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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
 
Form 10-Q
 
     
þ
  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
    For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2007
or
o
  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
    For the transition period from            to           
 
Commission file number: 0-51547
 
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
     
Delaware
(State of incorporation)
  20-2783228
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
111 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York
(Address of principal executive office)
  10011
(Zip code)
 
(212) 624-3700
(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)
 
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant:  (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
 
Yes þ     No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
     Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer þ Non-accelerated filer o     
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.)
 
Yes o     No þ
 
As of November 6, 2007, the Registrant had 9,352,271 shares of Class A Common Stock (including unvested shares of restricted WebMD Class A Common Stock) and 48,100,000 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding.
 


 

 
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
For the period ended September 30, 2007
 
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 EX-10.1 AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
 EX-31.1 CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 EX-31.2 CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 EX-32.1 SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 EX-32.2 SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 
WebMD®, WebMD Health®, Medscape®, CME Circle®, eMedicine®, MedicineNet®, theheart.org®, RxList®, The Little Blue Booktm, Subimo ®, Summex® and Medsite® are among the trademarks of WebMD Health Corp. or its subsidiaries.


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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q 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:
 
  •  the failure to achieve sufficient levels of usage of our public portals;
 
  •  the inability to successfully deploy new or updated applications or services;
 
  •  the anticipated benefits from acquisitions not being fully realized or not being realized within the expected time frames;
 
  •  the inability to attract and retain qualified personnel;
 
  •  the failure to successfully integrate acquired businesses;
 
  •  general economic, business or regulatory conditions affecting the healthcare, information technology, and Internet industries being less favorable than expected; and
 
  •  the other risks and uncertainties described in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Factors That May Affect Our Future Financial Condition or Results of Operations.”
 
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 unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on our future results.
 
The forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are made only as of the date of this Quarterly Report. Except as required by 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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PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1.   Financial Statements
 
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
 
                 
    September 30,
    December 31,
 
    2007     2006  
    (Unaudited)        
 
ASSETS
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 177,714     $ 44,660  
Short-term investments
    99,900       9,490  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,434 at September 30, 2007 and $956 at December 31, 2006
    75,003       89,652  
Current portion of prepaid advertising
    3,150       2,656  
Due from HLTH
          143,153  
Other current assets
    5,903       5,360  
                 
Total current assets
    361,670       294,971  
Property and equipment, net
    48,116       44,709  
Prepaid advertising
    6,476       9,459  
Goodwill
    221,271       225,028  
Intangible assets, net
    39,515       45,268  
Other assets
    544       530  
                 
    $ 677,592     $ 619,965  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accrued expenses
  $ 25,038     $ 32,846  
Deferred revenue
    80,938       77,731  
Due to HLTH
    7,375        
                 
Total current liabilities
    113,351       110,577  
Deferred tax liability
    7,342       5,367  
Other long-term liabilities
    9,439       7,912  
Commitments and contingencies
               
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Preferred stock, 50,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding
           
Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, 500,000,000 shares authorized; 8,803,949 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2007 and 8,337,846 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2006
    88       83  
Class B Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, 150,000,000 shares authorized; 48,100,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006
    481       481  
Additional paid-in capital
    519,352       485,594  
Retained earnings
    27,539       9,951  
                 
Total stockholders’ equity
    547,460       496,109  
                 
    $ 677,592     $ 619,965  
                 
 
See accompanying notes.


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data, unaudited)
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
    Nine Months Ended
 
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
 
Revenue
  $ 87,198     $ 66,645     $ 238,639     $ 173,308  
Costs and expenses:
                               
Cost of operations
    31,130       26,945       90,749       77,371  
Sales and marketing
    22,459       20,472       67,258       52,941  
General and administrative
    15,388       13,476       46,874       37,931  
Depreciation and amortization
    7,086       5,085       20,021       12,627  
Interest income
    3,486       1,221       8,522       4,137  
                                 
Income (loss) before income tax provision
    14,621       1,888       22,259       (3,425 )
Income tax provision (benefit)
    3,129       1,398       4,671       (3 )
                                 
Net income (loss)
  $ 11,492     $ 490     $ 17,588     $ (3,422 )
                                 
Net income (loss) per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.20     $ 0.01     $ 0.31     $ (0.06 )
                                 
Diluted
  $ 0.19     $ 0.01     $ 0.29     $ (0.06 )
                                 
Weighted-average shares outstanding used in computing net income (loss) per common share:
                               
Basic
    57,154       56,059       57,067       56,056  
                                 
Diluted
    59,848       58,122       59,742       56,056  
                                 
 
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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands, unaudited)
 
                 
    Nine Months Ended
 
    September 30,  
    2007     2006  
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net income (loss)
  $ 17,588     $ (3,422 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    20,021       12,627  
Non-cash advertising
    2,489       4,454  
Non-cash stock-based compensation
    15,592       21,240  
Deferred income taxes
    1,975       (911 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    14,648       (8,311 )
Other assets
    (506 )     (4,461 )
Accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities
    (7,463 )     (544 )
Due to HLTH
    5,223       8,213  
Deferred revenue
    3,207       14,517  
                 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    72,774       43,402  
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Proceeds from maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities
    123,885       261,000  
Purchases of available-for-sale securities
    (214,295 )     (222,000 )
Purchases of property and equipment
    (13,574 )     (17,500 )
Cash paid in business combinations, net of cash acquired
          (96,091 )
                 
Net cash used in investing activities
    (103,984 )     (74,591 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
    8,490       649  
Tax benefit on stock-based awards
    655        
Net cash transfers with HLTH
    155,119        
                 
Net cash provided by financing activities
    164,264       649  
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    133,054       (30,540 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    44,660       75,704  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 177,714     $ 45,164  
                 
 
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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In thousands, except share and per share data, unaudited)
 
1.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
Background and Basis of Presentation
 
WebMD Health Corp. (the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation that was incorporated on May 3, 2005. The Company completed an initial public offering (“IPO”) of Class A Common Stock on September 28, 2005. The Company’s Class A Common Stock has traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “WBMD” since September 29, 2005 and now trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Prior to the date of the IPO, the Company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of HLTH Corporation (“HLTH”) and its consolidated financial statements had been derived from the consolidated financial statements and accounting records of HLTH, principally representing the WebMD segment, using the historical results of operations, and historical basis of assets and liabilities of the WebMD related businesses. Since the completion of the IPO, the Company is a majority-owned subsidiary of HLTH, which currently owns 83.9% of the equity of the Company. The Company’s Class A Common Stock has one vote per share, while the Company’s Class B Common Stock has five votes per share. As a result, the Company’s Class B Common Stock owned by HLTH represented, as of September 30, 2007, 96.4% of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock.
 
The Company’s consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 have been restated to correct the previously reported income tax provision. The restatement is more fully described in Note 12, “Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements” in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and notes for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 which are included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as amended, for that quarter.
 
Transactions between the Company and HLTH have been identified in these notes to the consolidated financial statements as Transactions with HLTH (see Note 3).
 
Interim Financial Statements
 
The unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared by management and reflect all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods presented. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any subsequent period or for the entire year ending December 31, 2007. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and regulations.
 
The unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes included herein should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes for the year ended December 31, 2006, as amended for the restatement discussed above, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Seasonality
 
The timing of the Company’s revenue is affected by seasonal factors. Advertising and sponsorship revenue within the Online Services segment are seasonal, primarily as a result of the annual budget approval process of the advertising and sponsorship clients of the public portals. This portion of the Company’s revenue is usually the lowest in the first quarter of each calendar year, and increases during each consecutive quarter throughout the year. The Company’s private portal licensing revenue is historically highest in the second half of the year as new customers are typically added during this period in conjunction with their annual open enrollment periods for employee benefits. Finally, the annual distribution cycle within the Publishing and


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Other Services segment results in a significant portion of the Company’s revenue in this segment being recognized in the second and third quarters of each calendar year.
 
Accounting Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, current business factors, and various other assumptions that the Company believes are necessary to consider to form a basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The Company is subject to uncertainties such as the impact of future events, economic and political factors and changes in the Company’s business environment; therefore, actual results could differ from these estimates. Accordingly, the accounting estimates used in the preparation of the Company’s financial statements will change as new events occur, as more experience is acquired, as additional information is obtained and as the Company’s operating environment changes. Changes in estimates are made when circumstances warrant. Such changes in estimates and refinements in estimation methodologies are reflected in reported results of operations; if material, the effects of changes in estimates are disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements. Significant estimates and assumptions by management affect: revenue recognition, the allowance for doubtful accounts, the carrying value of prepaid advertising, the carrying value of long-lived assets (including goodwill and intangible assets), the amortization period of long-lived assets (excluding goodwill), the carrying value, capitalization and amortization of software and Web site development costs, the provision for income taxes and related deferred tax accounts, certain accrued expenses and contingencies, share-based compensation to employees and transactions with HLTH.
 
Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share
 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share are presented in conformity with SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share.” In accordance with SFAS No. 128, basic income (loss) per common share has been computed using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the periods presented. Diluted income (loss) per share has been computed using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the periods, increased to give effect to potentially dilutive securities.
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
    Nine Months Ended
 
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
 
Numerator:
                               
Net income (loss)
  $ 11,492     $ 490     $ 17,588     $ (3,422 )
                                 
Denominator: (shares in thousands)
                               
Weighted-average shares — Basic
    57,154       56,059       57,067       56,056  
Employee stock options and restricted stock
    2,694       2,063       2,675        
                                 
Adjusted weighted-average shares after assumed conversions — Diluted
    59,848       58,122       59,742       56,056  
                                 
Net income (loss) per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.20     $ 0.01     $ 0.31     $ (0.06 )
                                 
Diluted
  $ 0.19     $ 0.01     $ 0.29     $ (0.06 )
                                 
 
Included in basic and diluted shares for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 is the impact of shares to be issued pursuant to the purchase agreement of Subimo, LLC (see Note 4 — Business Combinations). The Company deferred the issuance of 640,930 shares of Class A common stock (“Deferred


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Shares”) until December 2008. Issuance of a portion of these shares may be further deferred until December 2010 subject to certain conditions. A maximum of 246,508 of the Deferred Shares may be used to settle any outstanding claims or warranties the Company may have against the seller. For purposes of calculating basic net income per share, the impact of 394,422 shares representing the non-contingent portion of the Deferred Shares was included. For purposes of calculating diluted net income per share, the impact of all of the 640,930 Deferred Shares was included.
 
The Company has excluded certain outstanding stock options from the calculation of diluted income (loss) per common share because such securities were anti-dilutive during the periods presented. The total number of shares excluded from the calculation of diluted income (loss) per share was 1,186,855 and 1,252,553 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, and 760,483 and 5,334,467 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively.
 
Income Taxes
 
On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” The interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. It also provides guidance on derecognizing, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The Company believes that its income tax filing positions and deductions will be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that will result in a material change to its financial position. However, the Company cannot predict with certainty the interpretations or positions that tax authorities may take regarding specific tax returns filed by the Company and, even if the Company believes its tax positions are correct, may determine to make settlement payments in order to avoid the costs of disputing particular positions taken. No reserves for uncertain income tax positions have been recorded pursuant to FIN 48. In addition, the Company did not record a cumulative effect adjustment related to the adoption of FIN 48. However, the Company reduced $603 of a deferred tax asset and its associated valuation allowance upon adoption of FIN 48.
 
With the exception of adjusting net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards that may be utilized, the Company is no longer subject to federal income tax examinations for tax years before 2004 and for state and local income tax examinations for years before 2002.
 
The Company has elected to reflect interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as part of the income tax provision in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
On February 15, 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115” (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 permits many financial instruments and certain other items to be measured at fair value at the option of the company. Most of the provisions in SFAS 159 are elective; however, the amendment to SFAS No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,” applies to all entities with available-for-sale and trading securities. The fair value option established by SFAS 159 permits the choice to measure eligible items at fair value at specified election dates. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected will be reported in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The fair value option: (a) may be applied instrument by instrument, with a few exceptions, such as investments otherwise accounted for by the equity method; (b) is irrevocable (unless a new election date occurs); and (c) is applied only to entire instruments and not to portions of instruments. SFAS 159 is effective for financial statements issued for the first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
impact, if any, that this new standard will have on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
 
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure of fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements and, accordingly, does not require any new fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, that this new standard will have on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
 
2.  Stock-Based Compensation
 
On January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123, “(Revised 2004): Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”), which replaces SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”) and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”). SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized as compensation expense over the service period (generally the vesting period) in the consolidated financial statements based on their fair values. The Company elected to use the modified prospective transition method and as a result prior period results were not restated. Under the modified prospective transition method, awards that were granted or modified on or after January 1, 2006 are measured and accounted for in accordance with SFAS 123R. Unvested stock options and restricted stock awards that were granted prior to January 1, 2006 will continue to be accounted for in accordance with SFAS 123, using the same grant date fair value and same expense attribution method used under SFAS 123, except that all awards are recognized in the results of operations over the remaining vesting periods. The impact of forfeitures that may occur prior to vesting is also estimated and considered in the amount recognized for all stock-based compensation beginning January 1, 2006.
 
The Company has various stock compensation plans under which directors, officers and other eligible employees receive awards of options to purchase the Company Class A Common Stock and HLTH Common Stock and restricted shares of the Company Class A Common Stock and HLTH Common Stock. The following sections of this note summarize the activity for each of these plans.
 
HLTH Plans
 
HLTH had an aggregate of 5,695,389 shares of HLTH Common Stock available for future grants to all of HLTH employees under various stock compensation plans (the “HLTH Plans”) at September 30, 2007.


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Stock Options
 
Generally, options under the HLTH Plans vest and become exercisable ratably over a three- to five-year period based on their individual grant dates subject to continued employment on the applicable vesting dates. The majority of options granted under the HLTH Plans expire within ten years from the date of grant. Options are granted at prices not less than the fair market value of HLTH Common Stock on the date of grant. The following table summarizes activity for the HLTH Plans relating to the Company’s employees during the nine months ended September 30, 2007:
 
                                         
                Weighted
             
          Weighted
    Average
             
          Average
    Remaining
    Aggregate
       
          Exercise Price
    Contractual Life
    Intrinsic
       
    Shares     per Share     (In Years)     Value(1)        
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2007
    14,865,256     $ 12.68                          
Granted
                                   
Exercised
    (4,125,385 )     11.24                          
Forfeited
    (735,943 )     8.76                          
Net transfers from HLTH
    10,347       14.34                          
                                         
Outstanding at September 30, 2007
    10,014,275     $ 13.57       4.0     $ 30,509          
                                         
Vested and exercisable at the end of the period
    9,224,165     $ 13.99       3.7     $ 26,105          
                                         
 
 
(1) The aggregate intrinsic value is based on the market price of HLTH Common Stock on September 28, 2007, the last trading day in September, which was $14.17, less the applicable exercise price of the underlying option. This aggregate intrinsic value represents the amount that would have been realized if all the option holders had exercised their options on September 28, 2007.
 
The fair value of each option granted is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Expected volatility is based on implied volatility from traded options of HLTH Common Stock combined with historical volatility of HLTH Common Stock. The expected term represents the period of time that options are expected to be outstanding following their grant date, and was determined using historical exercise data. The risk- free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve for periods equal to the expected term of the options on the grant date.


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Restricted Stock Awards
 
HLTH Restricted Stock consists of shares of HLTH Common Stock which have been awarded to the Company’s employees with restrictions that cause them to be subject to substantial risk of forfeiture and restrict their sale or other transfer by the employee until they vest. Generally, HLTH Restricted Stock awards vest ratably over a three- to five-year period based on their individual award dates subject to continued employment on the applicable vesting dates. The following table summarizes the activity of non-vested HLTH Restricted Stock relating to the Company’s employees during the nine months ended September 30, 2007:
 
                 
          Weighted-
 
          Average
 
          Grant Date
 
    Shares     Fair Value  
 
Beginning balance at January 1, 2007
    202,414     $ 8.92  
Granted
           
Vested
    (125,510 )     8.59  
Forfeited
    (75,237 )     9.51  
Net transfers from HLTH
    6,250       11.74  
                 
Ending balance at September 30, 2007
    7,917     $ 10.79  
                 
 
Proceeds received by HLTH from the exercise of options to purchase HLTH Common Stock were $2,044 and $46,363 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, and $3,049 and $10,981 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. The intrinsic value related to the exercise of these stock options, as well as the fair value of shares of HLTH Restricted Stock that vested was $1,213 and $16,415 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, and $2,219 and $8,553 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively.
 
WebMD Plans
 
During September 2005, the Company adopted the 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2005 Plan”). In connection with the acquisition of Subimo, LLC in December 2006, the Company adopted the WebMD Health Corp. Long-Term Incentive Plan for Employees of Subimo, LLC (the “Subimo Plan”). The terms of the Subimo Plan are similar to the terms of the 2005 Plan but it has not been approved by the Company’s stockholders. Awards under the Subimo Plan were made on the date of the Company’s acquisition of Subimo, LLC in reliance on the NASDAQ Stock Market exception to shareholder approval for equity grants to new hires. No additional grants will be made under the Subimo Plan. The 2005 Plan and the Subimo Plan are included in all references as the “WebMD Plans.” The maximum number of shares of the Company Class A Common Stock that may be subject to options or restricted stock awards under the WebMD Plans is 9,480,574, subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the WebMD Plans. The Company had an aggregate of 2,964,620 shares of Class A Common Stock available for future grants under the WebMD Plans at September 30, 2007.


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Stock Options
 
Generally, options under the WebMD Plans vest and become exercisable ratably over a four-year period based on their individual grant dates subject to continued employment on the applicable vesting dates. The options granted under the WebMD Plans expire within ten years from the date of grant. Options are granted at prices not less than the fair market value of the Company Class A Common Stock on the date of grant. The following table summarizes activity for the WebMD Plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2007:
 
                                 
                Weighted
       
          Weighted
    Average
       
          Average
    Remaining
    Aggregate
 
          Exercise Price
    Contractual Life
    Intrinsic
 
    Shares     per Share     (In Years)     Value(1)  
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2007
    5,401,783     $ 23.59                  
Granted
    632,900       48.90                  
Exercised
    (379,918 )     22.35                  
Forfeited
    (496,943 )     31.97                  
                                 
Outstanding at September 30, 2007
    5,157,822     $ 25.98       8.4     $ 134,919  
                                 
Vested and exercisable at the end of the period
    1,570,559     $ 19.25       8.1     $ 51,587  
                                 
 
 
(1) The aggregate intrinsic value is based on the market price of the Company Class A Common Stock on September 28, 2007, the last trading day in September, which was $52.10, less the applicable exercise price of the underlying option. This aggregate intrinsic value represents the amount that would have been realized if all the option holders had exercised their options on September 28, 2007.
 
The fair value of each option granted is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model considering the assumptions noted in the following table. Prior to August 1, 2007, expected volatility was based on implied volatility from traded options of stock of comparable companies combined with historical stock price volatility of comparable companies. Beginning on August 1, 2007, expected volatility is based on implied volatility from traded options of the Company Class A Common Stock combined with historical volatility of the Company Class A Common Stock. The expected term represents the period of time that options are expected to be outstanding following their grant date, and was determined using historical exercise data. The risk-free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve for periods equal to the expected term of the options on the grant date.
 
                 
    Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2007     2006  
 
Expected dividend yield
    0 %     0 %
Expected volatility
    0.45       0.60  
Risk free interest rate
    4.65 %     4.76 %
Expected term (years)
    3.34       3.25  
Weighted-average fair value of options granted during the period
  $ 18.16     $ 17.11  


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Restricted Stock Awards
 
The Company Restricted Stock consists of shares of the Company Class A Common Stock which have been awarded to employees with restrictions that cause them to be subject to substantial risk of forfeiture and restrict their sale or other transfer by the employee until they vest. Generally, the Company Restricted Stock awards vest ratably over a four-year period from their individual award dates subject to continued employment on the applicable vesting dates. The following table summarizes the activity of non-vested Company Restricted Stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2007:
 
                 
          Weighted-
 
          Average
 
          Grant Date
 
    Shares     Fair Value  
 
Beginning balance at January 1, 2007
    441,683     $ 25.49  
Granted
    34,200       50.08  
Vested
    (97,212 )     20.71  
Forfeited
    (89,722 )     30.91  
                 
Ending balance at September 30, 2007
    288,949     $ 28.33  
                 
 
Proceeds received from the exercise of options to purchase the Company Class A Common Stock were $2,767 and $8,490 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, and $649 during both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006. The intrinsic value related to the exercise of these stock options, as well as the fair value of shares of the Company Restricted Stock that vested was $8,203 and $15,291 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, and $3,888 and $3,899 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively.
 
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 
HLTH’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) allows eligible employees of the Company the opportunity to purchase shares of HLTH Common Stock through payroll deductions, up to 15% of a participant’s annual compensation with a maximum of 5,000 shares available per participant during each purchase period. The purchase price of the stock is 85% of the fair market value on the last day of each purchase period. During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, 22,335 shares of HLTH Common Stock were issued to the Company’s employees under HLTH’s ESPP. During the nine months ended September 30, 2006, 29,953 shares of HLTH Common Stock were issued to the Company’s employees under HLTH’s ESPP.
 
Other
 
In addition, at the time of the IPO and each year on the anniversary of the IPO, the Company issued shares of its Class A Common Stock to each non-employee director with a value equal to their annual board and committee retainers. The Company recorded $85 of stock-based compensation expense during the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, and $255 during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 in connection with these issuances.
 
Additionally, the Company recorded $279 and $815 of stock-based compensation expense during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, in connection with a stock transferability right for shares required to be issued in connection with the acquisition of Subimo, LLC by the Company.


