AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER between WEBMD HEALTH CORP. and HLTH CORPORATION Dated as of June 17, 2009
EXHIBIT 2.1
CONFORMED COPY
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
between
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
and
HLTH CORPORATION
Dated as of June 17, 2009
between
WEBMD HEALTH CORP.
and
HLTH CORPORATION
Dated as of June 17, 2009
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS | 1 | |||||
Section 1.01
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Certain Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02
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Interpretation and Rules of Construction | 8 | ||||
ARTICLE II THE MERGER | 9 | |||||
Section 2.01
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The Merger | 9 | ||||
Section 2.02
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Effective Time; Closing | 9 | ||||
Section 2.03
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Effect of the Merger | 9 | ||||
Section 2.04
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Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws | 9 | ||||
Section 2.05
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Directors and Officers | 10 | ||||
ARTICLE III EFFECT ON CAPITAL STOCK; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES | 10 | |||||
Section 3.01
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Effect on Capital Stock; Merger Consideration | 10 | ||||
Section 3.02
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Exchange of Certificates | 10 | ||||
Section 3.03
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Stock Transfer Books | 12 | ||||
Section 3.04
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HLTH Stock Options | 12 | ||||
Section 3.05
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Restricted Stock | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF HLTH | 14 | |||||
Section 4.01
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Corporate Organization | 14 | ||||
Section 4.02
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Capitalization | 14 | ||||
Section 4.03
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Authority Relative to This Agreement | 15 | ||||
Section 4.04
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No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents | 15 | ||||
Section 4.05
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SEC Filings; Financial Statements | 15 | ||||
Section 4.06
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Compliance with Laws | 16 | ||||
Section 4.07
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Absence of HLTH Material Adverse Effect | 16 | ||||
Section 4.08
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Absence of Litigation | 16 | ||||
Section 4.09
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Employee Benefit Plans | 16 | ||||
Section 4.10
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Taxes | 17 | ||||
Section 4.11
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Board Approval; Vote Required | 18 | ||||
Section 4.12
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Opinion of Financial Advisor | 18 | ||||
Section 4.13
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Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus | 19 | ||||
Section 4.14
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Brokers | 19 | ||||
Section 4.15
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Labor | 19 | ||||
Section 4.16
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Environmental Laws | 19 | ||||
Section 4.17
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Intellectual Property | 19 | ||||
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF WEBMD | 19 | |||||
Section 5.01
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Corporate Organization | 19 | ||||
Section 5.02
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Capitalization | 20 | ||||
Section 5.03
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Authority Relative to This Agreement | 20 | ||||
Section 5.04
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No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents | 21 | ||||
Section 5.05
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SEC Filings; Financial Statement | 21 | ||||
Section 5.06
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Absence of WebMD Material Adverse Effect | 22 | ||||
Section 5.07
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Absence of Litigation | 22 |
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Section 5.08
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Board Approval; Vote Required | 22 | ||||
Section 5.09
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Ownership of HLTH Capital Stock | 22 | ||||
Section 5.10
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Opinion of Financial Advisor | 22 | ||||
Section 5.11
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Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus | 22 | ||||
Section 5.12
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Brokers | 23 | ||||
ARTICLE VI CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER | 23 | |||||
Section 6.01
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Conduct of Business by HLTH Pending the Merger | 23 | ||||
Section 6.02
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Conduct of Business by WebMD Pending the Merger | 24 | ||||
ARTICLE VII ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS | 25 | |||||
Section 7.01
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Registration Statement and Other SEC Filings | 25 | ||||
Section 7.02
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Stockholders’ Meetings | 26 | ||||
Section 7.03
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Access to Information | 27 | ||||
Section 7.04
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Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance | 27 | ||||
Section 7.05
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Further Action; Reasonable Best Efforts | 27 | ||||
Section 7.06
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Plan of Reorganization | 27 | ||||
Section 7.07
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Nasdaq Quotation | 28 | ||||
Section 7.08
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Public Announcements | 28 | ||||
Section 7.09
