of the Merger, if you still hold a stock certificate or certificates for shares of common stock of HLTH or one of its predecessor companies, you can use the Letter of Transmittal to submit the certificate(s) to the Depositary and the Depositary will (1) process, in its capacity as Exchange Agent for the merger, the exchange of your stock certificate(s) into shares of the Company’s common stock, which will result in each share of HLTH common stock represented by a properly submitted certificate being converted into 0.4444 shares of the Company’s common stock (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share); and (2) in its capacity as the Depositary, receive your tender of all or a portion of the resulting shares of the Company’s common stock, which will then be treated in the same manner as other shares of the Company’s common stock tendered into the Offer, as described in this Offer to Purchase. See the Instructions to the Letter of Transmittal.
 
How do participants who hold shares in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan whose shares are held by a plan trustee participate in the Offer?
 
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account but instead must follow the separate instructions that will be sent to plan participants from the agent or trustee of the plan. These instructions will require that a plan participant who wishes to tender shares held under the plan to complete and execute a Direction Form provided with the separate instructions. The separate instructions will include instructions as to where to send the Direction Form. For administrative reasons, the deadline for submitting Direction Forms will be earlier than the expiration date of the Offer. 401(k) plan participants should confirm their deadlines by carefully reading the materials provided to them by the applicable plan trustee. See Section 3.
 
How do holders of vested stock options participate in the Offer?
 
If you hold vested but unexercised options to purchase shares, you may exercise such options in accordance with the terms of the applicable stock option plans and tender the shares received upon such exercise in accordance with the Offer. An exercise of an option cannot be revoked even if shares received upon the exercise thereof and tendered in the Offer are not purchased in the Offer for any reason. You should note that the Offer will not extend the expiration date of your stock options. If you are a former employee of the Company, your options generally remain exercisable for 90 days following your termination; however, you should review your individual award agreement for the specific terms of your stock options. See Section 3.
 
What happens if more than 3,000,000 shares are tendered?
 
If more than 3,000,000 shares (or such greater number of shares as we may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law) are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time, we will purchase shares:
 
  •  first, from all holders of “odd lots” of fewer than 100 shares who properly tender all of their shares and do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Time (please note that this preference does not apply to shares held in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan);
 
  •  second, from all other stockholders who properly tender shares, on a pro rata basis (except for stockholders who tendered shares conditionally for which the condition was not satisfied); and
 
  •  third, only if necessary to permit us to purchase 3,000,000 shares (or such greater number of shares as we may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law), from holders who have tendered shares conditionally (for which the condition was not initially satisfied) by random lot, to the extent feasible. To be eligible for purchase by random lot, stockholders whose shares are conditionally tendered must have tendered all of their shares.
 
Because of the “odd lot” priority, proration and conditional tender provisions described above, we may not purchase all of the shares that you tender. See Section 1.
 
If I own fewer than 100 shares and I tender all of my shares, will I be subject to proration?
 
If you own beneficially or of record fewer than 100 shares in the aggregate, you properly tender all of those shares before the Offer expires and you complete the section entitled “Odd Lots” in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, we will purchase all of your shares without subjecting them to the proration procedure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you will not be entitled to the Odd Lots preference with respect to shares tendered under the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan. See Section 1.
 
Once I have tendered shares in the Offer, can I withdraw my tender?
 
Yes. You may withdraw any shares you have tendered at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, unless we extend the Offer, in which case you can withdraw your shares until the expiration of the Offer as extended. Please note, however, that if you elect to tender shares held in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, you will have an earlier deadline for withdrawing shares you have previously tendered. 401(k) plan participants should confirm their deadlines by carefully reading the materials provided by the applicable plan trustee. If we have not accepted for payment the


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shares you have tendered to us, you may also withdraw your shares at any time after 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Wednesday, October 6, 2010. See Section 4.
 
How do I withdraw shares I previously tendered?
 
To withdraw shares, you must deliver a written notice of withdrawal with the required information to the Depositary during the time period in which you still have the right to withdraw the shares. Your notice of withdrawal must specify your name, the number of shares to be withdrawn and the name of the registered holder of these shares. Some additional requirements apply if the share certificates to be withdrawn have been delivered to the Depositary or if your shares have been tendered under the procedure for book-entry transfer set forth in Section 3. See Section 4. If you have tendered your shares by giving instructions to a bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee, you must instruct that person to arrange for the withdrawal of your shares. Participants in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan whose shares are held by a trustee will receive separate instructions detailing how to withdraw tendered plan shares. These instructions will set an earlier deadline for withdrawing plan shares for administrative reasons.
 
Has the Company or its Board of Directors adopted a position on the Offer?
 
Our Board of Directors has approved the Offer. However, neither we nor our Board of Directors, the Information Agent or the Depositary makes any recommendation to you as to whether you should tender or refrain from tendering your shares. You must make your own decision as to whether to tender your shares and, if so, how many shares to tender. In so doing, you should read carefully the information in this Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal, including our reasons for making the Offer. See Section 2 and Section 11.
 
If I decide not to tender, how will the Offer affect my shares?
 
Stockholders who choose not to tender their shares will own a greater percentage interest in our outstanding common stock following the consummation of the Offer. See Section 2.
 
What is the recent market price of my shares?
 
On August 4, 2010, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price per share of our common stock was $47.25. We announced our intention to make the Offer at a price per share of $50.00 on August 5, 2010, prior to market open. On August 9, 2010, the last full trading day before commencement of the Offer, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price per share of our common stock was $51.34. On August 10, 2010, we commenced the Offer and increased the price per share to $52.00. You are urged to obtain current market quotations for the shares before deciding whether to tender your shares. See Section 8.
 
When will the Company pay for the shares I tender?
 
We will pay the purchase price, without interest, for the shares we purchase promptly after the expiration of the Offer and the acceptance of the shares for payment. We will announce the final proration factor and commence payment for any shares purchased pursuant to the tender offer promptly after the expiration of the Offer. See Section 5.
 
Will I have to pay brokerage commissions if I tender my shares?
 
If you are the record owner of your shares and you tender your shares directly to the Depositary, you will not have to pay brokerage fees or similar expenses. If you own your shares through a bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee and that person tenders your shares on your behalf, that person may charge you a fee for doing so. You should consult with your bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee to determine whether any charges will apply. Participants in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan whose shares are held by a trustee will not incur any additional brokerage commissions. See Section 3.


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What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences if I tender my shares?
 
Generally, you will be subject to U.S. federal income taxation when you receive cash from us in exchange for the shares you tender in the Offer. The receipt of cash for your tendered shares will generally be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes either as (1) a sale or exchange or (2) a distribution in respect of stock from the Company. Special tax consequences may apply with respect to shares tendered through the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan and with respect to shares acquired upon exercise of incentive stock options. See Section 14. We recommend that you consult with your tax advisor with respect to your particular situation.
 
Will I have to pay stock transfer tax if I tender my shares?
 
We will pay all stock transfer taxes unless payment is made to, or if shares not tendered or accepted for payment are to be registered in the name of, someone other than the registered holder, or tendered certificates are registered in the name of someone other than the person signing the Letter of Transmittal. See Section 5.
 
Who can I talk to if I have questions?
 
If you have any questions regarding the Offer, please contact Innisfree M&A Incorporated, the Information Agent. Contact information for the Information Agent is set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase. The Offer to Purchase will be sent to participants in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan for informational purposes only. If a plan participant has any questions relating to the Offer or the number of shares held in his or her plan account, the participant should contact the party set forth in the separate letter sent to plan participants from the applicable plan trustee.
 
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
This Offer to Purchase contains both historical and forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be, forward-looking statements. For example, statements concerning projections, predictions, expectations, estimates or forecasts and statements that describe our objectives, future performance, plans or goals are, or may be, forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect management’s current expectations concerning future results and events and can generally be identified by the use of expressions such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “likely,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “future,” “estimate,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “foresee,” and other similar words or phrases, as well as statements in the future tense.
 
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be different from any future results, performance and achievements expressed or implied by these statements. The following important risks and uncertainties could affect our future results, causing those results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements:
 
  •  failure to achieve sufficient levels of usage of our public and private portals and mobile applications;
 
  •  the inability to successfully deploy new or updated applications or services;
 
  •  competition in attracting consumers and healthcare professionals to our public portals and mobile applications;
 
  •  competition for advertisers and sponsors for our public portals and mobile applications;
 
  •  events or conditions that have a negative effect on promotional or educational spending by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies or on the portion of that spending used for Internet-based services like ours;
 
  •  the inability to attract and retain qualified personnel;
 
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  •  adverse changes in general business or regulatory conditions affecting the healthcare, information technology and Internet industries; and
 
  •  the other risks and uncertainties described in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, including the risk factors contained in Item 1A thereof.
 
These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other factors, including unknown or unpredictable ones, also could have material adverse effects on our future results.
 
The forward-looking statements included in this Offer to Purchase are made only as of the date of this Offer to Purchase. Except as required by applicable law or regulation, we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.


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INTRODUCTION
 
To the Holders of our Common Stock:
 
We invite our stockholders to tender shares of our common stock, $.01 par value per share (the “common stock”), for purchase by us. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal, we are offering to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $52.00 per share, without interest.
 
The Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, unless extended (such date and time, as they may be extended, the “Expiration Time”).
 
Only shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be purchased. However, because of the “odd lot” priority, proration and conditional tender provisions described in this Offer to Purchase, all of the shares tendered may not be purchased if more than the number of shares we seek are tendered. We will return shares that we do not purchase because of proration or conditional tenders to the tendering stockholders at our expense promptly following the Expiration Time. See Section 1.
 
We reserve the right to purchase more than 3,000,000 shares pursuant to the Offer, subject to certain limitations and legal requirements. See Sections 1 and 15.
 
Tendering stockholders whose shares are registered in their own names and who tender directly to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the Depositary for the Offer, will not be obligated to pay brokerage fees or commissions or, except as set forth in Instruction 6 to the Letter of Transmittal, stock transfer taxes on the purchase of shares by us under the Offer. If you own your shares through a bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee and that person tenders your shares on your behalf, that person may charge you a fee for doing so. You should consult your bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee to determine whether any charges will apply. Participants in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (a plan sponsored by a company that was formerly affiliated with the Company) whose shares are held by a trustee will not incur any additional brokerage commissions.
 
Our obligation to accept, and pay for, shares validly tendered pursuant to the Offer is conditioned upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 7 of this Offer to Purchase.
 
Our Board of Directors has approved the Offer. However, neither we nor our Board of Directors, the Information Agent or the Depositary is making any recommendation whether you should tender or refrain from tendering your shares. We have not authorized any person to make any recommendation. You must decide whether to tender your shares and, if so, how many shares to tender. In so doing, you should read and evaluate carefully the information in this Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal and should discuss whether to tender your shares with your broker or other financial or tax advisor. See Section 2.
 
Several of our directors and executive officers, including Martin J. Wygod, the Chairman of our Board of Directors, have advised us that, as of August 10, 2010, they intend either to tender up to a specified amount of shares beneficially owned by them in the Offer or to sell such shares in the open market during the pendency of the Offer. See Section 11.
 
Martin J. Wygod has advised us that he currently intends to pursue an integrated plan that may include his participation in the Offer pursuant to which he would sell a number of shares beneficially owned by him (i) in the Offer, (ii) in the open market during the pendency of, or after but in connection with, the Offer or (iii) a combination thereof, to the extent required to reduce his beneficial stock ownership in us so as to qualify for a safe harbor for capital gains tax treatment. It is Mr. Wygod’s current intention to sell up to approximately 900,000 shares in connection with such integrated plan. In lieu of any such sales, Mr. Wygod has made a charitable contribution of 100,000 shares and may make further charitable contributions of such shares as part of such integrated plan and, in addition, Mr. Wygod may, as part of such integrated plan, exercise a portion of his options and sell shares received as a result of such exercise. The number of shares to be sold, if any, will be determined by Mr. Wygod in his sole discretion based upon then prevailing market conditions.


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Additionally, after the Offer, our directors and executive officers may, in compliance with applicable law, sell their shares in open market transactions, including through one or more pre-arranged stock trading plans in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act, at prices that may be more favorable than the purchase price to be paid to our stockholders in the Offer.
 
The above information regarding potential tenders or sales by our directors and executive officers represents the Company’s understanding of their current intent. The number of shares, if any, to be sold or tendered by each of our directors and executive officers will be determined by the individual in his or her sole discretion. Directors and executive officers of the Company who choose to tender shares in the Offer will be treated by the Company in the same manner as all other tendering stockholders.
 
Section 14 of this Offer to Purchase describes material U.S. federal income tax consequences of a sale of shares under the Offer.
 
We will pay the fees and expenses of Innisfree M&A Incorporated, the Information Agent, and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the Depositary, incurred in connection with this Offer. See Section 16.
 
As of August 2, 2010, there were 59,370,055 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding (including shares of unvested restricted stock). The 3,000,000 shares that we are offering to purchase hereunder represent approximately 5.1% of the total number of outstanding shares of our common stock as of August 2, 2010 (including shares of unvested restricted stock). The shares are listed and traded on NASDAQ under the symbol “WBMD.” On August 4, 2010, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price per share of our common stock was $47.25. We announced our intention to make the Offer at a price per share of $50.00 on August 5, 2010, prior to market open. On August 9, 2010, the last full trading day before commencement of the Offer, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price per share of our common stock was $51.34. On August 10, 2010, we commenced the Offer and increased the price per share to $52.00. Stockholders are urged to obtain current market quotations for the shares before deciding whether to tender their shares. See Section 8.
 
THE TENDER OFFER
 
1.   Number of Shares; Proration
 
General.  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, we will purchase 3,000,000 shares of our common stock, or if a lesser number of shares are properly tendered, all shares that are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn in accordance with Section 4, at a price of $52.00 per share, without interest.
 
The term “Expiration Time” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, unless we, in our sole discretion, shall have extended the period of time during which the Offer will remain open, in which event the term “Expiration Time” shall refer to the latest time and date at which the Offer, as so extended by us, shall expire. See Section 15 for a description of our right to extend, delay, terminate or amend the Offer. In accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or the “SEC”), we may, and we expressly reserve the right to, purchase under the Offer an additional amount of shares not to exceed 2% of our outstanding shares (approximately 1.2 million shares, based on 59,370,055 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of August 2, 2010, including shares of unvested restricted stock) without amending or extending the Offer. See Section 15.
 
In the event of an over-subscription of the Offer as described below, shares tendered will be subject to proration, except for “odd lots” and shares conditionally tendered for which the tender condition was not initially satisfied. The proration period and, except as described herein, withdrawal rights expire at the Expiration Time.
 
If we:
 
  •  change the price to be paid for shares from $52.00 per share;
 
  •  increase the number of shares being sought in the Offer and such increase in the number of shares being sought exceeds 2% of our outstanding shares (approximately 1.2 million shares, based on 59,370,055 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of August 2, 2010); or
 
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the Offer is scheduled to expire at any time earlier than the expiration of a period ending at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on the tenth business day (as defined below) from, and including, the date on which notice of any such increase or decrease is first published, sent or given in the manner specified in Section 15, then the Offer will be extended until the expiration of such period of ten business days. For the purposes of the Offer, a “business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or United States federal holiday and consists of the time period from 12:01 a.m. through 12:00 midnight, New York City time.
 
The Offer is subject to certain conditions. See Section 7.
 
Shares properly tendered under the Offer and not properly withdrawn will be purchased at the purchase price, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, including the “odd lot,” proration, and conditional tender provisions. All shares tendered and not purchased under the Offer, including shares not purchased because of proration or conditional tender provisions, will be returned to the tendering stockholders or, in the case of shares delivered by book-entry transfer, credited to the account at the book-entry transfer facility from which the transfer had previously been made, at our expense promptly following the Expiration Time.
 
If the number of shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time is less than or equal to 3,000,000, or such greater number of shares as we may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law, we will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, purchase all shares so tendered at the purchase price.
 
Priority of Purchases.  Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if more than 3,000,000 shares, or such greater number of shares as we may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law, have been properly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time, we will purchase properly tendered shares on the basis set forth below:
 
  •  First, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, we will purchase all shares tendered by any Odd Lot Holder (as defined below) who:
 
  tenders all shares owned beneficially of record by the Odd Lot Holder (tenders of fewer than all of the shares owned by the Odd Lot Holder will not qualify for this preference); and
 
  completes the section entitled “Odd Lots” in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
 
  •  Second, subject to the conditional tender provisions described in Section 6, we will purchase all other shares tendered on a pro rata basis with appropriate adjustments to avoid purchases of fractional shares, as described below.
 
  •  Third, if necessary to permit us to purchase 3,000,000 shares (or such greater number of shares as we may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law), shares conditionally tendered (for which the condition was not initially satisfied) and not properly withdrawn, will, to the extent feasible, be selected for purchase by random lot. To be eligible for purchase by random lot, stockholders whose shares are conditionally tendered must have tendered all of their shares.
 
As a result of the foregoing priorities applicable to the purchase of shares tendered, it is possible that all of the shares that a stockholder tenders in the Offer may not be purchased. In addition, if a tender is conditioned upon the purchase of a specified number of shares, it is possible that none of those shares will be purchased.
 
Odd Lots.  The term “odd lots” means all shares properly tendered prior to the Expiration Time and not properly withdrawn by any person (an “Odd Lot Holder”) who owned beneficially or of record a total of fewer than 100 shares and so certified in the appropriate place on the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, on the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. To qualify for this preference, an Odd Lot Holder must tender all shares owned by the Odd Lot Holder in accordance with the procedures described in Section 3. Odd Lots will be accepted for payment before any proration of the purchase of other tendered shares. This preference is not available to partial tenders or to beneficial or record holders of an aggregate of 100 or more shares, even if these holders have separate accounts or certificates representing fewer than 100 shares. This preference also is not available to participants who hold fewer than 100 shares in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan with respect to their plan shares. By tendering in the Offer, an Odd Lot Holder who holds shares in its name and tenders its shares directly


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to the Depositary would not only avoid the payment of brokerage commissions, but also would avoid any applicable odd lot discounts in a sale of the holder’s shares. Any Odd Lot Holder wishing to tender all of the stockholder’s shares pursuant to the Offer should complete the section entitled “Odd Lots” in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
 
Proration.  If proration of tendered shares is required, we will determine the proration factor promptly after the expiration of the Offer. Subject to adjustment to avoid the purchase of fractional shares and subject to the provisions governing conditional tenders described in Section 6, proration for each stockholder tendering shares, other than Odd Lot Holders and shares conditionally tendered, will be based on the ratio of the number of shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn by the stockholder to the total number of shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn by all stockholders, other than Odd Lot Holders. We will announce the final proration factor and commence payment for any shares purchased pursuant to the tender offer promptly after the expiration of the Offer. The preliminary results of any proration will be announced by press release promptly after the expiration of the Offer. After the Expiration Time, stockholders may obtain preliminary proration information from the Information Agent and also may be able to obtain the information from their brokers.
 
As described in Section 14, the number of shares that we will purchase from a stockholder under the Offer may affect the U.S. federal income tax consequences to that stockholder and, therefore, may be relevant to a stockholder’s decision whether or not to tender shares.
 
This Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal will be mailed to record holders of shares and will be furnished to brokers, dealers, commercial banks and trust companies whose names, or the names of whose nominees, appear on our stockholder list or, if applicable, who are listed as participants in a clearing agency’s security position listing for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of shares.
 
If you are a participant in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan, you should be aware that the plan is prohibited from selling shares to us for a price less than the prevailing market price. Accordingly, if you elect to tender shares held in your account under this plan, and the NASDAQ Official Closing Price per share of the common stock on or about the expiration date of the tender offer is more than $52.00 per share, shares held under the plan will not be eligible to participate, and your tender of plan shares automatically will be withdrawn.
 
2.   Purpose of the Tender Offer; Certain Effects of the Tender Offer; Other Plans
 
Purpose of the Tender Offer.  On August 5, 2010, we announced our intention to commence a tender offer to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares at a price per share of $50.00 to be funded primarily with cash and cash equivalents on hand. On August 10, 2010, we commenced the Offer and increased the price per share to $52.00. As of August 5, 2010, we had approximately $520 million in cash and cash equivalents. We will use a portion of our cash and cash equivalents to fund the Offer. Our Board of Directors, after evaluating expected capital requirements of our operations and other expected cash commitments, as well as the additional shares of our common stock potentially issuable upon conversion of our outstanding convertible notes, believes that purchasing shares of our common stock in the Offer represents a superior alternative to other available uses of the funds required for the Offer.
 
Our management and Board of Directors have evaluated our operations, strategy and expectations for the future and have carefully considered our business profile, assets and recent market prices for our common stock. In considering the Offer, our management and Board of Directors took into account the expected financial impact of the Offer, including the reduction of our cash and cash equivalents on hand as described in Section 9. Our Board of Directors believes that investing in our shares at this time is a prudent use of our financial resources. We believe that our current financial resources, including debt capacity, will allow us to fund capital requirements for improving our operations as well as providing appropriate financial flexibility for general corporate purposes. However, actual experience may differ significantly from our expectations. See “Forward Looking Statements.”
 
The Offer represents an opportunity for us to return capital to our stockholders who elect to tender their shares. Additionally, stockholders who do not participate in the Offer will automatically increase their relative percentage interest in us and our future operations at no additional cost to them. The Offer also provides stockholders (particularly those who, because of the size of their stockholdings, might not be able to sell their shares without potential disruption to the share price) with an opportunity to obtain liquidity with respect to all or a portion of their


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shares, without potential disruption to the share price and the usual transaction costs associated with market sales. In addition, the Offer provides our stockholders with an efficient way to sell their shares without incurring brokers’ fees or commissions. Where shares are tendered by the registered owner of those shares directly to the Depositary, the sale of those shares in the Offer will permit the seller to avoid the usual transaction costs associated with open market sales. Furthermore, Odd Lot Holders who hold shares registered in their names and tender their shares directly to the Depositary and whose shares are purchased under the Offer will avoid not only the payment of brokerage commissions but also any applicable odd lot discounts that might be payable on sales of their shares in NASDAQ transactions. As a result, our Board of Directors believes that investing in our own shares in this manner is an attractive use of capital and an efficient means to provide value to our stockholders.
 
Neither we nor any member of our Board of Directors, the Information Agent or the Depositary makes any recommendation to any stockholder as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering any shares. We have not authorized any person to make any such recommendation. Stockholders should carefully evaluate all information in the Offer. Stockholders are also urged to consult with their tax advisors to determine the consequences to them of participating or not participating in the Offer, and should make their own decisions about whether to tender shares and, if so, how many shares to tender. In doing so, you should read carefully the information in this Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal.
 
Certain Effects of the Offer.  Stockholders who do not tender their shares pursuant to the Offer and stockholders who otherwise retain an equity interest in the Company as a result of a partial tender of shares or proration will continue to be owners of the Company. As a result, those stockholders will realize a proportionate increase in their relative equity interest in the Company, if any, and will bear the attendant risks associated with owning our equity securities, including risks resulting from our purchase of shares. We can give no assurance, however, that we will not issue additional shares or equity interests in the future. Stockholders may be able to sell non-tendered shares in the future on NASDAQ or otherwise, at a net price significantly higher or lower than the purchase price in the Offer. We can give no assurance, however, as to the price at which a stockholder may be able to sell his or her shares in the future.
 
Shares we acquire pursuant to the Offer will be held as treasury stock and would, if returned to the status of authorized but unissued stock, be available for us to issue without further stockholder action (except as required by applicable law or the rules of NASDAQ) for purposes including, without limitation, acquisitions, raising additional capital and the satisfaction of obligations under existing or future employee benefit or compensation programs or stock plans or compensation programs for directors.
 
The Offer will reduce our “public float” (the number of shares owned by non-affiliate stockholders and available for trading in the securities markets), and is likely to reduce the number of our stockholders. These reductions may result in lower stock prices and/or reduced liquidity in the trading market for our common stock following completion of the Offer.
 
For information regarding the intentions of our directors and executive officers to tender in the Offer or sell shares in the open market during the pendency of the Offer, see Section 11.
 
We have substantial accumulated net operating loss carryforwards (which we refer to as NOL carryforwards), and tax credits that will be available to be carried forward to future tax periods. In November 2008, HLTH repurchased shares of its common stock in a tender offer. The tender offer resulted in a cumulative change of more than 50% of the ownership of HLTH’s capital, as determined under rules prescribed by Section 382 of the Code and applicable Treasury regulations. As a result of this ownership change, there is an annual limitation on the amount of the NOL carryforwards and tax credits that we may use to offset income in each tax year following the ownership change. The Offer may increase the possibility of another such annual limitation. Because substantially all of our NOL carryforwards have already been reduced by a valuation allowance for financial accounting purposes, we would not expect an annual limitation on the utilization of the NOL carryforwards to significantly reduce the net deferred tax asset, although the timing of cash flows may be impacted to the extent any such annual limitation deferred the utilization of NOL carryforwards to future tax years.