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Summary of Stock-Based Compensation Expense
 
The following table summarizes the components and classification of stock-based compensation expense:
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
 
HLTH Plans:
                               
Stock options
  $ 767     $ 1,202     $ 2,169     $ 4,140  
Restricted stock
    10       181       (328 )     751  
WebMD Plans:
                               
Stock options
    3,805       4,724       10,424       13,218  
Restricted stock
    701       1,002       2,161       2,796  
ESPP
    29       27       85       80  
Other
    375       85       1,081       255  
                                 
Total stock-based compensation expense
  $ 5,687     $ 7,221     $ 15,592     $ 21,240  
                                 
Included in:
                               
Cost of operations
  $ 1,597     $ 2,362     $ 4,159     $ 7,111  
Sales and marketing
    1,252       1,598       3,889       4,610  
General and administrative
    2,838       3,261       7,544       9,519  
                                 
Total stock-based compensation expense
  $ 5,687     $ 7,221     $ 15,592     $ 21,240  
                                 
 
Tax benefits attributable to the stock-based compensation expense were only realized in certain states in which the Company does not have operating loss carryforwards because a valuation allowance was maintained for substantially all net deferred tax assets. As of September 30, 2007, approximately $828 and $37,928 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested awards (net of estimated forfeitures) is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 0.79 years and 1.79 years, related to the HLTH Plans and the WebMD Plans, respectively.
 
3.  Transactions with HLTH
 
Agreements with HLTH
 
In connection with the IPO in September 2005, the Company entered into a number of agreements with HLTH governing the future relationship of the companies, including a Services Agreement, a Tax Sharing Agreement and an Indemnity Agreement. These agreements cover a variety of matters, including responsibility for certain liabilities, including tax liabilities, as well as matters related to HLTH providing the Company with administrative services, such as payroll, accounting, tax, employee benefit plan, employee insurance, intellectual property, legal and information processing services.
 
On January 31, 2006, the Company entered into additional agreements with HLTH in which both parties agreed to support each other’s product development and marketing efforts of specific product lines for agreed upon fees as defined in the agreements. The new agreements cover a term of five years.
 
On February 15, 2006, the Tax Sharing Agreement was amended to provide that HLTH will compensate the Company for any use of the Company’s NOLs as a result of certain extraordinary transactions, as defined in the Tax Sharing Agreement, including a sale by HLTH of its Emdeon Business Services (“EBS”) and Emdeon Practice Services (“EPS”) operating segments.


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
On September 14, 2006, HLTH completed the sale of EPS for approximately $565,000 in cash (“EPS Sale”). On November 16, 2006, HLTH completed the sale of a 52% interest in EBS for approximately $1,200,000 in cash (“EBS Sale”). HLTH recognized a taxable gain on the sale of EPS and EBS and utilized a portion of its federal NOL carryforwards to offset the gain on these transactions. Under the tax sharing agreement between HLTH and the Company, the Company was reimbursed for its NOL carryforwards utilized by HLTH in these transactions at the current federal statutory rate of 35%. During February 2007, HLTH reimbursed the Company $140,000 as an estimate of the payment required pursuant to the Tax Sharing Agreement with respect to the EPS Sale and the EBS Sale, which was subject to adjustment in connection with the filing of the applicable tax returns. During September 2007, HLTH finalized the NOL carryforward attributable to the Company that was utilized as a result of the EPS Sale and the EBS Sale and reimbursed the Company an additional $9,862. These reimbursements were recorded as capital contributions which increased additional paid-in-capital at December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2007, respectively.
 
Charges from the Company to HLTH:
 
Revenue:  The Company sells certain of its products and services to HLTH businesses. These amounts are included in revenue during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006. The Company charges HLTH rates comparable to those charged to third parties for similar products and services.
 
Charges from HLTH to the Company:
 
Corporate Services:  The Company is charged a services fee (the “Services Fee”) for costs related to corporate services provided by HLTH. The services that HLTH provides include certain administrative services, including payroll, accounting, tax planning and compliance, employee benefit plans, legal matters and information processing. In addition, the Company reimburses HLTH for an allocated portion of certain expenses that HLTH incurs for outside services and similar items, including insurance fees, outside personnel, facilities costs, professional fees, software maintenance fees and telecommunications costs. HLTH has agreed to make the services available to the Company for up to 5 years following the IPO. These expense allocations were determined on a basis that HLTH and the Company consider to be a reasonable assessment of the costs of providing these services, exclusive of any profit margin. The basis the Company and HLTH used to determine these expense allocations required management to make certain judgments and assumptions. These cost allocations are reflected in the table below under the caption “Corporate services — shared services allocation”. The Services Fee is reflected in general and administrative expense within the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
 
Healthcare Expense:  The Company is charged for its employees’ participation in HLTH’s healthcare plans. Healthcare expense is charged based on the number of total employees of the Company and reflects HLTH’s average cost of these benefits per employee. Healthcare expense is reflected in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations in the same expense captions as the related salary costs of those employees.
 
Stock-Based Compensation Expense:  Stock-based compensation expense is related to stock option issuances and restricted stock awards of HLTH Common Stock that have been granted to certain employees of the Company. Stock-based compensation expenses are allocated on a specific employee identification basis. The expense is reflected in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations in the same expense captions as the related salary costs of those employees. The allocation of stock-based compensation expense related to HLTH Common Stock is recorded as a capital contribution in additional paid-in capital.


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
The following table summarizes the allocations reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements:
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
    Nine Months Ended
 
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
 
Charges from the Company to HLTH:
                               
Intercompany revenue
  $ 63     $ 125     $ 188     $ 416  
Charges from HLTH to the Company:
                               
Corporate services — shared services allocation
    845       792       2,470       2,476  
Healthcare expense
    1,499       1,093       4,301       2,917  
Stock-based compensation expense
    806       1,410       1,926       4,971  
 
4.  Business Combinations
 
2006 Acquisitions
 
On December 15, 2006, the Company acquired all of the outstanding limited liability company interests of Subimo, LLC (“Subimo”), a privately held provider of healthcare decision support applications to large employers, health plans and financial institutions. The total purchase consideration for Subimo was approximately $59,320, comprised of $32,820 in cash, net of cash acquired, $26,000 of WebMD Class A Common Stock and $500 of estimated acquisition costs. Pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement, the Company deferred the issuance of the $26,000 of equity, equal to 640,930 shares of Class A common stock (the “Deferred Shares”), until December 2008. A portion of these shares may be further deferred until December 2010 subject to certain conditions. If the Deferred Shares have a market value that is less than $24.34 per share in December 2008, then the Company will pay additional consideration equal to this shortfall, either in the form of Class A common shares or cash, in its sole discretion. The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and the liabilities assumed on the basis of their respective fair values. In connection with the preliminary allocation of the purchase price and intangible asset valuation, goodwill of $47,509 and intangible assets subject to amortization of $12,300 were recorded. The goodwill and intangible assets recorded will be deductible for tax purposes. The intangible assets are comprised of $10,000 relating to customer relationships with estimated useful lives of twelve years and $2,300 relating to acquired technology with an estimated useful life of three years. The results of operations of Subimo have been included in the financial statements of the Company from December 15, 2006, the closing date of the acquisition, and are included in the Online Services segment.
 
On September 11, 2006, the Company acquired the interactive medical education, promotion and physician recruitment businesses of Medsite, Inc. (“Medsite”). Medsite provides e-detailing promotion and physician recruitment services for pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare companies, including program development, targeted recruitment and online distribution and delivery. In addition, Medsite provides educational programs to physicians. The total purchase consideration for Medsite was approximately $31,467, comprised of $30,682 in cash, net of cash acquired, and $785 of acquisition costs. The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and the liabilities assumed on the basis of their respective fair values. In connection with the allocation of the purchase price and intangible asset valuation, goodwill of $31,934 and intangible assets subject to amortization of $11,000 were recorded. The goodwill and intangible assets recorded will be deductible for tax purposes. The intangible assets are comprised of $6,000 relating to customer relationships with estimated useful lives of twelve years, $2,000 relating to a trade name with an estimated useful life of ten years, $2,000 relating to content with an estimated useful life of four years and $1,000 relating to acquired technology with an estimated useful life of three years. The results of operations of


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Medsite have been included in the financial statements of the Company from September 11, 2006, the closing date of the acquisition, and are included in the Online Services segment.
 
On June 13, 2006, the Company acquired Summex Corporation (“Summex”), a provider of health and wellness programs that include online and offline health risk assessments, lifestyle education and personalized telephonic health coaching. The total purchase consideration for Summex was approximately $30,191, comprised of $29,691 in cash, net of the cash acquired, and $500 of acquisition costs. In addition, the Company has agreed to pay up to an additional $5,000 in cash in June 2008 if certain financial milestones are achieved. The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and the liabilities assumed on the basis of their respective fair values. In connection with the allocation of the purchase price and intangible asset valuations, goodwill of $19,000 and intangible assets subject to amortization of $11,300 were recorded. The goodwill and intangible assets recorded will not be deductible for tax purposes. The intangible assets are comprised of $6,000 relating to customer relationships with estimated useful lives of eleven years, $2,700 relating to acquired technology with an estimated useful life of three years, $1,100 relating to content with an estimated useful life of four years and $1,500 relating to a trade name with an estimated useful life of ten years. The results of operations of Summex have been included in the financial statements of the Company from June 13, 2006, the closing date of the acquisition, and are included in the Online Services segment.
 
On January 17, 2006, the Company acquired eMedicine.com, Inc. (“eMedicine”), a privately held online publisher of medical reference information for physicians and other healthcare professionals. The total purchase consideration for eMedicine was approximately $25,195, comprised of $24,495 in cash, net of cash acquired, and $700 of acquisition costs. The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and the liabilities assumed on the basis of their respective fair values. In connection with the allocation of the purchase price and intangible asset valuation, goodwill of $20,704 and intangible assets subject to amortization of $6,390 were recorded. The goodwill and intangible asset recorded will not be deductible for tax purposes. The intangible assets recorded were $4,300 relating to content with an estimated useful life of three years, $1,000 relating to acquired technology with an estimated useful life of three years, $790 relating to a trade name with an estimated useful life of ten years and $300 relating to customer relationships with estimated useful lives of ten years. The results of operations of eMedicine have been included in the financial statements of the Company from January 17, 2006, the closing date of the acquisition, and are included in the Online Services segment.
 
Condensed Balance Sheet Data
 
The following table summarizes the tangible and intangible assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and the consideration paid for each acquisition:
 
                                 
    Subimo     Medsite     Summex     eMedicine  
 
Accounts receivable
  $ 1,725     $ 2,469     $ 1,064     $ 1,717  
Deferred revenue
    (6,900 )     (13,124 )     (1,173 )     (2,612 )
Other tangible assets (liabilities), net
    4,686       (812 )           (1,004 )
Intangible assets
    12,300       11,000       11,300       6,390  
Goodwill
    47,509       31,934       19,000       20,704  
                                 
Total purchase price
  $ 59,320     $ 31,467     $ 30,191     $ 25,195  
                                 


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Unaudited Pro Forma Information
 
The following unaudited pro forma financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 gives effect to the acquisitions of Subimo, Medsite, Summex, and eMedicine, including the amortization of intangible assets, as if they had all occurred on January 1, 2006. The information is provided for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating results that would have occurred if the transactions had been consummated at the date indicated, nor is it necessarily indicative of future operating results of the combined companies, and should not be construed as representative of these results for any future period.
 
         
    Nine Months Ended
 
    September 30,
 
    2006  
 
Revenue
  $ 193,930  
Net loss
  $ (11,223 )
Net loss per common share:
       
         
Basic and diluted
  $ (0.20 )
         
 
5.  Significant Transactions
 
America Online, Inc.
 
In May 2001, HLTH entered into an agreement for a strategic alliance with Time Warner, Inc. (“Time Warner”). Under the agreement, the Company was the primary provider of healthcare content, tools and services for use on certain America Online (“AOL”) properties. The final term of the agreement ended on May 1, 2007. Under the agreement, the Company and AOL shared certain revenue from advertising, commerce and programming on the health channels of the AOL properties and on a co-branded service created for AOL by the Company. The original term of the agreement was for three years expiring in May 2004. The Company had the right to extend the original agreement for an additional three-year term under certain circumstances. The Company exercised its right to extend the contract term until May 1, 2007, when the agreement expired. Under the terms of the extension, the Company was entitled to share in revenue and was guaranteed a minimum of $12,000 during each year of the renewal term for its share of advertising revenue. Included in revenue was $2,658 during the nine months ended September 30, 2007, and $2,423 and $6,112 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively, related to sales to third parties of advertising and sponsorship on the AOL health channels, primarily sold through the Company’s sales organization. Also included in revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was revenue of $1,515, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 was revenue of $1,147 and $3,960, respectively, related to the guarantee discussed above.
 
Fidelity Human Resources Services Company LLC
 
In 2004, the Company entered into an agreement with Fidelity Human Resources Services Company LLC (“FHRS”) to integrate the Company’s private portals product into the services FHRS provides to its clients. FHRS provides human resources administration and benefits administration services to employers. The Company recorded revenue of $2,441 and $7,693 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, and $1,864 and $5,257 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. Included in accounts receivable as of September 30, 2007 was $1,673 related to the FHRS agreement.


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
6.  Segment Information
 
The Company provides health information services to consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers and health plans through the Company’s public and private online portals and health-focused publications. The Company’s two operating segments are:
 
  •  Online Services.  The Company provides both public and private online portals. The Company’s public portals for consumers enable them to obtain detailed information on a particular disease or condition, check symptoms, locate physicians, store individual healthcare information, receive periodic e-newsletters on topics of individual interest, enroll in interactive courses and participate in online communities with peers and experts. The Company’s 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 (“CME”) credit and communicate with peers. The Company’s 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. The Company provides related services for use by such employees and members, including lifestyle education and personalized telephonic health coaching as a result of the acquisition of Summex on June 13, 2006. The Company also provides e-detailing promotion and physician recruitment services for use by pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare companies as a result of the acquisition of Medsite on September 11, 2006.
 
  •  Publishing and Other Services.  The Company publishes medical reference textbooks; The Little Blue Book, a physician directory; and, since 2005, WebMD the Magazine, a consumer magazine distributed to physician office waiting rooms. As a result of the acquisition of Conceptis, the Company conducted in-person medical education from December 2005 through December 31, 2006, the date at which it no longer provided this service.
 
The performance of the Company’s business is monitored based on earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items. Other non-cash items include non-cash advertising expense and non-cash stock-based compensation expense. Corporate and other overhead functions are allocated to segments on a specifically identifiable basis or other reasonable method of allocation. The Company considers these allocations to be a reasonable reflection of the utilization of costs incurred. The Company does not disaggregate assets for internal management reporting and, therefore, such information is not presented. There are no inter-segment revenue transactions.


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Summarized financial information for each of the Company’s operating segments and a reconciliation to net income (loss) are presented below:
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
    Nine Months Ended
 
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
 
Revenue
                               
Online Services:
                               
Advertising and sponsorship
  $ 59,087     $ 43,534     $ 158,944     $ 112,513  
Licensing
    20,001       14,569       59,915       38,315  
Content syndication and other
    490       843       2,027       2,815  
                                 
Total Online Services
    79,578       58,946       220,886       153,643  
Publishing and Other Services
    7,620       7,699       17,753       19,665  
                                 
    $ 87,198     $ 66,645     $ 238,639     $ 173,308  
                                 
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items 
                               
Online Services
  $ 21,948     $ 12,727     $ 48,982     $ 29,594  
Publishing and Other Services
    2,129       1,906       2,857       1,165  
                                 
      24,077       14,633       51,839       30,759  
Interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items 
                               
Interest income
    3,486       1,221       8,522       4,137  
Depreciation and amortization
    (7,086 )     (5,085 )     (20,021 )     (12,627 )
Non-cash advertising
    (169 )     (1,660 )     (2,489 )     (4,454 )
Non-cash stock-based compensation
    (5,687 )     (7,221 )     (15,592 )     (21,240 )
Income tax (provision) benefit
    (3,129 )     (1,398 )     (4,671 )     3  
                                 
Net income (loss)
  $ 11,492     $ 490     $ 17,588     $ (3,422 )
                                 
 
7.  Fair Value of Financial Instruments
 
The following disclosure of the estimated fair value of financial instruments is made in accordance with the requirements of SFAS No. 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments.” The estimated fair values have been determined using available market information. However, considerable judgment is required in interpreting market data to develop estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could realize in a current market exchange. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.
 
                                 
    September 30, 2007   December 31, 2006
    Cost Basis   Fair Value   Cost Basis   Fair Value
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 177,714     $ 177,714     $ 44,660     $ 44,660  
Short-term investments
    99,900       99,900       9,490       9,490  


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
The Company reviews its investment portfolio to identify and evaluate investments that have indications of possible impairment. Factors considered in determining whether a loss is temporary include the length of time and extent to which fair value has been less than the cost basis, the financial condition and near-term prospects of the investee, credit quality and the Company’s ability to hold the investment for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in market value.
 
The amortized cost and estimated fair value by maturity of securities are shown in the following table:
 
                 
    Cost or
   
    Amortized
   
    Cost   Fair Value
 
Due in one year or less
  $ 99,900     $ 99,900  
 
8.  Comprehensive Income (Loss)
 
Comprehensive income (loss) is comprised of net income (loss) and other comprehensive income. Other comprehensive income includes certain changes in equity that are excluded from net income (loss), such as changes in unrealized gains on available-for-sale marketable securities. The Company recorded $7 of foreign exchange translation adjustment during the nine months ended September 30, 2006. The following table presents the components of comprehensive income (loss):
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
    Nine Months Ended
 
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
 
Foreign currency translation gains
  $     $     $     $ 7  
Unrealized gains on securities
          104             81  
                                 
Other comprehensive income
          104             88  
Net income (loss)
    11,492       490       17,588       (3,422 )
                                 
Comprehensive income (loss)
  $ 11,492     $ 594     $ 17,588     $ (3,334 )
                                 
 
9.  Goodwill and Intangible Assets
 
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the nine months ended September 30, 2007 are as follows:
 
                         
          Publishing
       
    Online
    and Other
       
    Services     Services     Total  
 
Balance as of January 1, 2006
  $ 89,624     $ 11,045     $ 100,669  
Acquisitions during the period
    122,782             122,782  
Purchase price allocations and other adjustments
    1,577             1,577  
                         
Balance as of December 31, 2006
    213,983       11,045       225,028  
Acquisitions during the period
                 
Purchase price allocations and other adjustments
    (3,757 )           (3,757 )
                         
Balance as of September 30, 2007
  $ 210,226     $ 11,045     $ 221,271  
                         


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WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)
 
Intangible assets subject to amortization consist of the following:
 
                                                                 
    September 30, 2007     December 31, 2006  
                      Weighted
                      Weighted
 
    Gross
                Average
    Gross
                Average
 
    Carrying
    Accumulated
          Remaining
    Carrying
    Accumulated
          Remaining
 
    Amount     Amortization     Net     Useful Life(a)     Amount     Amortization     Net     Useful Life(a)  
 
Content
  $ 15,954     $ (11,505 )   $ 4,449       2.1     $ 16,854     $ (7,893 )   $ 8,961       2.6  
Customer relationships
    33,191       (9,274 )     23,917       9.4       28,191       (6,677 )     21,514       9.4  
Technology and patents
    14,967       (9,107 )     5,860       1.7       14,967       (6,036 )     8,931       2.3  
Trade names
    7,817       (2,528 )     5,289       7.9       7,817       (1,955 )     5,862       8.5  
                                                                 
Total
  $ 71,929     $ (32,414 )   $ 39,515       7.2     $ 67,829     $ (22,561 )   $ 45,268       6.6  
                                                                 
 
 
(a) The calculation of the weighted average remaining useful life is based on the net book value and the remaining amortization period of each respective intangible asset.
 
Amortization expense was $3,320 and $9,853 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, and $3,209 and $8,244 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. Aggregate amortization expense for intangible assets is estimated to be:
 
         
Year ending December 31, 2007
       
(October 1st to December 31st)
  $ 3,201  
2008
    9,715  
2009
    6,401  
2010
    3,337  
2011
    2,464  
Thereafter
    14,397  
 
10.  Commitments and Contingencies
 
In the normal course of business, the Company and its subsidiaries are involved in various claims and legal proceedings. While the ultimate resolution of these matters, including those discussed in Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K under the heading “Legal Proceedings” has yet to be determined, the Company does not believe that their outcomes will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity.


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ITEM 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
This Item 2 contains forward-looking statements with respect to possible events, outcomes or results that are, and are expected to continue to be, subject to risks, uncertainties and contingencies, including those identified in this Item. See “Forward-Looking Statements” on page 3.
 
Overview
 
Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations, or MD&A, is provided as a supplement to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and is intended to provide an understanding of our results of operations, financial condition and changes in financial condition. Our MD&A is organized as follows:
 
  •  Introduction.  This section provides a general description of our company and operating segments, a description of certain recent developments, background information on certain trends and a discussion of how seasonal factors may impact the timing of our revenue.
 
  •  Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates.  This section discusses those accounting policies that are considered important to the evaluation and reporting of our financial condition and results of operations, and whose application requires us to exercise subjective and often complex judgments in making estimates and assumptions.
 
  •  Transactions with HLTH.  This section describes the services that we receive from HLTH Corporation (“HLTH”) and the costs of these services, as well as the fees we charge HLTH for our services and our tax sharing agreement with HLTH.
 
  •  Recent Accounting Pronouncements.  This section provides a summary of the most recent authoritative accounting standards and guidance that have either been recently adopted by our company or may be adopted in the future.
 
  •  Results of Operations and Results of Operations by Operating Segment.  These sections provide our analysis and outlook for the significant line items on our statements of operations, as well as other information that we deem meaningful to understand our results of operations on both a consolidated basis and an operating segment basis.
 