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Assumption of Existing Indentures | 28 | ||||
Section 7.10
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Notification of Certain Matters | 28 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER | 29 | |||||
Section 8.01
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Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party | 29 | ||||
Section 8.02
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Conditions to the Obligations of WebMD | 29 | ||||
Section 8.03
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Conditions to the Obligations of HLTH | 30 | ||||
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER | 30 | |||||
Section 9.01
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Termination | 30 | ||||
Section 9.02
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Effect of Termination | 31 | ||||
Section 9.03
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Fees and Expenses | 31 | ||||
Section 9.04
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Amendment | 31 | ||||
Section 9.05
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Waiver | 32 | ||||
ARTICLE X GENERAL PROVISIONS | 32 | |||||
Section 10.01
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Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements | 32 | ||||
Section 10.02
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Notices | 32 | ||||
Section 10.03
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Severability | 33 | ||||
Section 10.04
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Entire Agreement; Assignment | 33 | ||||
Section 10.05
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Parties in Interest | 33 | ||||
Section 10.06
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Specific Performance | 33 | ||||
Section 10.07
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction | 33 | ||||
Section 10.08
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Waiver of Jury Trial | 34 | ||||
Section 10.09
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Headings | 34 | ||||
Section 10.10
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Counterparts | 34 | ||||
Section 10.11
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Joint Participation in Drafting This Agreement | 34 |
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EXHIBITS | ||||||
Exhibit 2.04 | WebMD Charter Amendment | |||||
Exhibit 2.05 | HLTH Director Classes | |||||
HLTH DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE | ||||||
Section 4.01(b) | HLTH Subsidiaries | |||||
Section 4.02(a) | Capital Stock | |||||
Section 4.02(b) | Encumbrances Against HLTH Capital Stock | |||||
Section 4.04 | No Conflicts | |||||
Section 4.06 | Compliance with Laws | |||||
Section 4.07 | Absence of Certain Changes | |||||
Section 4.08 | Litigation | |||||
Section 4.09(a) | HLTH Plans | |||||
Section 4.09(g) | Certain Employment Agreements | |||||
Section 4.09(h) | HLTH Equity Awards Outstanding | |||||
Section 4.10 | Taxes | |||||
Section 6.01 | HLTH Permitted Deviations from Ordinary Course | |||||
WEBMD DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE | ||||||
Section 5.01(b) | WebMD Subsidiaries | |||||
Section 6.02 | WebMD Permitted Deviations from Ordinary Course |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of June 17, 2009
(this “Agreement”), between WEBMD HEALTH CORP.,
a Delaware corporation (“WebMD”), and HLTH
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“HLTH”).
WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement and in accordance with the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), WebMD and
HLTH will enter into a business combination transaction pursuant
to which HLTH will merge with and into WebMD (the
“Merger”) with WebMD continuing as the
surviving company;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of HLTH (the “HLTH
Board”) has unanimously (i) approved and declared
advisable this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) declared that it is in
the best interests of the holders of HLTH Common Stock that HLTH
enter into this Agreement and consummate the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein,
(iii) directed that the adoption of this Agreement be
submitted to a vote at a meeting of the holders of HLTH Common
Stock and (iv) recommended that the holders of HLTH Common
Stock adopt this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of WebMD (the “WebMD
Board”), upon the unanimous recommendation of a special
transaction committee of the WebMD Board consisting solely of
disinterested directors of WebMD (the “Special
Committee”), has unanimously (i) approved and
declared advisable this Agreement, the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the
issuance of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of WebMD (“WebMD Common Stock”), in connection
with the Merger, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (the
“Share Issuance”), (ii) declared that it
is in the best interests of the holders of Outstanding WebMD
Capital Stock other than HLTH and the officers and directors of
HLTH, WebMD and their respective affiliates that WebMD enter
into this Agreement and consummate the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Share
Issuance, (iii) directed that the adoption of this
Agreement and the approval of the transactions contemplated
hereby be submitted to a vote at a meeting of the holders of
Outstanding WebMD Capital Stock and (iv) recommended that
the holders of Outstanding WebMD Capital Stock adopt this
Agreement and approve the transactions contemplated
hereby; and
WHEREAS, for federal income Tax purposes, the Merger is intended
to qualify as a reorganization under the provisions of
Section 368(a) of the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be
legally bound hereby, WebMD and HLTH hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Certain
Defined Terms.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement:
“Action” means any claim, action, suit,
arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before
any Governmental Authority.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any
specific Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by,
or is under common Control with, such specified Person.
“Beneficial Owner” means, with respect
to any shares of HLTH Common Stock, the meaning ascribed to such
term under
Rule 13d-3(a)
of the Exchange Act.