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Other Plans.  Except as otherwise disclosed in this Offer to Purchase, we currently have no plans, proposals or negotiations underway that relate to or would result in:
 
  •  any extraordinary transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving us or any of our subsidiaries;
 
  •  any purchase, sale or transfer of an amount of our assets or any of our subsidiaries’ assets which is material to us and our subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
 
  •  any change in our present board of directors or management or any plans or proposals to change the number or the term of directors or to fill any vacancies on the board (except that we may fill vacancies arising on the board in the future) or to change any material term of the employment contract of any executive officer;
 
  •  any material change in our present dividend rate or policy, our indebtedness or capitalization, our corporate structure or our business;
 
  •  any class of our equity securities ceasing to be authorized to be quoted on NASDAQ;
 
  •  any class of our equity securities becoming eligible for termination of registration under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act;
 
  •  the suspension of our obligation to file reports under Section 13 of the Exchange Act;
 
  •  the acquisition or disposition by any person of our securities; or
 
  •  any changes in our charter or by-laws that could impede the acquisition of control of us.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, as part of our long-term corporate goal of increasing stockholder value, we regularly consider alternatives to enhance stockholder value, including open market repurchases of our shares, strategic acquisitions and business combinations, and we intend to continue to consider alternatives to enhance stockholder value. Except as otherwise disclosed in this Offer to Purchase, as of the date hereof, no agreements, understandings or decisions have been reached and there can be no assurance that we will decide to undertake any such alternatives.
 
3.   Procedures for Tendering Shares
 
Valid Tender.  For a stockholder to make a valid tender of shares under the Offer, (i) the Depositary must receive, at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase and prior to the Expiration Time:
 
  •  a Letter of Transmittal, or a facsimile thereof, properly completed and duly executed, together with any required signature guarantees, or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an “agent’s message” (see “— Book-Entry Transfer” below), and any other required documents; and
 
  •  either certificates representing the tendered shares or, in the case of tendered shares delivered in accordance with the procedures for book-entry transfer we describe below, a book-entry confirmation of that delivery (see “— Book-Entry Transfer” below); or
 
(ii) the tendering stockholder must, before the Expiration Time, comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures we describe below.
 
If a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee holds your shares, it is likely they have an earlier deadline for you to act to instruct them to accept the Offer on your behalf. We urge you to contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to find out their applicable deadline. Participants in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan whose shares are held by a trustee may not use the Letter of Transmittal to direct the tender of shares held in the applicable plan account. Instead, to tender plan shares, plan participants must follow the separate instructions that will be provided by the agent or trustee of the applicable plan. These instructions will require a plan participant to complete and execute a Direction Form provided with the separate instructions in order to tender shares held in plan accounts. The separate instructions will specify instructions as to where to send the Direction Form and the deadline for submitting the Direction Form to the trustee. For administrative reasons, the deadline for submitting Direction


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Forms under these plans will be earlier than the expiration date of the Offer. 401(k) plan participants should confirm their deadlines by carefully reading the materials provided to them by the applicable plan trustee.
 
The valid tender of shares by you by one of the procedures described in this Section 3 will constitute a binding agreement between you and us on the terms of, and subject to the conditions to, the Offer.
 
We urge stockholders who hold shares through brokers or banks to consult the brokers or banks to determine whether transaction costs are applicable if they tender shares through the brokers or banks and not directly to the Depositary.
 
Odd Lot Holders who tender all their shares must also complete the section captioned “Odd Lots” in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, to qualify for the preferential treatment available to Odd Lot Holders as set forth in Section 1.
 
Treatment of Physical Certificates for Shares of HLTH Common Stock.  Holders of a stock certificate or stock certificates for shares of common stock of HLTH or one of its predecessor companies can use the Letter of Transmittal to submit the certificate(s) to the Depositary and the Depositary will exchange the certificate(s) into shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to Merger and receive the tender of all or a portion of the resulting shares of the Company’s common stock, which will then be treated in the same manner as other shares of the Company’s common stock tendered into the Offer. See “Special Instructions for Individuals Holding Physical Certificates for Shares of HLTH Common Stock.”
 
Book-Entry Transfer.  For purposes of the Offer, the Depositary will establish an account for the shares at The Depository Trust Company (the “book-entry transfer facility”) within two business days after the date of this Offer to Purchase. Any financial institution that is a participant in the book-entry transfer facility’s system may make book-entry delivery of shares by causing the book-entry transfer facility to transfer those shares into the Depositary’s account in accordance with the book-entry transfer facility’s procedures for that transfer. Although delivery of shares may be effected through book-entry transfer into the Depositary’s account at the book-entry transfer facility, the Letter of Transmittal, or a facsimile thereof, properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees, or an agent’s message, and any other required documents must, in any case, be transmitted to, and received by, the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase prior to the Expiration Time, or the tendering stockholder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures we describe below.
 
The confirmation of a book-entry transfer of shares into the Depositary’s account at the book-entry transfer facility as we describe above is referred to herein as a “book-entry confirmation.” Delivery of documents to the book-entry transfer facility in accordance with the book-entry transfer facility’s procedures will not constitute delivery to the Depositary.
 
The term “agent’s message” means a message transmitted by the book-entry transfer facility to, and received by, the Depositary and forming a part of a book-entry confirmation, stating that the book-entry transfer facility has received an express acknowledgment from the participant tendering shares through the book-entry transfer facility that the participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Letter of Transmittal and that we may enforce that agreement against that participant.
 
Method of Delivery.  The method of delivery of shares, the Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents, including delivery through the book-entry transfer facility, is at the election and risk of the tendering stockholder. Shares will be deemed delivered only when actually received by the Depositary (including, in the case of a book-entry transfer, by book-entry confirmation). If you plan to make delivery by mail, we recommend that you deliver by registered mail with return receipt requested and obtain proper insurance. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery.
 
Signature Guarantees.  No signature guarantee will be required on a Letter of Transmittal for shares tendered thereby if:
 
  •  the “registered holder(s)” of those shares signs the Letter of Transmittal and has not completed either the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions” or the box entitled “Special Payment Instructions” in the Letter of Transmittal; or
 
  •  those shares are tendered for the account of an “eligible institution.”


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For purposes hereof, a “registered holder” of tendered shares will include any participant in the book-entry transfer facility’s system whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of those shares, and an “eligible institution” is a “financial institution,” which term includes most commercial banks, savings and loan associations and brokerage houses, that are participants in any of the following: (i) the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program; (ii) the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program; or (iii) the Stock Exchange Medallion Program.
 
Except as we describe above, all signatures on any Letter of Transmittal for shares tendered thereby must be guaranteed by an eligible institution. See Instructions 1, 5 and 7 to the Letter of Transmittal. If the certificates for shares are registered in the name of a person other than the signer of the Letter of Transmittal, or if payment is to be made or certificates for shares not tendered or not accepted for payment are to be returned to a person other than the registered holder of the certificates surrendered, then the tendered certificates must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate stock powers, in either case signed exactly as the name or names of the registered holders or owners appear on the certificates, with the signatures on the certificates or stock powers guaranteed as aforesaid. See Instructions 1, 5 and 7 to the Letter of Transmittal.
 
Guaranteed Delivery.  If you wish to tender shares under the Offer and your certificates for shares are not immediately available or the procedures for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis or time will not permit all required documents to reach the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time, your tender may be effected if all the following conditions are met:
 
  •  your tender is made by or through an eligible institution;
 
  •  a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery in the form we have provided is received by the Depositary, as provided below, prior to the Expiration Time; and
 
  •  the Depositary receives, at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover of this Offer to Purchase and within the period of three trading days after the date of execution of that Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, either: (i) the certificates representing the shares being tendered, in the proper form for transfer, together with (1) a Letter of Transmittal, or a facsimile thereof, relating thereto, which has been properly completed and duly executed and includes all signature guarantees required thereon and (2) all other required documents; or (ii) confirmation of book-entry transfer of the shares into the Depositary’s account at the book-entry transfer facility, together with (1) either a Letter of Transmittal, or a facsimile thereof, relating thereto, which has been properly completed and duly executed and includes all signature guarantees required thereon or an agent’s message, and (2) all other required documents.
 
For these purposes, a “trading day” is any day on which NASDAQ is open for business.
 
A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be delivered to the Depositary by hand, overnight courier, facsimile transmission or mail before the Expiration Time and must include a guarantee by an eligible institution in the form set forth in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
 
Return of Unpurchased Shares.  The Depositary will return certificates for unpurchased shares promptly after the expiration or termination of the Offer or the proper withdrawal of the shares, as applicable, or, in the case of shares tendered by book-entry transfer at the book-entry transfer facility, the Depositary will credit the shares to the appropriate account maintained by the tendering stockholder at the book-entry transfer facility, in each case without expense to the stockholder.
 
Tendering Stockholder’s Representation and Warranty; Our Acceptance Constitutes an Agreement.  It is a violation of Rule 14e-4 promulgated under the Exchange Act for a person acting alone or in concert with others, directly or indirectly, to tender shares for such person’s own account unless at the time of tender and at the Expiration Time such person has a “net long position” in (a) the shares that is equal to or greater than the amount tendered and will deliver or cause to be delivered such shares for the purpose of tendering to us within the period specified in the Offer or (b) other securities immediately convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable into shares (“Equivalent Securities”) that is equal to or greater than the amount tendered and, upon the acceptance of such tender, will acquire such shares by conversion, exchange or exercise of such Equivalent Securities to the extent required by the terms of the Offer and will deliver or cause to be delivered such shares so acquired for the purpose of tender to us within the period specified in the Offer. Rule 14e-4 also provides a similar restriction applicable to the


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tender or guarantee of a tender on behalf of another person. A tender of shares made pursuant to any method of delivery set forth herein will constitute the tendering stockholder’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Offer, as well as the tendering stockholder’s representation and warranty to us that (a) such stockholder has a “net long position” in shares or Equivalent Securities at least equal to the shares being tendered within the meaning of Rule 14e-4, and (b) such tender of shares complies with Rule 14e-4. Our acceptance for payment of shares tendered pursuant to the Offer will constitute a binding agreement between the tendering stockholder and us upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
 
Determination of Validity; Rejection of Shares; Waiver of Defects; No Obligation to Give Notice of Defects.  All questions as to the number of shares to be accepted, the price to be paid for shares to be accepted and the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for payment of any tender of shares will be determined by us, in our sole discretion, and our determination will be final and binding on all parties, subject to a stockholder’s right to challenge our determination in a court of competent jurisdiction. We reserve the absolute right prior to the Expiration Time to reject any or all tenders we determine not to be in proper form or the acceptance for payment of or payment for which may, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the absolute right, subject to applicable law, to waive any conditions of the Offer with respect to all stockholders or any defect or irregularity in any tender with respect to any particular shares or any particular stockholder whether or not we waive similar defects or irregularities in the case of other stockholders. No tender of shares will be deemed to have been validly made until all defects or irregularities relating thereto have been cured or waived. None of us, the Information Agent, the Depositary or any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give any such notification. Our interpretation of the terms of and conditions to the Offer, including the Letter of Transmittal and the instructions thereto, will be final and binding on all parties, subject to a stockholder’s right to challenge our determination in a court of competent jurisdiction. By tendering shares to us, you agree to accept all decisions we make concerning these matters and waive any right you might otherwise have to challenge those decisions.
 
U.S. Federal Backup Withholding Tax.  Under the U.S. federal backup withholding tax rules, 28% of the gross proceeds payable to a stockholder or other payee in the Offer must be withheld and remitted to the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, unless the stockholder or other payee provides such person’s taxpayer identification number (employer identification number or social security number) to the Depositary or other payor and certifies under penalties of perjury that this number is correct or otherwise establishes an exemption. If the Depositary or other payor is not provided with the correct taxpayer identification number or another adequate basis for exemption, the stockholder may be subject to backup withholding tax and may be subject to certain penalties imposed by the IRS. Therefore, each tendering stockholder that is a U.S. Holder (as defined in Section 14) should complete and sign the Substitute Form W-9 included as part of the Letter of Transmittal in order to provide the information and certification necessary to avoid the backup withholding tax, unless the stockholder otherwise establishes an exemption from the backup withholding tax to the satisfaction of the Depositary. The backup withholding tax is not an additional tax, and any amounts withheld under the backup withholding tax rules will be allowed as a refund or credit against a stockholder’s U.S. federal income tax liability provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.
 
Certain stockholders (including, among others, all corporations and certain Non-U.S. Holders (as defined in Section 14)) are not subject to these backup withholding tax rules. In order for a Non-U.S. Holder to qualify as an exempt recipient, that stockholder must submit an IRS Form W-8BEN (or a suitable substitute form), signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to that stockholder’s non-U.S. status. The applicable form can be obtained from the Depositary at the address and telephone number set forth in the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase. See Instruction 9 of the Letter of Transmittal. A Non-U.S. Holder that submits a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN may still be subject to the regular withholding tax on gross proceeds payable to such holder. See Withholding for Non-U.S. Holders below and Section 14.
 
Stockholders are urged to consult with their tax advisors regarding possible qualifications for exemption from backup withholding tax and the procedure for obtaining any applicable exemption.
 
For a discussion of U.S. federal income tax consequences to tendering stockholders, see Section 14.


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Withholding For Non-U.S. Holders.  A payment made to a Non-U.S. Holder pursuant to the Offer will be subject to U.S. federal income and withholding tax unless the Non-U.S. Holder meets the “complete termination,” “substantially disproportionate,” or “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” test described in Section 14. If a Non-U.S. Holder tenders shares held in a U.S. brokerage account or otherwise through a U.S. broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company, or other nominee, such U.S. broker or other nominee will generally be the withholding agent for the payment made to the Non-U.S. Holder pursuant to the Offer. Such U.S. brokers or other nominees may withhold or require certifications in this regard. Non-U.S. Holders tendering shares held through a U.S. broker or other nominee should consult such U.S. broker or other nominee and their own tax advisors to determine the particular withholding procedures that will be applicable to them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, even if a Non-U.S. Holder tenders shares held in its own name as a holder of record and delivers to the Depositary a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form) before any payment is made, the Depositary has advised WebMD that it will withhold 30% of the gross proceeds unless the Depositary determines that a reduced rate under an applicable income tax treaty or exemption from withholding is applicable, regardless of whether the payment is properly exempt from U.S. federal gross income tax under the “complete termination,” “substantially disproportionate,” or “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” test.
 
To obtain a reduced rate of withholding under a tax treaty, a Non-U.S. Holder must deliver to the Depositary a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form) before the payment is made. To obtain an exemption from withholding on the grounds that the gross proceeds paid pursuant to the Offer are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, a Non-U.S. Holder must deliver to the Depositary a properly completed IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form). The applicable form can be obtained from the Depositary at the address and telephone number set forth in the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase. A Non-U.S. Holder that qualifies for an exemption from withholding on these grounds generally will be required to file a U.S. federal income tax return and generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on income derived from the sale of shares pursuant to the Offer in the manner and to the extent described in Section 14 as if it were a U.S. Holder, and in the case of a foreign corporation, an additional branch profits tax may be imposed at a rate of 30% (or a lower rate specified in an applicable income tax treaty), with respect to such income.
 
A Non-U.S. Holder may be eligible to obtain a refund of all or a portion of any tax withheld if the Non-U.S. Holder (i) meets the “complete termination,” “substantially disproportionate” or “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” tests described in Section 14 that would characterize the exchange as a sale (as opposed to a dividend) with respect to which the Non-U.S. Holder is not subject to U.S. federal income tax or (ii) is otherwise able to establish that no tax or a reduced amount of tax is due.
 
Non-U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of U.S. federal income tax withholding, including eligibility for a withholding tax reduction or exemption, and the refund procedure.
 
Lost Certificates.  If the share certificates which a registered holder wants to surrender have been lost, destroyed or stolen, the stockholder should promptly notify the Depositary’s Shareholder Services Department at 1-800-937-5449. The Depositary will instruct the stockholder as to the steps that must be taken in order to replace the certificates.
 
4.   Withdrawal Rights
 
Except as this Section 4 otherwise provides, tenders of shares are irrevocable. You may withdraw shares that you have previously tendered under the Offer according to the procedures we describe below at any time prior to the Expiration Time for all shares. You may also withdraw your previously tendered shares at any time after 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, unless such shares have been accepted for payment as provided in the Offer.
 
For a withdrawal to be effective, a written, telegraphic or facsimile transmission notice of withdrawal must:
 
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  •  specify the name of the person having tendered the shares to be withdrawn, the number of shares to be withdrawn and the name of the registered holder of the shares to be withdrawn, if different from the name of the person who tendered the shares.
 
If certificates for shares have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Depositary, then, prior to the physical release of those certificates, the serial numbers shown on those certificates must be submitted to the Depositary and, unless an eligible institution has tendered those shares, an eligible institution must guarantee the signatures on the notice of withdrawal.
 
If a stockholder has used more than one Letter of Transmittal or has otherwise tendered shares in more than one group of shares, the stockholder may withdraw shares using either separate notices of withdrawal or a combined notice of withdrawal, so long as the information specified above is included. If shares have been delivered in accordance with the procedures for book-entry transfer described in Section 3, any notice of withdrawal must also specify the name and number of the account at the book-entry transfer facility to be credited with the withdrawn shares and otherwise comply with the book-entry transfer facility’s procedures.
 
Withdrawals of tendered shares may not be rescinded, and any shares properly withdrawn will thereafter be deemed not validly tendered for purposes of the Offer. Withdrawn shares may be retendered at any time prior to the Expiration Time by again following one of the procedures described in Section 3.
 
We will decide, in our sole discretion, all questions as to the form and validity, including time of receipt, of notices of withdrawal, and each such decision will be final and binding on all parties, subject to a stockholder’s right to challenge our determination in a court of competent jurisdiction. We also reserve the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in the withdrawal of shares by any stockholder, whether or not we waive similar defects or irregularities in the case of any other stockholder. None of us, the Information Agent, the Depositary or any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in any notice of withdrawal or incur any liability for failure to give any such notification.
 
If we extend the Offer, are delayed in our purchase of shares, or are unable to purchase shares under the Offer as a result of the occurrence of a condition disclosed in Section 7, then, without prejudice to our rights under the Offer, the Depositary may, subject to applicable law, retain tendered shares on our behalf, and such shares may not be withdrawn except to the extent tendering stockholders are entitled to withdrawal rights as described in this Section 4. Our reservation of the right to delay payment for shares which we have accepted for payment is limited by Rule 13e-4(f)(5) promulgated under the Exchange Act, which requires that we must pay the consideration offered or return the shares tendered promptly after termination or withdrawal of a tender offer.
 
For shares held through the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, please refer to the special instructions that are being sent to plan participants for information about withdrawal rights and the earlier deadline to submit withdrawal instructions.
 
5.   Purchase of Shares and Payment of Purchase Price
 
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, promptly following the Expiration Time, we will accept for payment and pay the purchase price for (and thereby purchase) up to 3,000,000 shares (or such greater number of shares as we may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law) properly tendered and not properly withdrawn before the Expiration Time.
 
For purposes of the Offer, we will be deemed to have accepted for payment (and therefore purchased), subject to the “odd lot” priority, proration and conditional tender provisions of this Offer, shares that are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn only when, as and if we give oral or written notice to the Depositary of our acceptance of the shares for payment pursuant to the Offer.
 
In all cases, payment for shares tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made promptly, subject to possible delay in the event of proration, but only after timely receipt by the Depositary of:
 
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  •  a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually signed facsimile of the Letter of Transmittal), or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an agent’s message, and
 
  •  any other required documents.
 
We will pay for shares purchased pursuant to the Offer by depositing the aggregate purchase price for the shares with the Depositary, which will act as agent for tendering stockholders for the purpose of receiving payment from us and transmitting payment to the tendering stockholders.
 
In the event of proration, we will determine the proration factor and pay for those tendered shares accepted for payment promptly after the expiration of the Offer. Certificates for all shares tendered and not purchased, including shares not purchased due to proration or conditional tender, will be returned or, in the case of shares tendered by book-entry transfer, will be credited to the account maintained with the book-entry transfer facility by the participant who delivered the shares, to the tendering stockholder at our expense promptly after the expiration or termination of the Offer.
 
If you are a participant in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan, you should be aware that the plan is prohibited from selling shares to us for a price less than the prevailing market price. Accordingly, if you elect to tender shares held in your account under that plan, and the NASDAQ Official Closing Price per share of the common stock on or about the expiration date of the tender offer is more than $52.00 per share, shares held under the plan will not be eligible to participate, and your tender of plan shares automatically will be withdrawn.
 
Under no circumstances will we pay interest on the purchase price, including but not limited to, by reason of any delay in making payment. In addition, if certain events occur, we may not be obligated to purchase shares pursuant to the Offer. See Section 7.
 
We will pay all stock transfer taxes, if any, payable on the transfer to us of shares purchased pursuant to the Offer. If, however, payment of the purchase price is to be made to, or (in the circumstances permitted by the Offer) if unpurchased shares are to be registered in the name of, any person other than the registered holder, or if tendered certificates are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing the Letter of Transmittal, the amount of all stock transfer taxes, if any (whether imposed on the registered holder or the other person), payable on account of the transfer to the person will be deducted from the purchase price unless satisfactory evidence of the payment of the stock transfer taxes, or exemption from payment of the stock transfer taxes, is submitted. See Instruction 7 of the Letter of Transmittal.
 
Any tendering stockholder or other payee who fails to properly complete, sign and return to the Depositary (or other payor) the Substitute Form W-9 included with the Letter of Transmittal or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder (as defined in Section 14), an IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable IRS Form or suitable substitute forms), may be subject to required U.S. federal backup withholding tax of 28% of the gross proceeds paid to the stockholder or other payee pursuant to the Offer. See Section 3. A Non-U.S. Holder that submits a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN may still be subject to the regular withholding tax on the gross proceeds payable to such holder. See Section 3 and Section 14.
 
6.   Conditional Tender of Shares
 
Subject to the exception for Odd Lot Holders, in the event of an over-subscription of the Offer, shares tendered prior to the Expiration Time will be subject to proration. See Section 1. As discussed in Section 14, the number of shares to be purchased from a particular stockholder may affect the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the purchase to the stockholder and the stockholder’s decision whether to tender. The conditional tender alternative is made available for stockholders seeking to take steps to have shares sold pursuant to the offer treated as a sale or exchange of such shares by the stockholder, rather than a distribution to the stockholder, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, a stockholder may tender shares subject to the condition that a specified minimum number of the stockholder’s shares tendered pursuant to a Letter of Transmittal must be purchased if any shares tendered are purchased. Any stockholder desiring to make a conditional tender must so indicate in the box entitled “Conditional Tender” in the Letter of Transmittal, and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. It is the tendering stockholder’s responsibility to calculate the minimum number of shares that must be purchased from the stockholder in order for the stockholder to qualify for sale or exchange (rather than distribution) treatment for


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U.S. federal income tax purposes. Stockholders are urged to consult with their tax advisors. No assurances can be provided that a conditional tender will achieve the intended U.S. federal income tax result in all cases. Notwithstanding the general discussion contained in this Section 6, conditional tenders are not permissible with respect to the tender of shares under the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan.
 
Any tendering stockholder wishing to make a conditional tender must calculate and appropriately indicate the minimum number of shares that must be purchased if any are to be purchased. After the Offer expires, if more than 3,000,000 shares (or such greater number of shares as we may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law) are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, so that we must prorate our acceptance of and payment for tendered shares, we will calculate a preliminary proration percentage based upon all shares properly tendered, conditionally or unconditionally. If the effect of this preliminary proration would be to reduce the number of shares to be purchased from any stockholder below the minimum number specified, the tender will automatically be regarded as withdrawn (except as provided in the next paragraph). All shares tendered by a stockholder subject to a conditional tender and regarded as withdrawn as a result of proration will be returned at our expense, promptly after the Expiration Time.
 
After giving effect to these withdrawals, we will accept the remaining shares properly tendered, conditionally or unconditionally, on a pro rata basis, if necessary. If conditional tenders would otherwise be regarded as withdrawn and would cause the total number of shares to be purchased to fall below 3,000,000 (or such greater number of shares as we may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law) then, to the extent feasible, we will select enough of the conditional tenders that would otherwise have been withdrawn to permit us to purchase 3,000,000 shares (or such greater number of shares as we may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law). In selecting among the conditional tenders, we will select by random lot, treating all tenders by a particular stockholder as a single lot, and will limit our purchase in each case to the designated minimum number of shares to be purchased. To be eligible for purchase by random lot, stockholders whose shares are conditionally tendered must have tendered all of their shares.
 