  •  Liquidity and Capital Resources.  This section provides an analysis of our liquidity and cash flows, as well as a discussion of our commitments that existed as of September 30, 2007.
 
  •  Factors That May Affect Our Future Financial Condition or Results of Operations.  This section describes circumstances or events that could have a negative effect on our financial condition or results of operations, or that could change, for the worse, existing trends in some or all of our businesses. The factors discussed in this section are in addition to factors that may be described elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.
 
In this MD&A, dollar amounts are in thousands, unless otherwise noted.
 
Introduction
 
Our Company
 
We are a leading provider of health information services to consumers, physicians and other healthcare professionals, employers and health plans. We have organized our business into two operating segments as follows:
 
  •  Online Services.  We own and operate both public and private online portals. Our public portals enable consumers to become more informed about healthcare choices and assist them in playing an active role in managing their health. The public portals also enable physicians and other healthcare professionals to improve their clinical knowledge and practice of medicine, as well as their communication with patients. Our public portals generate revenue primarily through the sale of advertising and sponsorship


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products, including continuing medical education (“CME”) services. Our sponsors and advertisers include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and consumer products companies. We provide information and services that enable employees and members, respectively, to make more informed benefit, treatment and provider decisions through our private portals for employers and health plans. We also provide related services for use by such employees and members, including lifestyle education and personalized telephonic health coaching as a result of the acquisition of Summex on June 13, 2006. We generate revenue from our private portals through the licensing of these portals to employers and health plans either directly or through distributors. We also distribute our online content and services to other entities and generate revenue from these arrangements through the sale of advertising and sponsorship products and content syndication fees. The Company also provides e-detailing promotion and physician recruitment services for use by pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare companies as a result of the acquisition of Medsite on September 11, 2006.
 
  •  Publishing and Other Services.  We provide several offline products and services: ACP Medicine and ACS Surgery: Principles of Practice, our medical reference textbooks; The Little Blue Book, a physician directory; and WebMD the Magazine, a consumer-targeted publication launched in early 2005 that we distribute free of charge to physician office waiting rooms. We generate revenue from sales of subscriptions to our medical reference textbooks, sales of The Little Blue Book directories and advertisements in those directories, and sales of advertisements in WebMD the Magazine. We also conducted in-person medical education through December 31, 2006 as a result of the acquisition of the assets of Conceptis Technologies, Inc. (“Conceptis”) in December 2005. Our Publishing and Other Services segment complements our Online Services segment and extends the reach of our brand and our influence among health-involved consumers and clinically-active physicians.
 
Certain Potential Transactions
 
As previously disclosed, HLTH currently intends to propose a transaction that would allow HLTH’s stockholders to participate more directly in the ownership of WebMD Common Stock. In that regard, the WebMD Board of Directors has formed a special committee (which we refer to as the Special Committee), consisting of Stanley S. Trotman, Jr. and Jerome C. Keller (two non-management members of WebMD’s Board who do not serve on HLTH’s Board of Directors), to evaluate and negotiate any potential transaction with HLTH. The Special Committee has retained Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. as its financial advisor and Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP as its legal counsel. HLTH has retained Raymond James & Associates, Inc. as its financial advisor and O’Melveny & Myers LLP as its legal counsel. There can be no assurance that any such transaction will be agreed upon or ultimately consummated.
 
The potential transaction that HLTH currently intends to propose to the Special Committee (which we refer to as the Potential Merger Transaction) would involve the merger of HLTH into WebMD, with WebMD being the surviving company. Each share of HLTH Common Stock would be converted, in the merger, into a combination of cash and WebMD Common Stock. HLTH expects the merger consideration to reflect, among other factors, an evaluation of the realizable values of the assets and liabilities of HLTH, other than its ownership of WebMD. HLTH expects that shares of WebMD Common Stock would constitute up to 50% of the merger consideration and their receipt would be tax free to HLTH stockholders. HLTH expects that the cash necessary to consummate the transaction would come from cash and cash equivalents on hand at HLTH and WebMD and from the proceeds of the sales by HLTH of its ViPS and Porex subsidiaries and possibly its 48% interest in EBS Master LLC. HLTH has received unsolicited preliminary indications of interest for each of these assets and intends to explore potential sales transactions (which we refer to as the Potential Sale Transactions). However, there can be no assurance that such exploration will result in any definitive agreement or transaction.
 
WebMD stockholders, other than HLTH, would continue to own their shares of WebMD Class A Common Stock following the Potential Merger Transaction, but would no longer be minority stockholders of a controlled company and the shares of WebMD Class B Common Stock currently owned by HLTH would be retired. In addition, as a result of the transaction, the amount of publicly traded WebMD Common Stock would be dramatically increased. However, HLTH anticipates that the total number of outstanding shares of WebMD Common Stock would be reduced in the transaction.


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Background Information on Certain Trends and Strategies
 
Use of the Internet by Consumers and Physicians.  The Internet has emerged as a major communications medium and has already fundamentally changed many sectors of the economy, including the marketing and sales of financial services, travel, and entertainment, among others. The Internet is also changing the healthcare industry and has transformed how consumers and physicians find and utilize healthcare information. As consumers are required to assume greater financial responsibility for rising healthcare costs, the Internet serves as a valuable resource by providing them with immediate access to searchable and dynamic interactive content to check symptoms, assess risks, understand diseases, find providers and evaluate treatment options. The Internet has also become a primary source of information for physicians seeking to improve clinical practice and is growing relative to traditional information sources, such as conferences, meetings and offline journals.
 
Increased Online Marketing and Education Spending for Healthcare Products.  Pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies spend large amounts each year marketing their products and educating consumers and physicians about them, however, only a small portion of this amount is currently spent on online services. We believe that these companies, which comprise the majority of our advertisers and sponsors, are becoming increasingly aware of the effectiveness of the Internet relative to traditional media in providing health, clinical and product-related information to consumers and physicians, and this increasing awareness will result in increasing demand for our services.
 
Changes in Health Plan Design; Health Management Initiatives.  While overall healthcare costs have been rising at a rapid annual rate, employers’ costs of providing healthcare benefits to their employees have been increasing at an even faster rate. In response to these increases, employers are seeking to shift a greater portion of healthcare costs onto their employees and to redefine traditional health benefits. Employers and health plans want to motivate their members and employees to evaluate their healthcare decisions more carefully in order to be more cost-effective. As employers continue to implement high deductible and consumer-directed healthcare plans (referred to as CDHPs) and related Health Savings Accounts (referred to as HSAs) to achieve these goals, we believe that they will continue to implement services like those we provide through our private online portals. In addition, health plans and employers have begun to recognize that encouraging the good health of their members and employees not only benefits the members and employees but also has financial benefits for the health plans and employers. Accordingly, many employers and health plans have been enhancing health management programs and taking steps to provide healthcare information and education to employees and members, including through online services.
 
Traffic to the WebMD Health Network.  During the past several years, an increasing portion of the page view traffic to The WebMD Health Network has come from Web sites that we own. This has resulted from increases in traffic to sites we own and acquisitions of additional sites, as well as from the expiration of relationships with certain third party sites that had carried our content and had been included in The WebMD Health Network, including the expiration of our relationship with the AOL division of Time Warner (“AOL”) on May 1, 2007. Under the agreement between WebMD and AOL, WebMD had provided healthcare content, tools and services for use on certain AOL properties. As a result of the expiration of that agreement, the monthly unique users and page view traffic from AOL is no longer a part of The WebMD Health Network. Additionally, revenues and earnings of approximately $5 million per year related to certain contractual guarantees also ended with the expiration of that agreement.
 
Seasonality
 
The timing of our revenue is affected by seasonal factors. Advertising and sponsorship revenue within our Online Services segment is seasonal, primarily due to the annual budget approval process of the advertising and sponsorship clients of our public portals. This portion of our revenue is usually the lowest in the first quarter of each calendar year, and increases during each consecutive quarter throughout the year. Our private portal licensing revenue is historically higher in the second half of the year as new customers are typically added during this period in conjunction with their annual open enrollment periods for employee benefits. Finally, the annual distribution cycle within our Publishing and Other Services segment results in a significant portion of our revenue in this segment being recognized in the second and third quarter of each calendar year.


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The timing of revenue in relation to our expenses, much of which do not vary directly with revenue, has an impact on cost of operations, sales and marketing and general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue in each calendar quarter.
 
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
Our MD&A is based upon our unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements, which were prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of the unaudited consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the unaudited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. We base our estimates on historical experience, current business factors, and various other assumptions that we believe are necessary to consider to form a basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We are subject to uncertainties such as the impact of future events, economic and political factors, and changes in our business environment; therefore, actual results could differ from these estimates. Accordingly, the accounting estimates used in preparation of our financial statements will change as new events occur, as more experience is acquired, as additional information is obtained and as our operating environment changes. Changes in estimates are made when circumstances warrant. Such changes in estimates and refinements in estimation methodologies are reflected in reported results of operations; if material, the effects of changes in estimates are disclosed in the notes to our unaudited consolidated financial statements.
 
We evaluate our estimates on an ongoing basis, including those related to revenue recognition, the allowance for doubtful accounts, the carrying value of prepaid advertising, the carrying value of long-lived assets (including goodwill and intangible assets), the amortization period of long-lived assets (excluding goodwill), the carrying value, capitalization and amortization of software and Web site development costs, the provision for income taxes and related deferred tax accounts, certain accrued expenses and contingencies, share-based compensation to employees and transactions with HLTH.
 
We believe the following reflects our critical accounting policies and our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our unaudited consolidated financial statements:
 
  •  Revenue Recognition.  Revenue from advertising is recognized as advertisements are delivered or as publications are distributed. Revenue from sponsorship arrangements, content syndication and distribution arrangements, and licenses of healthcare management tools and private portals as well as related health coaching services are recognized ratably over the term of the applicable agreement. Revenue from the sponsorship of CME is recognized over the period we substantially complete our contractual deliverables as determined by the applicable agreements. Subscription revenue is recognized over the subscription period. When contractual arrangements contain multiple elements, revenue is allocated to each element based on its relative fair value determined using prices charged when elements are sold separately. In certain instances where fair value does not exist for all the elements, the amount of revenue allocated to the delivered elements equals the total consideration less the fair value of the undelivered elements. In instances where fair value does not exist for the undelivered elements, revenue is recognized when the last element is delivered.
 
  •  Long-Lived Assets.  Our long-lived assets consist of property and equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets. Goodwill and other intangible assets arise from the acquisitions we have made. The amount assigned to intangible assets is subjective and based on our estimates of the future benefit of the intangible assets using accepted valuation techniques, such as discounted cash flow and replacement cost models. Our long-lived assets, excluding goodwill, are amortized over their estimated useful lives, which we determined based on the consideration of several factors including the period of time the asset is expected to remain in service. We evaluate the carrying value and remaining useful lives of long-lived assets, excluding goodwill, whenever indicators of impairment are present. We evaluate the carrying value of goodwill annually, and whenever indicators of impairment are present. We use a discounted cash flow approach to determine the fair value of goodwill. There was no impairment of goodwill noted as a result of our impairment testing in 2006.


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  •  Stock-Based Compensation.  In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (which we refer to as FASB) issued SFAS No. 123, “(Revised 2004): Share-Based Payment” (which we refer to as SFAS 123R), which replaces SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” (which we refer to as SFAS 123) and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized as compensation expense over the service period (generally the vesting period) in the consolidated financial statements based on their fair values. We adopted SFAS 123R on January 1, 2006 and elected to use the modified prospective transition method and as a result, prior period results were not restated. Under the modified prospective method, awards that were granted or modified on or after January 1, 2006 are measured and accounted for in accordance with SFAS 123R. Unvested stock options and restricted stock awards that were granted prior to January 1, 2006 will continue to be accounted for in accordance with SFAS 123, using the same grant date fair value and same expense attribution method used under SFAS 123, except that all awards are recognized in the results of operations over the remaining vesting periods.
 
     The fair value of each option granted is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The assumptions used in this model are expected dividend yield, expected volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected term. The expected volatility for stock options to purchase HLTH Common Stock is based on implied volatility from traded options of HLTH Common Stock combined with historical volatility of HLTH Common Stock. Prior to August 1, 2007, expected volatility for stock options to purchase the Company Class A Common Stock was based on implied volatility from traded options of stock of comparable companies combined with historical stock price volatility of comparable companies. Beginning on August 1, 2007, expected volatility is based on implied volatility from traded options of the Company Class A Common Stock combined with historical volatility of the Company Class A Common Stock.
 
  •  Deferred Tax Assets.  Our deferred tax assets are comprised primarily of net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards. At December 31, 2006, we had NOL carryforwards of approximately $676,000 on a separate return basis. At December 31, 2006, we had NOL carryforwards of $247,000 on a legal entity basis. This reflects the utilization of approximately $430,000 by the HLTH consolidated group as a result of the sale of certain HLTH businesses. Subject to certain limitations, these loss carryforwards may be used to offset taxable income in future periods, reducing the amount of taxes we might otherwise be required to pay. As of September 30, 2007, a valuation allowance has been provided against all net deferred taxes, except for a deferred tax liability originating from business combinations that resulted in tax deductible goodwill. The valuation allowance was established because of the uncertainty of realization of the deferred tax assets due to a lack of sufficient history of generating taxable income. Realization is dependent upon generating sufficient taxable income prior to the expiration of the NOL carryforwards in future periods. Although realization is not currently assured, management evaluates the need for a valuation allowance each quarter, and in the future, should management determine that realization of net deferred tax assets is more likely than not, some or all of the valuation allowance will be reversed and our effective tax rate may be reduced by such reversal.
 
  •  Transactions with HLTH.  As discussed further below, our expenses reflect a services fee for an allocation of costs for corporate services provided by HLTH. Our expenses also reflect the allocation of a portion of the cost of HLTH’s healthcare plans and the allocation of stock-based compensation expense related to restricted stock awards and other stock-based compensation. We are included in the consolidated federal tax return filed by HLTH. During February and September 2007, we received reimbursements of $140,000 and $9,862, respectively, pursuant to our tax sharing agreement related to our NOL carryforwards utilized by HLTH in connection with gains related to the sale of certain HLTH businesses. Additionally, our revenue includes revenue from HLTH for services we provide.


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Transactions with HLTH
 
Agreements with HLTH
 
In connection with our IPO in September 2005, we entered into a number of agreements with HLTH governing the future relationship of the companies, including a Services Agreement, a Tax Sharing Agreement and an Indemnity Agreement. These agreements cover a variety of matters, including responsibility for certain liabilities, including tax liabilities, as well as matters related to HLTH providing us with administrative services, such as payroll, accounting, tax, employee benefit plan, employee insurance, intellectual property, legal and information processing services.
 
On January 31, 2006, we entered into additional agreements with HLTH in which both parties agreed to support each other’s product development and marketing efforts of specific product lines for agreed upon fees as defined in the agreements. The new agreements cover a term of five years.
 
On February 15, 2006, the Tax Sharing Agreement was amended to provide that HLTH will compensate us for any use of our NOLs as a result of certain extraordinary transactions, as defined in the Tax Sharing Agreement, including the sales by HLTH of its Emdeon Business Services (“EBS”) and Emdeon Practice Services (“EPS”) operating segments.
 
On September 14, 2006, HLTH completed the sale of EPS for approximately $565,000 in cash (“EPS Sale”). On November 16, 2006, HLTH completed the sale of a 52% interest in EBS for approximately $1,200,000 in cash (“EBS Sale”). HLTH recognized a taxable gain on the sale of EPS and EBS and utilized a portion of its federal NOL carryforwards to offset the gain on these transactions. Under the tax sharing agreement between HLTH and us, we were reimbursed for our NOL carryforwards utilized by HLTH in these transactions at the current federal statutory rate of 35%. During February 2007, HLTH reimbursed us $140,000 as an estimate of the payment required pursuant to the tax sharing agreement with respect to the EPS Sale and the EBS Sale, which was subject to adjustment in connection with the filing of the applicable tax returns. During September 2007, HLTH finalized the NOL carryforward attributable to us that was utilized as a result of the EPS Sale and EBS Sale and reimbursed us an additional $9,862. These reimbursements were recorded as capital contributions which increased additional paid-in-capital at December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2007, respectively.
 
Charges from the Company to HLTH:
 
Revenue:  We sell certain of our products and services to HLTH businesses. These amounts are included in revenue during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007. We charge HLTH rates comparable to those charged to third parties for similar products and services.
 
Charges from HLTH to the Company:
 
Corporate Services:  We are charged a services fee (the “Services Fee”) for costs related to corporate services provided to us by HLTH. The services that HLTH provides include certain administrative services, including payroll, accounting, tax planning and compliance, employee benefit plans, legal matters and information processing. In addition, we reimburse HLTH for an allocated portion of certain expenses that HLTH incurs for outside services and similar items, including insurance fees, outside personnel, facilities costs, professional fees, software maintenance fees and telecommunications costs. HLTH has agreed to make the services available to us for up to 5 years following the IPO. These expense allocations were determined on a basis that we and HLTH consider to be a reasonable assessment of the cost of providing these services, exclusive of any profit margin. The basis we and HLTH used to determine these expense allocations required management to make certain judgments and assumptions. These cost allocations are reflected in the table below under the caption “Corporate services — shared services allocation”. The Services Fee is reflected in general and administrative expense within our consolidated statements of operations.
 
Healthcare Expense:  We are charged for our employees’ participation in HLTH’s healthcare plans. Healthcare expense is charged based on the number of our total employees and reflects HLTH’s average cost of these benefits per employee. Healthcare expense is reflected in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations in the same expense captions as the related salary costs of those employees.


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Stock-Based Compensation Expense:  Stock-based compensation expense is related to stock option issuances and restricted stock awards of HLTH Common Stock that have been granted to certain of our employees. Stock-based compensation expense is allocated on a specific employee identification basis. The expense is reflected in our consolidated statements of operations in the same expense captions as the related salary costs of those employees. The allocation of stock-based compensation expense related to HLTH Common Stock is recorded as a capital contribution in additional paid-in capital.
 
The following table summarizes the allocations reflected in our consolidated financial statements:
 
                                 
          Nine Months
 
    Three Months Ended
    Ended
 
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
 
Charges from the Company to HLTH:
                               
Intercompany revenue
  $ 63     $ 125     $ 188     $ 416  
Charges from HLTH to the Company:
                               
Corporate services — shared services allocation
    845       792       2,470       2,476  
Healthcare expense
    1,499       1,093       4,301       2,917  
Stock-based compensation expense
    806       1,410       1,926       4,971  
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
On February 15, 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115” (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 permits many financial instruments and certain other items to be measured at fair value at the option of the company. Most of the provisions in SFAS 159 are elective; however, the amendment to SFAS No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities,” applies to all entities with available-for-sale and trading securities. The fair value option established by SFAS 159 permits the choice to measure eligible items at fair value at specified election dates. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected will be reported in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. The fair value option: (a) may be applied instrument by instrument, with a few exceptions, such as investments otherwise accounted for by the equity method; (b) is irrevocable (unless a new election date occurs); and (c) is applied only to entire instruments and not to portions of instruments. SFAS 159 is effective for financial statements issued for the first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, that this new standard will have on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
 
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure of fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements and, accordingly, does not require any new fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, that this new standard will have on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.


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Results of Operations
 
The following table sets forth our consolidated statements of operations data and expresses that data as a percentage of revenue for the periods presented:
 
                                                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
    $     %     $     %     $     %     $     %  
 
Revenue
  $ 87,198       100.0     $ 66,645       100.0     $ 238,639       100.0     $ 173,308       100.0  
Costs and expenses:
                                                               
Cost of operations
    31,130       35.7       26,945       40.4       90,749       38.0       77,371       44.6  
Sales and marketing
    22,459       25.8       20,472       30.7       67,258       28.2       52,941       30.5  
General and administrative
    15,388       17.6       13,476       20.2       46,874       19.6       37,931       21.9  
Depreciation and amortization
    7,086       8.1       5,085       7.6       20,021       8.4       12,627       7.3  
Interest income
    3,486       4.0       1,221       1.7       8,522       3.6       4,137       2.3  
                                                                 
Income (loss) before income tax provision
    14,621       16.8       1,888       2.8       22,259       9.4       (3,425 )     (2.0 )
Income tax provision (benefit)
    3,129       3.6       1,398       2.1       4,671       2.0       (3 )      
                                                                 
Net income (loss)
  $ 11,492       13.2     $ 490       0.7     $ 17,588       7.4     $ (3,422 )     (2.0 )
                                                                 
 
Revenue is derived from our two business segments: Online Services and Publishing and Other Services. Our Online Services segment derives revenue from advertising, sponsorship (including online CME services), e-detailing promotion and physician recruitment services, content syndication and distribution, and licenses of private online portals to employers, healthcare payers and others, along with related services including lifestyle education and personalized telephonic health coaching. Our Publishing and Other Services segment derives revenue from sales of, and advertising in, our physician directories, subscriptions to our professional medical reference textbooks, and advertisements in WebMD the Magazine. As a result of the acquisition of the assets of Conceptis, we also generated revenue from in-person CME programs in 2006. As of December 31, 2006, these services were no longer offered by WebMD.
 
Our customers include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and consumer products companies, as well as employers and health plans. Our customers also include physicians and other healthcare providers who buy our physician directories and reference textbooks.
 
Cost of operations consists of costs related to services and products we provide to customers and costs associated with the operation and maintenance of our public and private portals. These costs relate to editorial and production operations, Web site operations, non-capitalized Web site development costs, and costs related to the production and distribution of our publications. These costs consist of expenses related to salaries and related expenses, non-cash stock-based compensation, creating and licensing content, telecommunications, leased properties, printing and distribution, and non-cash advertising expenses.
 