“Business Day” means any day that is not
a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which the principal offices
of the SEC in Washington, D.C. are not open to accept
filings, or, in the case of determining a
date when any payment is due, any day on which banks are
required or authorized by Law to be closed in the City of New
York.
“Competing Transaction,” with respect to
a party hereto, means any of the following (other than the
Transactions, the Porex Divestiture and the Little Blue Book
Divestiture): (i) any merger, consolidation, share
exchange, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation,
dissolution or other similar transaction involving such party
pursuant to which the stockholders of such party immediately
preceding such transaction hold securities representing less
than 90% of the voting power of the surviving entity;
(ii) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other
disposition of assets (other than, (A) in the case of HLTH,
the sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of
Porex and (B) in the case of WebMD, the sale, lease,
exchange, transfer or other disposition of Little Blue Book) of
such party representing more than 10% of the aggregate fair
market value of the consolidated assets of such party and its
Subsidiaries; (iii) any sale, exchange, transfer or other
disposition of more than 10% of any class of equity securities
of such party; (iv) any tender offer or exchange offer
that, if consummated, would result in any Person beneficially
owning more than 10% of any class of equity securities of such
party; (v) in the case of HLTH, any solicitation in
opposition to the adoption by HLTH’s stockholders of this
Agreement; (vi) in the case of WebMD, any solicitation in
opposition to the adoption by WebMD’s stockholders of this
Agreement or the approval by WebMD’s stockholders of the
Share Issuance; or (vii) any other transaction the
consummation of which would reasonably be expected to impede,
interfere with, prevent or materially delay any of the
Transactions.
“Consent” means any approval, consent,
license, permit, franchise, grant, order, waiver, authorization,
confirmation, concession, certificate, exemption, order,
registration, declaration, filing, report or notice of, with,
by, or to any Person.
“Contract” means any agreement,
instrument, contract, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease,
sublease, license, sublicense, obligation, commitment,
undertaking or other instrument (other than Governmental
Approvals).
“Control” (including the terms
“Controlled by” and “under common Control
with”) with respect to the relationship between or among
two or more Persons, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, or as trustee or executor, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the affairs or management and policies of
a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as
trustee or executor, by contract or credit arrangement or
otherwise.
“Convertible Notes” means the
31/8% Convertible
Notes due September 1, 2025 issued under the Indenture,
dated as of August 30, 2005, by and between HLTH
Corporation (formerly WebMD Corporation) and The Bank of New
York, as trustee (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated
from time to time), and the
13/4% Convertible
Subordinated Notes due June 15, 2023 issued under the
Indenture, dated as of June 25, 2003, by and between HLTH
Corporation (formerly WebMD Corporation) and The Bank of New
York, as trustee (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated
from time to time).
“Default” means the occurrence or
existence of any circumstance which with the passage of time,
the giving of notice, or both, would constitute or give rise to:
(i) a breach, default or violation, (ii) the creation
of any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) or
(iii) a right of termination, amendment, renegotiation or
acceleration.
“Designated Employee” means any of the
officers, consultants or employees of HLTH or a HLTH Subsidiary
whose current annual salaries are in excess of $150,000.
“Encumbrance” means any mortgage,
pledge, lien, attachment, charge, hypothecation, right of
set-off or counterclaim, security interest, or other
encumbrance, security agreement or trust securing any obligation
of any person or arrangement of any kind.
“End Date” means December 31, 2009.
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“Environmental Laws” means all Laws
relating to pollution or protection of the Environment or public
employee health and safety, including those relating to land
use, land reclamation, the presence, Release or threatened
Release of Hazardous Materials, or otherwise relating to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Fund” means the certificates
representing whole shares of WebMD Common Stock issued in
exchange for the Certificates, together with any dividends or
distributions with respect thereto.
“Exchange Ratio” means 0.4444.
“Existing Indentures” means (i) the
Indenture, dated as of June 25, 2003, by and between HLTH
Corporation (formerly WebMD Corporation) and The Bank of New
York, as trustee (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated
from time to time), and (ii) the Indenture, dated as of
August 30, 2005, by and between HLTH Corporation (formerly
WebMD Corporation d/b/a Emdeon Corporation) and The Bank of New
York, as trustee (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated
from time to time).