7.   Conditions of the Tender Offer
 
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Offer (but subject to the provisions of Section 15), we will not be required to accept for payment, purchase or pay for any shares tendered, and may terminate or amend the Offer or may postpone the acceptance for payment of, or the purchase of and the payment for shares tendered, subject to Rule 13e-4(f) under the Exchange Act (which requires that the issuer making the tender offer either pay the consideration offered or return tendered securities promptly after the termination or withdrawal of the tender offer), if at any time on or after August 10, 2010 and prior to the Expiration Time (whether any shares have theretofore been accepted for payment) any of the following events has occurred (or shall have been reasonably determined by us to have occurred) that, in our reasonable judgment and regardless of the circumstances giving rise to the event or events, make it inadvisable to proceed with the Offer or with acceptance for payment:
 
  •  there has occurred:
 
  any general suspension of, or general limitation on prices for, or trading in, securities on any national securities exchange in the United States or in the over-the-counter market;
 
  a declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States or any limitation (whether or not mandatory) by any governmental agency or authority on, or any other event that, in our reasonable judgment, could reasonably be expected to adversely affect, the extension of credit by banks or other financial institutions in the United States;
 
  a material change in United States or any other currency exchange rates or a suspension of or limitation on the markets therefor;
 
  the commencement or escalation of a war, armed hostilities or other similar national or international calamity directly or indirectly involving the United States;
 
  a decrease of more than 10% in the market price for the shares, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ Composite Index or the S&P 500 Composite Index since the date of the Offer; or


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  in the case of any of the foregoing existing at the time of the commencement of the Offer, in our reasonable judgment, a material acceleration or worsening thereof;
 
  •  any change or combination of changes (or condition, event or development involving a prospective change) has occurred or been threatened in the business, properties, assets, liabilities, capitalization, stockholders’ equity, condition (financial or other), operations, licenses, or results of operations of us or any of our subsidiaries or affiliates that is or may be reasonably likely to (i) have a material adverse effect on us or any of our subsidiaries or affiliates; (ii) have a material adverse effect on the value of the shares; or (iii) materially impair the contemplated benefits of the Offer to us or be material to holders of the shares in deciding whether to tender in the Offer;
 
  •  legislation amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), has been passed by either the U.S. House of Representatives or the Senate or becomes pending before the U.S. House of Representatives or the Senate or any committee thereof, the effect of which would be to change the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the consummation of the Offer in any manner that would adversely affect us or any of our affiliates;
 
  •  there has been threatened in writing, instituted, or pending any action, proceeding, application or counterclaim by or before any court or governmental, administrative or regulatory agency or authority, domestic or foreign, or any other person or tribunal, domestic or foreign, which:
 
  challenges or seeks to challenge, restrain, prohibit or delay the making of the Offer, the acquisition by us of the shares in the Offer, or any other matter relating to the Offer, or seeks to obtain any material damages or otherwise relating to the Offer;
 
  seeks to make the purchase of, or payment for, some or all of the shares pursuant to the Offer illegal or results in a delay in our ability to accept for payment or pay for some or all of the shares;
 
  seeks to require us to repurchase or redeem any of our outstanding securities other than the common stock;
 
  otherwise could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the business, properties, assets, liabilities, capitalization, stockholders’ equity, financial condition, operations, licenses, or results of operations of us or any of our subsidiaries or affiliates, taken as a whole, or the value of the shares;
 
  •  any action has been taken or any statute, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction or order (preliminary, permanent or otherwise) has been proposed, sought, enacted, entered, promulgated, enforced or deemed to be applicable to the Offer or us or any of our subsidiaries or affiliates by any court, government or governmental agency or other regulatory or administrative authority, domestic or foreign, which, in our reasonable judgment:
 
  indicates that any approval or other action of any such court, agency or authority may be required in connection with the Offer or the purchase of shares thereunder;
 
  could reasonably be expected to prohibit, restrict or delay consummation of the Offer; or
 
  otherwise could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the business, properties, assets, liabilities, capitalization, stockholders’ equity, financial condition, operations, licenses or results of operations of us or any of our subsidiaries or affiliates, taken as a whole;
 
  •  a tender or exchange offer for any or all of our outstanding shares (other than this Offer), or any merger, acquisition, business combination or other similar transaction with or involving us or any subsidiary, has been proposed, announced or made by any person or entity or has been publicly disclosed or we shall have entered into a definitive agreement or an agreement in principle with any person with respect to any merger, acquisition, business combination or other similar transaction;
 
  •  any person, entity or group has filed a Notification and Report Form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, reflecting an intent to acquire us or any of our shares, or has made a public announcement reflecting an intent to acquire us or any of our subsidiaries or any of our or their respective assets or securities;


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  •  any approval, permit, authorization, favorable review or consent of any governmental entity required to be obtained in connection with the Offer, and of which we have been notified after the date of the Offer, has not been obtained on terms satisfactory to us in our reasonable discretion; or
 
  •  we determine that the consummation of the Offer and the purchase of the shares is reasonably likely to:
 
  cause the shares to be held of record by less than 300 persons; or
 
  cause the shares to be delisted from NASDAQ or to be eligible for deregistration under the Exchange Act.
 
The conditions referred to above are for our sole benefit and may be asserted by us regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any of these conditions (including any action or inaction of the Company), and may be waived by us, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time in our reasonable discretion before the Expiration Time. Any determination by us concerning the events described in this section will be final and binding upon all persons.
 
8.   Price Range of the Shares
 
The shares are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “WBMD.” The following table sets forth, for each of the periods indicated, the high and low sales prices per share as reported by NASDAQ based on published financial sources.
 
                 
    High     Low  
 
Year Ended December 31, 2008:
               
First Quarter
  $  41.99     $  23.15  
Second Quarter
  $ 35.40     $ 21.86  
Third Quarter
  $ 35.00     $ 23.80  
Fourth Quarter
  $ 29.99     $ 13.63  
Year Ending December 31, 2009:
               
First Quarter
  $ 25.20     $ 19.37  
Second Quarter
  $ 30.70     $ 20.15  
Third Quarter
  $ 34.43     $ 28.73  
Fourth Quarter
  $ 38.97     $ 31.00  
Year Ending December 31, 2010:
               
First Quarter
  $ 46.58     $ 37.64  
Second Quarter
  $ 51.19     $ 42.70  
Third Quarter (through August 9, 2010)
  $ 51.50     $ 45.37  
 
On August 4, 2010, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price per share of our common stock was $47.25. We announced our intention to make the Offer at a price per share of $50.00 on August 5, 2010, prior to market open. On August 9, 2010, the last full trading day before commencement of the Offer, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price per share of our common stock was $51.34. On August 10, 2010, we commenced the Offer and increased the price per share to $52.00. We urge stockholders to obtain a current market price for the shares before deciding whether to tender their shares.
 
9.   Source and Amount of Funds
 
Assuming that 3,000,000 shares are purchased in the Offer at a price of $52.00 per share, the aggregate purchase price will be approximately $156 million. We expect that expenses for the Offer will be approximately $700,000.
 
We anticipate that we will pay for the shares tendered in the Offer and all expenses applicable to the Offer from cash and cash equivalents on hand. The Offer is not conditioned upon the receipt of financing. See Section 7 and Section 10.


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10.   Certain Information Concerning the Company
 
Overview of Our Businesses
 
We are a leading provider of health information services to consumers, physicians and other healthcare professionals, employers and health plans through its public and private online portals, mobile applications and health-focused publications.
 
  •  Public Portals.  Our public portals for consumers enable them to obtain health and wellness information (including information on specific diseases or conditions), check symptoms, locate physicians, store individual healthcare information, receive periodic e-newsletters on topics of individual interest and participate in online communities with peers and experts. Our public portals for physicians and healthcare professionals make it easier for them to access clinical reference sources, stay abreast of the latest clinical information, learn about new treatment options, earn continuing medical education credit and communicate with peers. In addition, we provide mobile health information applications for use by consumers and physicians. We also publish WebMD the Magazine, a consumer magazine that we distribute free of charge to physicians for use in their office waiting rooms. Our public portals generate revenue primarily through the sale of advertising and sponsorship products, as well as continuing medical education services. The sponsors and advertisers include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and consumer products companies. We also provide e-detailing promotion and physician recruitment services for use by pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare companies.
 
  •  Private Portals.  Our private portals enable employers and health plans to provide their employees and plan members with access to personalized health and benefit information and decision-support technology that helps them make more informed benefit, provider and treatment choices. We provide related services for use by such employees and members, including lifestyle education and personalized telephonic health coaching. We generate revenue from our private portals through the licensing of these portals and related services to employers and health plans either directly or through distributors.
 
Where You Can Find More Information
 
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC relating to our business, financial condition and other matters. You can also read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at its Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can obtain information about the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Copies can be obtained from the SEC upon payment of the prescribed fees. The SEC also maintains a Web site at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with it. We make available free of charge at www.wbmd.com (in the “Investor Relations” section) copies of materials we file with, or furnish to, the SEC.
 
We also have filed an Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO with the SEC that includes additional information relating to the Offer. The Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, together with any exhibits and amendments thereto, may be examined and copies may be obtained at the same places and in the same manner as set forth above.
 
11.   Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares
 
A list of our directors and executive officers as of August 2, 2010 is attached to this Offer to Purchase as Schedule I. As of August 2, 2010, there were 59,370,055 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding, including unvested shares of common stock of WebMD subject to vesting requirements based on continued employment by WebMD (which we refer to as WebMD Restricted Stock). The 3,000,000 shares we are offering to purchase under the Offer represent approximately 5.1% of the total number of outstanding shares as of August 2, 2010 (including unvested shares of WebMD Restricted Stock).
 
As of August 2, 2010, our directors and executive officers as a group (17 persons) owned an aggregate of 7,583,604 shares (which includes equity awards that are scheduled to vest on or prior to September 8, 2010), representing approximately 12.1% of the total number of outstanding shares (including all outstanding restricted


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stock and options that are scheduled to vest on or prior to September 8, 2010). Our directors and executive officers are entitled to participate in the Offer on the same basis as other stockholders.
 
Martin J. Wygod has advised us that he currently intends to pursue an integrated plan that may include his participation in the Offer pursuant to which he would sell a number of shares beneficially owned by him (i) in the Offer, (ii) in the open market during the pendency of, or after but in connection with, the Offer or (iii) a combination thereof, to the extent required to reduce his beneficial stock ownership in us so as to qualify for a safe harbor for capital gains tax treatment. It is Mr. Wygod’s current intention to sell up to approximately 900,000 shares in connection with such integrated plan. In lieu of any such sales, Mr. Wygod has made a charitable contribution of 100,000 shares and may make further charitable contributions of such shares as part of such integrated plan and, in addition, Mr. Wygod may, as part of such integrated plan, exercise a portion of his options and sell shares received as a result of such exercise. The number of shares to be sold, if any, will be determined by Mr. Wygod in his sole discretion based upon then prevailing market conditions.
 
The following directors and executive officers of the Company have advised us that, as of August 10, 2010, they intend either to tender in the Offer or to sell in the open market during the pendency of the Offer up to the respective maximum numbers of shares indicated: Mark J. Adler, M.D., a member of our Board of Directors, up to 50,000 shares; Kevin M. Cameron, Special Advisor to the Chairman and a member of our Board of Directors, up to 300,000 shares; Neil F. Dimick, a member of our Board of Directors, up to 8,000 shares; Nan-Kirsten Forte, Executive Vice President, Consumer Services, up to 19,000 shares; Wayne T. Gattinella, Chief Executive Officer and President, up to 85,000 shares; James V. Manning, a member of our Board of Directors, up to 70,000 shares; Abdool Rahim Moossa, M.D., a member of our Board of Directors, up to 15,000 shares; Anthony Vuolo, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, up to 90,000 shares; Douglas W. Wamsley, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, up to 27,000 shares; and Steven Zatz, M.D., Executive Vice President, Professional Services, up to 30,000 shares. However, the number, if any, of shares to be sold by such directors and executive officers will be determined in their sole discretion. Our other directors and executive officers do not, as of August 10, 2010, intend to tender shares in the Offer or sell shares in the open market during the pendency of the Offer.
 
Additionally, after the Offer, our directors and executive officers may, in compliance with applicable law, sell their shares in open market transactions, including through one or more pre-arranged stock trading plans in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act, at prices that may be more favorable than the purchase price to be paid to our stockholders in the Offer.
 
The above information regarding potential tenders or sales by our directors and executive officers represents the Company’s understanding of their current intent. The number of shares, if any, to be sold or tendered by each of our directors and executive officers will be determined by the individual in his or her sole discretion. Directors and executive officers of the Company who choose to tender shares in the Offer will be treated by the Company in the same manner as all other tendering stockholders.
 
 


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Security Ownership by Principal Stockholders and Management
 
The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock (including shares of unvested restricted stock), as of August 2, 2010 (except where otherwise indicated), by each person or entity known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our Common Stock, by each of our directors, by each of our executive officers and by all of our directors and executive officers as a group. Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table, and subject to applicable community property laws, the persons listed in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our Common Stock shown as beneficially owned by them. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each of the beneficial owners identified is c/o WebMD Health Corp., 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011.
 
                                 
    Common
          Total
    Percent of
 
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
  Stock(1)     Other(2)     Shares     Outstanding(2)  
 
FMR LLC(3)
    8,106,734             8,106,734       13.7 %
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
                               
Kensico Capital Management Corporation, Michael Lowenstein and Thomas J. Coleman(4)
    4,010,000             4,010,000       6.8 %
55 Railroad Avenue, 2nd Floor
Greenwich, CT 06830
                               
CalPERS/PCG Corporate Partners, LLC(5)
    3,950,632             3,950,632       6.7 %
1200 Prospect Street, Suite 200
La Jolla, CA 92037
                               
Samana Capital, L.P., Morton Holdings, Inc. and Philip B. Korsant(6)
    3,620,884             3,620,884       6.1 %
283 Greenwich Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830
                               
BlackRock, Inc.(7)
    3,098,339             3,098,339       5.2 %
40 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10022
                               
Morgan Stanley(8)
    2,872,622             2,872,622       4.8 %
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
                               
Mark J. Adler, M.D. 
    12,422 (9)     118,824       131,246       *  
Paul A. Brooke
    163,411 (10)     106,654       270,065       *  
Kevin M. Cameron
    318,221 (11)     1,222,454       1,540,675       2.5 %
Neil F. Dimick
    15,954 (12)     88,567       104,521       *  
Nan-Kirsten Forte
    28,293 (13)     52,500       80,793       *  
Wayne T. Gattinella
    162,309 (14)     281,100       443,409       *  
Jerome Keller
    19,937 (15)     29,700       49,637       *  
James V. Manning
    283,270 (16)     97,493       380,763       *  
Abdool Rahim Moossa, M.D.
    5,793 (17)     49,500       55,293       *  
William Pence
    53,611 (18)     75,000       128,611       *  
Herman Sarkowsky
    202,485 (19)     131,096       333,581       *  
Joseph E. Smith
    34,791 (20)     87,100       121,891       *  
Stanley S. Trotman, Jr. 
    52,692 (21)     29,700       82,392       *  
Anthony Vuolo
    202,122 (22)     356,098       558,220       *  
Douglas W. Wamsley
    37,204 (23)     65,000       102,204       *  
Martin J. Wygod
    2,555,106 (24)     493,290       3,048,396       5.1 %
Steven Zatz, M.D. 
    87,718 (25)     69,000       156,718       *  
All executive officers and directors as a group (17 persons)
    4,235,339       3,353,076       7,588,415       12.1 %
 
 
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(1) The amounts set forth in this column include 69, 69, 105, 105, 104 and 104 shares of the Company’s common stock held in the respective accounts of each of Messrs. Keller, Cameron, Wamsley and Wygod, Dr. Zatz and Ms. Forte, respectively, in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan (which we refer to in this table as 401(k) Plan Shares), all of which are vested in accordance with terms of the Plan. The amount set forth in this column for “All executive officers and directors as a group” includes 556 401(k) Plan Shares, all of which are vested in accordance with the terms of the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan.
 
Certain of the individuals listed in this table are beneficial owners of WebMD Restricted Stock in the respective amounts stated in the footnotes below. Holders of WebMD Restricted Stock have voting power, but not dispositive power, with respect to unvested shares of WebMD Restricted Stock.
 
(2) Beneficial ownership is determined under the rules and regulations of the SEC, which provide that shares of common stock that a person has the right to acquire within 60 days are deemed to be outstanding and beneficially owned by that person for the purpose of computing the total number of shares beneficially owned by that person and the percentage ownership of that person. However, those shares are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. Accordingly, we have set forth, in the column entitled “Other,” with respect to each person listed, the number of shares of WebMD Common Stock that such person has the right to acquire pursuant to options that are currently exercisable or that will be exercisable within 60 days of August 2, 2010. We have calculated the percentages set forth in the column entitled “Percent of Outstanding” based on the number of shares outstanding as of August 2, 2010 (which was 59,370,055 including all outstanding unvested shares of WebMD Restricted Stock) plus, for each listed person or group, the number of additional shares deemed outstanding, as set forth in the column entitled “Other.”
 
(3) This amount is based upon information disclosed by FMR LLC, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Edward C. Johnson, 3d in a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC reporting that FMR Corp. and the other members of the filing group had, as of December 31, 2009, sole power to vote or to direct the vote of 91,654 shares of WebMD Common Stock and sole power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of 8,106,734 shares of WebMD Common Stock. Sole power to vote the other shares of WebMD Common Stock beneficially owned by the filing group resides in the respective boards of trustees of the funds that have invested in the shares.
 
(4) The information shown is as of December 31, 2009 and is based upon information disclosed by Kensico Capital Management Corporation, Michael Lowenstein and Thomas J. Coleman in a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC. Such persons reported that they had shared power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of 4,010,000 shares of WebMD Common Stock and shared power to vote or to direct the vote of those shares.
 
(5) The information shown is based upon information disclosed by CalPERS/PCG Corporate Partners, LLC, PCG Corporate Partners Investments LLC, and Pacific Corporate Group Holdings, LLC as of December 31, 2009, in a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC. Such persons reported that they had shared power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of 3,950,632 shares of WebMD Common Stock and shared power to vote or direct the vote of those shares.
 
(6) The information shown is as of December 31, 2009 and is based upon information disclosed by Samana Capital, L.P., Morton Holdings, Inc. and Philip B. Korsant in a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC. Such persons reported that Morton Holdings, Inc. and Philip B. Korsant shared power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of 3,620,884 shares of WebMD Common Stock and shared power to vote or to direct the voting of those shares of WebMD Common Stock, with Samana Capital, L.P. also having shared voting power and shared dispositive power with respect to 3,031,180 of those shares.
 
(7) The information shown is as of December  31, 2009 and is based upon information disclosed by BlackRock, Inc. in a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC, which reported the sole power to vote or direct the voting of 3,098,339 shares of WebMD Common Stock, and sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of those shares.
 
(8) The information shown is as of December 31, 2009 and is based upon information disclosed by Morgan Stanley in a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC, which reported that it had sole power to vote or direct the voting of 2,858,892 shares of WebMD Common Stock and shared power to vote or direct the voting of 7,826 shares of


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WebMD Common Stock, and sole power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of 2,872,622 shares of WebMD Common Stock.
 
(9) Represents 12,156 shares held by Dr. Adler and 266 shares held by Dr. Adler’s son.
 
(10) Represents 73,791 shares held by Mr. Brooke and 89,620 shares held by PMSV Holdings LLC, of which Mr. Brooke is the managing member.
 
(11) Represents 198,152 shares held by Mr. Cameron, 69 401(k) Plan Shares and 120,000 unvested shares of WebMD Restricted Stock.
 
(12) Represents 15,954 shares held by Mr. Dimick.
 
(13) Represents 3,189 shares held by Ms. Forte, 104 401(k) Plan Shares and 25,000 unvested shares of WebMD Restricted Stock.
 
(14) Represents 87,309 shares held by Mr. Gattinella and 75,000 unvested shares of WebMD Restricted Stock.
 
(15) Represents 19,868 shares held by Mr. Keller and 69 401(k) Plan Shares.
 
(16) Represents 281,937 shares held by Mr. Manning (including 5,555 through an IRA) and 1,333 shares held by Mr. Manning’s wife through an IRA.
 
(17) Represents 5,793 shares held by Dr. Moossa.
 
(18) Represents 21,736 shares held by Mr. Pence and 31,875 unvested shares of WebMD Restricted Stock.
 
(19) Represents 168,485 shares held by Mr. Sarkowsky, 2,000 shares held by Mr. Sarkowsky’s wife, 12,000 shares held by SPF Holdings and 20,000 shares held by the Sarkowsky Family LLP.
 
(20) Represents 34,791 shares held by Mr. Smith.
 
(21) Represents 41,757 shares held by Mr. Trotman and 10,935 shares held by the Stanley S. Trotman Jr. Irreversible Trust.
 
(22) Represents 101,372 shares held by Mr. Vuolo and 100,750 unvested shares of WebMD Restricted Stock.
 
(23) Represents 12,099 shares held by Mr. Wamsley, 105 401(k) Plan Shares and 25,000 unvested shares of WebMD Restricted Stock.
 
(24) Represents: 22,774 shares held by Mr. Wygod; 105 401(k) Plan Shares; 309,992 shares of unvested WebMD Restricted Stock; 2,222 shares held by Mr. Wygod’s spouse through an IRA; 71,695 shares held by SYNC, Inc., which is controlled by Mr. Wygod; 2,140,797 shares held by the Wygod Family Revocable Living Trust, of which Mr. Wygod is a trustee; 4,000 shares of WebMD Common Stock held by The Emily Wygod Trust u/t/a/d 12-31-1987 (as to which shares, Mr. Wygod disclaims beneficial ownership); and 3,521 shares of Class A Common Stock held by The Max Wygod Trust u/t/a/d 12-31-1987 (as to which shares, Mr. Wygod disclaims beneficial ownership).
 
(25) Represents 59,614 shares held by Dr. Zatz, 104 401(k) Plan Shares and 28,000 unvested shares of WebMD Restricted Stock.
 
Equity Incentive Plan
 
Our Amended and Restated 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (which we refer to as the 2005 Plan) is the only equity compensation plan under which grants of stock-based awards may currently be made. The 2005 Plan is an omnibus plan which permits the grant of various equity-based awards, including nonqualified or incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, performance shares, dividend equivalents, other stock-based awards and other rights or interests relating to our common stock. Under the 2005 Plan we may issue up to 15,600,000 shares of our common stock to our employees, officers, directors and consultants.
 
The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors administers the 2005 Plan and has delegated certain of its authority to our Chief Executive Officer, subject to concurrence by our Chief Financial Officer, to grant options and restricted stock (subject to certain limits) to persons other than those who are subject to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. As of June 30, 2010 there were 8,804,988 stock options and 1,038,046 shares of restricted stock outstanding under the 2005 Plan and approximately 1,509,160 shares of our common stock remained available for issuance under the 2005 Plan.


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As more fully described below under “—Compensation of Directors”, the 2005 Plan provides for an automatic grant on January 1 of each year of options to purchase 13,200 shares of our common stock to each of our non-employee directors. These options will have an exercise price equal to the fair market value of our common stock on the date of grant and will vest as to 25% of the underlying shares on each of the first through fourth anniversaries of the date of grant (full vesting on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant). These options will expire ten years after the date of grant (unless previously exercised) or earlier in the event the optionee ceases to serve as a director. As more fully discussed below, we also issue shares to satisfy our Board and standing committee retainers.
 
We also maintain several other equity plans and agreements pursuant to which stock options and shares of restricted stock are outstanding. Such plans, and the awards granted thereunder, have substantially the same terms as the 2005 Plan. As of June 30, 2010, a total of 5,224,973 stock options and 171,971 shares of restricted stock were outstanding under our other equity plans.
 
Compensation of Directors
 
Annual Board Retainer.  Each of our non-employee directors receives an annual retainer of $30,000, paid in shares of our common stock. Prior to the Merger, all HLTH non-employee directors received the same annual board retainer for their service on the HLTH Board of Directors paid in cash, rather than common stock. Messrs Brooke, Dimick, Sarkowsky, Manning and Smith and Dr. Adler served on the HLTH Board prior to the Merger.
 
Annual Fees for Standing Committees.  Effective October 23, 2009, the members of our Audit Committee each receive $15,000 as an annual retainer for service on such committee and the members of the Compensation Committee and Nominating & Governance Committee each receive $7,500 as annual retainers for service on such committees. In addition, the chairperson of our Audit Committee receives $10,000 as an annual retainer and the chairperson of each of our Compensation Committee and Nominating & Governance Committee receives $2,500 as an annual retainer. Our non-employee directors do not receive per meeting fees for service on the Board or any of its standing committees, but they are entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their attendance at board and board committee meetings. All standing committee fees are paid in shares of our common stock. Prior to the Merger, all HLTH non-employee directors received standing committee fees for their service on HLTH committees at the same rates then applicable to WebMD non-employee directors, but paid in cash, rather than common stock.
 