Sales and marketing expense consists primarily of advertising, product and brand promotion, salaries and related expenses, and non-cash stock-based compensation. These expenses include items related to salaries and related expenses of account executives, account management and marketing personnel, costs and expenses for marketing programs, and fees for professional marketing and advertising services. Also included in sales and marketing expense are the non-cash advertising expenses discussed below.
 
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control systems to support our operations and a services fee for our portion of certain expenses shared across all segments of HLTH.
 
Our discussions throughout this MD&A reference certain non-cash expenses. The following is a summary of our principal non-cash expenses:
 
  •  Non-cash advertising expense.  Expense related to the use of our prepaid advertising inventory that we received from News Corporation in exchange for equity instruments that HLTH issued in connection with an agreement it entered into with News Corporation in 1999 and subsequently amended in 2000. This non-cash advertising expense is included in cost of operations when we utilize this advertising inventory in conjunction with offline advertising and sponsorship programs and is included in sales and marketing expense when we use the asset for promotion of our brand.
 
  •  Non-cash stock-based compensation expense.  Expense related to awards of our restricted Class A Common Stock and awards of employee stock options, as well as awards of restricted HLTH common stock and awards of HLTH stock options that have been granted to certain of our employees. Expense also related to shares issued to our non-employee directors. Non-cash stock-based compensation expense is reflected in the same expense captions as the related salary costs of the respective employees.
 
The following table is a summary of our non-cash expenses included in the respective statements of operations captions.
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
    Nine Months Ended
 
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
 
Advertising expense:
                               
Sales and marketing
  $ 169     $ 1,660     $ 2,489     $ 4,454  
                                 
Total advertising expense
  $ 169     $ 1,660     $ 2,489     $ 4,454  
                                 
Stock-based compensation expense:
                               
Cost of operations
  $ 1,597     $ 2,362     $ 4,159     $ 7,111  
Sales and marketing
    1,252       1,598       3,889       4,610  
General and administrative
    2,838       3,261       7,544       9,519  
                                 
Total stock-based compensation expense
  $ 5,687     $ 7,221     $ 15,592     $ 21,240  
                                 
 
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006
 
The following discussion is a comparison of our results of operations on a consolidated basis for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006.
 
Revenue
 
Our total revenue increased 30.8% and 37.7% to $87,198 and $238,639 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, from $66,645 and $173,308 during the same periods last year. The acquisitions of Subimo, Medsite and Summex completed in 2006 contributed $8,865 and $27,817 to the increases in revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007. Online Services accounted for $20,632 and $67,243 of the revenue increases for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, offset by decreases of $79 and $1,912 within Publishing and Other Services for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively.
 
Costs and Expenses
 
Cost of Operations.  Cost of operations increased to $31,130 and $90,749 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, from $26,945 and $77,371 during the same periods last year. As a percentage of revenue, cost of operations were 35.7% and 38.0% in the three and nine months ended


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September 30, 2007, respectively, compared to 40.4% and 44.6% in the same periods last year. Included in cost of operations in 2007 were non-cash expenses related to stock-based compensation of $1,597 and $4,159 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, compared to $2,362 and $7,111 during the same periods last year. The decrease in non-cash expenses during the three and nine month periods compared to the same periods last year were primarily related to the graded vesting methodology used in determining stock-based compensation expense relating to the Company’s stock options and restricted stock granted at the time of the initial public offering. Cost of operations excluding non-cash expense was $29,533 and $86,590 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, or 33.9% and 36.3% of revenue, compared to $24,583 and $70,260, or 36.9% and 40.5% of revenue during the same periods last year. The increase in absolute dollars was primarily attributable to increases in compensation related costs due to higher staffing levels and outside personnel expenses relating to our Web site operations and development and expenses relating to our acquisitions of Summex, Medsite and Subimo. The decrease as a percentage of revenue was primarily due to our ability to achieve the increase in revenue without incurring a proportional increase in cost of operations expense.
 
Sales and Marketing.  Sales and marketing expense increased to $22,459 and $67,258 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, from $20,472 and $52,941 in the same periods last year. As a percentage of revenue, sales and marketing expense was 25.8% and 28.2% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, compared to 30.7% and 30.5% during the same periods last year. Included in sales and marketing expense were non-cash expenses related to advertising of $169 and $2,489 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, compared to $1,660 and $4,454 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. Non-cash advertising expense decreased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 compared to 2006 due to lower utilization of our prepaid advertising inventory. Also included in sales and marketing expense were non-cash expenses related to stock-based compensation of $1,252 and $3,889 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, compared to $1,598 and $4,610 in the same periods last year. The decrease in non-cash stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was primarily related to the graded vesting methodology used in determining stock-based compensation expense relating to the Company’s stock options and restricted stock granted at the time of the initial public offering. Sales and marketing expense, excluding non-cash expenses, was $21,038 and $60,880 or 24.1% and 25.5% of revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, compared to $17,214 and $43,877 or 25.8% and 25.3% of revenue in the same periods last year. The increase in absolute dollars was primarily attributable to an increase in compensation related costs due to increased staffing and sales commissions related to higher revenue and to expenses related to our acquisitions of Summex, Medsite and Subimo. The decrease as a percentage of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2007 was primarily due to our ability to achieve the increase in revenue without incurring a proportional increase in sales and marketing expense.
 
General and Administrative.  General and administrative expense increased to $15,388 and $46,874 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, from $13,476 and $37,931 in the same periods last year. As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expense was 17.6% and 19.6% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, compared to 20.2% and 21.9% during the same periods last year. Included in general and administrative expense during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 was non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $2,838 and $7,544, respectively, compared to $3,261 and $9,519 in the same periods last year. The decrease in non-cash stock-based compensation expense was primarily due to the graded vesting methodology used in determining stock-based compensation expense relating to the Company’s stock options and restricted stock granted at the time of the initial public offering. General and administrative expense, excluding non-cash expenses, was $12,550 and $39,330 or 14.4% and 16.5% of revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, compared to $10,215 and $28,412 or 15.3% and 16.4% of revenue in the same periods last year. The increase in absolute dollars was primarily attributable to an increase in compensation related costs due to increased staffing levels and outside personnel expenses and expenses relating to our acquisitions of Summex, Medsite and Subimo.


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Depreciation and Amortization.  Depreciation and amortization expense increased to $7,086 and $20,021 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, from $5,085 and $12,627 in the same periods last year. The increase over the prior year periods was primarily due to depreciation expense relating to capital expenditures in 2006 and 2007, as well as amortization of intangible assets relating to the Subimo, Medsite and Summex acquisitions.
 
Interest Income.  Interest income increased to $3,486 and $8,522 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, from $1,221 and $4,137 in the same periods last year. The increases over the prior year periods relate to the increased cash available for investment.
 
Income Tax Provision.  The income tax provision of $3,129 and $4,671 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, and income tax provision (benefit) of $1,398 and ($3) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively, include expenses and benefits related to federal, state and other jurisdictions including an annual projected deferred tax expense related to a portion of our goodwill that is deductible for tax purposes. The benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 relates to the pre-tax loss in the prior year period.
 
Results of Operations by Operating Segment
 
We monitor the performance of our business based on earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items. Other non-cash items include non-cash advertising expense and non-cash stock-based compensation expense. Corporate and other overhead functions are allocated to segments on a specifically identifiable basis or other reasonable method of allocation. We consider these allocations to be a reasonable reflection of the utilization of costs incurred. We do not disaggregate assets for internal management reporting and, therefore, such information is not presented. There are no inter-segment revenue transactions.


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The following table presents the results of our operations for each of our operating segments and a reconciliation to net income (loss):
 
                                 
    Three Months Ended
    Nine Months Ended
 
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2007     2006     2007     2006  
 
Revenue
                               
Online Services:
                               
Advertising and sponsorship
  $ 59,087     $ 43,534     $ 158,944     $ 112,513  
Licensing
    20,001       14,569       59,915       38,315  
Content syndication and other
    490       843       2,027       2,815  
                                 
Total Online Services
    79,578       58,946       220,886       153,643  
Publishing and Other Services
    7,620       7,699       17,753       19,665  
                                 
    $ 87,198     $ 66,645     $ 238,639     $ 173,308  
                                 
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items
                               
Online Services
  $ 21,948     $ 12,727     $ 48,982     $ 29,594  
Publishing and Other Services
    2,129       1,906       2,857       1,165  
                                 
      24,077       14,633       51,839       30,759  
Interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items
                               
Interest income
    3,486       1,221       8,522       4,137  
Depreciation and amortization
    (7,086 )     (5,085 )     (20,021 )     (12,627 )
Non-cash advertising
    (169 )     (1,660 )     (2,489 )     (4,454 )
Non-cash stock-based compensation
    (5,687 )     (7,221 )     (15,592 )     (21,240 )
Income tax (provision) benefit
    (3,129 )     (1,398 )     (4,671 )     3  
                                 
Net income (loss)
  $ 11,492     $ 490     $ 17,588     $ (3,422 )
                                 
 
The following discussion is a comparison of the results of operations for our two operating segments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006.
 
Online Services.  Revenues were $79,578 and $220,886 for the three and nine month ended September 30, 2007, respectively, an increase of $20,632 and $67,243 or 35.0% and 43.8% from the same periods last year. Advertising and sponsorship revenue increased $15,553 or 35.7% and $46,431 or 41.3% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, compared to the same periods last year. The increase in advertising and sponsorship revenue was primarily attributable to an increase in the number of brands and sponsored programs promoted on our sites as well as the acquisition of Medsite in September 2006. The acquisition of Medsite contributed $4,078 and $13,299 of advertising and sponsorship revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively. Including the Medsite acquisition, the number of such brands and programs grew to approximately 500 compared to approximately 460 last year. Licensing revenue increased $5,432 or 37.3% and $21,600 or 56.4% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, compared to the same periods last year. This increase was due to an increase in the number of companies using our private portal platform to 112 from 91 last year. We also have approximately 150 additional customers who purchase stand alone decision support services from us as a result of the acquisitions completed in 2006. The acquisitions of Summex and Subimo contributed $4,787 and $14,518 in licensing revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively. Summex licensing revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 was $1,599 and $1,889. Content syndication and other revenue decreased to $490 and $2,027 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, from $843 and $2,815 during the same periods last year.


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Our Online Services earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items was $21,948 and $48,982 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, or 27.6% and 22.2% of revenue, respectively, compared to $12,727 and $29,594 or 21.6% and 19.3% of revenue in the same periods last year. This increase as a percentage of revenue was primarily due to higher revenue from the increase in number of brands and sponsored programs in our public portals as well as the increase in companies using our private online portal without incurring a proportionate increase in overall expenses, due to the benefits achieved from our infrastructure investments as well as acquisition synergies.
 
Publishing and Other Services.  Revenues were $7,620 and $17,753 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, compared to $7,699 and $19,665 in the same periods last year. The decrease was primarily attributable to the Company’s decision to discontinue offline CME products.
 
Our Publishing and Other Services earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items was $2,129 and $2,857 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, compared to $1,906 and $1,165 during the same periods last year. These changes were primarily attributable to a change in mix of revenues to higher margin products compared to the same periods last year.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
As of September 30, 2007, we had $277,614 of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. Our working capital as of September 30, 2007 was $248,319. Our working capital is affected by the timing of each period end in relation to items such as payments received from customers, payments made to vendors, and internal payroll and billing cycles, as well as the seasonality within our business. Accordingly, our working capital, and its impact on cash flow from operations, can fluctuate materially from period to period.
 
Cash provided by operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was $72,774, primarily as a result of net income of $17,588, adjusted for non-cash expenses of $40,077, which included depreciation and amortization, non-cash advertising expense, deferred income taxes and non-cash stock-based compensation expense. Additionally, changes in working capital provided cash flow of $15,109, primarily due to a decrease in accounts receivable of $14,648, an increase in deferred revenue of $3,207 and an increase in amounts due to HLTH of $5,223, partially offset by a decrease in accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities of $7,463. Cash provided by operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was $43,402, primarily as a result of net loss of $3,422, adjusted for non-cash expenses of $37,410 which included depreciation and amortization, non-cash advertising expense, deferred income taxes and non-cash stock-based compensation expense. Additionally, changes in working capital provided cash flow of $9,414, primarily due to an increase in deferred revenue of $14,517 and an increase in amounts due to HLTH of $8,213, partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $8,311 and an increase in other assets of $4,461.
 
Cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was $103,984 which primarily related to net purchases of available-for-sale securities of $90,410 and investments in property and equipment of $13,574 primarily to enhance our technology platform. Cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was $74,591, which primarily related to net maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities of $39,000, the acquisitions of Medsite, Summex and eMedicine and investments in property and equipment primarily to enhance our technology platform.
 
Cash provided by financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 principally related to net cash transfers with HLTH of $155,119, which included $149,862 received from HLTH related to the utilization of the Company’s NOLs, a tax benefit related to stock option deductions of $655 and proceeds from the issuance of common stock of $8,490.
 
Potential future cash commitments include our anticipated 2007 capital expenditure requirements for the full year which we currently estimate at approximately $15,000 to $20,000. Our anticipated capital expenditures relate to improvements that will be deployed across our public and private portal web sites in order to enable us to service future growth in unique users, page views and private portal customers, as well as to create new sponsorship areas for our customers.


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We believe that our available cash resources and future cash flow from operations will provide sufficient cash resources to meet the commitments described above and to fund our currently anticipated working capital and capital expenditure requirements for up to twenty-four months. Our future liquidity and capital requirements will depend upon numerous factors, including retention of customers at current volume and revenue levels, our existing and new application and service offerings, competing technological and market developments, and potential future acquisitions. In addition, our ability to generate cash flow is subject to numerous factors beyond our control, including general economic, regulatory and other matters affecting us and our customers. We plan to continue to enhance the relevance of our online services to our audience and sponsors and to continue to invest in acquisitions, strategic relationships, facilities and technological infrastructure and product development. We may need to raise additional funds to support expansion, develop new or enhanced applications and services, respond to competitive pressures, acquire complementary businesses or technologies or take advantage of unanticipated opportunities. If required, we may raise such additional funds through public or private debt or equity financing, strategic relationships or other arrangements. We cannot assure you that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all, or that such financing will not be dilutive to our stockholders. Future indebtedness may impose various restrictions and covenants on us that could limit our ability to respond to market conditions, to provide for unanticipated capital investments or to take advantage of business opportunities.
 
The above discussion does not consider any impact that the Potential Merger Transaction may have on our liquidity. As discussed earlier in this MD&A, HLTH indicated that it is planning to propose a transaction to a Special Committee of our Board of Directors, which would involve the merger of HLTH into our Company for a combination of cash and WebMD Common Stock. HLTH expects that the cash necessary to consummate the potential transaction would come from cash and cash equivalents on hand at HLTH and WebMD and from the proceeds of the sales by HLTH of its ViPS and Porex subsidiaries and possibly its 48% interest in EBS Master LLC. HLTH has received preliminary, non-binding indications of interest for each of these assets and intends to explore potential sale transactions. There can be no assurance that such exploration will result in any definitive agreement or transaction. Additionally, we cannot yet determine the effect that these transactions will have on our liquidity until the transaction terms have been negotiated.
 
Factors That May Affect Our Future Financial Condition or Results of Operations
 
This section describes circumstances or events that could have a negative effect on our financial results or operations or that could change, for the worse, existing trends in some or all of our businesses. The occurrence of one or more of the circumstances or events described below could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows or on the trading prices of our Class A Common Stock or securities we may issue in the future. The risks and uncertainties described in this Quarterly Report are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties that are not currently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial may also adversely affect our business and operations.
 
 
Risks Related to Our Operations and Financial Performance
 
If we are unable to provide content and services that attract and retain users to The WebMD Health Network on a consistent basis, our advertising and sponsorship revenue could be reduced
 
Users of The WebMD Health Network have numerous other online and offline sources of healthcare information services. Our ability to compete for user traffic on our public portals depends upon our ability to make available a variety of health and medical content, decision-support applications and other services that meet the needs of a variety of types of users, including consumers, physicians and other healthcare professionals, with a variety of reasons for seeking information. Our ability to do so depends, in turn, on:
 
  •  our ability to hire and retain qualified authors, journalists and independent writers;
 
  •  our ability to license quality content from third parties; and
 
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We cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to develop or acquire needed content, applications and tools at a reasonable cost. In addition, since consumer users of our public portals may be attracted to The WebMD Health Network as a result of a specific condition or for a specific purpose, it is difficult for us to predict the rate at which they will return to the public portals. Because we generate revenue by, among other things, selling sponsorships of specific pages, sections or events on The WebMD Health Network, a decline in user traffic levels or a reduction in the number of pages viewed by users could cause our revenue to decrease and could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
 
Developing and implementing new and updated applications, features and services for our public and private portals may be more difficult than expected, may take longer and cost more than expected and may not result in sufficient increases in revenue to justify the costs
 
Attracting and retaining users of our public portals and clients for our private portals requires us to continue to improve the technology underlying those portals and to continue to develop new and updated applications, features and services for those portals. If we are unable to do so on a timely basis or if we are unable to implement new applications, features and services without disruption to our existing ones, we may lose potential users and clients.
 
We rely on a combination of internal development, strategic relationships, licensing and acquisitions to develop our portals and related applications, features and services. Our development and/or implementation of new technologies, applications, features and services may cost more than expected, may take longer than originally expected, may require more testing than originally anticipated and may require the acquisition of additional personnel and other resources. There can be no assurance that the revenue opportunities from any new or updated technologies, applications, features or services will justify the amounts spent.
 
We face significant competition for our products and services
 
The markets in which we operate are intensely competitive, continually evolving and, in some cases, subject to rapid change.
 
  •  Our public portals face competition from numerous other companies, both in attracting users and in generating revenue from advertisers and sponsors. We compete for users with online services and Web sites that provide health-related information, including both commercial sites and not-for-profit sites. We compete for advertisers and sponsors with both health-related Web sites and general purpose consumer online services and portals and other high-traffic Web sites that include both healthcare-related and non-healthcare-related content and services.
 
  •  Our private portals compete with providers of healthcare decision-support tools and online health management applications; wellness and disease management vendors; and health information services and health management offerings of healthcare benefits companies and their affiliates.
 
  •  Our Publishing and Other Services segment’s products and services compete with numerous other online and offline sources of healthcare information, including traditional medical reference publications, print journals and other specialized publications targeted to physicians, some of which have a more complete range of titles and better access to traditional distribution channels than we have.
 
Many of our competitors have greater financial, technical, product development, marketing and other resources than we do. These organizations may be better known than we are and have more customers or users than we do. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to compete successfully against these organizations or any alliances they have formed or may form. Since there are no substantial barriers to entry into the markets in which our public portals participate, we expect that competitors will continue to enter these markets. For more information about the competition we face, see “Business — Competition” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.


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Failure to maintain and enhance the “WebMD” brand could have a material adverse effect on our business
 
We believe that the “WebMD” brand identity that we have developed has contributed to the success of our business and has helped us achieve recognition as a trusted source of health and wellness information. We also believe that maintaining and enhancing that brand is important to expanding the user base for our public portals, to our relationships with sponsors and advertisers and to our ability to gain additional employer and healthcare payer clients for our private portals. We have expended considerable resources on establishing and enhancing the “WebMD” brand and our other brands, and we have developed policies and procedures designed to preserve and enhance our brands, including editorial procedures designed to provide quality control of the information we publish. We expect to continue to devote resources and efforts to maintain and enhance our brand. However, we may not be able to successfully maintain or enhance awareness of our brands, and events outside of our control may have a negative effect on our brands. If we are unable to maintain or enhance awareness of our brand, and do so in a cost-effective manner, our business could be adversely affected.
 
We have incurred and may continue to incur losses
 
Our operating results have fluctuated significantly in the past from quarter to quarter and may continue to do so in the future. Our net losses from 2001 to 2003 totaled approximately $2.6 billion. Many companies with business plans based on providing healthcare information and related services through the Internet have failed to be profitable and some have filed for bankruptcy and/or ceased operations. Even if demand from users exists, we cannot assure you that our business will be profitable.
 
In addition, our online businesses have a limited operating history and participate in relatively new and rapidly growing markets. These businesses have undergone significant changes during their short history as a result of changes in the types of services provided, technological changes and changes in market conditions and are expected to continue to change for similar reasons.
 
Our failure to attract and retain qualified executives and employees may have a material adverse effect on our business
 
Our business depends largely on the skills, experience and performance of key members of our management team. We also depend, in part, on our ability to attract and retain qualified writers and editors, software developers and other technical personnel and sales and marketing personnel. Competition for qualified personnel in the healthcare information services and Internet industries is intense. We cannot assure you that we will be able to hire or retain a sufficient number of qualified personnel to meet our requirements, or that we will be able to do so at salary and benefit costs that are acceptable to us. Failure to do so may have an adverse effect on our business.
 
If we are unable to provide healthcare content for our offline publications that attracts and retains users, our revenue will be reduced
 
Interest in our offline publications, such as The Little Blue Book, is based upon our ability to make available up-to-date health content that meets the needs of our physician users. Although we have been able to continue to update and maintain the physician practice information that we publish in The Little Blue Book, if we are unable to continue to do so for any reason, the value of The Little Blue Book would diminish and interest in this publication and advertising in this publication would be adversely affected.
 
WebMD the Magazine was launched in April 2005 and, as a result, has a very short operating history. We cannot assure you that WebMD the Magazine will be able to attract and retain the advertisers needed to make this publication successful in the long term.
 
The timing of our advertising and sponsorship revenue may vary significantly from quarter to quarter
 
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forecast accurately. The majority of our advertising and sponsorship contracts are for terms of approximately four to 12 months. We have relatively few longer term advertising and sponsorship contracts. We cannot assure you that our current customers for these services will continue to use our services beyond the terms of their existing contracts or that they will enter into any additional contracts.
 
