X0304 4 2012-03-01 0 0000944765 MERGE HEALTHCARE INC MRGE 0001232912 Hartemayer Gregg G 200 EAST RANDOLPH STREET SUITE 2435 CHICAGO IL 60601 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 88640 D Stock Options 6.33 2012-03-01 4 A 0 225000 0.00 A 2013-03-01 2018-02-28 Common Stock 225000 450000 D Nonqualified stock options to purchase shares of Common Stock granted to Gregg G. Hartemayer, member of the Board of Directors, in lieu of cash compensation in accordance with Merge Healthcare's Director Compensation Plan. Nonqualified stock options to purchase 56,250 shares of Common Stock vesting on each of March 1, 2013, March 1, 2014, March 1, 2015 and March 1, 2016. /s/ Julie Ann B. Schumitsch, by Power of Attorney for Gregg G. Hartemayer 2012-03-05