Service on Other Committees.  Our non-employee directors may also receive additional fees for service on committees established by the Board for specific purposes. Those fees will generally be paid in cash on a quarterly basis for the period that the committee exists and may be set by the Board, the Compensation Committee or the committee itself. Our non-employee directors who serve on the Strategic Planning Committee will continue to receive compensation for that service. The current quarterly payment for such service is $1,500, which was set by the Compensation Committee of the Board. In 2009, each of Dr. Adler and Messrs. Dimick, Keller, Manning and Trotman received $6,000 in cash retainers for services on this committee. Also in 2009, Messers. Brooke, Manning, Smith and Sarkowsky and Dr. Adler received $15,000 for their service as members of a special committee overseeing matters relating to Department of Justice and SEC investigations. In 2009, Messrs. Keller and Trotman each received a one-time fee of $50,000 for service on a special committee formed to consider possible transactions between HLTH and the Company (which we refer to as the WebMD Special Committee). In addition, Mr. Trotman received a one-time fee of $20,000 for serving as Chairperson of the WebMD Special Committee.
 
Annual Stock Option Grants.  On January 1 of each year, each non-employee director receives a non-qualified option to purchase 13,200 shares of common stock pursuant to automatic annual grants of stock options under the 2005 Plan. The annual stock option awards are granted with a per-share exercise price equal to the fair market value of a share of common stock on the grant date. For these purposes, and in accordance with the terms of the 2005 Plan and our equity award grant practices, the fair market value is equal to the closing price of a share of common stock on NASDAQ on the last trading day of the prior year. The vesting schedule for each automatic annual grant is as follows: 25% of the underlying shares on each of the first through fourth anniversaries of the date of grant (full vesting on the fourth anniversary of the date of the grant). On January 1, 2009 and January 1, 2010, each individual then serving as a non-employee director of the Company received automatic annual grants of options to purchase 13,200 shares of common stock with exercise prices of $23.59 and $38.49 per share, respectively. The options granted to the non-employee directors do not include any dividend or dividend equivalent rights. Each such


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option will expire, to the extent not previously exercised, ten years after the date of grant or earlier if their service as a director ends (generally three years from the date such service ends).
 
Under the 2005 Plan, outstanding unvested options held by non-employee directors vest and become fully exercisable: (a) upon the non-employee director’s death or termination of service as a result of disability; and (b) upon a “Change in Control” of the Company. Those options, and any others that had previously vested, will then continue to be exercisable or lapse in accordance with the other provisions of the 2005 Plan and the award agreement. For purposes of the 2005 Plan, a Change in Control generally includes (i) a change in the majority of the Board of Directors of the Company without the consent of the incumbent directors, (ii) any person or entity becoming the beneficial owner of 50% or more of the voting shares of the Company, (iii) consummation of a reorganization, merger or similar transaction as a result of which the Company’s stockholders prior to the consummation of the transaction no longer represent 50% of the voting power; and (iv) consummation of a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
 
Prior to the Merger, HLTH’s non-employee directors also received automatic annual stock option grants. On January 1, 2009, Messrs. Brooke, Dimick, Manning, Sarkowsky and Smith and Dr. Adler each received an option to purchase 20,000 shares of HLTH common stock with an exercise price of $10.46 per share. These options were converted into options to purchase WebMD common stock in the Merger. The terms of the HLTH options are substantially similar to the terms of the options granted to the WebMD non-employee directors, however, 25% of the options vest on the first anniversary of the date of grant and 1/48 of the options vest on a monthly basis over the next three years (full vesting on the fourth anniversary of the date of grant).
 
Discretionary Grants.  Non-Employee Directors may receive grants of stock options under the 2005 Plan at the discretion of the Compensation Committee. On December 10, 2008, each Non-Employee Director received a non-qualified option to purchase 13,200 shares of common stock. The grants had an exercise price of $23.61 per share and the same vesting schedule and other terms as described above with respect to the annual grants to Non-Employee Directors. There had been no prior discretionary grants of options to the Non-Employee Directors since the Company’s initial public offering in September 2005. Similarly, on December 10, 2008, Messrs. Brooke, Dimick, Manning, Sarkowsky and Smith and Dr. Adler each received an option to purchase 20,000 shares of HLTH common stock at an exercise price of $9.46. These options were converted into options to purchase WebMD common stock in the Merger.


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Recent Securities Transactions
 
Based on our records and to the best of our knowledge, except as set forth below, no transactions in our common stock have been effected in the past 60 days by us or our executive officers, directors, affiliates or subsidiaries or by the executive officers or directors of our subsidiaries.
 
                 
Date of
  Identity of
  Number of
  Price per
  Nature of
Transaction
  Person   Shares   Share   Transaction
 
06/28/2010
  Kevin M. Cameron   10,000   $0   10,000 shares of WebMD Restricted Stock were granted by the Company under the 2005 Plan.
    Nan-Kirsten Forte   10,000   $0   10,000 shares of WebMD Restricted Stock were granted by the Company under the 2005 Plan.
    Wayne T. Gattinella   30,000   $0   30,000 shares of WebMD Restricted Stock were granted by the Company under the 2005 Plan.
    William Pence   10,000   $0   10,000 shares of WebMD Restricted Stock were granted by the Company under the 2005 Plan.
    Anthony Vuolo   20,000   $0   20,000 shares of WebMD Restricted Stock were granted by the Company under the 2005 Plan.
    Douglas W. Wamsley   10,000   $0   10,000 shares of WebMD Restricted Stock were granted by the Company under the 2005 Plan.
    Martin J. Wygod   75,000   $0   75,000 shares of WebMD Restricted Stock were granted by the Company under the 2005 Plan.
    Steven L. Zatz   10,000   $0   10,000 shares of WebMD Restricted Stock were granted by the Company under the 2005 Plan.
07/06/2010
  Kevin M. Cameron   3,000   $47.17   3,000 shares of Common Stock were sold on the market at a price of $47.17.
        5,000   $47.07   5,000 shares of Common Stock were sold on the market at a price of $47.07.
        6,300   $46.43   6,300 shares of Common Stock were sold on the market at a price of $46.43.
07/07/2010
  Kevin M. Cameron   10,700   $46.68   10,700 shares of Common Stock were sold on the market at a price of $46.68.
08/06/2010
  Martin J. Wygod   100,000   $0   Gift of 100,000 shares from the Wygod Family Revocable Living Trust to the WebMD Health Foundation, Inc.
 
In addition, during the past 60 days, the Company withheld a total of 951 shares of its common stock (based on an average share price of $47.37) in order to satisfy minimum tax withholding requirements resulting from the vesting of restricted stock of the Company. Moreover, the Company granted an aggregate of 100,000 shares of WebMD Restricted Stock to our employees other than our named executive officers.
 
On October 23, 2009, HLTH merged with and into the Company. As a result of the Merger, each outstanding share of HLTH common stock was converted into the right to receive 0.4444 shares of our common stock, resulting in the issuance of 46,868,065 shares of our common stock (calculated based on the exchange ratio and the number of shares of HLTH common stock outstanding as of October 23, 2009, which was 105,467,379). In addition, each option to purchase HLTH common stock was converted into an option to purchase our common stock. The number of shares of our common stock underlying each converted option was equal to (i) the number of shares of HLTH common stock underlying each HLTH option immediately prior to the effective time of the merger multiplied by (ii) 0.4444. The exercise price per share of our common stock with respect to each converted option was equal to the quotient of (x) the exercise price per share of the HLTH common stock subject to each HLTH option immediately before the effective time of the merger divided by (y) 0.4444. In the aggregate, 15,755,862 options were issued upon conversion of HLTH options in connection with the Merger at a weighted average exercise price of $31.43.
 
12.   Effects of the Tender Offer on the Market for Shares; Registration under the Exchange Act
 
The purchase by us of shares under the Offer will reduce the number of shares that might otherwise be traded publicly and is likely to reduce the number of stockholders. As a result, trading of a relatively small volume of the shares after consummation of the Offer may have a greater impact on trading prices than would be the case prior to consummation of the Offer.
 
We believe that there will be a sufficient number of shares outstanding and publicly traded following completion of the Offer to ensure a continued trading market for the shares. Based upon published guidelines of NASDAQ, we do not believe that our purchase of shares under the Offer will cause the remaining outstanding shares to be delisted from NASDAQ. The Offer is conditioned upon there not being any reasonable likelihood, in our


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reasonable judgment, that the consummation of the Offer and the purchase of shares will cause the shares to be delisted from NASDAQ. See Section 7.
 
Shares are currently “margin securities” under the rules of the Federal Reserve Board. This has the effect, among other things, of allowing brokers to extend credit to their customers using such shares as collateral. We believe that, following the purchase of shares under the Offer, the shares will continue to be “margin securities” for purposes of the Federal Reserve Board’s margin rules and regulations.
 
The shares are registered under the Exchange Act, which requires, among other things, that we furnish certain information to our stockholders and the Commission and comply with the Commission’s proxy rules in connection with meetings of our stockholders. We believe that our purchase of shares under the Offer pursuant to the terms of the Offer will not result in the shares becoming eligible for deregistration under the Exchange Act.
 
13.   Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals
 
We are not aware of any license or regulatory permit that is material to our business that might be adversely affected by our acquisition of shares as contemplated by the Offer or of any approval or other action by any government or governmental, administrative or regulatory authority or agency, domestic, foreign or supranational, that would be required for the acquisition or ownership of shares by us as contemplated by the Offer. Should any such approval or other action be required, we presently contemplate that we will seek that approval or other action. We are unable to predict whether we will be required to delay the acceptance for payment of or payment for shares tendered under the Offer pending the outcome of any such matter. There can be no assurance that any such approval or other action, if needed, would be obtained or would be obtained without substantial cost or conditions or that the failure to obtain the approval or other action might not result in adverse consequences to its business and financial condition. Our obligations under the Offer to accept for payment and pay for shares is subject to conditions. See Section 7.
 
14.   Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences
 
General.  The following discussion is a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences to stockholders with respect to a sale of shares for cash pursuant to the Offer. The discussion is based upon the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), Treasury regulations, administrative pronouncements of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and judicial decisions, all in effect as of the date hereof and all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect, or differing interpretations. The discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to a particular stockholder in light of the stockholder’s particular circumstances or to certain types of stockholders subject to special treatment under the U.S. federal income tax laws, such as financial institutions, tax-exempt organizations, life insurance companies, dealers in securities or currencies, employee benefit plans, U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose “functional currency” is not the U.S. dollar, partnerships or other entities treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes, stockholders holding the shares as part of a conversion transaction, as part of a hedge or hedging transaction, or as a position in a straddle for U.S. federal income tax purposes or persons who received their shares through exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation. In addition, the discussion below does not consider the effect of any alternative minimum taxes, state or local or non-U.S. taxes or any U.S. federal tax laws other than those pertaining to income taxation. The discussion assumes that the shares are held as “capital assets” within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code. We have neither requested nor obtained a written opinion of counsel or a ruling from the IRS with respect to the tax matters discussed below.
 
As used herein, a “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of shares that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (i) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for these purposes) that is created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust if (x) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust, and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (y) it has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. As used herein, a “Non-U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of shares that is neither a


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U.S. Holder nor a partnership (or other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes). If a partnership (or other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds shares, the tax treatment of a partner will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A partnership holding shares and partners in such partnership should consult their tax advisors about the U.S. federal income tax consequences of a sale of shares for cash pursuant to the Offer.
 
Each stockholder should consult its own tax advisor as to the particular U.S. federal income tax consequences to such stockholder of tendering shares pursuant to the Offer and the applicability and effect of any state, local or non-U.S. tax laws and other tax consequences with respect to the Offer.
 
U.S. Federal Income Tax Treatment of U.S. Holders
 
Characterization of Sale of Shares Pursuant to the Offer.  The sale of shares by a stockholder for cash pursuant to the Offer will be a taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The U.S. federal income tax consequences to a U.S. Holder may vary depending upon the U.S. Holder’s particular facts and circumstances. Under Section 302 of the Code, the sale of shares by a stockholder for cash pursuant to the Offer will be treated as a “sale or exchange” of shares for U.S. federal income tax purposes, rather than as a distribution with respect to the shares held by the tendering U.S. Holder, if the sale (i) results in a “complete termination” of the U.S. Holder’s equity interest in us under Section 302(b)(3) of the Code, (ii) is a “substantially disproportionate” redemption with respect to the U.S. Holder under Section 302(b)(2) of the Code, or (iii) is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” with respect to the U.S. Holder under Section 302(b)(1) of the Code, each as described below (the “Section 302 Tests”).
 
The receipt of cash by a U.S. Holder will be a “complete termination” if either (i) the U.S. Holder owns none of our shares either actually or constructively immediately after the shares are sold pursuant to the Offer, or (ii) the U.S. Holder actually owns none of our shares immediately after the sale of shares pursuant to the Offer and, with respect to shares constructively owned by the U.S. Holder immediately after the Offer, the U.S. Holder is eligible to waive, and effectively waives, constructive ownership of all such shares under procedures described in Section 302(c) of the Code.
 
The receipt of cash by a U.S. Holder will be “substantially disproportionate” if the percentage of our outstanding shares actually and constructively owned by the U.S. Holder immediately following the sale of shares pursuant to the tender offer is less than 80% of the percentage of the outstanding shares actually and constructively owned by the U.S. Holder immediately before the sale of shares pursuant to the Offer.
 
Even if the receipt of cash by a U.S. Holder fails to satisfy the “complete termination” test and the “substantially disproportionate” test, a U.S. Holder may nevertheless satisfy the “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” test if the U.S. Holder’s surrender of shares pursuant to the Offer results in a “meaningful reduction” in the U.S. Holder’s interest in us. Whether the receipt of cash by a U.S. Holder will be “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” will depend upon the U.S. Holder’s particular facts and circumstances. The IRS has indicated in published rulings that even a small reduction in the proportionate interest of a small minority stockholder in a publicly held corporation who exercises no control over corporate affairs may constitute a “meaningful reduction.”
 
Special “constructive ownership” rules will apply in determining whether any of the Section 302 Tests has been satisfied. A U.S. Holder must take into account not only the shares that are actually owned by the U.S. Holder, but also shares that are constructively owned by the U.S. Holder within the meaning of Section 318 of the Code. Very generally, a U.S. Holder may constructively own shares actually owned, and in some cases constructively owned, by certain members of the U.S. Holder’s family and certain entities (such as corporations, partnerships, trusts and estates) in which the U.S. Holder has an equity interest, as well as shares the U.S. Holder has an option to purchase.
 
Contemporaneous dispositions or acquisitions of shares by a U.S. Holder or related individuals or entities may be deemed to be part of a single integrated transaction and may be taken into account in determining whether the Section 302 Tests have been satisfied. Each U.S. Holder should be aware that, because proration may occur in the Offer, even if all the shares actually and constructively owned by a stockholder are tendered pursuant to the Offer, fewer than all of these shares may be purchased by us. Thus, proration may affect whether the surrender of shares by


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a stockholder pursuant to the Offer will meet any of the Section 302 Tests. See Section 6 for information regarding an option to make a conditional tender of a minimum number of shares. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding whether to make a conditional tender of a minimum number of shares, and the appropriate calculation thereof.
 
U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of the three Section 302 Tests to their particular circumstances, including the effect of the constructive ownership rules on their sale of shares pursuant to the Offer.
 
Sale or Exchange Treatment.  If any of the above three Section 302 Tests is satisfied, and the sale of the shares is therefore treated as a “sale or exchange” for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the tendering U.S. Holder will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount of cash received by the U.S. Holder and such holder’s adjusted tax basis in the shares sold pursuant to the Offer. Generally, a U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the shares will be equal to the cost of the shares to the U.S. Holder. Any gain or loss will be capital gain or loss, and generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the shares that were sold exceeds one year as of the date of the purchase by us pursuant to Offer. Certain U.S. Holders (including individuals) are eligible for reduced rates of U.S. federal income tax in respect of long-term capital gain (maximum rate of 15%). A U.S. Holder’s ability to deduct capital losses is subject to limitations under the Code. A U.S. Holder must calculate gain or loss separately for each block of shares (generally, shares acquired at the same cost in a single transaction) that we purchase from the U.S. Holder pursuant to the Offer.
 
Distribution Treatment.  If none of the Section 302 Tests are satisfied, the tendering U.S. Holder will be treated as having received a distribution by us with respect to the U.S. Holder’s shares in an amount equal to the cash received by such holder pursuant to the Offer. The distribution would be treated as a dividend to the extent of such holder’s pro rata share of our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. Such a dividend would be taxed in its entirety without a reduction for the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis of the shares exchanged and the adjusted tax basis of such exchanged shares would be added to the adjusted tax basis of the U.S. Holder’s remaining shares, if any. Provided that minimum holding period requirements are met, non-corporate U.S. Holders (including individuals) generally will be subject to U.S. federal income taxation at a maximum rate of 15% on amounts treated as dividends. The amount of any distribution in excess of our current or accumulated earnings and profits would be treated as a return of the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the shares (with a corresponding reduction in such U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis until reduced to zero), and then as gain from the sale or exchange of the shares.
 
If a sale of shares by a corporate U.S. Holder is treated as a dividend, the corporate U.S. Holder may be (i) eligible for a dividends received deduction (subject to applicable exceptions and limitations) and (ii) subject to the “extraordinary dividend” provisions of Section 1059 of the Code. Corporate U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding (i) whether a dividend-received deduction will be available to them, and (ii) the application of Section 1059 of the Code to the ownership and disposition of their shares.
 
Based on our estimates, we expect to have current earnings and profits at the time of the repurchase. However, the determination of whether a corporation has current or accumulated earnings or profits is complex and the legal standards to be applied are subject to uncertainties and ambiguities. Additionally, whether a corporation has current earnings and profits can be determined only at the end of the taxable year. Accordingly, the extent to which a U.S. Holder will be treated as receiving a dividend if the repurchase of its shares pursuant to the Offer is not entitled to sale or exchange treatment under Section 302 of the Code is unclear.
 
U.S. Federal Income Tax Treatment of Non-U.S. Holders
 
Withholding for Non-U.S. Holders.  See Section 3 and the discussion below under “Distribution Treatment” with respect to the application of U.S. federal income tax withholding to payments made to Non-U.S. Holders pursuant to the Offer.
 
Sale or Exchange Treatment.  Gain realized by a Non-U.S. Holder on a sale of shares for cash pursuant to the Offer generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax if the sale is treated as a “sale or exchange” pursuant to the Section 302 Tests described above under “U.S. Federal Income Tax Treatment of U.S. Holders” unless (i) such


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gain is effectively connected with the conduct by such Non-U.S. Holder of a trade or business in the United States (and, if an income tax treaty applies, the gain is generally attributable to the U.S. permanent establishment maintained by such Non-U.S. Holder), (ii) in the case of gain realized by a Non-U.S. Holder that is an individual, such Non-U.S. Holder is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the sale and certain other conditions are met or (iii) the shares constitute a U.S. real property interest and the Non-U.S. Holder held, actually or constructively, at any time during the five-year period preceding the Offer more than 5% of our shares. Our shares will constitute a U.S. real property interest with respect to a Non-U.S. Holder if WebMD is or has been a “United States real property holding corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes at any time during the shorter of (i) the period during which the Non-U.S. Holder held shares or (ii) the five-year period ending on the date the Non-U.S. Holder sells shares pursuant to the Offer. WebMD does not believe that it has been a United States real property holding corporation at any time during the last five years.
 
Distribution Treatment.  If the Non-U.S. Holder does not satisfy any of the Section 302 Tests explained above, the full amount received by the Non-U.S. Holder with respect to the sale of shares to us pursuant to the Offer will be treated as a distribution to the Non-U.S. Holder with respect to the Non-U.S. Holder’s shares. The treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes of such distribution as a dividend, tax-free return of capital or as gain from the sale of shares will be determined in the manner described above under “U.S. Federal Income Tax Treatment of U.S. Holders.”
 
If a Non-U.S. Holder tenders shares held in a U.S. brokerage account or otherwise through a U.S. broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company, or other nominee, such U.S. broker or other nominee will generally be the withholding agent for the payment made to the Non-U.S. Holder pursuant to the Offer. Such U.S. brokers or other nominees may withhold or require certifications in this regard. Non-U.S. Holders tendering shares held through a U.S. broker or other nominee should consult such U.S. broker or other nominee and their own tax advisors to determine the particular withholding procedures that will be applicable to them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, even if a Non-U.S. Holder tenders shares held in its own name as a holder of record and delivers to the Depositary a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form) before any payment is made, the Depositary has advised WebMD that it will withhold 30% of the gross proceeds unless the Depositary determines that a reduced rate under an applicable income tax treaty or exemption from withholding is applicable, regardless of whether the payment is properly exempt from U.S. federal gross income tax under the “complete termination,” “substantially disproportionate,” or “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” test.
 
To obtain a reduced rate of withholding under a tax treaty, a Non-U.S. Holder must deliver to the Depositary a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form) before the payment is made. To obtain an exemption from withholding on the grounds that the gross proceeds paid pursuant to the Offer are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, a Non-U.S. Holder must deliver to the Depositary a properly completed IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form). A Non-U.S. Holder that qualifies for an exemption from withholding on these grounds generally will be required to file a U.S. federal income tax return and generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on income derived from the sale of shares pursuant to the Offer in the manner and to the extent as if it were a U.S. Holder, and in the case of a foreign corporation, an additional branch profits tax may be imposed, at a rate of 30% (or a lower rate specified in an applicable income tax treaty), with respect to such income.
 
A Non-U.S. Holder may be eligible to obtain a refund of all or a portion of any tax withheld if the Non-U.S. Holder (i) meets the “complete termination,” “substantially disproportionate” or “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” tests described in Section 14 that would characterize the exchange as a sale (as opposed to a dividend) with respect to which the Non-U.S. Holder is not subject to U.S. federal income tax or (ii) is otherwise able to establish that no tax or a reduced amount of tax is due.
 
Non-U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of U.S. federal withholding tax to the sale of shares pursuant to the Offer, including the eligibility for withholding tax reductions or exemptions and refund procedures.
 
Tax Considerations for Participants in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan


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Special tax consequences may apply with respect to shares tendered through the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan. Please refer to the letter that will be sent to plan participants from the applicable plan trustee for a discussion of the tax consequences applicable to shares held pursuant to those plans.
 
Tax Considerations for Holders of Vested Stock Options
 
Holders of vested stock options which are intended to be “incentive stock options” for U.S. federal income tax purposes should consult their own tax advisors as to the special tax consequences that may be applicable upon the exercise of any such options and the tender of the shares subject to such options pursuant to the Offer in light of the requisite holding periods under the Code.
 
Backup Withholding
 
See Section 3 with respect to the application of the U.S. federal backup withholding tax.
 
15.   Extension of the Tender Offer; Termination; Amendment
 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, we expressly reserve the right, in our sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, and regardless of whether or not any of the events set forth in Section 7 shall have occurred or shall be deemed by us to have occurred, to extend the period of time during which the Offer is open and thereby delay acceptance for payment of, and payment for, any shares by giving oral or written notice of such extension to the Depositary and making a public announcement of such extension. We also expressly reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate the Offer and not accept for payment or pay for any shares not theretofore accepted for payment or paid for or, subject to applicable law, to postpone payment for shares upon the occurrence of any of the conditions specified in Section 7 hereof by giving oral or written notice of such termination or postponement to the Depositary and making a public announcement of such termination or postponement. Our reservation of the right to delay payment for shares which we have accepted for payment is limited by Rule 13e-4(f)(5) promulgated under the Exchange Act, which requires that we pay the consideration offered or return the shares tendered promptly after termination or withdrawal of a tender offer. Subject to compliance with applicable law, we further reserve the right, in our sole discretion, and regardless of whether any of the events set forth in Section 7 shall have occurred or shall be deemed by us to have occurred, to amend the Offer in any respect, including, without limitation, by decreasing or increasing the consideration offered in the Offer to holders of shares or by decreasing or increasing the number of shares being sought in the Offer. Amendments to the Offer may be made at any time and from time to time effected by public announcement, such announcement, in the case of an extension, to be issued no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the last previously scheduled or announced Expiration Time. Any public announcement made under the Offer will be disseminated promptly to stockholders in a manner reasonably designed to inform stockholders of such change. Without limiting the manner in which we may choose to make a public announcement, except as required by applicable law, we shall have no obligation to publish, advertise or otherwise communicate any such public announcement other than by making a release through Business Wire or another comparable service. In addition, we would file such press release as an exhibit to the Schedule TO.
 