In addition, the time between the date of initial contact with a potential advertiser or sponsor regarding a specific program and the execution of a contract with the advertiser or sponsor for that program may be lengthy, especially for larger contracts, and may be subject to delays over which we have little or no control, including as a result of budgetary constraints of the advertiser or sponsor or their need for internal approvals. Other factors that could affect the timing of our revenue from advertisers and sponsors include:
 
  •  the timing of FDA approval for new products or for new approved uses for existing products;
 
  •  seasonal factors relating to the prevalence of specific health conditions and other seasonal factors that may affect the timing of promotional campaigns for specific products; and
 
  •  the scheduling of conferences for physicians and other healthcare professionals.
 
Lengthy sales and implementation cycles for our private online portals make it difficult to forecast our revenues from these applications and may have an adverse impact on our business
 
The period from our initial contact with a potential client for a private online portal and the first purchase of our solution by the client is difficult to predict. In the past, this period has generally ranged from six to 12 months, but in some cases has been longer. These sales may be subject to delays due to a client’s internal procedures for approving large expenditures and other factors beyond our control. The time it takes to implement a private online portal is also difficult to predict and has lasted as long as six months from contract execution to the commencement of live operation. Implementation may be subject to delays based on the availability of the internal resources of the client that are needed and other factors outside of our control. As a result, we have limited ability to forecast the timing of revenue from new clients. This, in turn, makes it more difficult to predict our financial performance from quarter to quarter.
 
During the sales cycle and the implementation period, we may expend substantial time, effort and money preparing contract proposals, negotiating contracts and implementing the private online portal without receiving any related revenue. In addition, many of the expenses related to providing private online portals are relatively fixed in the short term, including personnel costs and technology and infrastructure costs. Even if our private portal revenue is lower than expected, we may not be able to reduce related short-term spending in response. Any shortfall in such revenue would have a direct impact on our results of operations.
 
 
Risks Related to Our Relationships with Clients
 
Developments in the healthcare industry could adversely affect our business
 
Most of our revenue is derived from the healthcare industry and could be affected by changes affecting healthcare spending. We are particularly dependent on pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies for our advertising and sponsorship revenue.
 
General reductions in expenditures by healthcare industry participants could result from, among other things:
 
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  •  adverse changes in business or economic conditions affecting healthcare payers or providers, pharmaceutical, biotechnology or medical device companies or other healthcare industry participants.
 
Even if general expenditures by industry participants remain the same or increase, developments in the healthcare industry may result in reduced spending in some or all of the specific market segments that we serve or are planning to serve. For example, use of our products and services could be affected by:
 
  •  changes in the design of health insurance plans;
 
  •  a decrease in the number of new drugs or medical devices coming to market; and
 
  •  decreases in marketing expenditures by pharmaceutical or medical device companies, including as a result of governmental regulation or private initiatives that discourage or prohibit advertising or sponsorship activities by pharmaceutical or medical device companies.
 
In addition, our customers’ expectations regarding pending or potential industry developments may also affect their budgeting processes and spending plans with respect to products and services of the types we provide.
 
The healthcare industry has changed significantly in recent years and we expect that significant changes will continue to occur. However, the timing and impact of developments in the healthcare industry are difficult to predict. We cannot assure you that the markets for our products and services will continue to exist at current levels or that we will have adequate technical, financial and marketing resources to react to changes in those markets.
 
We may be unsuccessful in our efforts to increase advertising and sponsorship revenue from consumer products companies
 
Most of our advertising and sponsorship revenue has, in the past, come from pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. We have been focusing on increasing sponsorship revenue from consumer products companies that are interested in communicating health-related or safety-related information about their products to our audience. However, while a number of consumer products companies have indicated an intent to increase the portion of their promotional spending used on the Internet, we cannot assure you that these advertisers and sponsors will find our consumer Web sites to be as effective as other Web sites or traditional media for promoting their products and services. If we encounter difficulties in competing with the other alternatives available to consumer products companies, this portion of our business may develop more slowly than we expect or may fail to develop.
 
We could be subject to breach of warranty or other claims by clients of our online portals if the software and systems we use to provide them contain errors or experience failures
 
Errors in the software and systems we use could cause serious problems for clients of our online portals. We may fail to meet contractual performance standards or client expectations. Clients of our online portals may seek compensation from us or may seek to terminate their agreements with us, withhold payments due to us, seek refunds from us of part or all of the fees charged under those agreements or initiate litigation or other dispute resolution procedures. In addition, we could face breach of warranty or other claims by clients or additional development costs. Our software and systems are inherently complex and, despite testing and quality control, we cannot be certain that they will perform as planned.
 
We attempt to limit, by contract, our liability to our clients for damages arising from our negligence, errors or mistakes. However, contractual limitations on liability may not be enforceable in certain circumstances or may otherwise not provide sufficient protection to us from liability for damages. We maintain liability insurance coverage, including coverage for errors and omissions. However, it is possible that claims could exceed the amount of our applicable insurance coverage, if any, or that this coverage may not continue to be available on acceptable terms or in sufficient amounts. Even if these claims do not result in liability to us, investigating and defending against them would be expensive and time consuming and could divert management’s attention away from our operations. In addition, negative publicity caused by these events may delay or hinder market acceptance of our services, including unrelated services.
 


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Risks Related to Use of the Internet and to Our Technological Infrastructure
 
Any service interruption or failure in the systems that we use to provide online services could harm our business
 
Our online services are designed to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without interruption. However, we have experienced and expect that we will in the future experience interruptions and delays in services and availability from time to time. We rely on internal systems as well as third-party vendors, including data center providers and bandwidth providers, to provide our online services. We do not maintain redundant systems or facilities for some of these services. In the event of a catastrophic event with respect to one or more of these systems or facilities, we may experience an extended period of system unavailability, which could negatively impact our relationship with users. To operate without interruption, both we and our service providers must guard against:
 
  •  damage from fire, power loss and other natural disasters;
 
  •  communications failures;
 
  •  software and hardware errors, failures and crashes;
 
  •  security breaches, computer viruses and similar disruptive problems; and
 
  •  other potential interruptions.
 
Any disruption in the network access or co-location services provided by third-party providers to us or any failure by these third-party providers or our own systems to handle current or higher volume of use could significantly harm our business. We exercise little control over these third-party vendors, which increases our vulnerability to problems with services they provide.
 
Any errors, failures, interruptions or delays experienced in connection with these third-party technologies and information services or our own systems could negatively impact our relationships with users and adversely affect our brand and our business and could expose us to liabilities to third parties. Although we maintain insurance for our business, the coverage under our policies may not be adequate to compensate us for all losses that may occur. In addition, we cannot provide assurance that we will continue to be able to obtain adequate insurance coverage at an acceptable cost.
 
Implementation of additions to or changes in hardware and software platforms used to deliver our online services may result in performance problems and may not provide the additional functionality that was expected
 
From time to time, we implement additions to or changes in the hardware and software platforms we use for providing our online services. During and after the implementation of additions or changes, a platform may not perform as expected, which could result in interruptions in operations, an increase in response time or an inability to track performance metrics. In addition, in connection with integrating acquired businesses, we may move their operations to our hardware and software platforms or make other changes, any of which could result in interruptions in those operations. Any significant interruption in our ability to operate any of our online services could have an adverse effect on our relationships with users and clients and, as a result, on our financial results. We rely on a combination of purchasing, licensing, internal development, and acquisitions to develop our hardware and software platforms. Our implementation of additions to or changes in these platforms may cost more than originally expected, may take longer than originally expected, and may require more testing than originally anticipated. In addition, we cannot provide assurance that additions to or changes in these platforms will provide the additional functionality and other benefits that were originally expected.


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If the systems we use to provide online portals experience security breaches or are otherwise perceived to be insecure, our business could suffer
 
We retain and transmit confidential information, including personal health records, in the processing centers and other facilities we use to provide online services. It is critical that these facilities and infrastructure remain secure and be perceived by the marketplace as secure. A security breach could damage our reputation or result in liability. We may be required to expend significant capital and other resources to protect against security breaches and hackers or to alleviate problems caused by breaches. Despite the implementation of security measures, this infrastructure or other systems that we interface with, including the Internet and related systems, may be vulnerable to physical break-ins, hackers, improper employee or contractor access, computer viruses, programming errors, denial-of-service attacks or other attacks by third parties or similar disruptive problems. Any compromise of our security, whether as a result of our own systems or the systems that they interface with, could reduce demand for our services and could subject us to legal claims from our clients and users, including for breach of contract or breach of warranty.
 
Our online services are dependent on the development and maintenance of the Internet infrastructure
 
Our ability to deliver our online services is dependent on the development and maintenance of the infrastructure of the Internet by third parties. The Internet has experienced a variety of outages and other delays as a result of damages to portions of its infrastructure, and it could face outages and delays in the future. The Internet has also experienced, and is likely to continue to experience, significant growth in the number of users and the amount of traffic. If the Internet continues to experience increased usage, the Internet infrastructure may be unable to support the demands placed on it. In addition, the reliability and performance of the Internet may be harmed by increased usage or by denial-of-service attacks. Any resulting interruptions in our services or increases in response time could, if significant, result in a loss of potential or existing users of and advertisers and sponsors on our Web sites and, if sustained or repeated, could reduce the attractiveness of our services.
 
Customers who utilize our online services depend on Internet service providers and other Web site operators for access to our Web sites. All of these providers have experienced significant outages in the past and could experience outages, delays and other difficulties in the future due to system failures unrelated to our systems. Any such outages or other failures on their part could reduce traffic to our Web sites.
 
 
Risks Related to Acquisitions, Financings and Other Significant Transactions
 
Acquisitions, business combinations and other transactions may be difficult to complete and, if completed, may have negative consequences for our business and our securityholders
 
WebMD has been built, in part, through a series of acquisitions. We intend to continue to seek to acquire or to engage in business combinations with companies engaged in complementary businesses. In addition, we may enter into joint ventures, strategic alliances or similar arrangements with third parties. These transactions may result in changes in the nature and scope of our operations and changes in our financial condition. Our success in completing these types of transactions will depend on, among other things, our ability to locate suitable candidates and negotiate mutually acceptable terms with them, and to obtain adequate financing. Significant competition for these opportunities exists, which may increase the cost of and decrease the opportunities for these types of transactions. Financing for these transactions may come from several sources, including:
 
  •  cash and cash equivalents on hand and marketable securities;
 
  •  proceeds from the incurrence of indebtedness; and
 
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The issuance of additional equity or debt securities could:
 
  •  cause substantial dilution of the percentage ownership of our stockholders at the time of the issuance;
 
  •  cause substantial dilution of our earnings per share;
 
  •  subject us to the risks associated with increased leverage, including a reduction in our ability to obtain financing or an increase in the cost of any financing we obtain;
 
  •  subject us to restrictive covenants that could limit our flexibility in conducting future business activities; and
 
  •  adversely affect the prevailing market price for our outstanding securities.
 
We do not intend to seek securityholder approval for any such acquisition or security issuance unless required by applicable law, regulation or the terms of then existing securities.
 
Our business will suffer if we fail to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies or to assess the risks in particular transactions
 
We have in the past acquired, and may in the future acquire, businesses, technologies, services, product lines and other assets. The successful integration of the acquired businesses and assets into our operations, on a cost-effective basis, can be critical to our future performance. The amount and timing of the expected benefits of any acquisition, including potential synergies between our company and the acquired business, are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating to:
 
  •  our ability to maintain relationships with the customers of the acquired business;
 
  •  our ability to retain or replace key personnel;
 
  •  potential conflicts in sponsor or advertising relationships;
 
  •  our ability to coordinate organizations that are geographically diverse and may have different business cultures; and
 
  •  compliance with regulatory requirements.
 
We cannot guarantee that any acquired businesses will be successfully integrated with our operations in a timely or cost-effective manner, or at all. Failure to successfully integrate acquired businesses or to achieve anticipated operating synergies, revenue enhancements or cost savings could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
 
Although our management attempts to evaluate the risks inherent in each transaction and to value acquisition candidates appropriately, we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain all such risks or that acquired businesses and assets will perform as we expect or enhance the value of our company as a whole. In addition, acquired companies or businesses may have larger than expected liabilities that are not covered by the indemnification, if any, that we are able to obtain from the sellers.
 
We may not be able to raise additional funds when needed for our business or to exploit opportunities
 
We may need to raise additional funds to support expansion, develop new or enhanced applications and services, respond to competitive pressures, acquire complementary businesses or technologies or take advantage of unanticipated opportunities. If required, we may raise such additional funds through public or private debt or equity financing, strategic relationships or other arrangements. There can be no assurance that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all, or that such financing will not be dilutive to our stockholders.
 


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Risks Related to the Legal and Regulatory Environment in Which We Operate
 
Government regulation of healthcare creates risks and challenges with respect to our compliance efforts and our business strategies
 
The healthcare industry is highly regulated and is subject to changing political, legislative, regulatory and other influences. Existing and new laws and regulations affecting the healthcare industry could create unexpected liabilities for us, could cause us to incur additional costs and could restrict our operations. Many healthcare laws are complex, and their application to specific products and services may not be clear. In particular, many existing healthcare laws and regulations, when enacted, did not anticipate the healthcare information services that we provide. However, these laws and regulations may nonetheless be applied to our products and services. Our failure to accurately anticipate the application of these laws and regulations, or other failure to comply, could create liability for us, result in adverse publicity and negatively affect our businesses. Some of the risks we face from healthcare regulation are as follows:
 
  •  Regulation of Drug and Medical Device Advertising and Promotion.  The WebMD Health Network provides services involving advertising and promotion of prescription and over-the-counter drugs and medical devices. If the FDA or the FTC finds that any information on our Web sites violates FDA or FTC regulations, they may take regulatory or judicial action against us and/or the advertiser or sponsor of that information. State attorneys general may also take similar action based on their state’s consumer protection statutes. Any increase in regulation of drug or medical device advertising and promotion could make it more difficult for us to contract for sponsorships and advertising. Members of Congress, physician groups and others have criticized the FDA’s current policies, and have called for restrictions on advertising of prescription drugs to consumers and increased FDA enforcement. We cannot predict what actions the FDA or industry participants may take in response to these criticisms. It is also possible that new laws would be enacted that impose restrictions on such advertising. Our advertising and sponsorship revenue could be materially reduced by additional restrictions on the advertising of prescription drugs and medical devices to consumers, whether imposed by law or regulation or by policies adopted by industry members.
 
  •  Anti-kickback Laws.  There are federal and state laws that govern patient referrals, physician financial relationships and inducements to healthcare providers and patients. The federal healthcare programs’ anti-kickback law prohibits any person or entity from offering, paying, soliciting or receiving anything of value, directly or indirectly, for the referral of patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs or the leasing, purchasing, ordering or arranging for or recommending the lease, purchase or order of any item, good, facility or service covered by these programs. Many states also have similar anti-kickback laws that are not necessarily limited to items or services for which payment is made by a federal healthcare program. These laws are applicable to manufacturers and distributors and, therefore, may restrict how we and some of our customers market products to healthcare providers, including e-details. Any determination by a state or federal regulatory agency that any of our practices violate any of these laws could subject us to civil or criminal penalties and require us to change or terminate some portions of our business and could have an adverse effect on our business. Even an unsuccessful challenge by regulatory authorities of our practices could result in adverse publicity and be costly for us to respond to.
 
  •  Medical Professional Regulation.  The practice of most healthcare professions requires licensing under applicable state law. In addition, the laws in some states prohibit business entities from practicing medicine. If a state determines that some portion of our business violates these laws, it may seek to have us discontinue those portions or subject us to penalties or licensure requirements. Any determination that we are a healthcare provider and have acted improperly as a healthcare provider may result in liability to us.
 
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Government regulation of the Internet could adversely affect our business
 
The Internet and its associated technologies are subject to government regulation. Our failure, or the failure of our business partners or third-party service providers, to accurately anticipate the application of laws and regulations affecting our products and services and the manner in which we deliver them, or any other failure to comply with such laws and regulations, could create liability for us, result in adverse publicity and negatively affect our business. In addition, new laws and regulations, or new interpretations of existing laws and regulations, may be adopted with respect to the Internet or other online services covering user privacy, patient confidentiality, consumer protection and other issues, including pricing, content, copyrights and patents, distribution and characteristics and quality of products and services. We cannot predict whether these laws or regulations will change or how such changes will affect our business. For more information regarding government regulation of the Internet to which we are or may be subject, see “Business — Government Regulation” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
 
We face potential liability related to the privacy and security of personal information we collect from or on behalf of users of our services
 
Privacy of personal health information, particularly personal health information stored or transmitted electronically, is a major issue in the United States. The Privacy Standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (or HIPAA) establish a set of basic national privacy standards for the protection of individually identifiable health information by health plans, healthcare clearinghouses and healthcare providers (referred to as covered entities) and their business associates. Only covered entities are directly subject to potential civil and criminal liability under the Privacy Standards. Accordingly, the Privacy Standards do not apply directly to us. However, portions of our business, such as those managing employee or plan member health information for employers or health plans, are or may be business associates of covered entities and are bound by certain contracts and agreements to use and disclose protected health information in a manner consistent with the Privacy Standards. Depending on the facts and circumstances, we could potentially be subject to criminal liability for aiding and abetting or conspiring with a covered entity to violate the Privacy Standards. We cannot assure you that we will adequately address the risks created by the Privacy Standards. In addition, we are unable to predict what changes to the Privacy Standards might be made in the future or how those changes could affect our business. Any new legislation or regulation in the area of privacy of personal information, including personal health information, could also affect the way we operate our business and could harm our business.
 
In addition, Internet user privacy is a major issue both in the United States and abroad. We have privacy policies posted on our Web sites that we believe comply with applicable laws requiring notice to users about our information collection, use and disclosure practices. However, whether and how existing privacy and consumer protection laws in various jurisdictions apply to the Internet is still uncertain. In addition, we notify users about our information collection, use and disclosure practices relating to data we receive through offline means such as paper health risk assessments. However, we cannot assure you that the privacy policies and other statements we provide to users of our products and services, or our practices will be found sufficient to protect us from liability or adverse publicity in this area.
 
Failure to maintain our CME accreditation could adversely affect our ability to provide online CME offerings
 
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also provide that accredited CME providers may not place their CME content on websites owned or controlled by a “commercial interest.”
 
As a result of the revised standards, Medscape is implementing adjustments to the structure, management and operation of Medscape and its CME programs intended to ensure that Medscape and its CME programs are independent of WebMD promotional activities as required by the revised standards. ACCME requires accredited providers to implement any corporate structural changes necessary to meet the revised standards regarding the definition of “commercial interest” by August 2009, and those relating to placing CME content on websites owned or controlled by “commercial interests” by January 1, 2008. We believe that the adjustments we are making to our Medscape business will meet the revised standards. However, we cannot be certain whether ACCME will find that these adjustments are sufficient to meet the revised standards or predict whether the ACCME may impose additional requirements.
 
If ACCME concludes that we have not met its revised standards relating to CME, we would not be permitted to offer accredited ACCME activities to physicians and other healthcare professionals, and we may be required, instead, to use third parties to accredit such CME-related services on Medscape from WebMD. In addition, any failure to maintain our status as an accredited ACCME provider as a result of a failure to comply with existing or additional ACCME standards or other requirements could discourage potential sponsors from engaging in CME or education related activities with us, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
 
Government regulation and industry initiatives could adversely affect the volume of sponsored online CME programs implemented through our Web sites or require changes to how we offer CME
 
CME activities may be subject to government regulation by the FDA, the OIG, or HHS, the federal agency responsible for interpreting certain federal laws relating to healthcare, and by state regulatory agencies. During the past several years, educational programs, including CME, directed toward physicians have been subject to increased scrutiny to ensure that sponsors do not influence or control the content of the program. In response to governmental and industry initiatives, pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies have been developing and implementing internal controls and procedures that promote adherence to applicable regulations and requirements. In implementing these controls and procedures, different clients may interpret the regulations and requirements differently and may implement procedures or requirements that vary from client to client. These controls and procedures:
 
  •  may discourage pharmaceutical companies from engaging in educational activities;
 
  •  may slow their internal approval for such programs;
 
  •  may reduce the volume of sponsored educational programs implemented through our Web sites to levels that are lower than in the past; and
 
  •  may require us to make changes to how we offer or provide educational programs, including CME.
 
In addition, future changes to existing regulations, or to the internal compliance programs of clients or potential clients, may further discourage or prohibit clients or potential clients from engaging in educational activities with us, or may require us to make further changes in the way we offer or provide educational programs.
 
We may not be successful in protecting our intellectual property and proprietary rights
 
Our intellectual property and proprietary rights are important to our businesses. The steps that we take to protect our intellectual property, proprietary information and trade secrets may prove to be inadequate and, whether or not adequate, may be expensive. We rely on a combination of trade secret, patent and other intellectual property laws and confidentiality procedures and non-disclosure contractual provisions to protect our intellectual property. We cannot assure you that we will be able to detect potential or actual misappropriation or infringement of our intellectual property, proprietary information or trade secrets. Even if we detect misappropriation or infringement by a third party, we cannot assure you that we will be able to enforce our


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rights at a reasonable cost, or at all. In addition, our rights to intellectual property, proprietary information and trade secrets may not prevent independent third-party development and commercialization of competing products or services.
 
Third parties may claim that we are infringing their intellectual property, and we could suffer significant litigation or licensing expenses or be prevented from providing certain services, which may harm our business
 
We could be subject to claims that we are misappropriating or infringing intellectual property or other proprietary rights of others. These claims, even if not meritorious, could be expensive to defend and divert management’s attention from our operations. If we become liable to third parties for infringing these rights, we could be required to pay a substantial damage award and to develop non-infringing technology, obtain a license or cease selling the products or services that use or contain the infringing intellectual property. We may be unable to develop non-infringing products or services or obtain a license on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. We may also be required to indemnify our customers if they become subject to third-party claims relating to intellectual property that we license or otherwise provide to them, which could be costly.
 