“Governmental Approval” means any
approval, consent, license, permit, franchise, grant, order,
waiver, authorization, confirmation, concession, agreement,
certificate, exemption, order, or registration of, with or by
any Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Authority” means any
foreign or domestic, federal, national, state, provincial,
county or local government, governmental, regulatory or
administrative authority, agency or commission,
quasi-governmental or supranational authority, or any court,
tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body.
“Governmental Order” means any order,
writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation, determination
or award entered by or with any Governmental Authority.
“Hazardous Materials” means (i) any
“hazardous waste” as defined in the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C.
Sections 6901 et seq.), as amended through the Closing
Date, and regulations promulgated thereunder; (ii) any
“hazardous substance” as defined in the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
(42 U.S.C. Sections 9601 et seq.), as amended through
the Closing Date, and regulations promulgated thereunder;
(iii) petroleum or petroleum products, natural gas, methane
gas, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, mold, radon, and
polychlorinated biphenyls; and (iv) any other chemical,
material, substance, waste, compound, pollutant, or contaminant
in any form which is regulated or can give rise to liability
under any Environmental Law.
“HLTH Common Stock” means shares of
common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of HLTH.
“HLTH Equity Plans” means all stock
option, restricted stock and other equity-based compensation
plans and agreements of HLTH (including any plans and agreements
assumed by HLTH or which cover awards of or relating to HLTH
Common Stock).
“HLTH ERISA Affiliate” means any trade
or business, whether or not incorporated, which together with
HLTH would be deemed a “single employer” within the
meaning of Section 414(b), (c) or (m) of the Code
or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA.
“HLTH Material Adverse Effect” means any
event, circumstance, change or effect that is or would
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
results of operations, assets, liabilities or financial
condition of HLTH and the HLTH Subsidiaries taken as a whole
(disregarding, for purposes of such determination, HLTH’s
ownership of WebMD); provided, however, that a
“HLTH Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any
event, circumstance, change or effect resulting from
(a) changes in general economic conditions or changes in
the financial or securities markets in general which do not
affect HLTH disproportionately (relative to other industry
participants), (b) the public announcement or the pendency
of the Transactions, (c) any action taken by HLTH with the
consent of WebMD pursuant to Section 6.01 or the failure to
take any action as to which the consent of WebMD has been
requested pursuant to Section 6.01 but as to which WebMD
has withheld its consent, or (d) any agreement for, the
public announcement or pendency of, or the consummation of, the
Porex Divestiture. For the avoidance
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of doubt, no event, circumstance, change or effect relating to
WebMD and/or
the WebMD Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be, or contribute to,
any HLTH Material Adverse Effect.
“HLTH Options” means all options to
acquire HLTH Common Stock outstanding, whether or not
exercisable and whether or not vested, at the Effective Time
under the HLTH Equity Plans.
“HLTH Subsidiary” means, at the time of
determination, each Subsidiary of HLTH, other than WebMD and its
Subsidiaries.
“Indebtedness” with respect to a Person
means, without duplication, (a) all obligations for
borrowed money, (b) all obligations evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all
obligations under conditional sale, repurchase or other title
retention agreements, (d) all obligations in respect of the
deferred purchase price of property or services (other than
trade payables in the Ordinary Course), (e) all
obligations, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, redeem,
retire or otherwise acquire for value any equity or other
securities, (f) all indebtedness of others guaranteed by
such Person or secured by any Encumbrance, (g) all
undischarged monetary obligations in respect of any Governmental
Order, (h) all capital lease obligations, synthetic lease
obligations or obligations arising out of financial hedging
arrangements, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise,
as an account party in respect of letters of credit, letters of
guaranty, bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments;
liability for indebtedness of others arising from such
Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with a
third party, except to the extent the terms of such indebtedness
provide that such Person is not liable therefor, and
(j) all obligations that would be required to be
capitalized in accordance with GAAP.
“Intellectual Property” means all of the
following as they exist in the United States: (i) all
patents, patent applications and statutory invention
registrations; (ii) all registered trademarks, service
marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, and corporate names, and
(iii) all registered copyrights.
“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service
of the United States.
“Knowledge of HLTH” means the actual
knowledge after reasonable inquiry of HLTH’s
“executive officers” as such term is defined under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act (other than Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx).