If we materially change the terms of the Offer or the information concerning the Offer, we will extend the Offer to the extent required by Rules 13e-4(d)(2), 13e-4(e)(3) and 13e-4(f)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act. These rules and certain related releases and interpretations of the Commission provide that the minimum period during which a tender offer must remain open following material changes in the terms of the Offer or information concerning the Offer (other than a change in price or a change in percentage of securities sought) will depend on the facts and circumstances, including the relative materiality of such terms or information; however, in no event will the Offer remain open for fewer than five business days following such a material change in the terms of, or information concerning, the Offer. If (1)(a) we increase or decrease the price to be paid for shares, (b) decrease the number of shares being sought in the Offer, or (c) increase the number of shares being sought in the Offer by more than 2% of our outstanding shares and (2) the Offer is scheduled to expire at any time earlier than the expiration of a period ending on the tenth business day from, and including, the date on which such notice of an increase or decrease is first published, sent or given to security holders in the manner specified in this Section 15, the Offer will be extended until the expiration of such period of ten business days.


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16.   Fees and Expenses
 
We have retained Innisfree M&A Incorporated to act as Information Agent and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC to act as Depositary in connection with the Offer. The Information Agent may contact holders of shares by mail, facsimile and personal interviews and may request brokers, dealers and other nominee stockholders to forward materials relating to the Offer to beneficial owners. The Information Agent and the Depositary will each receive reasonable and customary compensation for their respective services, will be reimbursed by us for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and will be indemnified against certain liabilities in connection with the Offer, including certain liabilities under the federal securities laws.
 
We will not pay any fees or commissions to brokers, dealers or other persons (other than fees to the Information Agent as described above) for soliciting tenders of shares pursuant to the Offer. Stockholders holding shares through brokers or banks are urged to consult the brokers or banks to determine whether transaction costs may apply if stockholders tender shares through the brokers or banks and not directly to the Depositary. We will, however, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers and commercial banks for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by them in forwarding the Offer and related materials to the beneficial owners of shares held by them as a nominee or in a fiduciary capacity. No broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company has been authorized to act as our agent or the agent of the Information Agent or the Depositary for purposes of the Offer. We will pay or cause to be paid all stock transfer taxes, if any, on our purchase of shares, except as otherwise provided in Instruction 6 in the Letter of Transmittal.
 
17.   Miscellaneous
 
We are not aware of any jurisdiction where the making of the Offer is not in compliance with applicable law. If we become aware of any jurisdiction where the making of the Offer or the acceptance of shares pursuant thereto is not in compliance with applicable law, we will make a good faith effort to comply with the applicable law. If, after such good faith effort, we cannot comply with the applicable law, the Offer will not be made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) the holders of shares in such jurisdiction.
 
Pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)(2) under the Exchange Act, we have filed with the Commission an Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, which contains additional information with respect to the Offer (the “Schedule TO”). The Schedule TO, including the exhibits and any amendments and supplements thereto, may be examined, and copies may be obtained, at the same places and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 10 with respect to information concerning us.
 
You should only rely on the information contained in this document or to which we have referred you. We have not authorized any person to make any recommendation on behalf of us as to whether you should tender or refrain from tendering your shares in the Offer. We have not authorized any person to give any information or to make any representation in connection with the Offer other than those contained in this document or in the related Letter of Transmittal. If given or made, any recommendation or any such information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized by us, the Information Agent or the Depositary.
 
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SCHEDULE I
 
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
The following table sets forth the name, present principal occupation or employment and 5-year employment history of the directors and executive officers of WebMD Health Corp. (“WebMD”). The business address of each director and executive officer is 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011. Each director and executive officer of WebMD is a United States citizen, except for Dr. Abdool Rahim Moossa, who is a citizen of the United Kingdom and a permanent resident of the United States.
 
     
    Present Principal Occupation or Employment and Material Positions
Name
 
Held During the Past 5 Years
 
Mark J. Adler, M.D. 
  Mark J. Adler, M.D. has been a member of WebMD’s Board of Directors since September 2005. From September 2000 until completion of the merger of HLTH Corporation (“HLTH”) into WebMD (the “Merger”) in October 2009, Dr. Adler was a member of HLTH’s Board of Directors. Dr. Adler is an oncologist and has, for more than five years, been CEO and Medical Director of the San Diego Cancer Center and a director of the San Diego Cancer Research Institute. Until April 2006, he had also been, for more than five years, the Chief Executive Officer of the internal medicine and oncology group of Medical Group of North County, which is based in San Diego, California, and he continues to be a member of that Medical Group.
Paul A. Brooke
  Paul A. Brooke became a member of WebMD’s Board of Directors in October 2009, upon completion of the Merger. Mr. Brooke had been a member of HLTH’s Board of Directors from November 2000 until the Merger. Mr. Brooke has been a Managing Member of venBio, a private equity group specializing in life sciences investing, since early this year. Mr. Brooke has been the Managing Member of PMSV Holdings LLC, a private investment firm, since 1993. Mr. Brooke was a Senior Advisor to Morgan Stanley from 2000 to 2009. Mr. Brooke was Chairman of the Board of Alsius Corporation, a medical device company, from 2007 until its sale in 2009, and was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of a predecessor company from 2005 to 2007. From 1997 through 2006, Mr. Brooke was a Venture Partner of MPM Capital, a venture capital firm specializing in the healthcare industry. From 1983 until April 1999, Mr. Brooke was a Managing Director and the Global Head of Healthcare Research and Strategy at Morgan Stanley. From April 1999 until May 2000, he was a Managing Director at Tiger Management LLC. He serves as a member of the boards of directors of the following public companies: Incyte Corporation, a drug discovery company; and Viropharma Incorporated, a pharmaceutical company.


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    Present Principal Occupation or Employment and Material Positions
Name
 
Held During the Past 5 Years
 
Kevin M. Cameron
  Kevin M. Cameron became a member of WebMD’s Board of Directors in October 2009, upon completion of the Merger. Mr. Cameron had been a member of HLTH’s Board of Directors from October 2004 until the Merger. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of HLTH from October 2004 until February 2008, when he went on medical leave. Since November 2009, Mr. Cameron has served as Special Advisor to the Chairman of WebMD. From November 2005 until November 2006, Mr. Cameron also served as Acting CEO of Emdeon Business Services, which was then one of HLTH’s segments. From January 2002 until October 2004, Mr. Cameron was Special Advisor to the Chairman of HLTH. From September 2000 to January 2002, he served as Executive Vice President, Business Development of HLTH and, in addition, from September 2001 through January 2002, was a member of the Office of the President. From April 2000 until its merger with HLTH in September 2000, Mr. Cameron served as Executive Vice President, Business Development of a predecessor to HLTH. Prior to April 2000, Mr. Cameron was a Managing Director of the Health Care Investment Banking Group of UBS and held various positions at Salomon Smith Barney.
Neil F. Dimick
  Neil F. Dimick has been a member of WebMD’s Board of Directors since September 2005. From December 2002 until completion of the Merger in October 2009, Mr. Dimick was a member of HLTH’s Board of Directors. Mr. Dimick served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a wholesale distributor of pharmaceuticals, from 2001 to 2002, and as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and as a director of Bergen Brunswig Corporation, a wholesale distributor of pharmaceuticals, for more than five years prior to its merger in 2001 with AmeriSource Health Corporation to form AmerisourceBergen. He also serves as a member of the boards of directors of the following companies: Alliance Imaging Inc., a provider of outsourced diagnostic imaging services to hospitals and other healthcare companies; Global Resources Professionals, an international professional services firm that provides outsourced services to companies on a project basis; Mylan Laboratories, Inc., a pharmaceutical manufacturer; and Thoratec Corporation, a developer of products to treat cardiovascular disease.
Nan-Kirsten Forte
  Nan-Kirsten Forte has, since July 2005, served as Executive Vice President, Consumer Services of WebMD and, for more than five years prior to that, had similar responsibilities at HLTH, where she focused on the consumer portals. From 1997 until its merger with HLTH in November 1999, Ms. Forte was President, Programming and Product Development of Medcast, Greenberg News Networks. Prior to Medcast, she was President of Health of iVillage where she launched iVillage’s first health channel, called “Better Health.” Ms. Forte has been a member of the American Medical Writers Association and the American Medical Illustrators Association.

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    Present Principal Occupation or Employment and Material Positions
Name
 
Held During the Past 5 Years
 
Wayne T. Gattinella
  Wayne T. Gattinella has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of WebMD and as a member of WebMD’s Board of Directors since 2005. Mr. Gattinella served as Chief Executive Officer of HLTH’s WebMD segment from 2005 until the Merger, and as that segment’s President from the time he joined HLTH in 2001. From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Gattinella was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for People PC, an Internet services provider. Mr. Gattinella had previously held senior management positions with Merck-Medco (now Medco Health Solutions) and MCI Telecommunications. Mr. Gattinella is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Drexel University College of Medicine.
Jerome C. Keller
  Jerome C. Keller has been a member of WebMD’s Board of Directors since September 2005. From 1997 until he retired in October 2005, Mr. Keller served as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Martek Biosciences Corporation, a company that develops and sells microalgae products, and he has served, since October 2005, as a member of its board of directors. He served as Vice President of Sales for Merck & Co. Inc., a pharmaceutical company, from 1986 to 1993.
James V. Manning
  James V. Manning has been a member of WebMD’s Board of Directors since September 2005. From September 2000 until completion of the Merger in October 2009, Mr. Manning was a member of HLTH’s Board of Directors. Prior to that, he was a member of a predecessor company’s board of directors for more than five years.
Abdool Rahim Moossa, M.D. 
  Abdool Rahim Moossa, M.D. has been a member of WebMD’s Board of Directors since September 2005. He currently serves as the Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Emeritus Chairman, Associate Dean and Special Counsel to the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, Director of Tertiary and Quaternary Referral Services for the University of California, San Diego, or UCSD. Prior to that he served as Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, UCSD from 1983 to 2003. He also serves as a member of the board of directors of the Foundation for Surgical Education.
William Pence
  William Pence joined WebMD as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer in November 2007. Before joining WebMD, Dr. Pence had served as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at Napster since 2003. From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Pence was the Chief Technology Officer for Universal Music Group’s online initiatives and for the pressplay joint venture with Sony. That joint venture later served as the basis for the relaunched Napster service. Previously, Dr. Pence spent more than a decade at IBM, where he held various technology management positions in Research as well as in the Software Division, focused on guiding research and development and commercializing technology for IBM product divisions. Dr. Pence received a B.S. degree in Physics from the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.
 

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    Present Principal Occupation or Employment and Material Positions
Name
 
Held During the Past 5 Years
 
Herman Sarkowsky
  Herman Sarkowsky became a member of WebMD’s Board of Directors in October 2009, upon completion of the Merger. Mr. Sarkowsky was a member of HLTH’s Board of Directors from November 2000 until the Merger. Prior to that, he was a member of a predecessor company’s board of directors for more than five years. Since July 2010, Mr. Sarkowsky has been a member of the Board of Directors of Power Efficiency Corp., which develops and markets energy saving technologies for electric motors. Since 2009, Mr. Sarkowsky has been a member of The UW Medicine Board, which advises and assists the chief executive officer and the dean of the School of Medicine of the University of Washington in strategic planning and oversight of programs across UW Medicine. Prior to that, Mr. Sarkowsky served on the University of Washington Hospital Board for 12 years, during two of which he was chairman of that board. Mr. Sarkowsky has been President of Sarkowsky Investment Corporation, a private investment company, for more than five years.
Joseph E. Smith
  Joseph E. Smith became a member of WebMD’s Board of Directors in October 2009, upon completion of the Merger. Mr. Smith was a member of HLTH’s Board of Directors from September 2000 until the Merger. Mr. Smith served in various positions with Warner-Lambert Company, a pharmaceutical company, from March 1989 to September 1997, the last of which was Corporate Executive Vice President and a member of the Office of the Chairman and the firm’s Management Committee. Mr. Smith serves on the board of directors of Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of generic and branded pharmaceuticals, and on the Board of Trustees of the International Longevity Center, a non-profit organization.
Stanley S. Trotman, Jr. 
  Stanley S. Trotman, Jr. has been a member of WebMD’s Board of Directors since September 2005. Mr. Trotman retired in 2001 from UBS Financial Services, Inc. after it acquired, in 2000, PaineWebber Incorporated, an investment banking firm where he had been a Managing Director with the Health Care Group since 1995. He serves as a member of the board of directors of American Shared Hospital Services, a public company that provides radio surgery services to medical centers for use in brain surgery. He also serves as a director of Ascend Health Care Corp., a privately-held company that provides services to acute psychiatric patients.
Anthony Vuolo
  Anthony Vuolo became Chief Financial Officer of WebMD in November 2009. Mr. Vuolo has also been Chief Operating Officer of WebMD since July 2007. From May 2005 until August 2007, Mr. Vuolo served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of WebMD. Mr. Vuolo served as Executive Vice President, Business Development of HLTH from May 2003 until July 2005. From September 2000 to May 2003, Mr. Vuolo was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HLTH. Prior to that, Mr. Vuolo served in senior management positions at HLTH and its predecessors for more than five years.

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    Present Principal Occupation or Employment and Material Positions
Name
 
Held During the Past 5 Years
 
Douglas W. Wamsley
  Douglas W. Wamsley has, since July 2005, served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of WebMD. From September 2001 until July 2005, Mr. Wamsley served as Senior Vice President — Legal of HLTH, focusing on its WebMD segment. Prior to joining HLTH, Mr. Wamsley served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Medical Logistics, Inc. from February 2000 through July 2001.
Martin J. Wygod
  Martin J. Wygod has, since May 2005, served as Chairman of the Board of WebMD. From March 2001 until the Merger in October 2009, Mr. Wygod served as HLTH’s Chairman of the Board and served as a member of its Board of Directors from September 2000 until the Merger. Mr. Wygod also served as HLTH’s Acting Chief Executive Officer from February 2008 until the Merger and as its Chief Executive Officer from September 2000 until May 2003. He is also engaged in the business of racing, boarding and breeding thoroughbred horses, and is President of River Edge Farm, Inc.
Steven Zatz, M.D. 
  Steven Zatz, M.D. has, since July 2005, served as Executive Vice President, Professional Services of WebMD. From October 2000 to July 2005, Dr. Zatz had similar responsibilities at HLTH, where he focused on the physician portals. Dr. Zatz was Senior Vice President, Medical Director of CareInsite, Inc. from June 1999 until its acquisition by HLTH in September 2000. Prior to joining CareInsite, Dr. Zatz was a Senior Vice President of RR Donnelly Financial in charge of its healthcare business from October 1998 to May 1999. From August 1995 to May 1998, Dr. Zatz was President of Physicians’ Online, an online portal for physicians.


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(WEBMD HEALTH CORP. LOGO)
 
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
August 10, 2010
 
Facsimile copies of the Letter of Transmittal, properly completed and duly executed, will be accepted. The Letter of Transmittal, certificates for shares and any other required documents should be sent or delivered by each stockholder of the Company or his or her bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee to the Depositary as follows:
 
         
    The Depositary for the Offer is:    
         
    (AST LOGO)    
         
By Mail or Overnight Courier:
  By Facsimile Transmission   By Hand:
American Stock Transfer
  (for eligible institutions only):   American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company, LLC
  American Stock Transfer   & Trust Company, LLC
Attention: Reorganization
  & Trust Company, LLC   Attention: Reorganization
Department
  Attention: Reorganization   Department
6201 15th Avenue
  Department   59 Maiden Lane
Brooklyn, NY 11219
  Facsimile: 718-234-5001   Plaza Level
    To confirm: 1-877-248-6417   New York, NY 10038
 
DELIVERY OF THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY TO THE DEPOSITARY.
 
Questions and requests for assistance or for additional copies of this Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be directed to the Information Agent at the telephone number and location listed below. You may also contact your bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer.
 
The Information Agent for the Offer is:
 
(INNISFREE LOGO)
Innisfree M&A Incorporated
501 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10022
 
Stockholders call toll-free: 1-888-750-5834
Banks and Brokers call collect: 212-750-5833

EX-99.(A)(1)(B) 3 g24280exv99wxayx1yxby.htm EX-99.(A)(1)(B) exv99wxayx1yxby
Exhibit (a)(1)(B)
 
Letter of Transmittal
 
To Tender Shares of Common Stock
Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase
Dated August 10, 2010
 
by
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
of
Up to 3,000,000 Shares of Its Common Stock
at a Purchase Price of $52.00 Per Share
 
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT
5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010, UNLESS THE
OFFER IS EXTENDED.
 
     
By Mail or Overnight Courier:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
Attention: Reorganization Department
6201 15th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
  By Hand:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
Attention: Reorganization Department
59 Maiden Lane
Plaza Level
New York, NY 10038
 
The instructions set forth in this Letter of Transmittal should be read carefully before this Letter of Transmittal is completed.
 
Indicate below the order (by certificate number) in which shares are to be purchased in the event of proration (attach additional signed list if necessary). If you do not designate an order, if less than all shares tendered are purchased due to proration, shares will be selected for purchase by the Depositary. See Instruction 14.
1st:            2nd:            3rd:            4th:            5th:           
 ­ ­
 
o Lost Certificates.  I have lost my certificate(s) for            shares and require assistance in replacing the shares. (See Instruction 11).
 
                   
DESCRIPTION OF SHARES TENDERED (See Instructions 3 and 4)
Name(s) and Address(es) of Registered Holders(s)
    Shares of Common Stock Tendered
(Please fill in, if blank, exactly as name(s) appear(s) on certificate(s))     (Attach Additional Signed List if Necessary)
            Total Number
     
            of Shares
    Number
      Certificate
    Represented by
    of Shares
      Number(s)*     Certificate(s)*     Tendered**
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
 
  * Need not be completed if shares are tendered by book-entry transfer.
 ** Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all shares described above are being tendered. See Instruction 4.
                   


 

 
This Letter of Transmittal is to be used either if certificates for shares (as defined below) are to be forwarded herewith or, unless an agent’s message (as defined in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase (as defined below)) is utilized, if delivery of shares is to be made by book-entry transfer to an account maintained by the Depositary (as defined below) at the book-entry transfer facility (as defined in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase) pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. Tendering stockholders whose certificates for shares are not immediately available or who cannot deliver either the certificates for, or a book-entry confirmation (as defined in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase) with respect to, their shares and all other documents required hereby to the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time (as defined in Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase) must tender their shares in accordance with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. See Instruction 2.
 
Your attention is directed in particular to the following:
 
1. If you want to retain your shares, you do not need to take any action.
 
2. If you want to participate in the Offer (as defined below), you should complete this Letter of Transmittal.
 
DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY DOES NOT CONSTITUTE DELIVERY TO THE DEPOSITARY.
 
o  CHECK HERE IF TENDERED SHARES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER MADE TO AN ACCOUNT MAINTAINED BY THE DEPOSITARY WITH THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING (ONLY PARTICIPANTS IN THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY MAY DELIVER SHARES BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER):
 
 
Name of Tendering Institution: 
 
 
Account Number: 
 
 
Transaction Code Number: 
 
 
 
o  CHECK HERE IF TENDERED SHARES ARE BEING DELIVERED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY PREVIOUSLY SENT TO THE DEPOSITARY. ENCLOSE A PHOTO-COPY OF THE NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
 
 
Name(s) of Registered Owners(s): 
 
 
Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery: 
 
 
Name of Institution that Guaranteed Delivery: 
 
 
If delivered by book-entry transfer, check box: o 
 


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ODD LOTS
(See Instruction 13)
 
To be completed ONLY if shares are being tendered by or on behalf of a person owning, beneficially or of record, an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares. The undersigned either (check one box):
 
  o  is the beneficial or record owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares, all of which are being tendered; or
 
  o  is a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company, or other nominee that (a) is tendering for the beneficial owner(s), shares with respect to which it is the record holder, and (b) believes, based upon representations made to it by the beneficial owner(s), that each such person is the beneficial owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares and is tendering all of the shares.
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CONDITIONAL TENDER
(See Instruction 12)
 
A tendering stockholder may condition his or her tender of shares upon the Company purchasing a specified minimum number of the shares tendered, all as described in Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase. Unless at least the minimum number of shares you indicate below is purchased by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Offer, none of the shares tendered by you will be purchased. It is the tendering stockholder’s responsibility to calculate the minimum number of shares that must be purchased if any are purchased, and each stockholder is urged to consult his or her own tax advisor before completing this section. Unless this box has been checked and a minimum specified, your tender will be deemed unconditional.
 
  o  The minimum number of shares that must be purchased from me, if any are purchased from me, is:                 shares.
 
If, because of proration, the minimum number of shares designated will not be purchased, the Company may accept conditional tenders by random lot, if necessary. However, to be eligible for purchase by random lot, the tendering stockholder must have tendered all of his or her shares and checked this box:
 
o The tendered shares represent all shares held by the undersigned.
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EXCHANGE OF PHYSICAL STOCK CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE MERGER
(See Instruction 16)
 
To be completed ONLY if physical stock certificates representing shares of common stock of HLTH Corporation (“HLTH”) or one of its predecessor companies are being submitted. The Depositary will (1) process, in its capacity as Exchange Agent for the October 23, 2009 merger of HLTH into the Company (as defined below), the exchange of your stock certificate(s) into shares of common stock of the Company, which will result in each share of HLTH common stock represented by a properly submitted certificate being converted into 0.4444 shares of the Company’s common stock (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share); and (2) in its capacity as the Depositary, receive your tender of all or a portion of the resulting shares of the Company’s common stock, which will then be treated in the same manner as other shares of the Company’s common stock tendered into the Offer.
 
  o  The undersigned is submitting stock certificates representing                 shares of common stock of                 (please specify HLTH or one of its predecessor companies).
 
  o  The undersigned wishes to tender in the Offer                 shares of the Company’s common stock resulting from the exchange of certificates representing shares of HLTH common stock or one of its predecessor companies.
 
To the extent any shares of common stock of the Company resulting from the exchange of certificates representing HLTH common stock remain unpurchased after the expiration or termination of the Offer, the Depositary will return such shares in accordance with the holder’s instructions, pursuant to this Letter of Transmittal, for delivery of shares not tendered or not accepted for payment.


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Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
The undersigned hereby tenders to WebMD Health Corp. (the “Company”) the above-described shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the “shares”), of the Company, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Company’s Offer to Purchase dated August 10, 2010 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and this Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any amendments or supplements thereto or hereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the shares shall refer to the common stock of the Company.
 
Subject to and effective on acceptance for payment of, and payment for, the shares tendered with this Letter of Transmittal in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, the Company, all right, title and interest in and to all the shares that are being tendered hereby and irrevocably constitutes and appoints American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Depositary”), the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the undersigned, with full power of substitution (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest), to the full extent of the undersigned’s rights with respect to such shares, to (a) deliver certificates for such shares or transfer ownership of such shares on the account books maintained by the book-entry transfer facility, together, in any such case, with all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity to, or upon the order of the Company, (b) present such shares for cancellation and transfer on the Company’s books and (c) receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such shares, all in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
 
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the shares tendered hereby and that, when the same are accepted for purchase by the Company, the Company will acquire good title thereto, free and clear of all security interests, liens, restrictions, claims and encumbrances, and the same will not be subject to any adverse claim or right. The undersigned will, on request by the Depositary or the Company, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Depositary or the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the shares tendered hereby, all in accordance with the terms of the Offer.
 
All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred pursuant to this Letter of Transmittal shall be binding on the successors, assigns, heirs, personal representatives, executors, administrators and other legal representatives of the undersigned and shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death or incapacity of the undersigned. Except as stated in the Offer to Purchase, this tender is irrevocable.
 
The undersigned understands that the valid tender of shares pursuant to any of the procedures described in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase and in the instructions to this Letter of Transmittal will constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
 
It is a violation of Rule 14e-4 promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) for a person acting alone or in concert with others, directly or indirectly, to tender shares for such person’s own account unless at the time of tender and at the expiration date such person has a “net long position” in (a) the shares that is equal to or greater than the amount tendered and will deliver or cause to be delivered such shares for the purpose of tender to the Company within the period specified in the Offer, or (b) other securities immediately convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable into shares (“Equivalent Securities”) that is equal to or greater than the amount tendered and, upon the acceptance of such tender, will acquire such shares by conversion, exchange or exercise of such Equivalent Securities to the extent required by the terms of the Offer and will deliver or cause to be delivered such shares so acquired for the purpose of tender to the Company within the period specified in the Offer. Rule 14e-4 also provides a similar restriction applicable to the tender or guarantee of a tender on behalf of another person. A tender of shares made pursuant to any method of delivery set forth in this Letter of Transmittal will constitute the undersigned’s representation and warranty to the Company that (a) the undersigned has a “net long position” in shares or Equivalent Securities being tendered within the meaning of Rule 14e-4, and (b) such tender of shares complies with Rule 14e-4.
 