Third parties may challenge the enforceability of our online agreements
 
The law governing the validity and enforceability of online agreements and other electronic transactions is evolving. We could be subject to claims by third parties that the online terms and conditions for use of our Web sites, including disclaimers or limitations of liability, are unenforceable. A finding by a court that these terms and conditions or other online agreements are invalid could harm our business.
 
We may be subject to claims brought against us as a result of content we provide
 
Consumers access health-related information through our online services, including information regarding particular medical conditions and possible adverse reactions or side effects from medications. If our content, or content we obtain from third parties, contains inaccuracies, it is possible that consumers, employees, health plan members or others may sue us for various causes of action. Although our Web sites contain terms and conditions, including disclaimers of liability, that are intended to reduce or eliminate our liability, the law governing the validity and enforceability of online agreements and other electronic transactions is evolving. We could be subject to claims by third parties that our online agreements with consumers and physicians that provide the terms and conditions for use of our public or private portals are unenforceable. A finding by a court that these agreements are invalid and that we are subject to liability could harm our business and require costly changes to our business.
 
We have editorial procedures in place to provide quality control of the information that we publish or provide. However, we cannot assure you that our editorial and other quality control procedures will be sufficient to ensure that there are no errors or omissions in particular content. Even if potential claims do not result in liability to us, investigating and defending against these claims could be expensive and time consuming and could divert management’s attention away from our operations. In addition, our business is based on establishing the reputation of our portals as trustworthy and dependable sources of healthcare information. Allegations of impropriety or inaccuracy, even if unfounded, could therefore harm our reputation and business.
 
 
Risks Related to Our Relationship with HLTH Corporation
 
We continue to be dependent on HLTH to provide us with services required by us for the operation of our business
 
Some of the administrative services we require continue to be provided to us by HLTH under a Services Agreement. Under the Services Agreement, HLTH provides us with administrative services, including services relating to payroll, accounting, tax planning and compliance, employee benefit plans, legal matters and information processing. As a result, we are dependent on our relationship with HLTH for these important


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services. We reimburse HLTH under agreed-upon formulas that allocate to us a portion of HLTH’s aggregate costs related to those services. The Services Agreement is for a term of up to five years; however, we have the option to terminate these services, in whole or in part, at any time we choose to do so, generally by providing, with respect to specified services or groups of services, 60 days’ notice and, in some cases, paying a termination fee of not more than $30,000 to cover the costs of HLTH relating to the termination.
 
The costs we are charged under the Services Agreement are not necessarily indicative of the costs that we would incur if we had to provide the services on our own or contract for them with third parties on a stand-alone basis. With respect to most of the services provided under the Services Agreement, we believe that it is likely that it would cost us more to provide them or contract for them on our own because we benefit from economies of scale.
 
The concentrated ownership of our common stock by HLTH and certain corporate governance arrangements prevent our other stockholders from influencing significant corporate decisions
 
We have two classes of common stock:
 
  •  Class A Common Stock, which entitles the holder to one vote per share on all matters submitted to our stockholders; and
 
  •  Class B Common Stock, which entitles the holder to five votes per share on all matters submitted to our stockholders.
 
HLTH owns 100% of our Class B Common Stock, which represents approximately 84% of our outstanding common stock. These Class B shares collectively represent 96% of the combined voting power of our outstanding common stock. Given its ownership interest, HLTH is able to control the outcome of all matters submitted to our shareholders for approval, including the election of directors. Accordingly, either in its capacity as a stockholder or through its control of our Board of Directors, HLTH is able to control all key decisions regarding our company, including mergers or other business combinations and acquisitions, dispositions of assets, future issuances of our common stock or other securities, the incurrence of debt by us, the payment of dividends on our common stock (including the frequency and the amount of dividends that would be payable on our common stock, a substantial majority of which HLTH owns) and amendments to our certificate of incorporation and bylaws. Further, as long as HLTH and its subsidiaries (excluding our company and our subsidiaries) continue to beneficially own shares representing at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of our outstanding voting stock, it may take actions required to be taken at a meeting of stockholders without a meeting or a vote and without prior notice to holders of our Class A Common Stock. In addition, HLTH’s controlling interest may discourage a change of control that the holders of our Class A Common Stock may favor. Any of these provisions could be used by HLTH for its own advantage to the detriment of our other stockholders and our company. This in turn may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A Common Stock.
 
The interests of HLTH may conflict with the interests of our other stockholders
 
We cannot assure you that the interests of HLTH will coincide with the interests of the other holders of our common stock. For example, HLTH could cause us to make acquisitions that increase the amount of our indebtedness or outstanding shares of common stock or sell revenue-generating assets. Also, HLTH or its directors and officers may allocate to HLTH or its other affiliates corporate opportunities that could have been directed to us. So long as HLTH continues to own shares of our common stock with significant voting power, HLTH will continue to be able to strongly influence or effectively control our decisions.
 
Some of our directors, officers and employees may have potential conflicts of interest as a result of having positions with or owning equity interests in HLTH
 
Martin J. Wygod, in addition to being Chairman of the Board of our company, is Chairman of the Board of HLTH. Some of our other directors, officers and employees also serve as directors, officers or employees of HLTH. In addition, some of our directors, officers and employees own shares of HLTH’s common stock.


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Furthermore, because our officers and employees have participated in HLTH’s equity compensation plans and because service at our company will, so long as we are a majority-owned subsidiary of HLTH, qualify those persons for continued participation and continued vesting of equity awards under HLTH’s equity plans, many of our officers and employees and some of our directors hold, and may continue to hold, options to purchase HLTH’s common stock and shares of HLTH’s restricted stock.
 
These arrangements and ownership interests or cash- or equity-based awards could create, or appear to create, potential conflicts of interest when directors or officers who own HLTH’s stock or stock options or who participate in HLTH’s benefit plans are faced with decisions that could have different implications for HLTH than they do for us. We cannot assure you that the provisions in our restated certificate of incorporation will adequately address potential conflicts of interest or that potential conflicts of interest will be resolved in our favor.
 
We are included in HLTH’s consolidated tax return and, as a result, both we and HLTH may use each other’s net operating loss carryforwards
 
Due to provisions of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and applicable Treasury regulations relating to the manner and order in which net operating loss carryforwards are utilized when filing consolidated tax returns, a portion of our net operating loss carryforwards may be required to be utilized by HLTH before HLTH would be permitted to utilize its own net operating loss carryforwards. Correspondingly, in some situations, such as where HLTH’s net operating loss carryforwards were generated first, we may be required to utilize a portion of HLTH’s net operating loss carryforwards before we would have to utilize our own net operating loss carryforwards. Under our tax sharing agreement with HLTH, neither we nor HLTH is obligated to reimburse the other for the tax savings attributable to the utilization of the other party’s net operating loss carryforwards, except that HLTH has agreed to compensate us for any use of our net operating losses that may result from certain extraordinary transactions, including the sales in 2006 of its Business Services and Practice Services operating segments (for which compensation has been received). Accordingly, although we may obtain a benefit if we are required to utilize HLTH’s net operating loss carryforwards, we may suffer a detriment to the extent that HLTH is required to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards. The amount of each of our and HLTH’s net operating loss carryforwards that ultimately could be utilized by the other party will depend on the timing and amount of taxable income earned by us and HLTH in the future, which we are unable to predict. Correspondingly, we are not able to predict whether we or HLTH will be able to utilize our respective net operating loss carryforwards before they expire or whether there will be a net benefit to HLTH or to us.
 
If certain transactions occur with respect to our capital stock or HLTH’s capital stock, we may be unable to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits to reduce our income taxes
 
As of December 31, 2006, we had net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $247 million for federal income tax purposes and federal tax credits of approximately $2.0 million residing within the WebMD legal entities. If certain transactions occur with respect to our capital stock or HLTH’s capital stock, including issuances, redemptions, recapitalizations, exercises of options, conversions of convertible debt, purchases or sales by 5%-or-greater shareholders and similar transactions, that result in a cumulative change of more than 50% of the ownership of our capital stock, taking into account indirect changes in ownership of our stock as a result of changes in ownership in or HLTH’s capital stock, over a three-year period (including a period commencing prior to our initial public offering), as determined under rules prescribed by the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and applicable Treasury regulations, an annual limitation would be imposed with respect to our ability to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards and federal tax credits against any taxable income that we achieve in future periods. HLTH is not subject to any contractual obligation to retain any of its Class B Common Stock. Moreover, there can be no assurance that limitations on the use of our net operating loss carryforwards and federal tax credits will not occur as a result of changes in the ownership of HLTH’s capital stock (which changes may be beyond the control of us and HLTH).


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We are included in HLTH’s consolidated group for federal income tax purposes and, as a result, may be liable for any shortfall in HLTH’s federal income tax payments
 
We will be included in the HLTH consolidated group for federal income tax purposes as long as HLTH continues to own 80% of the total value of our capital stock. By virtue of its controlling ownership and our tax sharing agreement with HLTH, HLTH effectively controls all our tax decisions. Moreover, notwithstanding the tax sharing agreement, federal tax law provides that each member of a consolidated group is jointly and severally liable for the group’s entire federal income tax obligation. Thus, to the extent HLTH or other members of the group fail to make any federal income tax payments required of them by law, we would be liable for the shortfall. Similar principles generally apply for income tax purposes in some state, local and foreign jurisdictions.
 
 
Risks Related to Certain Potential Transactions
 
HLTH’s plan to propose the Potential Merger Transaction may not result in any transaction being agreed upon or, even if agreement is reached, may not result in any transaction being successfully completed
 
As previously disclosed, HLTH currently intends to propose the Potential Merger Transaction to the Special Committee of WebMD’s Board of Directors formed to evaluate and negotiate any such potential transaction with HLTH. That process may or may not result in a definitive agreement with respect to the Potential Merger Transaction. In addition, even if a definitive agreement is entered into, our ability to complete such a transaction will depend on numerous factors, some of which are outside of our control. Even if a transaction is completed, there can be no assurance that it will achieve the benefits contemplated by the parties or those expected by their respective securityholders. Furthermore, the process of exploring the Potential Merger Transaction may be more time consuming and expensive than we currently anticipate.
 
There may be negative impacts on HLTH and WebMD as a result of proposing the Potential Merger Transaction
 
As a result of HLTH’s intention to propose the Potential Merger Transaction and the process expected to follow from that, the financial results and operations of HLTH and WebMD may be adversely affected by the diversion of management resources to that process and uncertainty regarding the outcome of the process. For example, such process could lead us to lose or fail to attract employees, customers or business partners. Although we intend to take steps to address these risks, there can be no assurance that any such losses or distractions will not adversely affect the operations or financial results of HLTH and WebMD.
 
We cannot assure you that the decision to explore the Potential Sale Transactions will result in us pursuing a transaction or that any such transaction would be successfully completed
 
As previously disclosed, HLTH has received unsolicited preliminary indications of interest for each of ViPS, Porex and its 48% interest in EBS Master LLC and it currently intends to explore Potential Sale Transactions involving those assets. That process may or may not result in agreements with respect to one or more Potential Sale Transactions. In addition, HLTH’s ability to complete any Potential Sale Transactions, if its Board decides to pursue them, will depend on numerous factors, some of which are outside of its control, including factors affecting the availability of financing for transactions or the financial markets in general.
 
ITEM 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 
Interest Rate Sensitivity
 
The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal and maintain adequate liquidity, while at the same time maximizing the yield we receive from our investment portfolio. This objective is accomplished by adherence to our investment policy, which establishes the list of eligible types of securities and credit requirements for each investment.


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Changes in prevailing interest rates will cause the market value of the investment to fluctuate. To minimize this risk, we maintain our portfolio of cash equivalents, short-term investments and marketable securities in commercial paper, non-government debt securities, money market funds and highly liquid United States Treasury notes. We view these high grade securities within our portfolio as having similar market risk characteristics.
 
Principal amounts expected to mature are $99.9 million during 2007.
 
We have not utilized derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio.
 
ITEM 4.   Controls and Procedures
 
As required by Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b), WebMD management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of WebMD’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e), as of September 30, 2007. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that WebMD’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2007.
 
In connection with the evaluation required by Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(d), WebMD management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that no changes in WebMD’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the third quarter of 2007 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, WebMD’s internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1A.   Risk Factors
 
The risk factors contained in Part I, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report under the heading “Factors That May Affect Our Future Financial Condition or Results of Operations — Risks Relating to Certain Potential Transactions” are incorporated herein by this reference.
 
ITEM 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 
(c)   Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
 
During the three months ended September 30, 2007, 12,294 shares were withheld from WebMD Restricted Stock that vested on September 28, 2007, in order to satisfy withholding tax requirements related to the vesting of the awards. The value of these shares was determined based on $52.10 per share, the closing price of our Class A common stock on September 28, 2007. These were the only repurchases of equity securities made by us during the three months ended September 30, 2007. We do not have a repurchase program.
 
ITEM 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
At our Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on September 18, 2007, our stockholders voted with respect to the following matters:
 
  •  Proposal 1 —
 
             
To elect as Class I directors for a two-year term:
           
Mark J. Adler, M.D. 
   — votes FOR     248,381,306  
     — votes withheld     55,404  
Neil F. Dimick
   — votes FOR     248,141,467  
     — votes withheld     295,243  
James V. Manning
   — votes FOR     248,145,384  
     — votes withheld     291,326  
To elect as Class II directors for a three-year term:
           
Wayne T. Gattinella
   — votes FOR     248,363,930  
     — votes withheld     70,780  
Abdool Rahim Moossa, M.D. 
   — votes FOR     248,381,306  
     — votes withheld     55,404  
Stanley S. Trotman, Jr. 
   — votes FOR     248,145,344  
     — votes withheld     291,366  
To elect as Class III directors for a one-year term:
           
Jerome C. Keller
   — votes FOR     248,365,930  
     — votes withheld     70,780  
Martin J. Wygod.
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  •  Proposal 2 — To ratify and approve an amendment to WebMD’s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of WebMD Class A Common Stock issuable under that Plan by 1,850,000 shares, to a total of 9,000,000 shares:
 
         
Votes FOR:
    243,597,827  
Votes AGAINST:
    2,340,272  
Abstentions:
    19,086  
Broker non-votes:
    2,479,526  
 
  •  Proposal 3 — To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to serve as our independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007:
 
         
Votes FOR:
    248,380,481  
Votes AGAINST:
    39,058  
Abstentions:
    17,170  
Broker non-votes:
    0  
 
As a result, the individuals listed above for Proposal 1 were elected for the respective terms indicated and Proposals 2 and 3 were each approved. For each director and for Proposal 2, the totals include 240,500,000 votes cast FOR by HLTH, the holder of all of the outstanding shares of WebMD Class B Common Stock.
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
WebMD Health Corp.
 
  By: 
/s/  Mark D. Funston
Mark D. Funston
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
         
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
  3 .1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant on September 29, 2005 (the “Form 8-A”))
  3 .2   By-laws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Form 8-A)
  10 .1*   Amended and Restated WebMD Health Corp. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan**
  31 .1*   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Registrant
  31 .2*   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Registrant
  32 .1*   Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Registrant
  32 .2*   Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Registrant
 
 
* Filed herewith.
 
** Relates to management compensation.


E-1

EX-10.1 2 g10241exv10w1.htm EX-10.1 AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN EX-10.1 2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
 

 
Exhibit 10.1
 
CONFORMED COPY
 
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
 

2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
 
 
(AS AMENDED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 18, 2007)
 
 
ARTICLE 1
 
PURPOSE
 
1.1 General.  The purpose of the WebMD Health Corp. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Plan”) is to promote the success, and enhance the value, of WebMD Health Corp., a Delaware Corporation (the “Corporation”), by linking the personal interests of its employees, officers, directors and consultants to those of Corporation shareholders and by providing such persons with an incentive for outstanding performance. The Plan is further intended to provide flexibility to the Corporation in its ability to motivate, attract and retain the services of employees, officers, directors and consultants upon whose judgment, interest and special effort the successful conduct of the Corporation’s operation is largely dependent. Accordingly, the Plan permits the grant of incentive awards from time to time to selected employees and officers, directors and consultants.
 
ARTICLE 2
 
EFFECTIVE DATE
 
2.1 Effective Date.  The Plan became effective on the date upon which it was approved by the Board and the shareholders of the Corporation, which was September 26, 2005 (the “Effective Date”). The effective date of the amendment and restatement of the Plan is July 27, 2006 (the “Amendment and Restatement Date”).
 
ARTICLE 3
 
DEFINITIONS
 
3.1 Definitions.  When a word or phrase appears in this Plan with the initial letter capitalized, and the word or phrase does not commence a sentence and is not otherwise defined in the Plan, the word or phrase shall generally be given the meaning ascribed to it in this Section. The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
 
(a) “1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
 
(b) “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
 
(c) “Affiliate” means any Parent or Subsidiary and any person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation.
 
(d) “Amendment and Restatement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
 
(e) “Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Performance Share Award, Dividend Equivalent Award or Other Stock-Based Award, or any other right or interest relating to Stock or cash, granted to a Participant under the Plan.


 

(f) “Award Agreement” means any written agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing an Award.
 
(g) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
 
(h) “Cause” as a reason for a Participant’s termination of employment or service shall have the meaning assigned such term in the employment agreement, if any, between such Participant and the Corporation or an affiliated company, provided, however, that if there is no such employment agreement in which such term is defined, “Cause” shall mean any of the following acts by the Participant, as determined by the Board: gross neglect of duty, prolonged absence from duty without the consent of the Corporation, intentionally engaging in any activity that is in conflict with or adverse to the business or other interests of the Corporation, or willful misconduct, misfeasance or malfeasance of duty which is reasonably determined to be detrimental to the Corporation.
 
(i) “Change of Control” means and includes the occurrence of any one of the following events:
 
(i) individuals who, at the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director after the Effective Date and whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Corporation in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Corporation as a result of an actual or threatened election contest (as described in Rule 14a-11 under the 1934 Act (“Election Contest”)) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any “person” (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(9) of the 1934 Act and as used in Section 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act) other than the Board (“Proxy Contest”), including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest, shall be deemed an Incumbent Director;
 
(ii) any person becomes a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding securities eligible to vote for the election of the Board (the “Corporation Voting Securities”); provided, however, that the event described in this paragraph (ii) shall not be deemed to be a Change of Control of the Corporation by virtue of any of the following acquisitions: (A) any acquisition by a person who is on the Effective Date the beneficial owner of 50% or more of the outstanding Corporation Voting Securities, (B) an acquisition by the Corporation which reduces the number of Corporation Voting Securities outstanding and thereby results in any person acquiring beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the outstanding Corporation Voting Securities, provided that if after such acquisition by the Corporation such person becomes the beneficial owner of additional Corporation Voting Securities that increase the percentage of outstanding Corporation Voting Securities beneficially owned by such person, a Change of Control of the Corporation shall then occur, (C) an acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Corporation or any Parent or Subsidiary, (D) an acquisition by an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or (E) an acquisition pursuant to a Non-Qualifying Transaction (as defined in paragraph (iii)); or
 
(iii) the consummation of a reorganization, merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Corporation that requires the approval of the Corporation’s stockholders, whether for such transaction or the issuance of securities in the transaction (a “Reorganization”), or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets to an entity that is not an affiliate of the Corporation (a “Sale”), unless immediately following such Reorganization or Sale: (A) more than 50% of the total voting power of (x) the corporation resulting from such Reorganization or the corporation which has acquired all or
 
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substantially all of the assets of the Corporation (in either case, the “Surviving Corporation”) or (y) if applicable, the ultimate parent corporation that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of 100% of the voting securities eligible to elect directors of the Surviving Corporation (the “Parent Corporation”), is represented by the Corporation Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization or Sale (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which such Corporation Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Reorganization or Sale), and such voting power among the holders thereof is in substantially the same proportion as the voting power of such Corporation Voting Securities among the holders thereof immediately prior to the Reorganization or Sale, (B) no person (other than (x) the Corporation, (y) any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Surviving Corporation or the Parent Corporation or (z) a person who immediately prior to the Reorganization or Sale was the beneficial owner of 25% or more of the outstanding Corporation Voting Securities) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 25% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting securities eligible to elect directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Parent Corporation (or, if there is no Parent Corporation, the Surviving Corporation) following the consummation of the Reorganization or Sale were Incumbent Directors at the time of the Board’s approval of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such Reorganization or Sale (any Reorganization or Sale which satisfies all of the criteria specified in (A), (B) and (C) above shall be deemed to be a “Non-Qualifying Transaction”);
 
provided, however, that in no event shall a Change of Control be deemed to have occurred so long as Emdeon Corporation directly or indirectly beneficially owns at least 50% of the voting power represented by the securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of the Corporation’s directors; and provided further, however, that under no circumstances shall a split-off, spin-off, stock dividend or similar transaction as a result of which the voting securities of the Corporation are distributed to shareholders of Emdeon Corporation or its successors constitute a Change of Control.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to an Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, and payment or settlement of such Award is to be accelerated in connection with an event that would otherwise constitute a Change of Control, no event set forth in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) will constitute a Change of Control for purposes of the Plan and any Award Agreement unless such event also constitutes a “change in the ownership”, “change in the effective control” or “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Corporation as defined under Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury guidance promulgated thereunder.
 
(j) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
(k) “Committee” means, subject to the last sentence of Section 4.1, the committee of the Board described in Article 4.
 
(l) “Covered Employee” means a covered employee as defined in Section 162(m)(3) of the Code, provided that no employee shall be a Covered Employee until the deduction limitations of Section 162(m) of the Code are applicable to the Corporation and any reliance period under Treasury Regulation Section 1.162-27(f) has expired.
 