“Knowledge of WebMD” means the actual
knowledge after reasonable inquiry of WebMD’s
“executive officers” as such term is defined under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
“Law” means any federal, national,
state, provincial, local or similar statute, law, ordinance,
regulation, rule, code, Governmental Order, requirement or rule
of law (including common law).
“Little Blue Book” means the Little Blue
Book print directory business of WebMD.
“Little Blue Book Divestiture” means any
full or partial sales or other dispositions, taken as a whole,
of Little Blue Book by WebMD, whether though a sale of some or
all of the entities included in Little Blue Book or some or all
of the assets of Little Blue Book or some other form or forms of
divestiture transactions.
“Nasdaq” means the electronic dealer
quotation system owned and operated by Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
“Ordinary Course” means, with respect to
a Person, the ordinary course of business of such Person,
consistent with the past practices thereof, including with
respect to scope, nature, quantity and frequency, and without
regard for the contemplated Transactions.
“Outstanding WebMD Capital Stock” means,
collectively, the WebMD Class A Common Stock and the WebMD
Class B Common Stock.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means
(i) Encumbrances for Taxes that are not yet due and
payable, and Encumbrances for current Taxes and other charges
and assessments of any Governmental Authority that may
thereafter be paid without penalty or that are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
reserves have been established on HLTH’s consolidated books
and records, (ii) Encumbrances of carriers, warehousemen,
mechanics and materialmen and other like
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Encumbrances arising in the Ordinary Course,
(iii) Encumbrances of record identified in any title
reports delivered or made available to WebMD by HLTH,
(iv) all Contracts affecting any real property (or any
portion thereof) identified in the HLTH SEC Reports and
(v) any other Encumbrance which could not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to prevent or
materially delay the consummation of the Transactions or
otherwise prevent or materially delay HLTH from performing its
obligations under this Agreement and could not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a HLTH
Material Adverse Effect.
“Person” means an individual,
partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company,
association, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental
Authority or other entity, as well as any syndicate or group
that would be deemed to be a Person under Section 13(d)(3)
of the Exchange Act.
“Porex” means the business that was
formerly the Porex segment of HLTH.
“Porex Divestiture” means any full or
partial sales or other dispositions, taken as a whole, of Porex,
including any Porex Surgical Divestiture by HLTH, whether
through a sale of some or all of the entities included in Porex
or some or all of the assets of Porex or some other form of
forms of divestiture transactions.
“Porex Surgical Divestiture” means any
full or partial sale or other dispositions, taken as a whole, of
the Porex Surgical Products business of Porex, whether through a
sale of some or all of the entities included in the Porex
Surgical Products business or some or all of the assets of that
business or some other form or forms of divestiture transactions.
“Release” means any release, spill,
emission, emptying, leaking, injection, deposit, disposal,
discharge, dispersal, leaching, pumping, pouring, or migration
into or through the Environment or into, through or from any
building or structure.
“Representative” means, with respect to
any Person, any officer, director, employee or advisor or other
representative of such Person (including any financial advisors,
legal advisors and accountants).
“Securities Act” means the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
“Subsidiary” means any entity with
respect to which a specified Person (i) has, directly or
indirectly, the power, through the ownership of securities or
otherwise, to elect a majority of directors or similar managing
body or (ii) owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of
the equity interests.
“Superior Proposal” means any bona fide
proposal with respect to a Competing Transaction received by a
party hereto after the date hereof which the HLTH Board of
Directors or the Special Committee, as applicable, determines in
good faith, after consultation with its legal counsel, is
reasonably capable of being consummated, and would, if
consummated in accordance with its terms, be more favorable to
the stockholders (in their capacity as such) of such party than
the Merger; provided, that, for purposes of this
definition of “Superior Proposal,” each reference to
“10%” and “90%” in the definition of
“Competing Transaction” shall be deemed to be a
reference to “50%”.
“Tax” means any and all taxes of any
kind whatsoever (together with any and all interest, penalties,
additions to tax and additional amounts imposed with respect
thereto) imposed by any Governmental Authority, including
income, franchise, windfall or other profits, gross receipts,
property, sales, use, capital stock, payroll, employment, social
security, estimated withholding, ad valorem, stamp, transfer,
value added and similar taxes.