The undersigned understands that all shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be purchased at the purchase price, without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, including its proration provisions, “odd lot” provisions and conditional tender provisions, and that the Company will return at its expense all other shares including shares not purchased because of proration or conditional tenders, promptly following the Expiration Time.
 


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Unless otherwise indicated herein under “Special Payment Instructions,” please issue the check for payment of the purchase price and/or return any certificates for shares not tendered or accepted for payment in the name(s) of the registered holder(s) appearing under “Description of Shares Tendered.” Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under “Special Delivery Instructions,” please mail the check for payment of the purchase price and/or return any certificates for shares not tendered or accepted for payment (and accompanying documents, as appropriate) to the address(es) of the registered holder(s) appearing under “Description of Shares Tendered.” In the event that both the “Special Delivery Instructions” and the “Special Payment Instructions” are completed, please issue the check for payment of the purchase price and/or return any certificates for shares not tendered or accepted for payment (and any accompanying documents, as appropriate) in the name(s) of, and deliver such check and/or return such certificates (and any accompanying documents, as appropriate) to, the person or persons so indicated. Please credit any shares tendered herewith by book-entry transfer that are not accepted for payment by crediting the account at the book-entry transfer facility designated above. The undersigned recognizes that the Company has no obligation pursuant to the “Special Payment Instructions” to transfer any shares from the name of the registered holder(s) thereof if the Company does not accept for payment any of the shares so tendered.
 
NOTE: SIGNATURE MUST BE PROVIDED ON PAGE 6 BELOW.


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SPECIAL PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instructions 1, 5, 6, and 7)
 
To be completed ONLY if certificates for shares not tendered or not accepted for payment and/or the check for payment of the purchase price of shares accepted for payment are to be issued in the name of someone other than the undersigned, or if shares tendered hereby and delivered by book-entry transfer which are not purchased are to be returned by crediting them to an account at the book-entry transfer facility other than the account designated above.
 
Issue: o  Check o  Certificate(s) to:
 
Name 
(Please Print)
 
Address 
(Include Zip Code)
 
(Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number)
 
(See Substitute Form W-9 Included Herewith)
 
Check and complete if applicable:
 
o Credit shares delivered by book-entry transfer and not purchased to the account set forth below:
 
Account Number: 
 
SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instructions 1, 5, 6 and 7)
 
To be completed ONLY if certificates for shares not tendered or not accepted for payment and/or the check for payment of the purchase price of shares accepted for payment are to be sent to someone other than the undersigned or to the undersigned at an address other than that above.
 
Mail: o  Check o  Certificate(s) to:
 
Name: 
(Please Print)
 
Address 
(Include Zip Code)
(Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number)
 
(See Substitute Form W-9 Included Herewith)
 
 
 
 
 
SIGN HERE
(Also Complete Substitute Form W-9 Below)
 
 
(Signature(s) of Stockholder(s))
 
Dated:                , 20     
 
(Must be signed by registered holder(s) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on stock certificate(s) for the shares or on a security position listing or by person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by certificates and documents transmitted herewith. If signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please provide the following information and see Instruction 5.)
 
Name(s) 
 
(Please Print)
 
Capacity (full title) 
 
Address 
 
(Include Zip Code)
 
Daytime Area Code and Telephone Number: 
 
Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number: 
 
(Complete Accompanying Substitute Form W-9)


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GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURE(S)
(If Required — See Instructions 1 and 5)
 
Authorized Signature: 
 
Name(s): 
 
 
(Please Print)
 
Name of Firm: 
 
Title: 
 
Address 
 
 
(Include Zip Code)
 
Daytime Area Code and Telephone Number: 
 
Dated:                , 20     
 


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INSTRUCTIONS
 
Forming Part of the Terms and Conditions of the Offer
 
1. Guarantee of Signatures.  No signature guarantee is required on this Letter of Transmittal if either (a) this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) (which term, for purposes of this Instruction 1, includes any participant in the book-entry transfer facility’s system whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the shares) of shares tendered herewith, unless such registered holder(s) has completed either the box entitled “Special Payment Instructions” or the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions” on this Letter of Transmittal or (b) such shares are tendered for the account of a firm that is a member in good standing of a recognized Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Association, Inc., including the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchange Medallion Program, or is otherwise an “eligible guarantor institution,” as that term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (each, an “eligible institution”). In all other cases, all signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an eligible institution. Stockholders may also need to have any certificates they deliver endorsed or accompanied by a stock power, and the signatures on these documents also may need to be guaranteed. See Instruction 5.
 
2. Requirements of Tender.  This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed by stockholders either if certificates are to be forwarded herewith or, unless an agent’s message (as defined below) is utilized, if delivery of shares is to be made pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. For a stockholder validly to tender shares pursuant to the Offer, either (a) a Letter of Transmittal (or a facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, together with any required signature guarantees, or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an agent’s message, and any other required documents, must be received by the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back of this Letter of Transmittal prior to the Expiration Time and either certificates for tendered shares must be received by the Depositary at one of such addresses or shares must be delivered pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth herein (and a book-entry confirmation must be received by the Depositary), in each case prior to the Expiration Time, or (b) the tendering stockholder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth below and in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.
 
Stockholders whose certificates for shares are not immediately available or who cannot deliver their certificates and all other required documents to the Depositary or complete the procedures for book-entry transfer prior to the Expiration Time may tender their shares by properly completing and duly executing the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. Pursuant to those procedures, (a) tender must be made by or through an eligible institution, (b) a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, in the form provided by the Company, must be received by the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time and (c) the certificates for all tendered shares in proper form for transfer (or a book-entry confirmation with respect to all such shares), together with a Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees, or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an agent’s message, and any other required documents, must be received by the Depositary, in each case within three trading days after the date of execution of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery as provided in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. A “trading day” is any day on which the NASDAQ Global Select Market is open for business. The term “agent’s message” means a message transmitted by the book-entry transfer facility to, and received by, the Depositary and forming a part of a book-entry confirmation, which states that such book-entry transfer facility has received an express acknowledgment from the participant in the book-entry transfer facility tendering the shares that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Letter of Transmittal and that the Company may enforce such agreement against such participant.
 
The method of delivery of shares, this Letter of Transmittal and all other required documents, including delivery through the book-entry transfer facility, is at the sole election and risk of the tendering stockholder. Shares will be deemed delivered only when actually received by the Depositary (including, in the case of a book-entry transfer, by book-entry confirmation). If delivery is by mail, registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, is recommended. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery.
 
Except as specifically provided by the Offer to Purchase, no alternative, conditional or contingent tenders will be accepted. No fractional shares will be purchased. All tendering stockholders, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal (or a facsimile hereof), waive any right to receive any notice of the acceptance for payment of their shares.
 
3. Inadequate Space.  If the space provided in the box entitled “Description of Shares Tendered” in this Letter of Transmittal is inadequate, the certificate numbers and/or the number of shares stock should be listed on a separate signed schedule attached hereto.


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4. Partial Tenders (Not Applicable to Stockholders Who Tender by Book-Entry Transfer).  If fewer than all the shares represented by any certificate submitted to the Depositary are to be tendered, fill in the number of shares that are to be tendered in the box entitled “Number of Shares Tendered.” In that case, if any tendered shares are purchased, new certificate(s) for the remainder of the shares that were evidenced by the old certificate(s) will be sent to the registered holder(s), unless otherwise provided in the appropriate box on this Letter of Transmittal, as soon as practicable after the acceptance for payment of, and payment for, the shares tendered herewith. All shares represented by certificates delivered to the Depositary will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated.
 
5. Signatures on Letter of Transmittal, Stock Powers and Endorsements.  If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of the shares tendered hereby, the signature(s) must correspond exactly with the name(s) as written on the face of the certificate(s) without any change whatsoever.
 
If any of the shares tendered hereby are owned of record by two or more joint owners, all such persons must sign this Letter of Transmittal.
 
If any shares tendered hereby are registered in different names on several certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate Letters of Transmittal as there are different registrations of certificates.
 
If this Letter of Transmittal or any certificate or stock power is signed by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, he or she should so indicate when signing, and proper evidence satisfactory to the Company of his or her authority to so act must be submitted with this Letter of Transmittal.
 
If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered owner(s) of the shares tendered hereby, no endorsements of certificates or separate stock powers are required unless payment of the purchase price is to be made, or certificates for shares not tendered or accepted for payment are to be issued, to a person other than the registered owner(s). Signatures on any such certificates or stock powers must be guaranteed by an eligible institution.
 
If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered owner(s) of the shares tendered hereby, or if payment is to be made or certificate(s) for shares not tendered or not purchased are to be issued to a person other than the registered owner(s), the certificate(s) representing such shares must be properly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by appropriate stock powers, in either case signed exactly as the name(s) of the registered owner(s) appear(s) on the certificates(s). The signature(s) on any such certificate(s) or stock power(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible institution. See Instruction 1.
 
6. Stock Transfer Taxes.  The Company will pay any stock transfer taxes with respect to the transfer and sale of shares to it pursuant to the Offer. If, however, payment of the purchase price is to be made to, or if shares not tendered or accepted for payment are to be registered in the name of, any person(s) other than the registered owner(s), or if shares tendered hereby are registered in the name(s) of any person(s) other than the person(s) signing this Letter of Transmittal, the amount of any stock transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered owner(s) or such person(s)) payable on account of the transfer to such person(s) will be deducted from the purchase price unless satisfactory evidence of the payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is submitted with this Letter of Transmittal.
 
Except as provided in this Instruction 6, it will not be necessary for transfer tax stamps to be affixed to the certificates listed in this Letter of Transmittal.
 
7. Special Payment and Delivery Instructions.  If a check for the purchase price of any shares accepted for payment is to be issued in the name of, and/or certificates for any shares not accepted for payment or not tendered are to be issued in the name of and/or returned to, a person other than the signer of this Letter of Transmittal or if a check is to be sent, and/or such certificates are to be returned, to a person other than the signer of this Letter of Transmittal or to an address other than that shown above, the appropriate boxes on this Letter of Transmittal should be completed and signatures must be guaranteed as described in Instructions 1 and 5.
 
8. Irregularities.  The Company will determine in its sole discretion all questions as to the number of shares to accept, and the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt), and acceptance for payment of any tender of shares. Any such determinations will be final and binding on all parties, subject to a stockholder’s right to challenge our determination in a court of competent jurisdiction. The Company reserves the absolute right to reject any or all tenders of shares it determines not be in proper form or the acceptance of which or payment for which may, in the Company’s opinion, be unlawful. The Company also reserves the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in the tender of any particular shares, and the Company’s interpretation of the terms of the Offer, including these instructions, will be final and binding on all parties. No tender of shares will be deemed to be properly made until all defects and irregularities have been cured or waived. Unless waived, any defects or


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irregularities in connection with tenders must be cured within such time as the Company shall determine. None of the Company, the Depositary, the Information Agent (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) or any other person is or will be obligated to give notice of any defects or irregularities in tenders and none of them will incur any liability for failure to give any such notice.
 
9. U.S. Federal Backup Withholding Tax.  Under the U.S. federal backup withholding tax rules, 28% of the gross proceeds payable to a stockholder or other payee in the Offer must be withheld and remitted to the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, unless the stockholder or other payee provides such person’s taxpayer identification number (employer identification number or social security number) to the Depositary or other payor and certifies under penalties of perjury that this number is correct or otherwise establishes an exemption. If the Depositary or other payor is not provided with the correct taxpayer identification number or another adequate basis for exemption, the stockholder may be subject to backup withholding tax and may be subject to certain penalties imposed by the IRS. Therefore, each tendering stockholder that is a U.S. Holder (as defined in Section 14 of the Offer to Purchase) should complete and sign the Substitute Form W-9 included as a part of the Letter of Transmittal in order to provide the information and certification necessary to avoid the backup withholding tax, unless the stockholder otherwise establishes an exemption from the backup withholding tax to the satisfaction of the Depositary. The backup withholding tax is not an additional tax, and any amounts withheld under the backup withholding tax rules will be allowed as a refund or credit against a stockholder’s U.S. federal income tax liability provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. A U.S. Holder (or other payee) should write “Applied For” in the space for the TIN provided on the attached Substitute Form W-9 and must also complete the attached “Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number” if such U.S. Holder (or other payee) has not been issued a TIN and has applied for a TIN or intends to apply for a TIN in the near future. If the Depositary is not provided with a TIN prior to payment, the Depositary will withhold 28% on all such payments.
 
Certain stockholders (including, among others, all corporations and certain Non-U.S. Holders (as defined in Section 14 of the Offer to Purchase)) are not subject to these backup withholding tax rules. In order for a Non-U.S. Holder to qualify as an exempt recipient, that stockholder must submit an IRS Form W-8BEN (or a suitable substitute form), signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to that stockholder’s non-U.S. status. The applicable form can be obtained from the Depositary. A Non-U.S. Holder that submits a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN may still be subject to the regular withholding tax on gross proceeds payable to such holder. See Withholding for Non-U.S. Holders and Section 3 and Section 14 of the Offer to Purchase.
 
Stockholders are urged to consult with their tax advisors regarding possible qualifications for exemption from backup withholding tax and the procedure for obtaining any applicable exemption.
 
Withholding For Non-U.S. Holders.  A payment made to a Non-U.S. Holder pursuant to the Offer will be subject to U.S. federal income and withholding tax unless the Non-U.S. Holder meets the “complete termination,” “substantially disproportionate,” or “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” test described in Section 14 of the Offer to Purchase. If a Non-U.S. Holder tenders shares held in a U.S. brokerage account or otherwise through a U.S. broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company, or other nominee, such U.S. broker or other nominee will generally be the withholding agent for the payment made to the Non-U.S. Holder pursuant to the Offer. Such U.S. brokers or other nominees may withhold or require certifications in this regard. Non-U.S. Holders tendering shares held through a U.S. broker or other nominee should consult such U.S. broker or other nominee and their own tax advisors to determine the particular withholding procedures that will be applicable to them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, even if a Non-U.S. Holder tenders shares held in its own name as a holder of record and delivers to the Depositary a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form) before any payment is made, the Depositary has advised WebMD that it will withhold 30% of the gross proceeds unless the Depositary determines that a reduced rate under an applicable income tax treaty or exemption from withholding is applicable, regardless of whether the payment is properly exempt from U.S. federal income tax under the “complete termination,” “substantially disproportionate,” or “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” test.
 
To obtain a reduced rate of withholding under a tax treaty, a Non-U.S. Holder must deliver to the Depositary a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form) before the payment is made. To obtain an exemption from withholding on the grounds that the gross proceeds paid pursuant to the Offer are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, a Non-U.S. Holder must deliver to the Depositary a properly completed IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form). The applicable form can be obtained from the Depositary. A Non-U.S. Holder that qualifies for an exemption from withholding on these grounds generally will be required to file a U.S. federal income tax return and generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on income derived from the sale of shares pursuant to the Offer in the manner and to the extent described in Section 14 of the Offer to Purchase as if it were a U.S. Holder, and in the case of a foreign corporation, an additional


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branch profits tax may be imposed at a rate of 30% (or a lower rate specified in an applicable income tax treaty), with respect to such income.
 
A Non-U.S. Holder may be eligible to obtain a refund of all or a portion of any tax withheld if the Non-U.S. Holder (i) meets the “complete termination,” “substantially disproportionate” or “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” tests described in Section 14 of the Offer to Purchase that would characterize the exchange as a sale (as opposed to a dividend) with respect to which the Non-U.S. Holder is not subject to U.S. federal income tax or (ii) is otherwise able to establish that no tax or a reduced amount of tax is due.
 
NON-U.S. HOLDERS ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING, INCLUDING ELIGIBILITY FOR A WITHHOLDING TAX REDUCTION OR EXEMPTION, AND THE REFUND PROCEDURE.
 
10. Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies.  Questions and requests for assistance or additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, this Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and the Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9 may be directed to the Information Agent at its address set forth on the last page of this Letter of Transmittal.
 
11. Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificates.  If your certificate(s) for part or all of your shares has been lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated, you should contact American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC’s Shareholder Services Department at 1-800-937-5449 for information regarding replacement of lost securities. You should also check the box for “Lost Certificates” in the appropriate box on page 1 and promptly send the completed Letter of Transmittal to the Depositary. Upon receipt of your request by phone or Letter of Transmittal, the Depositary will provide you with instructions on how to obtain a replacement certificate. You may be asked to post a bond to secure against the risk that the certificate may be subsequently recirculated. There may be a fee and additional documents may be required to replace lost certificates. This Letter of Transmittal and related documents cannot be processed until the procedures for replacing lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificates have been followed. You are urged to send the properly completed Letter of Transmittal to the Depositary immediately to ensure timely processing of documentation. If you have questions, you may contact the Depositary’s Shareholder Services Department at 1-800-937-5449.
 
12. Conditional Tenders.  As described in Sections 1 and 6 of the Offer to Purchase, stockholders may condition their tenders on all or a minimum number of their tendered shares being purchased.
 
If you wish to make a conditional tender, you must indicate this in the box captioned “Conditional Tender” in this Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. In the box in this Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, you must calculate and appropriately indicate the minimum number of shares that must be purchased from you if any are to be purchased from you.
 
As discussed in Sections 1 and 5 of the Offer to Purchase, proration may affect whether the Company accepts conditional tenders and may result in shares tendered pursuant to a conditional tender being deemed withdrawn if the required minimum number of shares would not be purchased. If, because of proration, the minimum number of shares that you designate will not be purchased, the Company may accept conditional tenders by random lot, if necessary. However, to be eligible for purchase by random lot, you must have tendered all your shares of common stock and checked the box so indicating. Upon selection by lot, if any, the Company will limit its purchase in each case to the designated minimum number of shares of common stock.
 
All tendered shares of common stock will be deemed unconditionally tendered unless the “Conditional Tender” box is completed.
 
The conditional tender alternative is made available so that a stockholder may seek to structure the purchase of shares of common stock pursuant to the Offer in such a manner that the purchase will be treated as a sale of such shares of common stock by the stockholder, rather than the payment of a dividend to the stockholder, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If you are an odd lot holder and you tender all of your shares of common stock, you cannot conditionally tender, since your shares of common stock will not be subject to proration. It is the tendering stockholder’s responsibility to calculate the minimum number of shares of common stock that must be purchased from the stockholder in order for the stockholder to qualify for sale (rather than distribution) treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Each stockholder is urged to consult his or her own tax advisor. No assurances can be provided that a conditional tender will achieve the intended U.S. federal income tax results in all cases. See Section 14 of the Offer to Purchase.


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13. Odd Lots.  As described in Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase, if the Company is to purchase fewer than all shares properly tendered before the Expiration Time and not properly withdrawn, the shares purchased first will consist of all shares properly tendered by any stockholder who owned, beneficially or of record, an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares, and who tenders all of the holder’s shares. This preference will not be available to you unless you complete the section captioned “Odd Lots” in this Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
 
14. Order of Purchase in Event of Proration.  As described in Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase, stockholders may designate the order in which their shares are to be purchased in the event of proration. The order of purchase may have an effect on the U.S. federal income tax classification of any gain or loss on the shares purchased. See Section 1 and Section 13 of the Offer to Purchase.
 
15. The WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan.  Participants in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan or the Porex Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan whose shares are held in the WebMD Stock Fund by a trustee may not use this Letter of Transmittal to direct the tender of shares held in their plan accounts. Participants in these plans are urged to carefully read the letter that will be sent separately to plan participants by the agent or trustee of the applicable plan. The letter from the agent or trustee of the applicable plan will provide instructions as to how to tender shares held in plan accounts.
 
16. Physical Certificates for Shares of HLTH Common Stock.  As a result of the October 23, 2009 merger of HLTH Corporation into the Company (the “Merger”), holders of a stock certificate or certificates for shares of common stock of HLTH or one of its predecessor companies may use this Letter of Transmittal to submit the certificate(s) to the Depositary and the Depositary will (1) process, in its capacity as Exchange Agent for the Merger, the exchange of the submitted stock certificate(s) into shares of the Company’s common stock, which will result in each share of HLTH common stock represented by a properly submitted certificate being converted into 0.4444 shares of the Company’s common stock (plus cash in lieu of any fractional share); and (2) in its capacity as the Depositary, receive the tender of all or a portion of the resulting shares of the Company’s common stock, which will then be treated in the same manner as other shares of the Company’s common stock tendered into the Offer, as described in this Letter of Transmittal. Any holder of such certificate(s) who wishes to use this Letter of Transmittal to submit their certificate(s) to the Depositary must complete all sections of this Letter of Transmittal otherwise applicable to holders of the Company’s common stock.
 
Stockholders who have already sent their stock certificate(s) to the Exchange Agent using the letter of transmittal for the Merger must wait to receive their certificates representing shares of the Company’s common stock prior to tendering their shares using this Letter of Transmittal.
 
IMPORTANT. This Letter of Transmittal (or a manually signed facsimile hereof), together with any required signature guarantees, or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an agent’s message, and any other required documents, must be received by the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time and either certificates for tendered shares must be received by the Depositary or shares must be delivered pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer, in each case prior to the Expiration Time, or the tendering stockholder must comply with the procedures for guaranteed delivery.


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IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION
 
Under the U.S. federal income tax law, a stockholder whose tendered shares are accepted for payment is required by law to provide the Depositary (as payer) with such stockholder’s correct TIN on Substitute Form W-9 below (or otherwise must indicate that such stockholder is awaiting a TIN). If such stockholder is an individual, the TIN is such stockholder’s social security number. If the Depositary is not provided with the correct TIN, the stockholder may be subject to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, and payments that are made to such stockholder with respect to shares purchased pursuant to the tender offer may be subject to backup withholding tax of 28%.
 
Certain stockholders including, among others, all corporations and certain Non-U.S. Holders, are not subject to these backup withholding requirements. In order for a Non-U.S. Holder to qualify as an exempt recipient, such Non-U.S. Holder must submit an IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable IRS Form or substitute forms), signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to such stockholder’s exempt status. An IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable IRS Form) can be obtained from the Depositary. Exempt stockholders (other than Non-U.S. Holders) should furnish their TIN, write “Exempt” in Part II on the face of the Substitute Form W-9, and sign, date and return the Substitute Form W-9 to the Depositary. See the accompanying Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9 for additional instructions. Stockholders should consult their tax advisors as to qualification for exemption from backup withholding tax and the procedures for obtaining such exemption.
 
If backup withholding tax applies, the Depositary is required to withhold 28% of any payments made to the stockholder. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the U.S. federal income tax liability of persons subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If backup withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained, provided the required information is furnished to the IRS on a timely basis.
 
Purpose Of Substitute Form W-9
 
To prevent backup withholding tax on payments that are made to a stockholder with respect to shares purchased pursuant to the Offer, the stockholder is required to notify the Depositary of such stockholder’s correct TIN by completing the form below certifying that (a) the TIN provided on Substitute Form W-9 is correct (or that such stockholder is awaiting a TIN) and (b) that (i) such stockholder has not been notified by the IRS that such stockholder is subject to backup withholding tax as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends or (ii) the IRS has notified such stockholder that such stockholder is no longer subject to backup withholding tax.
 
What Number To Give The Depositary
 
The stockholder is required to give the Depositary the social security number or employer identification number of the record holder of the shares tendered hereby. If the shares are in more than one name or are not in the name of the actual owner, consult the enclosed Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9 for additional guidance on which number to report. If the tendering stockholder has not been issued a TIN and has applied for a number or intends to apply for a number in the near future, the stockholder should write “Applied For” in the space provided for the TIN in Part I, and sign and date the Substitute Form W-9 and the Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number. If “Applied For” is written in Part I and the Depositary is not provided with a TIN by the time for payment, the Depositary will withhold 28% of all payments of the purchase price to such stockholder until a TIN is provided.


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PAYOR’S NAME: American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
                               
Payee’s Name:
                               
Payee’s Business Name (if different from above):
                               
Payee’s Address:
                               
Mark Appropriate
Box:
   
o Limited Liability Company
Enter appropriate tax classification
  disregarded entity
  corporation
  partnership
   
o Individual/Sole
Proprietor
    o Corporation     o Partnership     o Other
                               
             
SUBSTITUTE
FORM W-9


Department of the
Treasury


Internal Revenue
Service
   
 Part I — PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TIN IN THE BOX AT THE RIGHT AND CERTIFY BY SIGNING AND DATING BELOW.
    TIN:


Social Security Number     

OR     



  Employer Identification Number
                               
Payor’s Request for
Taxpayer Identification
Number (“TIN”) and Certification
   
 Part II — For Payees exempt from backup withholding, write “Exempt” here and sign and date below (see the Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9 and complete as instructed therein)
                               
       Part III — Certification — Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:

 
(1) The number shown on this form is my correct TIN (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me); and
       (2) I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding; and
       (3) I am a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien).
                               