(m) “Disability” has the meaning ascribed under the long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant. Notwithstanding the above, (i) with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Disability shall mean Permanent and Total Disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code and (ii) to the extent an Award is subject to Section 409A of the Code, and payment or settlement of the Award is to be accelerated solely as a result of the Participant’s Disability, Disability shall have the meaning ascribed thereto under Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury guidance promulgated thereunder.
 
(n) “Dividend Equivalent” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 11.
 
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(o) “Effective Date” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.1.
 
(p) “Fair Market Value”, on any date, means (i) if the Stock is listed on a securities exchange or is traded over the Nasdaq National Market, the closing sales price on such exchange or over such system on such date or, in the absence of reported sales on such date, the closing sales price on the immediately preceding date on which sales were reported or (ii) if the Stock is not listed on a securities exchange or traded over the Nasdaq National Market, Fair Market Value will be determined by such other method as the Committee determines in good faith to be reasonable. With respect to awards granted on the effective date of the Corporation’s Initial Public Offering, Fair Market Value shall mean the price at which the Stock is initially offered in the Initial Public Offering.
 
(q) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.
 
(r) “Initial Public Offering” means the underwritten initial public offering of equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act.
 
(s) “Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Corporation or any Parent or Affiliate.
 
(t) “Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
 
(u) “Option” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 7 to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time periods. An Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
 
(v) “Other Stock-Based Award” means a right, granted to a Participant under Article 12, that relates to or is valued by reference to Stock or other Awards relating to Stock.
 
(w) “Parent” means a corporation which owns or beneficially owns a majority of the outstanding voting stock or voting power of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Parent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(e) of the Code.
 
(x) “Participant” means a person who, as an employee, officer, consultant or director of the Corporation or any Parent, Subsidiary or Affiliate, has been granted an Award under the Plan.
 
(y) “Performance Share” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 9, to receive cash, Stock, or other Awards, the payment of which is contingent upon achieving certain performance goals established by the Committee.
 
(z) “Restricted Stock Award” means Stock granted to a Participant under Article 10 that is subject to certain restrictions and to risk of forfeiture.
 
(aa) “Stock” means the $.01 par value Class A common stock of the Corporation and such other securities of the Corporation as may be substituted for Stock pursuant to Article 15.
 
(bb) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 8 to receive a payment equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock as of the date of exercise of the SAR over the grant price of the SAR, all as determined pursuant to Article 8.
 
(cc) “Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity of which a majority of the outstanding voting equity securities or voting power is beneficially owned directly or indirectly by the Corporation. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Subsidiary shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(f) of the Code.
 
(dd) “Emdeon Corporation” means Emdeon Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
 
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ARTICLE 4
 
ADMINISTRATION
 
4.1 Committee.  The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the “Committee”) appointed by the Board (which Committee shall consist of two or more directors) or, at the discretion of the Board from time to time, the Plan may be administered by the Board. It is intended that the directors appointed to serve on the Committee shall be “non-employee directors” (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) and “outside directors” (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code) to the extent that Rule 16b-3 and, if necessary for relief from the limitation under Section 162(m) of the Code and such relief is sought by the Corporation, Section 162(m) of the Code, respectively, are applicable. However, the mere fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify under either of the foregoing requirements shall not invalidate any Award made by the Committee which Award is otherwise validly made under the Plan. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by, and may be changed at any time and from time to time in the discretion of, the Board. During any time that the Board is acting as administrator of the Plan, it shall have all the powers of the Committee hereunder, and any reference herein to the Committee (other than in this Section 4.1) shall include the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) initial Awards granted to Participants in connection with the Initial Public Offering may be determined, and (ii) to the extent determined by the Board, following the Initial Public Offering the Plan may be administered, by the compensation committee of the board of directors of Emdeon Corporation and all references to such Committee in the Plan shall be deemed to refer to such Committee for so long as it serves as the Plan administrator.
 
4.2 Action by the Committee.  For purposes of administering the Plan, the following rules of procedure shall govern the Committee. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, and acts approved unanimously in writing by the members of the Committee in lieu of a meeting, shall be deemed the acts of the Committee. Each member of the Committee is entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to that member by any officer or other employee of the Corporation or any Parent or Affiliate, the Corporation’s independent certified public accountants, or any executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by the Corporation to assist in the administration of the Plan.
 
4.3 Authority of Committee.  Except as provided below, the Committee has the exclusive power, authority and discretion to:
 
(a) Designate Participants;
 
(b) Determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant;
 
(c) Determine the number of Awards to be granted and the number of shares of Stock to which an Award will relate;
 
(d) Determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan, including, but not limited to, the exercise price, grant price or purchase price, any restrictions or limitations on the Award, any schedule for lapse of forfeiture restrictions or restrictions on the exercisability of an Award, and accelerations or waivers thereof, based in each case on such considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion determines;
 
(e) Accelerate the vesting or lapse of restrictions of any outstanding Award, based in each case on such considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion determines;
 
(f) Determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances an Award may be settled in, or the exercise price of an Award may be paid in, cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, or an Award may be canceled, forfeited or surrendered;
 
(g) Prescribe the form of each Award Agreement, which need not be identical for each Participant or amend any Award Agreement;
 
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(h) Decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with an Award;
 
(i) Establish, adopt or revise any rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable to administer the Plan;
 
(j) Make all other decisions and determinations that may be required under the Plan or as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan; and
 
(k) Amend the Plan as provided herein.
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing authority, except as provided in or pursuant to Article 15, the Committee shall not authorize, generally or in specific cases only, for the benefit of any Participant, any adjustment in the exercise price of an Option or the base price of a Stock Appreciation Right, or in the number of shares subject to an Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted hereunder by (i) cancellation of an outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right and a subsequent regranting of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, (ii) amendment to an outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right, (iii) substitution of an outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right or (iv) any other action that would be deemed to constitute a repricing of such an Award under applicable law, in each case, without prior approval of the Corporation’s stockholders.
 
4.4 Delegation of Authority.  To the extent not prohibited by applicable laws, rules and regulations, the Board or the Committee may, from time to time, delegate some or all of its authority under the Plan to a subcommittee or subcommittees thereof or to one or more directors or executive officers of the Corporation as it deems appropriate under such conditions or limitations as it may set at the time of such delegation or thereafter, except that neither the Board nor the Committee may delegate its authority pursuant to Article 16 to amend the Plan. For purposes of the Plan, references to the Committee shall be deemed to refer to any subcommittee, subcommittees, directors or executive officers to whom the Board or the Committee delegates authority pursuant to this Section 4.4.
 
4.5 Decisions Binding.  The Committee’s interpretation of the Plan, any Awards granted under the Plan, any Award Agreement and all decisions and determinations by the Committee with respect to the Plan are final, binding and conclusive on all parties.
 
ARTICLE 5
 
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
 
5.1 Number of Shares.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Article 15, the aggregate number of shares of Stock reserved and available for Awards or which may be used to provide a basis of measurement for or to determine the value of an Award (such as with a Stock Appreciation Right or Performance Share Award) shall be 9,000,000 shares (the “Maximum Number”). Not more than the Maximum Number of shares of Stock shall be granted in the form of Incentive Stock Options.
 
5.2 Lapsed Awards.  To the fullest extent permissible under Rule 16b-3 under the 1934 Act and Section 422 of the Code and any other applicable laws, rules and regulations, (i) if an Award is canceled, terminates, expires, is forfeited or lapses for any reason without having been exercised or settled, any shares of Stock subject to the Award will be added back into the Maximum Number and will again be available for the grant of an Award under the Plan and (ii) shares of Stock subject to SARs or other Awards settled in cash and the number of shares of Stock tendered or withheld to satisfy a Participant’s tax withholding obligations shall be added back into the Maximum Number and will be available for the grant of an Award under the Plan.
 
5.3 Stock Distributed.  Any Stock distributed pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Stock, treasury Stock or Stock purchased on the open market.
 
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5.4 Limitation on Awards.  Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary (but subject to adjustment as provided in Article 15), the maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to one or more Options and/or SARs that may be granted during any one calendar year under the Plan to any one Participant shall be 412,500 (all of which may be granted as Incentive Stock Options); provided, however, that in connection with his or her initial employment with the Corporation, a Participant may be granted Options or SARs with respect to up to an additional 412,500 shares of Stock (all of which may be granted as Incentive Stock Options), which shall not count against the foregoing annual limit. The maximum Fair Market Value (measured as of the date of grant) of any Awards other than Options and SARs that may be received by any one Participant (less any consideration paid by the Participant for such Award) during any one calendar year under the Plan shall be $5,000,000. The maximum number of shares of Stock that may be subject to one or more Performance Share Awards (or used to provide a basis of measurement for or to determine the value of Performance Share Awards) in any one calendar year to any one participant (determined on the date of payment of settlement) shall be 412,500.
 
ARTICLE 6
 
ELIGIBILITY
 
6.1 General.  Awards may be granted only to individuals who are employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Corporation or a Parent or an Affiliate. In the discretion of the Committee, Awards may be made to Covered Employees which are intended to constitute qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.
 
ARTICLE 7
 
STOCK OPTIONS
 
7.1 General.  The Committee is authorized to grant Options to Participants on the following terms and conditions:
 
(a) Exercise Price.  The exercise price per share of Stock under an Option shall be determined by the Committee at the time of the grant but in no event shall the exercise price be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of grant.
 
(b) Time and Conditions of Exercise.  The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part, subject to Section 7.1(e) and 7.3. The Committee also shall determine the performance or other conditions, if any, that must be satisfied before all or part of an Option may be exercised. The Committee may waive any exercise provisions at any time in whole or in part based upon factors as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion so that the Option becomes exerciseable at an earlier date.
 
(c) Payment.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the exercise price of an Option may be paid (i) in cash, (ii) by actual delivery or attestation to ownership of freely transferable shares of stock already owned; provided, however, that to the extent required by applicable accounting rules, such shares shall have been held by the Participant for at least six months, (iii) by a combination of cash and shares of Stock equal in value to the exercise price or (iv) by such other means as the Committee, in its discretion, may authorize. In accordance with the rules and procedures authorized by the Committee for this purpose, an Option may also be exercised through a “cashless exercise” procedure authorized by the Committee that permits Participants to exercise Options by delivering a properly executed exercise notice to the Corporation together with a copy of irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Corporation the amount of sale or loan proceeds necessary to pay the exercise price and the amount of any required tax or other withholding obligations.
 
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(d) Evidence of Grant.  All Options shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement between the Corporation and the Participant. The Award Agreement shall include such provisions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be specified by the Committee.
 
(e) Exercise Term.  In no event may any Option be exercisable for more than ten years from the date of its grant.
 
7.2 Incentive Stock Options.  The terms of any Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan must comply with the following additional rules:
 
(a) Lapse of Option.  An Incentive Stock Option shall lapse under the earliest of the following circumstances; provided, however, that the Committee may, prior to the lapse of the Incentive Stock Option under the circumstances described in paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) below, provide in writing that the Option will extend until a later date, but if an Option is exercised after the dates specified in paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) below, it will automatically become a Non-Qualified Stock Option:
 
(1) The Incentive Stock Option shall lapse as of the option expiration date set forth in the Award Agreement.
 
(2) The Incentive Stock Option shall lapse ten years after it is granted, unless an earlier time is set in the Award Agreement.
 
(3) If the Participant terminates employment for any reason other than as provided in paragraph (4) or (5) below, the Incentive Stock Option shall lapse, unless it is previously exercised, three months after the Participant’s termination of employment; provided, however, that if the Participant’s employment is terminated by the Corporation for Cause, the Incentive Stock Option shall (to the extent not previously exercised) lapse immediately.
 
(4) If the Participant terminates employment by reason of his Disability, the Incentive Stock Option shall lapse, unless it is previously exercised, one year after the Participant’s termination of employment.
 
(5) If the Participant dies while employed, or during the three-month period described in paragraph (3) or during the one-year period described in paragraph (4) and before the Option otherwise lapses, the Option shall lapse one year after the Participant’s death. Upon the Participant’s death, any exercisable Incentive Stock Options may be exercised by the Participant’s beneficiary, determined in accordance with Section 14.5.
 
Unless the exercisability of the Incentive Stock Option is accelerated as provided in Article 14, if a Participant exercises an Option after termination of employment, the Option may be exercised only with respect to the shares that were otherwise vested on the Participant’s termination of employment.
 
(b) Individual Dollar Limitation.  The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time an Award is made) of all shares of Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are first exercisable by a Participant in any calendar year may not exceed $100,000.00.
 
(c) Ten Percent Owners.  No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any individual who, at the date of grant, owns stock possessing more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation or any Parent or Affiliate unless the exercise price per share of such Option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value per share of Stock at the date of grant and the Option expires no later than five years after the date of grant.
 
(d) Expiration of Incentive Stock Options.  No Award of an Incentive Stock Option may be made pursuant to the Plan after the day immediately prior to the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date.
 
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(e) Right to Exercise.  During a Participant’s lifetime, an Incentive Stock Option may be exercised only by the Participant or, in the case of the Participant’s Disability, by the Participant’s guardian or legal representative.
 
(f) Directors.  The Committee may not grant an Incentive Stock Option to a non-employee director. The Committee may grant an Incentive Stock Option to a director who is also an employee of the Corporation or any Parent or Affiliate but only in that individual’s position as an employee and not as a director.
 
7.3 Options Granted to Non-employee Directors.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Options granted to Non-Employee Directors under this Article 7 shall be subject to the following additional terms and conditions:
 
(a) Lapse of Option.  An Option granted to a Non-Employee Director under this Article 7 shall lapse under the earliest of the following circumstances:
 
(1) The Option shall lapse as of the option expiration date set forth in the Award Agreement.
 
(2) If the Participant ceases to serve as a member of the Board for any reason other than as provided in the proviso to this paragraph (2) or in paragraph (3) below, the Option shall lapse, unless it is previously exercised, (A) in the case of Option grants made to Non-Employee Directors after January 27, 2006, three years after the Participant’s termination as a member of the Board and (B) in the case of Option grants made to Non-Employee Directors on or prior to January 27, 2006, on the later of (x) 51/2 months following the Participant’s termination as a member of the Board of Directors or (y) December 31 of the year in which such termination of service occurs; provided, however, that if the Participant is removed for cause (determined in accordance with the Corporation’s bylaws, as amended from time to time), the Option shall (to the extent not previously exercised) lapse immediately.
 
(3) If the Participant ceases to serve as a member of the Board by reason of his Disability or death, the Option shall lapse, unless it is previously exercised, (A) in the case of Option grants made to Non-Employee Directors after January 27, 2006, three years after the Participant’s termination as a member of the Board and (B) in the case of Option grants made to Non-Employee Directors on or prior to January 27, 2006, 141/2 months following the Participant’s termination as a member of the Board of Directors. If the Participant dies during the post termination exercise period specified above in paragraph (2) or in paragraph (3) and before the Option otherwise lapses, the Option shall lapse one year after the Participant’s death. Upon the Participant’s death, any exercisable Options may be exercised by the Participant’s beneficiary, determined in accordance with Section 14.5.
 
If a Participant exercises Options after termination of his service on the Board, he may exercise the Options only with respect to the shares that were otherwise exercisable on the date of termination of his service on the Board. Such exercise otherwise shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Article 7.
 
(b) Acceleration Upon Change of Control.  Notwithstanding Section 7.1(b), in the event of a Change of Control, each Option granted to a Non-Employee Director under this Article 7 that is then outstanding immediately prior to such Change of Control shall become immediately vested and exercisable in full on the date of such Change of Control.
 
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ARTICLE 8
 
STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
 
8.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights.  The Committee is authorized to grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Participants on the following terms and conditions:
 
(a) Right to Payment.  Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant to whom it is granted has the right to receive the excess, if any, of:
 
(1) The Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of exercise; over
 
(2) The grant price of the Stock Appreciation Right as determined by the Committee, which shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of one share of Stock on the date of grant.
 
(b) Other Terms.  All awards of Stock Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. The terms, methods of exercise, methods of settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement, and any other terms and conditions of any Stock Appreciation Right shall be determined by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Award and shall be reflected in the Award Agreement.
 
ARTICLE 9
 
PERFORMANCE SHARES
 
9.1 Grant of Performance Shares.  The Committee is authorized to grant Performance Shares to Participants on such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee. The Committee shall have the complete discretion to determine the number of Performance Shares granted to each Participant, subject to Section 5.4. All Awards of Performance Shares shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement.
 
9.2 Right to Payment.  A grant of Performance Shares gives the Participant rights, valued as determined by the Committee, and payable to, or exercisable by, the Participant to whom the Performance Shares are granted, in whole or in part, as the Committee shall establish at grant or thereafter. The Committee shall set performance goals and other terms or conditions to payment of the Performance Shares in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the number and value of Performance Shares that will be paid to the Participant.
 
9.3 Other Terms.  Performance Shares may be payable in cash, Stock or other property, and have such other terms and conditions as determined by the Committee and reflected in the Award Agreement.
 
ARTICLE 10
 
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
 
10.1 Grant of Restricted Stock.  The Committee is authorized to make Awards of Restricted Stock to Participants in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee. All Awards of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by a Restricted Stock Award Agreement.
 
10.2 Issuance and Restrictions.  Restricted Stock shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability and other restrictions as the Committee may impose (including, without limitation, limitations on the right to vote Restricted Stock or the right to receive dividends on the Restricted Stock). These restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such circumstances, in such installments, upon the satisfaction of performance goals or otherwise, as the Committee determines at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter.
 
10.3 Forfeiture.  Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter, upon termination of employment during the applicable restriction period or upon failure to satisfy
 
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a performance goal during the applicable restriction period, Restricted Stock that is at that time subject to restrictions shall be forfeited and reacquired by the Corporation; provided, however, that the Committee may provide in any Award Agreement that restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock will be waived in whole or in part in the event of terminations resulting from specified causes, and the Committee may in other cases waive in whole or in part restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted Stock.
 
10.4 Certificates for Restricted Stock.  Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee shall determine. If certificates representing shares of Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, certificates must bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.
 
ARTICLE 11
 
DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS
 
11.1 Grant of Dividend Equivalents.  The Committee is authorized to grant Dividend Equivalents to Participants subject to such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee. Dividend Equivalents shall entitle the Participant to receive payments (in cash, Stock or other property) equal to dividends with respect to all or a portion of the number of shares of Stock subject to an Award, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may provide that Dividend Equivalents be paid or distributed when accrued, or be deemed to have been reinvested in additional shares of Stock or otherwise reinvested.
 
ARTICLE 12
 
OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS
 
12.1 Grant of Other Stock-based Awards.  The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Participants such other Awards that are payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to shares of Stock, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan, including, without limitation, shares of Stock awarded purely as a “bonus” and not subject to any restrictions or conditions, convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Stock, stock units, phantom stock and other Awards valued by reference to book value of shares of Stock or the value of securities of or the performance of specified Parents or Subsidiaries. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards.
 
ARTICLE 13
 
ANNUAL AWARDS TO NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
 
13.1 Grant of Options.  Each Non-Employee Director who is serving in such capacity as of January 1 of each year that the Plan is in effect shall be granted a Non-Qualified Option to purchase 13,200 shares of Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in Article 15. In addition, each Non-Employee Director who is serving in such capacity as of the effective date of the Initial Public Offering shall be granted a Non-Qualified Stock Option to purchase 13,200 shares of Stock on such date. Each such date that Options are to be granted under this Article 13 is referred to hereinafter as a “Grant Date”. In addition, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit or require each Non-Employee Director to receive all or any portion of his or her compensation for services as a director in the form of an Award under the Plan with such term and conditions as may be determined by the Board in its sole discretion.
 
If on any Grant Date, shares of Stock are not available under the Plan to grant to Non-Employee Directors the full amount of a grant contemplated by the immediately preceding paragraph, then each Non-Employee Director shall receive an Option (a “Reduced Grant”) to purchase shares of Stock in an amount
 
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equal to the number of shares of Stock then available under the Plan divided by the number of Non-Employee Directors as of the applicable Grant Date. Fractional shares shall be ignored and not granted.
 
If a Reduced Grant has been made and, thereafter, during the term of the Plan, additional shares of Stock become available for grant, then each person who was a Non-Employee Director both on the Grant Date on which the Reduced Grant was made and on the date additional shares of Stock become available (a “Continuing Non-Employee Director”) shall receive an additional Option to purchase shares of Stock. The number of newly available shares shall be divided equally among the Options granted to the Continuing Non-Employee Directors; provided, however, that the aggregate number of shares of Stock subject to a Continuing Non-Employee Director’s additional Option plus any prior Reduced Grant to the Continuing Non-Employee Director on the applicable Grant Date shall not exceed 13,200 shares (subject to adjustment pursuant to Article 15). If more than one Reduced Grant has been made, available Options shall be granted beginning with the earliest such Grant Date.
 
13.2 Option Price.  The option price for each Option granted under this Article 13 shall be the Fair Market Value on the date of grant of the Option.
 
13.3 Term.  Each Option granted under this Article 13 shall, to the extent not previously exercised, terminate and expire on the date ten (10) years after the date of grant of the Option, unless earlier terminated as provided in Section 13.4.
 
13.4 Lapse of Option.  An Option granted under this Article 13 shall not automatically lapse by reason of the Participant ceasing to qualify as a Non-Employee Director but remaining as a member of the Board. An Option granted under this Article 13 shall lapse under the earliest of the following circumstances:
 
(1) The Option shall lapse ten years after it is granted.
 