“Triggering Event” with respect to a
party hereto shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) the
Board of Directors of such party shall have recommended to the
stockholders of such party a Competing Transaction or shall have
resolved to do so or shall have entered into any letter of
intent or similar document or any agreement, contract or
commitment accepting any Competing Transaction; or (ii) a
tender offer or exchange offer for 15% or more of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of such party is commenced,
and the Board of Directors of such party fails to recommend
against acceptance of such tender offer or exchange offer by its
stockholders (including by taking no position with respect to
the
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acceptance of such tender offer or exchange offer by its
stockholders) or (iii) the Board of Directors of such party
withdraws, modifies or changes its recommendation of this
Agreement or the Merger in a manner adverse to the other party.
“WebMD Class B Common Stock” means
the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
WebMD.
“WebMD Equity Plans” means the WebMD
Health Corp. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the WebMD Health
Corp. Long-Term Incentive Plan for Employees of Subimo LLC.
“WebMD Material Adverse Effect” means
any event, circumstance, change or effect that is or would
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
results of operations, assets, liabilities or financial
condition of WebMD and the WebMD Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
provided, however, that a “WebMD Material
Adverse Effect” shall not include any event, circumstance,
change or effect resulting from (a) changes in general
economic conditions or changes in the financial or securities
markets in general which do not affect WebMD disproportionately
(relative to other industry participants), (b) general
changes in the industries in which WebMD and its Subsidiaries
operate which do not affect WebMD disproportionately (relative
to other industry participants), (c) the public
announcement or pendency of the Transactions, (d) any
action taken by WebMD with the consent of HLTH pursuant to
Section 6.02 or the failure to take any action as to which
the consent of HLTH has been requested pursuant to
Section 6.02 but as to which HLTH has withheld its consent
or (e) any agreement for, the public announcement or
pendency of, or the consummation of, the Little Blue Book
Divestiture.
(b) The following terms have the meaning assigned thereto
in the Sections set forth below:
Defined Term
|
Location of Definition | |
Action
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Affiliate
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Agreement
|
Preamble | |
Beneficial Owner
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Blue Sky Laws
|
§ 4.04(b) | |
Business Day
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Certificate of Merger
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§ 2.02 | |
Certificates
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§ 3.02(b) | |
Closing
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§ 2.02 | |
Closing Date
|
§ 2.02 | |
Code
|
Recitals | |
Competing Transaction
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Consent
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Contract
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Control
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Convertible Notes
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Default
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Designated Employee
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§ 1.01(a) | |
DGCL
|
Recitals | |
Effective Time
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§ 2.02 | |
Encumbrance
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
End Date
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Environmental Laws
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§ 1.01(a) | |
ERISA
|
§ 4.09(a) | |
Exchange Act
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§ 1.01(a) |
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Defined Term
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Location of Definition | |
Exchange Agent
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§ 3.02(a) | |
Exchange Fund
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§ 1.01(a) | |
Exchange Ratio
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§ 1.01(a) | |
Existing Indentures
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§ 1.01(a) | |
Expenses
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§ 9.03 | |
Filed HLTH SEC Documents
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Article IV | |
Filed WebMD SEC Documents
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Article V | |
GAAP
|
§ 4.05(b) | |
Governmental Approval
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Governmental Authority
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Governmental Order
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Hazardous Materials
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
HLTH
|
Preamble | |
HLTH Board
|
Recitals | |
HLTH Common Stock
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
HLTH Disclosure Schedule
|
Article IV | |
HLTH Equity Plans
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
HLTH ERISA Affiliate
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
HLTH Material Adverse Effect
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
HLTH Options
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§ 1.01(a) | |
HLTH New Preferred Stock
|
§ 4.02(a) | |
HLTH Plans
|
§ 4.09(a) | |
HLTH Preferred Stock
|
§ 4.02(a) | |
HLTH SEC Reports
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§ 4.05(a) | |
HLTH Stockholders’ Meeting
|
§ 7.02(a) | |
HLTH Subsidiary
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Indebtedness
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Intellectual Property
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
IRS
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
|
§ 7.01(a) | |
Knowledge of HLTH
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Knowledge of WebMD
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Law
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Little Blue Book
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Little Blue Book Divestiture