     
 Certification Instructions — You must cross out item (2) of Part III above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because you have failed to report all interest or dividends on your tax return. However, if after being notified by the IRS that you were subject to backup withholding, you received another notification from the IRS that you are no longer subject to backup withholding, do not cross out item (2). (Also see the instructions in the enclosed Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute From W-9.)
                               
       Signature: ­ ­  Date: ­ ­
                               
 
NOTE:   FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 MAY RESULT IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF 28% OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. PLEASE REVIEW THE ENCLOSED GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
 
     YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE IF YOU WROTE “APPLIED FOR” IN THE SPACE FOR THE TIN PROVIDED ABOVE IN THIS SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9.
 
CERTIFICATE OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
 
     I certify under penalties of perjury that a taxpayer identification number has not been issued to me and that either (1) I have mailed or delivered an application to receive a taxpayer identification number to the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Center or Social Security Administration Office or (2) I intend to mail or deliver an application in the near future. I understand that if I do not provide a taxpayer identification number to the Depositary by the time of payment, 28% of all reportable payments made to me thereafter will be withheld until I provide a number.
 
             
Signature:
 
   Date:  


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The Letter of Transmittal, certificates for shares and any other required documents should be sent or delivered by each stockholder of the Company or such stockholder’s bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee to the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth below.
 
The Depositary for the Offer is:
 
(AST LOGO)
 
     
By Mail or Overnight Courier:
American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company, LLC
Attention: Reorganization Department
6201 15th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
  By Hand:
American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company, LLC
Attention: Reorganization Department
59 Maiden Lane
Plaza Level
New York, NY 10038
 
Delivery of this Letter of Transmittal to an address other than as set forth above will not constitute a valid delivery to the Depositary.
 
Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at the address set forth below. Additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, this Letter of Transmittal and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be obtained from the Information Agent. You may also contact your bank, broker, dealer, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer.
 
The Information Agent for the Offer is:
 
(INNISFREE LOGO)
 
Innisfree M&A Incorporated
501 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10022
 
Stockholders call toll-free: 1-888-750-5834
Banks and Brokers call collect: 212-750-5833
 

EX-99.(A)(1)(C) 4 g24280exv99wxayx1yxcy.htm EX-99.(A)(1)(C) exv99wxayx1yxcy
Exhibit (a)(1)(C)
 
NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
(Not to be used for Signature Guarantee)
for
Tender of Shares of Common Stock
of
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
 
As set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase (as defined below) this form must be used to accept the Offer (as defined below) if (1) certificates representing your shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share of WebMD Health Corp., a Delaware corporation, are not immediately available or cannot be delivered to the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), (2) the procedures for book-entry transfer cannot be completed before the Expiration Time or (3) time will not permit all required documents to reach the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time. This form may be delivered by hand or transmitted by facsimile transmission or mail to the Depositary. See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the shares shall refer to the common stock of the Company.
 
The Depositary for the Offer is:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
 
(AST LOGO)
 
         
By Mail or Overnight Courier:
American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company, LLC
Attention: Reorganization Department
6201 15th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
  By Facsimile Transmission
(for eligible institutions only):
American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company, LLC
Attention: Reorganization Department
Facsimile: 718-234-5001
To confirm: 1-877-248-6417
  By Hand:
American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company, LLC
Attention: Reorganization Department
59 Maiden Lane
Plaza Level
New York, NY 10038
 
DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS, OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA A FACSIMILE NUMBER, OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.
 
This Notice is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on a Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an eligible institution under the instructions in the Letter of Transmittal, the signature guarantee must appear in the applicable space provided in the signature box on the Letter of Transmittal.


 

Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
The undersigned hereby tenders to WebMD Health Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated August 10, 2010 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the number of shares set forth below, all pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the shares shall refer to the common stock of the Company.
 
Number of shares to be tendered:             shares*
* Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all shares held by the undersigned are to be tendered.
 
ODD LOTS
(See Instruction 13 of the Letter of Transmittal)
 
To be completed only if shares are being tendered by or on behalf of a person owning, beneficially or of record, an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares. The undersigned either (check one box):
 
  o  is the beneficial or record owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares, all of which are being tendered; or
 
  o  is a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company, or other nominee that (a) is tendering for the beneficial owner(s), shares with respect to which it is the record holder, and (b) believes, based upon representations made to it by the beneficial owner(s), that each such person is the beneficial owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares and is tendering all of the shares.
 
CONDITIONAL TENDER
(See Instruction 12 of the Letter of Transmittal)
 
A tendering stockholder may condition his or her tender of shares upon the Company purchasing a specified minimum number of the shares tendered, all as described in Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase. Unless at least the minimum number of shares you indicate below is purchased by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Offer, none of the shares tendered by you will be purchased. It is the tendering stockholder’s responsibility to calculate the minimum number of shares that must be purchased if any are purchased, and each stockholder is urged to consult his or her own tax advisor before completing this section. Unless this box has been checked and a minimum specified, your tender will be deemed unconditional.
 
  o  The minimum number of shares that must be purchased from me, if any are purchased from me, is:            shares.
 
  o  If, because of proration, the minimum number of shares designated will not be purchased, the Company may accept conditional tenders by random lot, if necessary. However, to be eligible for purchase by random lot, the tendering stockholder must have tendered all of his or her shares and checked this box:
 
  o  The tendered shares represent all shares held by the undersigned.


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Certificate Nos. (if available): 
 
Name(s) of Record Holder(s): 
 
 
(Please Type or Print)
Address(es): 
 
 
Zip Code: 
 
Daytime Area Code and Telephone Number: 
 
Signature(s): 
 
Dated: ­ ­ , 20     
 
 
If shares will be tendered by book-entry transfer, check this box o and provide the following information:
 
Name of Tendering Institution: 
 
Account Number at Book-Entry Transfer Facility: 
THE GUARANTEE SET FORTH BELOW MUST BE COMPLETED.
GUARANTEE
(Not To Be Used For Signature Guarantee)
 
The undersigned, a firm that is a member in good standing of a recognized Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Association, Inc., including the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchange Medallion Program, or is otherwise an “eligible guarantor institution,” as that term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), hereby guarantees (1) that the above named person(s) “own(s)” the shares tendered hereby within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 under the Exchange Act, (2) that such tender of shares complies with Rule 14e-4 under the Exchange Act and (3) to deliver to the Depositary either the certificates representing the shares tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer, or a book-entry confirmation (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) with respect to such shares, in any such case together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or a facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees, or an agent’s message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) in the case of a book-entry delivery, and any other required documents, within three trading days (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) after the date hereof.
 
The eligible institution that completes this form must communicate the guarantee to the Depositary and must deliver the Letter of Transmittal and certificates for shares to the Depositary within the time period shown herein. Failure to do so could result in financial loss to such eligible institution.
 
Name of Firm: 
 
Authorized Signature: 
 
Name: 
(Please Type or Print)
Title: 
 
Address: 
 
Zip Code: 
 
Area Code and Telephone Number: 
 
Dated: ­ ­ , 20     
 
Note: Do not send certificates for shares with this Notice.
Certificates for Shares should be sent with your Letter of Transmittal.


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EX-99.(A)(1)(D) 5 g24280exv99wxayx1yxdy.htm EX-99.(A)(1)(D) exv99wxayx1yxdy
Exhibit (a)(1)(D)
 
Offer to Purchase for Cash
by
 
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
of
Up to 3,000,000 Shares of its Common Stock
at a Purchase Price of $52.00 Per Share
 
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
 
August 10, 2010
 
To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
Trust Companies and Other Nominees:
 
We have been appointed by WebMD Health Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to act as Information Agent in connection with its offer to purchase for cash up to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock, $.01 par value per share, at a price of $52.00 per share, without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated August 10, 2010 (the “Offer to Purchase”) and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any supplements or amendments thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”). Please furnish copies of the enclosed materials to those of your clients for whom you hold shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the shares shall refer to the common stock of the Company.
 
Enclosed with this letter are copies of the following documents:
 
1. Offer to Purchase dated August 10, 2010;
 
2. Letter of Transmittal, for your use in accepting the Offer and tendering shares of and for the information of your clients;
 
3. A form of letter that may be sent to your clients for whose account you hold shares registered in your name or in the name of a nominee, with an Instruction Form provided for obtaining such client’s instructions with regard to the Offer;
 
4. Notice of Guaranteed Delivery with respect to shares, to be used to accept the Offer in the event you are unable to deliver the share certificates, together with all other required documents, to the Depositary before the Expiration Time, or if the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed before the Expiration Time;
 
5. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9;
 
6. Return envelope addressed to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC as the Depositary; and
 
7. Letter to stockholders from the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
 
Certain conditions to the Offer are described in Section 7 of the Offer to Purchase.
 
We urge you to contact your clients as promptly as possible. Please note that the Offer, proration period and withdrawal rights will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, unless the Offer is extended.
 
Under no circumstances will interest be paid on the purchase price of the shares regardless of any extension of, or amendment to, the Offer or any delay in paying for such shares.
 
The Company will not pay any fees or commissions to any broker or dealer or other person (other than the Information Agent and the Depositary, as described in the Offer to Purchase) in connection with the solicitation of tenders of shares pursuant


 

to the Offer. However, the Company will, on request, reimburse you for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by you in forwarding copies of the enclosed Offer materials to your clients. The Company will pay or cause to be paid any stock transfer taxes applicable to its purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer, except as otherwise provided in the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal (see Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal).
 
Questions and requests for additional copies of the enclosed material may be directed to us at our address and telephone number set forth on the back cover of the Offer to Purchase.
 
Very truly yours,
 
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC
 
 
Nothing contained in this letter or in the enclosed documents shall render you or any other person the agent of the Company, the Depositary, the Information Agent or any affiliate of any of them or authorize you or any other person to give any information or use any document or make any statement on behalf of any of them with respect to the Offer other than the enclosed documents and the statements contained therein.


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EX-99.(A)(1)(E) 6 g24280exv99wxayx1yxey.htm EX-99.(A)(1)(E) exv99wxayx1yxey
Exhibit (a)(1)(E)
 
Offer to Purchase for Cash
by
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
of
Up to 3,000,000 Shares of Its Common Stock
at a Purchase Price of $52.00 Per Share
 
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
 
To Our Clients:
 
Enclosed for your consideration are the Offer to Purchase, dated August 10, 2010 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”), in connection with the offer by WebMD Health Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to purchase for cash up to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock, $.01 par value per share, at a price, without interest, of $52.00 per share, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the shares shall refer to the common stock of the Company.
 
All shares properly tendered before the Expiration Time (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) and not properly withdrawn will be purchased by the Company at the purchase price of $52.00 per share, without interest, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, proration provisions, “odd lot” provisions and conditional tender provisions. The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to purchase more than 3,000,000 shares in the Offer, subject to applicable law. Shares not purchased because of proration provisions or conditional tenders will be returned to the tendering stockholders at the Company’s expense promptly after the expiration of the Offer. See Section 1 and Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.
 
If the number of shares properly tendered is less than or equal to 3,000,000 shares (or such greater number of shares as the Company may elect to purchase pursuant to the Offer, subject to applicable law), the Company will, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, purchase all shares so tendered.
 
On the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if at the expiration of the Offer more than 3,000,000 shares (or such greater number of shares as the Company may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law) are properly tendered, the Company will buy shares first, from all stockholders who own beneficially or of record, an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares (an “Odd Lot Holder”) who properly tender all their shares, second, on a pro rata basis from all other stockholders who properly tender shares, subject to any conditional tenders, and third, if necessary to permit the Company to purchase 3,000,000 shares (or any such greater number of shares as the Company may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law), from holders who have tendered shares subject to the condition that a specified minimum number of the holder’s shares are purchased in the Offer, as described in Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase (for which the condition was not initially satisfied, and provided the holders tendered all of their shares) by random lot, to the extent feasible. See Section 1, Section 3 and Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase.
 
We are the owner of record of shares held for your account. As such, we are the only ones who can tender your shares, and then only pursuant to your instructions. We are sending you the Letter of Transmittal for your information only; you cannot use it to tender shares we hold for your account.
 
Please instruct us as to whether you wish us to tender any or all of the shares we hold for your account on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.


 

Please note the following:
 
1. You may tender your shares at a price of $52.00 per share, as indicated in the attached Instruction Form, without interest.
 
2. You should consult with your broker or other financial or tax advisor on the possibility of designating the priority in which your shares will be purchased in the event of proration.
 
3. The Offer is subject to certain conditions. See Section 7 of the Offer to Purchase.
 
4. The Offer, withdrawal rights and proration period will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, unless the Company extends the Offer.
 
5. The Offer is for 3,000,000 shares, constituting approximately 5.1% of the total number of outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock (including shares of unvested restricted stock).
 
6. Tendering stockholders who are registered stockholders or who tender their shares directly to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC will not be obligated to pay any brokerage commissions or fees to the Company, solicitation fees, or, except as set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal, stock transfer taxes on the Company’s purchase of shares under the Offer.
 
7. If you are an Odd Lot Holder and you instruct us to tender on your behalf all of the shares that you own before the expiration of the Offer and check the box captioned “Odd Lots” on the attached Instruction Form, the Company, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, will accept all such shares for purchase before proration, if any, of the purchase of other shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn.
 
8. If you wish to condition your tender upon the purchase of all shares tendered or upon the Company’s purchase of a specified minimum number of the shares which you tender, you may elect to do so and thereby avoid possible proration of your tender. The Company’s purchase of shares from all tenders which are so conditioned, to the extent necessary, will be determined by random lot. To elect such a condition, complete the section captioned “Conditional Tender” in the attached Instruction Form.
 
If you wish to have us tender any or all of your shares, please so instruct us by completing, executing, detaching and returning to us the attached Instruction Form. If you authorize us to tender your shares, we will tender all your shares unless you specify otherwise on the attached Instruction Form.
 
Your prompt action is requested. Your Instruction Form should be forwarded to us in ample time to permit us to submit a tender on your behalf before the Expiration Time of the Offer. Please note that the Offer, proration period and withdrawal rights will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, unless the Offer is extended.
 
The Offer is being made solely under the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal and is being made to all record holders of shares of the Company’s common stock. The Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, holders of shares residing in any jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction.
 
The Company’s Board of Directors has approved the Offer. However, neither the Company nor any member of its Board of Directors, the Information Agent or the Depositary makes any recommendation to stockholders as to whether they should tender or refrain from tendering their shares. Stockholders must make their own decision as to whether to tender their shares and, if so, how many shares to tender. In doing so, stockholders should read carefully the information in the Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal, including the Company’s reasons for making the Offer. See Section 2 of the Offer to Purchase. Stockholders should discuss whether to tender their shares with their broker or other financial or tax advisor.


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INSTRUCTION FORM WITH RESPECT TO
Offer to Purchase for Cash
by
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
of
Up to 3,000,000 Shares of its Common Stock
at a Purchase Price of $52.00 Per Share
 
The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed Offer to Purchase, dated August 10, 2010 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”), in connection with the offer by WebMD Health Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to purchase for cash up to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock, $.01 par value per share, at a price of $52.00 per share, without interest, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the shares shall refer to the common stock of the Company.
 
The undersigned hereby instruct(s) you to tender to the Company the number of shares indicated below or, if no number is indicated, all shares you hold for the account of the undersigned, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
 
Number of shares to be tendered by you for the account of the undersigned:            shares*
* Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all shares held by us for your account are to be tendered.
 
ODD LOTS
(See Instruction 13 of the Letter of Transmittal)
 
To be completed only if shares are being tendered by or on behalf of a person owning, beneficially or of record, an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares.
 
o  By checking this box, the undersigned represents that the undersigned owns, beneficially or of record, an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares and is tendering all of those shares.
 
CONDITIONAL TENDER
(See Instruction 12 of the Letter of Transmittal)
A tendering stockholder may condition his or her tender of shares upon the Company purchasing a specified minimum number of the shares tendered, all as described in Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase. Unless at least the minimum number of shares you indicate below is purchased by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Offer, none of the shares tendered by you will be purchased. It is the tendering stockholder’s responsibility to calculate the minimum number of shares that must be purchased if any are purchased, and you are urged to consult your own tax advisor before completing this section.  Unless this box has been checked and a minimum specified, the tender will be deemed unconditional.
 
o  The minimum number of shares that must be purchased from me, if any are purchased from me, is:                 shares.
 
If, because of proration, the minimum number of shares designated will not be purchased, the Company may accept conditional tenders by random lot, if necessary. However, to be eligible for purchase by random lot, the tendering stockholder must have tendered all of his or her shares and checked this box:
 
o The tendered shares represent all shares held by the undersigned.
 
 
The method of delivery of this document is at the election and risk of the tendering stockholder. If delivery is by mail, then registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, is recommended. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery.


 

 
Signature(s): 
 
Name(s): 
(Please Print)
 
Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number: 
 
Address(es): 
 
(Including Zip Code)
 
Area Code/Phone Number: 
 
Date: 
 


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Exhibit (a)(1)(F)
 
GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9
 
GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING THE PROPER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TO GIVE THE PAYER. — Social Security numbers have nine digits separated by two hyphens (i.e. 000-00-0000). Employer identification numbers have nine digits separated by only one hyphen (i.e., 00-0000000). The table below will help determine the number to give the payer.
         
    Give the SOCIAL
        SECURITY number
For this type of account:   of —
 
1.
  An individual’s account   The individual
2.
  Two or more individuals (joint account)   The actual owner of the account or, if combined funds, the first individual on the account(l)
3.
  Husband and wife (joint account)   The actual owner of the account or, if joint funds, either person(1)
4.
  Custodian account of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors Act)   The minor(2)
5.
  Adult and minor (joint account)   The adult, or if the minor is the only contributor, the minor(1)
6.
  Account in the name of guardian or committee for a designated ward, minor, or incompetent person   The ward, minor, or incompetent person(3)
7.
 
a. The usual revocable savings trust account (grantor is also trustee)
  The grantor-trustee(1)
   
b. So-called trust account that is not a legal or valid trust under State law
  The actual owner(1)
8.
  Sole proprietorship or single-owner LLC   The owner(4)
 
         
    Give the SOCIAL
        SECURITY number
For this type of account:   of —
 
9.
  A valid trust, estate, or pension trust   The legal entity (Do not furnish the identifying number of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title)(5)
10.
  Corporate account or LLC electing corporate status on Form 8832   The corporation
11.
  Association, club, religious, charitable, educational or other tax-exempt organization   The organization
12.
  Partnership or multi-member LLC   The partnership
13.
  Association, club or other tax-exempt organization   The organization
14.
  A broker or registered nominee    
15.
  Account with the Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity (such as a state or local government, school district or prison) that receives agricultural program payments   The public entity
(1) List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish.
(2) Circle the minor’s name and furnish the minor’s social security number.
(3) Circle the ward’s, minor’s or incompetent person’s name and furnish such person’s social security number.
(4) You must show your individual name. You may also enter your business name. You may use either your Social Security Number or your Employer Identification Number.
(5) List first and circle the name of the legal trust, estate, or pension trust.
 
Note:   If no name is circled when there is more than one name, the number will be considered to be that of the first name listed.


 

GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9
 
Resident Alien Individuals
 
If you are a resident alien individual and you do not have, and are not eligible to get, a Social Security number, your taxpayer identification number is your individual taxpayer identification number (“ITIN”) as issued by the IRS. Enter it on the portion of the Substitute Form W-9 where the Social Security number would otherwise be entered. If you do not have an ITIN, see “Obtaining a Number” below.
 
Obtaining a Number
 
If you don’t have a taxpayer identification number or you don’t know your number, obtain Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Number Card (for individuals), or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number (for businesses and all other entities), at the local office of the Social Security Administration or the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and apply for a number. Resident alien individuals who are not eligible to get a Social Security number and need an ITIN should obtain IRS Form W-7, Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, from the IRS.
 
Payees Exempt from Backup Withholding
 
Payees specifically exempted from backup withholding all payments include the following:
 
  •  A corporation.
 
  •  A financial institution.
 
  •  An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or an individual retirement plan.
 
  •  The United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
 
  •  A State, the District of Columbia, a possession of the United States, or any subdivision or instrumentality thereof.
 
  •  A foreign government, a political subdivision of a foreign government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
 
  •  An international organization or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
 
  •  A registered dealer in securities or commodities registered in the U.S., or a possession of the U.S.
 
  •  A real estate investment trust.
 
  •  A common trust fund operated by a bank under section 584(a) of the Code.
 
  •  An exempt charitable remainder trust, or a non-exempt trust described in section 4947(a)(1) of the Code.
 
  •  An entity registered at all times under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
  •  A foreign central bank of issue.
 
Payments of dividends and patronage dividends not generally subject to backup withholding include the following:
 
  •  Payments to nonresident aliens subject to withholding under Section 1441 of the Code.
 
  •  Payments to partnerships not engaged in a trade or business in the U.S. and which have at least one nonresident partner.
 
  •  Payments of patronage dividends where the amount received is not paid in money.
 
  •  Payments made by certain foreign organizations.
 
  •  Payments made to a nominee.
 
Payments of interest not generally subject to backup withholding include the following:
 
  •  Payments of interest on obligations issued by individuals. Note: You may be subject to backup withholding if this Interest is $600 or more and is paid in the course of the Payer’s trade or business and you have not provided your correct taxpayer identification number to the payer.
 
  •  Payments of tax-exempt interest (including exempt interest dividends under section 852 of the Code).
 
  •  Payments described in section 6049(b)(5) of the Code to nonresident aliens.
 
  •  Payments on tax-free covenant bonds under section 1451 of the Code.
 
  •  Payments made by certain foreign organizations.
 
  •  Payments made to a nominee.
 
Exempt payees described above should file Form W-9 to avoid possible erroneous backup withholding. FILE THIS FORM WITH THE PAYER. FURNISH YOUR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, WRITE “EXEMPT” ON THE FACE OF THE FORM, SIGN AND DATE THE FORM AND RETURN IT TO THE PAYER. IF YOU ARE A NON-RESIDENT ALIEN OR A FOREIGN ENTITY NOT SUBJECT TO BACKUP WITHHOLDING, FILE WITH PAYER A COMPLETED INTERNAL REVENUE FORM W-8 (CERTIFICATE OF FOREIGN STATUS).
 
Certain payments other than interest dividends, and patronage dividends, that are not subject to information reporting are also not subject to backup withholding. For details, see Sections 6041, 6041A(a), 6045, and 6050A and 6050N of the Code and the regulations promulgated therein.
 
Privacy Act Notice — Section 6109 requires most recipients of dividends, interest, or other payments to give taxpayer identification numbers to payers who must report the payments to IRS. The IRS uses the numbers for identification purposes. Payers must be given the numbers whether or not recipients are required to file tax returns. Payers must generally withhold 28% of taxable interest, dividends and certain other payments to a payee who does not furnish a taxpayer identification number to a payer. Certain penalties may also apply.


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Penalties
 
(1) Penalty for Failure to Furnish Taxpayer Identification Number — If you fail to furnish your taxpayer identification number to a payer, you are subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.
 
(2) Civil Penalty for False Information with Respect to Withholding — If you make a false statement with no reasonable basis which results in no imposition of backup withholding, you are subject to a penalty of $500.
 
(3) Criminal Penalty for Falsifying Information — Willfully falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment.
 
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT YOUR TAX CONSULTANT OR THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.