(2) If the Participant ceases to serve as a member of the Board for any reason other than as provided in the proviso to this paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) below, the Option shall lapse, unless it is previously exercised, (A) in the case of Option grants made to Non-Employee Directors after January 27, 2006, three years after the Participant’s termination as a member of the Board and (B) in the case of Option grants made to Non-Employee Directors on or prior to January 27, 2006, on the later of (x) 51/2 months following the Participant’s termination as a member of the Board of Directors or (y) December 31 of the year in which such termination of service occurs; provided, however, that if the Participant is removed for cause (determined in accordance with the Corporation’s bylaws, as amended from time to time), the Option shall (to the extent not previously exercised) lapse immediately.
 
(3) If the Participant ceases to serve as a member of the Board by reason of his Disability or death, the Option shall lapse, unless it is previously exercised, (A) in the case of Option grants made to Non-Employee Directors after January 27, 2006, three years after the Participant’s termination as a member of the Board and (B) in the case of Option grants made to Non-Employee Directors on or prior to January 27, 2006, 141/2 months following the Participant’s termination as a member of the Board of Directors.
 
(4) If the Participant dies during the post termination exercise period specified above in paragraph (2) or in paragraph (3) and before the Option otherwise lapses, the Option shall lapse one year after the Participant’s death. Upon the Participant’s death, any exercisable Options may be exercised by the Participant’s beneficiary, determined in accordance with Section 14.5.
 
If a Participant exercises Options after termination of his or her service on the Board, he or she may exercise the Options only with respect to the shares that were otherwise exercisable on the date of termination of his service on the Board. Such exercise otherwise shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Article 13.
 
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13.5 Cancellation of Options.  Upon a Participant’s termination of service for any reason other than death or Disability, all Options that have not vested in accordance with the Plan shall be cancelled immediately.
 
13.6 Exercisability.  Subject to Section 13.7, each Option grant under this Article 13 shall be exercisable as to twenty-five percent (25%) of the Option shares on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the Grant Date, such that the Options will be fully exercisable after four years from the Grant Date.
 
13.7 Acceleration Upon Change of Control.  Notwithstanding Section 13.6, in the event of a Change of Control, each Option granted under this Article 13 that is then outstanding immediately prior to such Change of Control shall become immediately exercisable in full on the date of such Change in Control.
 
13.8 Termination of Article 13.  No Options shall be granted under this Article 13 after January 1, 2015.
 
13.9 Non-exclusivity.  Nothing in this Article 13 shall prohibit the Committee from making discretionary Awards to Non-Employee Directors pursuant to the other provisions of the Plan before or after January 1, 2015. Options granted pursuant to this Article 13 shall be governed by the provisions of this Article 13 and by other provisions of the Plan to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article 13.
 
ARTICLE 14
 
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS
 
14.1 Stand-alone, Tandem, and Substitute Awards.  Awards granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, (subject to the last sentence of Section 4.3) or in substitution for, any other Award granted under the Plan. If an Award is granted in substitution for another Award, the Committee may require the surrender of such other Award in consideration of the grant of the new Award. Awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the grant of such other Awards.
 
14.2 Term of Award.  The term of each Award shall be for the period as determined by the Committee, provided that in no event shall the term of any Incentive Stock Option or a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with the Incentive Stock Option exceed a period of ten years from the date of its grant (or, if Section 7.2(c) applies, five years from the date of its grant).
 
14.3 Form of Payment for Awards.  Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable law or Award Agreement, payments or transfers to be made by the Corporation or a Parent or Affiliate on the grant or exercise of an Award may be made in such form as the Committee determines at or after the time of grant, including, without limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards or other property, or any combination thereof, and may be made in a single payment or transfer, in installments or on a deferred basis, in each case determined in accordance with rules adopted by, and at the discretion of, the Committee.
 
14.4 Limits on Transfer.  No right or interest of a Participant in any unexercised or restricted Award may be pledged, encumbered or hypothecated to or in favor of any party other than the Corporation or a Parent or Affiliate, or shall be subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of such Participant to any other party other than the Corporation or a Parent or Affiliate. No unexercised or restricted Award shall be assignable or transferable by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or, except in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, pursuant to a domestic relations order that would satisfy Section 414(p)(1)(A) of the Code if such Section applied to an Award under the Plan; provided, however, that the Committee may (but need not) permit other transfers where the Committee concludes that such transferability (i) does not result in accelerated taxation or other adverse tax consequences, (ii) does not cause any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option to fail to be described in Section 422(b) of the Code, and (iii) is otherwise appropriate and desirable, taking into account any factors deemed relevant, including, without limitation, state or federal tax or securities laws applicable to transferable Awards.
 
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14.5 Beneficiaries.  Notwithstanding Section 14.4, a Participant may, in the manner determined by the Committee, designate a beneficiary to exercise the rights of the Participant and to receive any distribution with respect to any Award upon the Participant’s death. A beneficiary, legal guardian, legal representative or other person claiming any rights under the Plan is subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award Agreement applicable to the Participant, except to the extent the Plan and such Award Agreement otherwise provide, and to any additional restrictions deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee. If no beneficiary has been designated or survives the Participant, payment shall be made to the Participant’s estate. Subject to the foregoing, a beneficiary designation may be changed or revoked by a Participant at any time, provided the change or revocation is filed with the Committee.
 
14.6 Stock Certificates.  All Stock issuable under the Plan is subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal or state securities laws, rules and regulations and the rules of any national securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock is listed, quoted or traded. The Committee may place legends on any Stock certificate or issue instructions to the transfer agent to reference restrictions applicable to the Stock.
 
14.7 Acceleration Upon Death or Disability.  Unless otherwise set forth in an Award Agreement, upon the Participant’s death or Disability during his employment or service as a director, all outstanding Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards and other Awards in the nature of rights that may be exercised shall become fully exercisable and all restrictions on outstanding Awards shall lapse. Any Option or Stock Appreciation Rights Awards shall thereafter continue or lapse in accordance with the other provisions of the Plan and the Award Agreement. To the extent that this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to exceed the dollar limitation set forth in Section 7.2(b), the excess Options shall be deemed to be Non-Qualified Stock Options.
 
14.8 Acceleration of Vesting and Lapse of Restrictions.  Subject to Sections 7.3(b) and 13.7, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, at any time (including, without limitation, prior to, coincident with or subsequent to a Change of Control) determine that (a) all or a portion of a Participant’s Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and other Awards in the nature of rights that may be exercised shall become fully or partially exercisable, and/or (b) all or a part of the restrictions on all or a portion of the outstanding Awards shall lapse, in each case, as of such date as the Committee may, in its sole discretion, declare; provided, however, that, with respect to Awards that are subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Committee shall not have the authority to accelerate or postpone the timing of payment or settlement of an Award in a manner that would cause such Award to become subject to the interest and penalty provisions under Section 409A of the Code. The Committee may discriminate among Participants and among Awards granted to a Participant in exercising its discretion pursuant to this Section 14.8. All Awards made to Non-Employee Directors shall become fully vested and, in the case of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and other Awards in the nature of rights that may be exercised, fully exercisable in the event of the occurrence of a Change of Control as of the date of such Change of Control.
 
14.9 Other Adjustments.  If (i) an Award is accelerated under Sections 7.3(b), 13.7 and/or 14.8 or (ii) a Change of Control occurs (regardless or whether acceleration under Sections 7.3(b), 13.7 and/or 14.8 occurs), the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide (a) that the Award will expire after a designated period of time after such acceleration or Change of Control, as applicable, to the extent not then exercised, (b) that the Award will be settled in cash rather than Stock, (c) that the Award will be assumed by another party to a transaction giving rise to the acceleration or a party to the Change of Control, (d) that the Award will otherwise be equitably converted or adjusted in connection with such transaction or Change of Control, or (e) any combination of the foregoing. The Committee’s determination need not be uniform and may be different for different Participants whether or not such Participants are similarly situated; provided, however, that, with respect to Awards that are subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Committee shall not have the authority to accelerate or postpone the timing of payment or settlement of an Award in a manner that would cause such Award to become subject to the interest and penalty provisions under Section 409A of the Code.
 
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14.10 Performance Goals.  In order to preserve the deductibility of an Award under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may determine that any Award granted pursuant to this Plan to a Participant that is or is expected to become a Covered Employee shall be determined solely on the basis of (a) the achievement by the Corporation or Subsidiary of a specified target return, or target growth in return, on equity or assets, (b) the Corporation’s stock price, (c) the Corporation’s total shareholder return (stock price appreciation plus reinvested dividends) relative to a defined comparison group or target over a specific performance period, (d) the achievement by the Corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary, or a business unit of any such entity, of a specified target, or target growth in, net income, revenues, earnings per share, earnings before income and taxes, and earnings before income, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or (e) any combination of the goals set forth in (a) through (d) above. If an Award is made on such basis, the Committee shall establish goals prior to the beginning of the period for which such performance goal relates (or such later date as may be permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code or the regulations thereunder), and the Committee has the right for any reason to reduce (but not increase) the Award, notwithstanding the achievement of a specified goal. Any payment of an Award granted with performance goals shall be conditioned on the written certification of the Committee in each case that the performance goals and any other material conditions were satisfied.
 
14.11 Termination of Employment.  Whether military, government or other service or other leave of absence shall constitute a termination of employment shall be determined in each case by the Committee at its discretion, and any determination by the Committee shall be final and conclusive. A termination of employment shall not occur (i) in a circumstance in which a Participant transfers from the Corporation to one of its Parents or Subsidiaries, transfers from a Parent or Affiliate to the Corporation, or transfers from one Parent or Affiliate to another Parent or Affiliate, or (ii) in the discretion of the Committee as specified at or prior to such occurrence, in the case of a split-off, spin-off, sale or other disposition of the Participant’s employer from the Corporation or any Parent or Affiliate. To the extent that this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to extend beyond three months from the date a Participant is deemed to be an employee of the Corporation, a Parent or Affiliate for purposes of Section 424(f) of the Code, the Options held by such Participant shall be deemed to be Non-Qualified Stock Options.
 
14.12 Loan Provisions.  Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, with the consent of the Committee, the Corporation may make, guarantee or arrange for a loan or loans to a Participant with respect to the exercise of any Option granted under this Plan and/or with respect to the payment of the purchase price, if any, of any Award granted hereunder and/or with respect to the payment by the Participant of any or all federal and/or state income taxes due on account of the granting or exercise of any Award hereunder. The Committee shall have full authority to decide whether to make a loan or loans hereunder and to determine the amount, terms and provisions of any such loan(s), including the interest rate to be charged in respect of any such loan(s), whether the loan(s) are to be made with or without recourse against the borrower, the collateral or other security, if any, securing the repayment of the loan(s), the terms on which the loan(s) are to be repaid and the conditions, if any, under which the loan(s) may be forgiven.
 
ARTICLE 15
 
CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE
 
15.1 General.  Upon or in contemplation of (a) any reclassification, recapitalization, stock split (including a stock split in the form of a stock dividend) or reverse stock split, (b) any merger, combination, consolidation, or other reorganization, (c) any spin-off, split-up, or similar extraordinary dividend distribution in respect of the Stock (whether in the form of securities or property), (d) any exchange of Stock or other securities of the Corporation, or any similar, unusual or extraordinary corporate transaction in respect of the Stock, or (e) a sale of all or substantially all the business or assets of the Corporation as an entirety, then the
 
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Committee shall, in such manner, to such extent (if any) and at such time as it deems appropriate and equitable in the circumstances:
 
(i) proportionately adjust any or all of (A) the number and type of shares of Stock (or other securities) that thereafter may be made the subject of Awards (including the specific share limits, maximums and numbers of shares set forth elsewhere in this Plan), (B) the number, amount and type of shares of Stock (or other securities or property) subject to any or all outstanding Awards, (C) the grant, purchase, or exercise price (which term includes the base price of any SAR or similar right) of any or all outstanding Awards, (D) the securities, cash or other property deliverable upon exercise or payment of any outstanding Awards, or (E) the performance standards applicable to any outstanding Awards, or
 
(ii) make provision for a cash payment or for the assumption, substitution or exchange of any or all outstanding share-based Awards or the cash, securities or property deliverable to the holder of any or all outstanding share-based Awards, based upon the distribution or consideration payable to holders of the Stock upon or in respect of such event.
 
The Committee may adopt such valuation methodologies for outstanding Awards as it deems reasonable in the event of a cash or property settlement and, in the case of Options, SARs or similar rights, but without limitation on other methodologies, may base such settlement solely upon the excess if any of the per share amount payable upon or in respect of such event over the exercise or base price of the Award. With respect to any Award of an Incentive Stock Option, the Committee may make such an adjustment that causes the option to cease to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option without the consent of the affected Participant.
 
In any of such events, the Committee may take such action prior to such event to the extent that the Committee deems the action necessary to permit the Participant to realize the benefits intended to be conveyed with respect to the underlying shares in the same manner as is or will be available to stockholders generally. In the case of any stock split or reverse stock split, if no action is taken by the Committee, the proportionate adjustments contemplated by clause (i) above shall nevertheless be made.
 
ARTICLE 16
 
AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION
 
16.1 Amendment, Modification and Termination.  The Board or the Committee may, at any time and from time to time, amend, modify or terminate the Plan; provided, however, that the Board or the Committee may condition any amendment or modification on the approval of shareholders of the Corporation if such approval is necessary or deemed advisable with respect to tax, securities or other applicable laws, policies or regulations.
 
16.2 Awards Previously Granted.  At any time and from time to time, but subject to Section 4.3, the Committee may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award or Award Agreement without approval of the Participant; provided, however, that, subject to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement, such amendment, modification or termination shall not, without the Participant’s consent, reduce or diminish the value of such Award determined as if the Award had been exercised, vested, cashed in or otherwise settled on the date of such amendment or termination; provided further, however, that the original term of any Option may not be extended. No termination, amendment, or modification of the Plan shall adversely affect any Award previously granted under the Plan, without the written consent of the Participant. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Committee shall have broad authority to amend the Plan or any outstanding Award under the Plan without approval of the Participant to the extent necessary or desirable (i) to comply with, or take into account changes in, applicable tax laws, securities laws, accounting rules and other applicable laws, rules and regulations or (ii) to ensure that an Award is not subject to interest and penalties under Section 409A of the Code.
 
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ARTICLE 17
 
GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
17.1 No Rights to Awards.  No Participant or any eligible participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and neither the Corporation nor the Committee is obligated to treat Participants or eligible participants uniformly.
 
17.2 No Stockholder Rights.  No Award gives the Participant any of the rights of a shareholder of the Corporation unless and until shares of Stock are in fact issued to such person in connection with the exercise, payment or settlement of such Award.
 
17.3 Withholding.  The Corporation or any Subsidiary, Parent or Affiliate shall have the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Corporation, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local and other taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation) required by law to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of the Plan. With respect to withholding required upon any taxable event under the Plan, the Committee may, at the time the Award is granted or thereafter, require or permit that any such withholding requirement be satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) withholding from the Award shares of Stock or (ii) delivering shares of Stock that are already owned, having a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding equal to the minimum amount (and not any greater amount) required to be withheld for tax purposes, all in accordance with such procedures as the Committee establishes. The Corporation or any Subsidiary, Parent or Affiliate, as appropriate, shall also have the right to deduct from all cash payments made to a Participant (whether or not such payment is made in connection with an Award) any applicable taxes required to be withheld with respect to such payments.
 
17.4 No Right to Continued Service.  Nothing in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Corporation or any Parent or Affiliate to terminate any Participant’s employment or status as an officer, director or consultant at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue as an employee, officer, director or consultant of the Corporation or any Parent or Affiliate. In its sole discretion, the Board or the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under the Plan to deliver shares of Stock with respect to awards hereunder.
 
17.5 Unfunded Status of Awards.  The Plan is intended to be an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award Agreement shall give the Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Corporation or any Parent or Affiliate.
 
17.6 Indemnification.  To the extent allowable under applicable law, each member of the Committee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation from any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such member in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which such member may be a party or in which he may be involved by reason of any action or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by such member in satisfaction of judgment in such action, suit or proceeding against him; provided such member shall give the Corporation an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before such member undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Corporation may have to indemnify them or hold such persons harmless.
 
17.7 Relationship to Other Benefits.  No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, welfare or benefit plan of the Corporation or any Parent or Affiliate unless provided otherwise in such other plan.
 
17.8 Expenses; Application of Funds.  The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Corporation and its Parents or Subsidiaries. The proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of shares of Stock pursuant to Awards will be used for general corporate purposes.
 
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17.9 Titles and Headings.  The titles and headings of the Sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control.
 
17.10 Gender and Number.  Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.
 
17.11 Fractional Shares.  No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued and the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, whether cash shall be given in lieu of fractional shares or whether such fractional shares shall be eliminated by rounding up or down.
 
17.12 Government and Other Regulations.  The obligation of the Corporation to make payment of awards in Stock or otherwise shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by government agencies as may be required. To the extent that Awards under the Plan are awarded to individuals who are domiciled or resident outside of the United States or to persons who are domiciled or resident in the United States but who are subject to the tax laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States, the Committee may adjust the terms of the Awards granted hereunder to such person (i) to comply with the laws of such jurisdiction and (ii) to avoid adverse tax consequences relating to an Award. The authority granted under the previous sentence shall include the discretion for the Committee to adopt, on behalf of the Corporation, one or more sub-plans applicable to separate classes of Participants who are subject to the laws of jurisdictions outside of the United States.
 
17.13 Securities Law Restrictions.  An Award may not be exercised or settled and no shares of Stock may be issued in connection with an Award unless the issuance of such shares of Stock has been registered under the 1933 Act and qualified under applicable state “blue sky” laws and any applicable foreign securities laws, or the Corporation has determined that an exemption from registration and from qualification under such state “blue sky” laws is available. The Corporation shall be under no obligation to register under the 1933 Act, or any state securities act, any of the shares of Stock issued in connection with the Plan. The shares issued in connection with the Plan may in certain circumstances be exempt from registration under the 1933 Act, and the Corporation may restrict the transfer of such shares in such manner as it deems advisable to ensure the availability of any such exemption. The Committee may require each Participant purchasing or acquiring shares of Stock pursuant to an Award under the Plan to represent to and agree with the Corporation in writing that such Participant is acquiring the shares of Stock for investment purposes and not with a view to the distribution thereof. All certificates for shares of Stock delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stock-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any exchange upon which the Stock is then listed, and any applicable securities law, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.
 
17.14 Satisfaction of Obligations.  Subject to applicable law, the Corporation may apply any cash, shares of Stock, securities or other consideration received upon exercise or settlement of an Award to any obligations a Participant owes to the Corporation and its Parents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates in connection with the Plan or otherwise, including, without limitation, any tax obligations or obligations under a currency facility established in connection with the Plan.
 
17.15 Section 409A of the Code.  If any provision of the Plan or an Award Agreement contravenes any regulations or Treasury guidance promulgated under Section 409A of the Code or could cause an Award to be subject to the interest and penalties under Section 409A of the Code, such provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be modified to maintain, to the maximum extent practicable, the original intent of the applicable provision without violating the provisions of Section 409A of the Code. Moreover, any discretionary authority that the Board or the Committee may have pursuant to the Plan shall not be applicable to an Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code to the extent such discretionary authority will contravene Section 409A of the Code or the Treasury guidance promulgated thereunder.
 
17.16 Governing Law.  To the extent not governed by federal law, the Plan and all Award Agreements shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.
 
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17.17 Additional Provisions.  Each Award Agreement may contain such other terms and conditions as the Board or the Committee may determine, provided that such other terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the Plan and an Award Agreement, the Plan shall govern and the Award Agreement shall be interpreted to minimize or eliminate such conflict or inconsistency.
 
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EX-31.1 3 g10241exv31w1.htm EX-31.1 CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER EX-31.1 CERTIFICATION OF THE CEO
 

Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Wayne T. Gattinella, certify that:
     1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of WebMD Health Corp.;
     2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
     3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
     4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
     a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
     b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
     c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
     d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
     5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
     a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
     b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: November 9, 2007
         
 
       /s/ Wayne T. Gattinella
 
Wayne T. Gattinella
   
 
  Chief Executive Officer    
 
  (Principal executive officer)    

 

EX-31.2 4 g10241exv31w2.htm EX-31.2 CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER EX-31.2 CERTIFICATION OF THE CFO
 

Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Mark D. Funston, certify that:
     1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of WebMD Health Corp.;
     2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
     3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
     4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
     a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
     b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
     c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
     d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
     5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
     a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
     b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: November 9, 2007
         
 
       /s/ Mark D. Funston
 
Mark D. Funston
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal financial and accounting officer)
   

 

EX-32.1 5 g10241exv32w1.htm EX-32.1 SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER EX-32.1 SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF THE CEO
 

Exhibit 32.1
STATEMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
     In connection with the Quarterly Report of WebMD Health Corp. (“WebMD”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Wayne T. Gattinella, Chief Executive Officer of WebMD, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
  (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
  (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of WebMD.
         
Dated: November 9, 2007
        /s/ Wayne T. Gattinella
 
Wayne T. Gattinella
Chief Executive Officer
   
 
The foregoing certification is being furnished to accompany WebMD’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2007 (the “Report”) solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any other filing of WebMD that incorporates the Report by reference. A signed original of this written certification required by Section 906 has been provided to WebMD and will be retained by WebMD and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

EX-32.2 6 g10241exv32w2.htm EX-32.2 SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER EX-32.2 SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF THE CFO
 

Exhibit 32.2
STATEMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
     In connection with the Quarterly Report of WebMD Health Corp. (“WebMD”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Mark D. Funston, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of WebMD, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:
  (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
  (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of WebMD.
         
Dated: November 9, 2007
       /s/ Mark D. Funston
 
Mark D. Funston
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
 
The foregoing certification is being furnished to accompany WebMD’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2007 (the “Report”) solely pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any other filing of WebMD that incorporates the Report by reference. A signed original of this written certification required by Section 906 has been provided to WebMD and will be retained by WebMD and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

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