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Merger
|
Recitals | |
Merger Consideration
|
§ 3.01(b) | |
Multiemployer Plan
|
§ 4.09(b) | |
Nasdaq
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Ordinary Course
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Outstanding WebMD Capital Stock
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Permitted Encumbrances
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Person
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Porex
|
§ 1.01(a) |
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Defined Term
|
Location of Definition | |
Porex Divestiture
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Porex Surgical Divestiture
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§ 1.01(a) | |
Reference Price
|
§ 3.02(d) | |
Registration Statement
|
§ 7.01(a) | |
Release
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Representative
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Restricted Shares
|
§ 3.05 | |
Satisfaction Date
|
§ 2.02 | |
SEC
|
§ 4.05(a) | |
Securities Act
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Share Issuance
|
Recitals | |
Special Committee
|
Recitals | |
Subsidiary
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Superior Proposal
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Surviving Corporation
|
§ 2.01 | |
Tax
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
Terminating HLTH Breach
|
§ 9.01(h) | |
Terminating WebMD Breach
|
§ 9.01(i) | |
Transactions
|
§ 2.01 | |
Triggering Event
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
WebMD
|
Preamble | |
WebMD Board
|
Recitals | |
WebMD Charter Amendment
|
§ 2.04(a) | |
WebMD Class A Common Stock
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
WebMD Class B Common Stock
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
WebMD Common Stock
|
Recitals | |
WebMD Disclosure Schedule
|
Article V | |
WebMD Material Adverse Effect
|
§ 1.01(a) | |
WebMD Preferred Stock
|
§ 5.02(a) | |
WebMD SEC Reports
|
§ 5.05(a) | |
WebMD Stockholders’ Meeting
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§ 7.02(a) | |
WebMD Subsidiary
|
§ 5.01(a) |
Section 1.02 Interpretation
and Rules of Construction. In this Agreement,
except to the extent otherwise provided or the context otherwise
requires:
(a) when a reference is made in this Agreement to an
Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference is to an
Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this
Agreement unless otherwise indicated;
(b) the table of contents and headings for this Agreement
are for reference purposes only and do not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement;
(c) whenever the words “include,”
“includes” or “including” are used in this
Agreement, they are deemed to be followed by the words
“without limitation”;
(d) the words “hereof,” “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in
this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement;
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(e) the words “material” and
“materially” and words of similar import, when used in
this Agreement with respect to a representation or warranty, are
to be understood by reference to the businesses, assets,
properties of HLTH and the HLTH Subsidiaries or WebMD and the
WebMD Subsidiaries, as the case may be, taken as a whole;
(f) references to the business, operations, properties,
assets, liabilities, rights or obligations of HLTH or HLTH and
the HLTH Subsidiaries shall be understood to exclude the
business, operations, properties, assets, liabilities, rights or
obligations of WebMD and the WebMD Subsidiaries and, for
avoidance of doubt, all references to HLTH shall be understood
to exclude WebMD and the WebMD Subsidiaries;
(g) all terms defined in this Agreement have the defined
meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto, unless otherwise defined therein;
(h) the definitions contained in this Agreement are
applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such
terms; and
(i) references to a Person are also to its successors (by
merger or otherwise) and permitted assigns.
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
Section 2.01 The
Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in Article VIII, and in accordance
with the DGCL, at the Effective Time (as defined in
Section 2.02), HLTH shall be merged with and into WebMD. As
a result of the Merger, the separate corporate existence of HLTH
shall cease and WebMD shall continue as the surviving company of
the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”). The
Merger, the Share Issuance and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (other than the Porex Divestiture
and the Little Blue Book Divestiture) are referred to in this
Agreement collectively as the “Transactions.”
Section 2.02 Effective
Time; Closing. No later than the second
Business Day following the satisfaction or, if permissible,
waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VIII (the
“Satisfaction Date”), a closing (the
“Closing”) shall be held at the offices of
Shearman & Sterling LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at such other place, time
and/or date
as the parties shall agree, for the purpose of confirming the
satisfaction or waiver, as the case may be, of the conditions
set forth in Article VIII (the date of the Closing being
referred to as, the “Closing Date”). On the
Closing Date, WebMD shall file a certificate of merger (the
“Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware, in such form as is required by,
and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the
DGCL (the date and time of such filing of the Certificate of
Merger (or such later time as may be agreed by each of the
parties hereto and specified in the Certificate of Merger) being
the “Effective Time”).
Section 2.03 Effect
of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the
effect of the Merger shall be as provided in the applicable
provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the
property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of HLTH
shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts,
liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties
of HLTH shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations,
restrictions, disabilities and duties of the Surviving
Corporation.
Section 2.04 Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws.