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Exhibit (a)(1)(G)
(WEBMD LOGO)
     
Contacts:
   
Investors:
  Media:
Risa Fisher
  Kate Hahn
rfisher@webmd.net
  khahn@webmd.net
212-624-3817
  212-624-3760
WEBMD HEALTH CORP. ANNOUNCES COMMENCEMENT
OF TENDER OFFER TO REPURCHASE UP TO
3,000,000 SHARES OF ITS COMMON STOCK AT PRICE OF $52.00 PER SHARE
NEW YORK, NY (August 10, 2010) – WebMD Health Corp. (Nasdaq: WBMD) announced today that it has commenced a tender offer to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $52.00 per share. The price per share of $52.00 represents a change from the price per share of $50.00 that WebMD previously announced on August 5, 2010. The number of shares proposed to be purchased in the tender offer represents approximately 5.1% of the approximately 59.4 million shares of WebMD Common Stock currently outstanding (including shares of unvested restricted stock). The NASDAQ Official Closing Price of WebMD Common Stock on August 9, 2010 was $51.34 per share.
The tender offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, unless extended by WebMD. Tenders of shares must be made on or prior to the expiration of the tender offer and may be withdrawn at any time on or prior to the expiration of the tender offer. The tender offer is subject to a number of terms and conditions described in the Offer to Purchase that is being distributed to stockholders.
On the terms and subject to the conditions of the tender offer, WebMD’s stockholders will have the opportunity to tender some or all of their shares at a price of $52.00 per share. If stockholders properly tender and do not properly withdraw more than 3,000,000 shares, WebMD will purchase shares tendered by those stockholders owning fewer than 100 shares, without pro ration, and all other shares tendered will be purchased on a pro rata basis, subject to the conditional tender offer provisions described in the Offer to Purchase that is being distributed to stockholders. Stockholders whose shares are purchased in the tender offer will be paid $52.00 per share, net in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, promptly after the expiration of the tender offer period.
As of August 5, 2010, WebMD had approximately $520 million in cash and cash equivalents. WebMD will use a portion of its cash and cash equivalents to fund the tender offer.
The Information Agent for the tender offer is Innisfree M&A Incorporated. The Depositary is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC. The Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and related documents are being mailed to stockholders of record and also will be made available for distribution to beneficial owners of WebMD Common Stock. For questions and information, please call the Information Agent toll free at 1-888-750-5834.
None of WebMD, its Board of Directors, the Information Agent or the Depositary is making any recommendations to stockholders as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering their shares into the tender offer. Stockholders must make their own decisions as to how many shares they will tender, if any. In so doing, stockholders should read and evaluate carefully the information in the Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO BUY OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL SHARES OF WEBMD HEALTH CORP. COMMON STOCK. THE TENDER OFFER IS BEING MADE ONLY PURSUANT TO THE OFFER TO

 


 

PURCHASE, LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND RELATED MATERIALS THAT WEBMD WILL SHORTLY BE DISTRIBUTING TO ITS STOCKHOLDERS AND FILING WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. STOCKHOLDERS AND INVESTORS SHOULD READ CAREFULLY THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND RELATED MATERIALS BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS TERMS OF, AND CONDITIONS TO, THE TENDER OFFER. STOCKHOLDERS AND INVESTORS MAY OBTAIN A FREE COPY OF THE TENDER OFFER STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE TO, THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT WEBMD WILL SHORTLY BE FILING WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AT THE COMMISSION’S WEBSITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV OR BY CALLING INNISFREE M&A INCORPORATED, THE INFORMATION AGENT FOR THE TENDER OFFER, TOLL-FREE AT 1-888-750-5834. STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY READ THESE MATERIALS PRIOR TO MAKING ANY DECISION WITH RESPECT TO THE TENDER OFFER.
About WebMD
WebMD Health Corp. (Nasdaq: WBMD) is the leading provider of health information services, serving consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers and health plans through our public and private online portals and health-focused publications.
The WebMD Health Network includes WebMD Health, Medscape, MedicineNet, eMedicine, eMedicine Health, RxList, theHeart.org, and drugs.com.
*****************************
All statements contained in this press release, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on our current plans and expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future events or results to be different than those described in or implied by such forward-looking statements, including risks and uncertainties regarding: changes in financial markets; changes in economic, political or regulatory conditions or other trends affecting the healthcare, Internet and information technology industries; and changes in facts and circumstances and other uncertainties concerning the completion of the tender offer. Further information about these matters can be found in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Except as required by applicable law or regulation, we do not undertake any obligation to update our forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.

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Exhibit (a)(1)(H)
This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an
offer to sell shares. The Offer (as defined below) is made solely by the Offer to Purchase,
dated August 10, 2010, and the related Letter of Transmittal,
and any amendments or supplements thereto. The Offer is not being made to,
nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, holders of shares of
common stock in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance of
offers to sell shares would not be in compliance with the
laws of that jurisdiction.
Notice of Offer to Purchase for Cash
by
WebMD Health Corp.
of
Up to 3,000,000 Shares of its Common Stock
at a Purchase Price of $52.00 Per Share
     WebMD Health Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is offering to purchase for cash up to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Shares”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated August 10, 2010, and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which together, as they may be amended and supplemented from time to time, constitute the “Offer”). The Company is inviting its stockholders to tender their Shares at a price of $52.00 per share, without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
     The Offer is subject to certain conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal.
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE
AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010,
UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.
     The Board of Directors of the Company has approved the Offer. However, none of the Company, its Board of Directors, the Information Agent or the Depositary is making any recommendation to any stockholder as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering Shares, and the Company has not authorized any person to make any such recommendation. Stockholders must make their own decisions as to whether to tender their Shares and, if so, how many Shares to tender. In so doing, stockholders should read and evaluate carefully the information in the Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal, including the Company’s reasons for making the Offer, and should consult with their own investment and tax advisors.
     The Company will purchase at $52.00 per share all Shares properly tendered, and not properly withdrawn, prior to the “Expiration Time” (as defined below), upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, including the “odd lot” (as defined below), proration and conditional tender provisions (as described in the Offer to Purchase). Under no circumstances will the Company pay interest on the purchase price for the Shares, regardless of any delay in making payment. The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to purchase more than 3,000,000 Shares under the Offer, subject to applicable law.

 


 

     The term “Expiration Time” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, unless the Company, in its sole discretion, shall have extended the period of time during which the Offer will remain open, in which event the term “Expiration Time” shall refer to the latest time and date at which the Offer, as so extended by the Company, shall expire.
     For purposes of the Offer, the Company will be deemed to have accepted for payment, and therefore purchased, Shares properly tendered (and not properly withdrawn), subject to the “odd lot,” proration and conditional tender provisions of the Offer, only when, as and if the Company gives oral or written notice to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the depositary for the Offer (the “Depositary”), of its acceptance of such Shares for payment under the Offer. The Company will make payment for Shares tendered and accepted for payment under the Offer only after timely receipt by the Depositary of certificates for such Shares or of timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Shares into the Depositary’s account at the “book-entry transfer facility” (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal or a manually signed facsimile thereof or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an “agent’s message” (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal.
     Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if more than 3,000,000 Shares (or such greater number of Shares as the Company may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law) have been properly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time, the Company will purchase properly tendered Shares on the following basis:
    first, from all holders of “odd lots” (holders of fewer than 100 Shares) who properly tender all their Shares and do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Time (partial tenders will not qualify for this preference);
 
    second, on a pro rata basis (with appropriate adjustments to avoid purchases of fractional shares) from all other stockholders who properly tender Shares and do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Time, other than stockholders who tender conditionally and whose conditions are not satisfied; and
 
    third, only if necessary to permit the Company to purchase 3,000,000 Shares (or such greater number of Shares as the Company may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law), from holders who have tendered Shares subject to the condition that the Company purchase a specified minimum number of the holder’s Shares if the Company purchases any of the holder’s Shares in the Offer (which condition was not initially satisfied), by random lot, to the extent feasible. To be eligible for purchase by random lot, stockholders that conditionally tender their Shares must have tendered all of their Shares.
     The Company will return all tendered Shares that it has not purchased in the Offer to the tendering stockholders or, in the case of Shares delivered by book-entry transfer, will credit the account at the book-entry facility from which the transfer has been previously made at the Company’s expense promptly after the Expiration Time.

 


 

     The Company expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, to extend the period of time during which the Offer is open and thereby delay acceptance for payment of, and payment for, any Shares by giving oral or written notice of such extension to the Depositary and making a public announcement thereof no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the last previously scheduled or announced Expiration Time. During any such extension, all Shares previously tendered and not properly withdrawn will remain subject to the Offer and to the right of a tendering stockholder to withdraw such stockholder’s Shares. The Company also expressly reserves the right to terminate the Offer, as described in the Offer to Purchase. Subject to compliance with applicable law, the Company further reserves the right, regardless of whether any of the circumstances described in the Offer to Purchase shall have occurred or shall be deemed by the Company to have occurred, to amend the Offer in any respect, including without limitation by increasing or decreasing the consideration offered. The Company will announce any such termination or amendment to the Offer by making a public announcement of the termination or amendment in accordance with applicable law.
     As of August 5, 2010, the Company had approximately $520 million in cash and cash equivalents. The Company will use a portion of its cash and cash equivalents to fund the Offer. The Company’s Board of Directors, after evaluating expected capital requirements of the Company’s operations and other expected cash commitments, as well as the additional shares of the Company’s common stock potentially issuable upon conversion of the Company’s outstanding convertible notes, believes that purchasing shares of the Company’s common stock in the Offer represents a superior alternative to other available uses of the funds required for the Offer. The Offer represents an opportunity for the Company to return capital to its stockholders who elect to tender their Shares. Additionally, stockholders who do not participate in the Offer will automatically increase their relative percentage interest in the Company and its future operations at no additional cost to them. The Offer also provides stockholders (particularly those who, because of the size of their stockholdings, might not be able to sell their Shares without potential disruption to the share price) with an opportunity to obtain liquidity with respect to all or a portion of their Shares, without potential disruption to the share price and the usual transaction costs associated with market sales.
     Generally, a stockholder will be subject to U.S. federal income taxation when the stockholder receives cash from the Company in exchange for the Shares that the stockholder tenders. Stockholders are strongly encouraged to read the Offer to Purchase for additional information regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of participating in the Offer and to consult their tax advisors.
     Tenders of Shares under the Offer are irrevocable, except that such Shares may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Time, and, unless previously accepted for payment by the Company under the Offer, may also be withdrawn at any time after 12:00 midnight, New York City Time, on Wednesday, October 6, 2010. For such withdrawal to be effective, the Depositary must timely receive a written, telegraphic or facsimile transmission notice of withdrawal at the respective addresses or facsimile number specified for such manner of delivery

 


 

set forth on the back cover page of the Offer to Purchase. Any such notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the tendering stockholder, the number of Shares to be withdrawn and the name of the registered holder of such Shares. If the certificates for Shares to be withdrawn have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Depositary, then, prior to the physical release of such certificates, the serial numbers shown on such certificates must be submitted to the Depositary and the signature(s) on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an “eligible institution” (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), unless such Shares have been tendered for the account of an eligible institution. If more than one Letter of Transmittal has been used or Shares have been otherwise tendered by a stockholder in more than one group of Shares, Shares may be withdrawn by such stockholder using either separate notices of withdrawal or a combined notice of withdrawal, so long as the information specified above is included. If Shares have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer set forth in the Offer to Purchase, any notice of withdrawal also must specify the name and the number of the account at the book-entry transfer facility to be credited with the withdrawn Shares and must otherwise comply with such book-entry transfer facility’s procedures.
     The Company will determine, in its sole discretion, all questions as to the form and validity of any notice of withdrawal, including the time of receipt, and such determination will be final and binding, subject to a stockholder’s right to challenge the Company’s determination in a court of competent jurisdiction. None of the Company, Innisfree M&A Incorporated, as the Information Agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as the Depositary, or any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in any tender or notice of withdrawal or incur any liability for failure to give any such notification. The information required to be disclosed by Rule 13e-4(d)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is contained in the Offer to Purchase and is incorporated herein by reference.
     The Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal contain important information that Stockholders should read carefully before making any decision with respect to the Offer. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal will be mailed to record holders of Shares whose names appear on the Company’s stockholder list and will be furnished to brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies (including the trustees of the 401(k) plans) and similar persons whose names, or the names of whose nominees, appear on the stockholder list or, if applicable, who are listed as participants in a clearing agency’s security position listing for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of Shares. Persons who hold vested rights to purchase or otherwise acquire Shares, including persons who hold vested stock options and other convertible rights holders, will be provided a copy of the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal upon request to the Information Agent at the telephone numbers and address set forth below. Such persons should read the Offer to Purchase for further information regarding how they can participate in the Offer.
     Please direct any questions or requests for assistance to the Information Agent at the telephone number and address set forth below. Please direct requests for additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal or the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to the Information Agent at the telephone numbers and address set forth below. The Information Agent will promptly furnish to stockholders additional copies of these materials at the Company’s expense. Stockholders may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or nominee for assistance concerning the Offer. To confirm delivery of Shares, please contact the Depositary at the telephone number and addresses set forth below.

 


 

The Information Agent for the Offer is:
(INNISFREE LOGO)
Innisfree M&A Incorporated
501 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Stockholders call toll-free: 888-750-5834
Banks and Brokers call collect: 212-750-5833
The Depositary for the Offer is:
(AST LOGO)
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
         
By Mail or Overnight Courier:   By Facsimile Transmission   By Hand:
American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company, LLC
Attention: Reorganization Department
6201 15th Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11219
  (for eligible institutions only):
American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company, LLC
Attention: Reorganization Department
Facsimile: 718-234-5001
To confirm: 877-248-6417
  American Stock Transfer
& Trust Company, LLC
Attention: Reorganization Department
59 Maiden Lane
Plaza Level
New York, New York 10038
August 10, 2010

 

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Exhibit (a)(1)(I)
(WebMD LOGO)
 
August 10, 2010
 
To Our Stockholders:
 
WebMD Health Corp. (the “Company”) is offering to purchase for cash up to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $52.00 per share, without interest. On August 9, 2010, the last trading day prior to commencement of the tender offer, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price per share of our common stock was $51.34 per share.
 
We will purchase the shares that are properly tendered (and are not properly withdrawn), subject to possible proration and provisions relating to the tender of “odd lots” and conditional tenders, for cash at $52.00 per share, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the enclosed Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal.
 
If you do not wish to participate in the tender offer, you do not need to take any action.
 
The tender offer is explained in detail in the enclosed Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal. If you wish to tender your shares, instructions on how to tender shares are provided in the enclosed materials. I encourage you to read these materials carefully before making any decision with respect to the tender offer.
 
NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY MEMBER OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE INFORMATION AGENT NOR THE DEPOSITARY MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AS TO WHETHER YOU SHOULD TENDER OR REFRAIN FROM TENDERING YOUR SHARES, AND WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANY PERSON TO MAKE ANY SUCH RECOMMENDATION. YOU MUST MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER YOUR SHARES AND, IF SO, HOW MANY SHARES TO TENDER. IN DOING SO, YOU SHOULD READ AND EVALUATE CAREFULLY THE INFORMATION IN THE OFFER TO PURCHASE AND IN THE RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, INCLUDING OUR REASONS FOR MAKING THE TENDER OFFER. YOU SHOULD ALSO DISCUSS WHETHER TO TENDER YOUR SHARES WITH YOUR BROKER OR OTHER FINANCIAL OR TAX ADVISOR.
 
Please note that the tender offer is scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, unless we extend it.
 
Any stockholder whose shares are properly tendered directly to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the Depositary for the tender offer, and purchased in the tender offer, will not incur the usual transaction costs associated with open market sales. If you hold shares through a broker or bank, you should consult your broker or bank to determine whether any transaction costs are applicable. If you own fewer than 100 shares, the tender offer is an opportunity for you to sell your shares without having to pay “odd lot” discounts.
 
If you have any questions regarding the tender offer or need assistance in tendering your shares of WebMD common stock, please contact the Information Agent for the tender offer, Innisfree M&A Incorporated, at 1-888-750-5834 (banks and brokers call collect: 1-212-750-5833).
 
Sincerely,
-s- Wayne T. Gattinella
Wayne T. Gattinella
Chief Executive Officer and President

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Exhibit (a)(1)(L)
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
NOTICE TO CERTAIN HOLDERS OF STOCK OPTIONS
RE: OFFER TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
August 10, 2010
     As you may already know, WebMD Health Corp. (“WebMD”) has recently announced an offer to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock, $.01 par value per share, at a price of $52.00 per share, without interest (the “Tender Offer”). The Tender Offer is subject to a number of terms and conditions that are described in offering documents. You are receiving this letter because you hold either (1) vested stock options or (2) stock options that will vest on or before Wednesday, September 8, 2010, the deadline for participating in the Tender Offer. This letter provides a brief overview of the Tender Offer and the steps you need to take if you wish to participate.
Procedure For Option Holders to Participate
     The Tender Offer is generally being made to WebMD’s stockholders. Because you hold vested options (or hold options that will vest before the Tender Offer expires), you may participate in the Tender Offer by first exercising your vested stock options and then tendering your shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer documents.
     As previously communicated, effective July 8, 2010, WebMD transitioned its stock administration from E*Trade to Fidelity. For information about your stock option grants, including grant date, exercise price, vesting dates, number of vested shares, and expiration dates, please access your Fidelity account. In order to access or activate your Fidelity account, you can visit netbenefits.fidelity.com or contact Fidelity at 1-866-MYWEBMD and select option 5 to speak to a Fidelity representative. Fidelity representatives are also available if you have questions related to your stock options, or if you need assistance in exercising your vested stock options.
    You should also review the prospectuses prepared in connection with the registration on Form S-8 of the shares of WebMD Common Stock underlying your stock options. The prospectuses, which are also available on the Company’s Employee Central intranet under the Stock Option link, set forth details of the exercise procedures.
     If you are a former employee of WebMD and its subsidiaries, your vested stock options generally remain exercisable for 90 days following the effective date of your termination of employment; however, you should review your award agreement to confirm the date your stock options expire. Please keep the expiration date of your stock options in mind in making a decision whether to participate in the Tender Offer. The Tender Offer will not extend the expiration date or otherwise modify the terms of your options.
     Following the exercise of your stock options, you will receive shares of WebMD Common Stock that you may tender in the Tender Offer if you so choose. You should evaluate all of the Tender Offer documents to determine if participation would be advantageous to you. The Tender Offer documents consist of (1) an Offer to Purchase dated August 10, 2010 and (2) a related Letter of Transmittal. You can obtain a copy of the Tender Offer documents from Innisfree M&A Incorporated, the information agent for the Tender Offer, at (888) 750-5834 (toll-free). The Offer to Purchase sets forth all of the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer, some of which are summarized below. The related Letter of Transmittal is the form you would use to tell WebMD you wish to participate in the Tender Offer. If you have the shares that you receive upon exercise of options deposited into a brokerage account, the brokerage firm will be required to tender the shares on your behalf and you must complete any forms required to instruct the broker to tender on your behalf and must meet any deadlines set by the broker for receipt of

 


 

those forms. If you are considering exercising your stock options and participating in the Tender Offer, you should contact Innisfree or your broker as soon as possible.
     Whether or not you choose to exercise your stock options, and whether or not you choose to participate in the Tender Offer, are entirely your decision. WebMD’s Board of Directors has approved the making of the Tender Offer. However, neither WebMD nor its Board of Directors is making any recommendation as to whether you should exercise your stock options or participate in the Tender Offer. You should review the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal, and consult your own personal advisors, before determining whether to exercise options and whether to participate in the Tender Offer.
     If you do decide to exercise your vested stock options and participate in the Tender Offer, you should be aware that the Tender Offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 unless extended by WebMD. In addition, as noted above, if the shares you receive upon exercise of options are deposited into a brokerage account, you will have to meet any earlier deadline set by the brokerage firm for receipt of your instruction to them to tender the shares in your account.
     If you wish to exercise all or a portion of your vested stock options in order to tender the underlying shares in the Tender Offer, you must exercise your stock options early enough to allow WebMD to facilitate your exercise and to transfer the shares to you before the Tender Offer expires. You should note that an option exercise procedure can take several days so you should plan your decisions accordingly.
     If you do elect to exercise your stock options, the exercise is not revocable, even if all or a portion of your shares are not accepted in the Tender Offer.
Summary of Terms of the Tender Offer
     The terms and conditions of the Tender Offer are fully set forth in the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal, available as described above. The summary set forth below is intended to provide you with a brief overview of the Tender Offer so that you can determine whether you want to obtain a copy of the Tender Offer documents for further review.
     WebMD will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Tender Offer, pay $52.00 per share, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, for the shares of common stock validly tendered pursuant to the Tender Offer and not properly withdrawn. WebMD reserves the right to purchase an additional number of shares in excess of the 3,000,000 share maximum, not to exceed 2% of its outstanding shares of common stock, subject to applicable legal requirements, without extending the Tender Offer. If more than 3,000,000 shares have been validly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 (the current expiration date unless WebMD extends the Tender Offer), WebMD will purchase shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer. These terms and conditions generally provide that WebMD will first accept shares tendered by smaller shareholders (individuals who own fewer than 100 shares), provided these individuals validly tender all of their shares, and then will accept shares properly tendered on a pro rata basis.

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     If you exercise any of your vested stock options, and WebMD does not accept the tender of all or any of your shares for any reason, including, without limitation, oversubscription, you will not be able to rescind your stock option exercise.
Tax Implications
     You should consult your own tax advisor as to the particular U.S. federal income tax consequences to you of exercising your stock options and tendering shares pursuant to the Tender Offer and the applicability and effect of any state, local or foreign tax laws and other tax consequences with respect to option exercises and the Tender Offer. In particular, if your stock options are intended to be “incentive stock options” as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), you should discuss with your tax advisor any implications of exercising your options and tendering the shares into the Tender Offer in light of the applicable holding periods under Section 422 of the Code.
THE TENDER OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE TO, NOR WILL TENDERS BE
ACCEPTED FROM, OR ON BEHALF OF, HOLDERS OF SHARES IN ANY
JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE MAKING OR ACCEPTANCE THEREOF WOULD
NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.

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Exhibit (a)(1)(M)
[EMAIL COMMUNICATION TO EMPLOYEES OF
WEBMD HEALTH CORP. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES]
WEBMD TENDER OFFER
August 10, 2010
     As you may have heard, WebMD has announced an offer to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of WebMD common stock, at a price of $52.00 per share, without interest. A copy of the press release announcing the tender offer is attached.
     You may participate in the tender offer if you hold (1) WebMD common stock outright (whether you hold the shares through a broker or by holding a stock certificate), (2) WebMD common stock in a 401(k) plan or (3) options to purchase WebMD common stock that are vested or will vest before the tender offer expires (currently Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 5:00 p.m., New York City time). Please note that shares of restricted stock that have not vested before the tender offer expires are not eligible for the tender offer.
     Each individual will need to come to his or her own determination as to whether to participate in the offer. Although WebMD’s Board of Directors approved making the offer, neither WebMD nor the Board is making any recommendation as to whether holders should participate. You should carefully review the offer materials and discuss the offer with your tax and other personal advisors before deciding whether to participate. In addition, WebMD is not rendering any tax advice in connection with the offer.
     Information about the tender offer, including the procedures you must follow to participate, is available as described below.
STOCKHOLDERS
     If you hold shares of WebMD common stock in a brokerage account, you may wish to contact the broker to make sure you get a copy of the offering documents and any other forms your broker may require you to complete. If you hold shares in a certificate, our transfer agent will be sending you the offering documents. In either case, you may request copies from Innisfree M&A Incorporated, the information agent for the tender offer, by calling (888) 750-5834.
401(K) PLAN
     If you hold shares in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan (formerly known as the HLTH 401(k) Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan), you will receive information about the tender offer from the agent or trustee of the plan. Plan participants may obtain additional information from Fidelity Management Trust Company at (800) 597-7657. SPECIAL RULES APPLY TO PLAN PARTICIPANTS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT YOU READ THE MATERIALS THAT THE PLAN TRUSTEE WILL SEND TO YOU. Please be reminded that if you elect to tender shares held in the WebMD 401(k) Savings Plan, the cash proceeds received will remain in your 401(k) account.
VESTED OPTIONS TO PURCHASE WEBMD COMMON STOCK
     If you hold options to purchase WebMD common stock that are vested or will vest before the tender offer expires, you may participate in the tender offer by (1) exercising your vested options and (2) tendering shares of WebMD common stock acquired upon exercise. More information regarding your rights as a holder of vested stock options is available in a communication to optionholders that is posted on the Company’s Employee Central intranet under Company Info & Policies — View Policies — Stock Option Plans, Forms, Procedures.
     As previously communicated, effective July 8, 2010, WebMD transitioned its stock administration from E*Trade to Fidelity. For information about your stock option grants, including grant date, exercise price, vesting dates, number of vested shares, and expiration dates, please access your Fidelity account. In order to access or activate your Fidelity account, you can visit netbenefits.fidelity.com or contact Fidelity at 1-866-MYWEBMD and select option 5 to speak to a Fidelity representative. Fidelity representatives are also available if you have questions related to your stock options, or if you need assistance in exercising your vested stock options.
     Once you have exercised your stock options, you may elect to participate in the tender offer by following the instructions set forth in the optionholder letter or contacting Innisfree M&A Incorporated at (888) 750-5834. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT IF YOU CHOOSE TO EXERCISE OPTIONS, AND ALL OR ANY PORTION OF YOUR SHARES ARE NOT ACCEPTED IN THE TENDER OFFER, YOU MAY NOT RESCIND YOUR OPTION EXERCISE.
     If this notice has been delivered to you by electronic means, you have the right to receive a paper version of this notice, and may request a paper version of this notice at no charge by sending an email to optioninfo@webmd.net or calling (201) 703-3483.
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