(a) At the Effective Time, the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of WebMD shall be amended in its entirety in the
form of Exhibit 2.04 attached hereto (the “WebMD
Charter Amendment”) and, as so amended, shall be the
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation until duly amended or repealed.
(b) Effective as of the Effective Time, the Amended and
Restated Bylaws of WebMD, as in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time, shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation
until thereafter amended as provided therein or by applicable
Law.
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Section 2.05 Directors
and Officers.
(a) Immediately following the Effective Time, the number of
directors constituting the whole WebMD Board shall be increased
to a number that allows for adding to the WebMD Board the
directors of HLTH who are not directors of WebMD. The directors
of WebMD and HLTH immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
be the directors of the Surviving Corporation and shall hold
office until their respective successors are duly elected or
appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, removal or
resignation. The directors of HLTH who are not, immediately
prior to the Effective Time, on the WebMD Board shall be added
to the class of directors as set forth in Exhibit 2.05.
(b) The officers of WebMD immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving
Corporation and shall hold office until their respective
successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified or until
their earlier death, removal or resignation.
ARTICLE III
EFFECT ON
CAPITAL STOCK; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES
Section 3.01 Effect
on Capital Stock; Merger Consideration. At
the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger:
(a) Cancellation of Treasury Stock and WebMD-Owned
Stock. Each share of HLTH Common Stock held
in the treasury of HLTH, and each share of HLTH Common Stock
owned by WebMD or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary
of WebMD or of HLTH immediately prior to the Effective Time,
shall be cancelled without any conversion thereof and no payment
or distribution shall be made with respect thereto.
(b) Conversion of HLTH Common
Stock. At the Effective Time, each share of
HLTH Common Stock (other than any shares to be cancelled
pursuant to Section 3.01(a)) shall be cancelled and shall
be converted automatically, payable upon surrender, in the
manner provided in Section 3.02, of the certificate
formerly evidencing such share, into the right to receive a
number of shares of WebMD Common Stock equal to the Exchange
Ratio (the “Merger Consideration”).
(c) Effect on WebMD Capital
Stock. Each share of the capital stock of
WebMD not owned by HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain
issued and outstanding after the Effective Time, and each share
of capital stock of WebMD owned by HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary
shall be canceled without any conversion thereof and no payment
or distribution shall be made with respect thereto.
Section 3.02 Exchange
of Certificates.
(a) Exchange Agent. Prior to the
Effective Time, and in any case not later than the date on which
HLTH shall mail the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the
holders of HLTH Common Stock, WebMD shall enter into an
agreement with American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company or such other bank or trust company that may
be designated by WebMD and is reasonably acceptable to HLTH to
serve as the exchange agent (the “Exchange
Agent”) in connection with the conversion of HLTH
Common Stock contemplated by this Article III. At or
immediately subsequent to the Effective Time, WebMD shall
authorize the Exchange Agent to issue an aggregate number of
shares of WebMD Common Stock equal to the Merger Consideration,
as well as the certificates evidencing such shares. WebMD shall
make available to the Exchange Agent, for addition to the
Exchange Fund, from time to time as needed, cash sufficient to
pay cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with
Section 3.02(d).
(b) Exchange Procedures. As
promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, WebMD shall
cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each person who was, at the
Effective Time, a holder of record of shares of HLTH Common
Stock entitled to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to
Section 3.01: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall
be in customary form and shall specify that delivery shall be
effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates
evidencing such shares (together with any book entry shares, the
“Certificates”) shall pass, only
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upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent)
and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of
the Certificates pursuant to such letter of transmittal,
including instructions for use in effecting surrender of
Certificates (or attaching affidavits of loss in lieu thereof)
or non-certificated shares represented by book-entry. In
addition, HLTH shall use its best efforts to make the letter of
transmittal available to all Persons who become holders of HLTH
Common Stock during the period between such record date and the
date of the HLTH Stockholders’ Meeting. Upon surrender to
the Exchange Agent of a Certificate for cancellation, together
with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly
executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such
other documents as may be required pursuant to such
instructions, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled
to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration in the
form of a certificate representing that number of whole shares
of WebMD Common Stock which such holder has the right to receive
in respect of the shares of HLTH Common Stock formerly
represented by such Certificate (after taking into account all
shares of HLTH Common Stock then held by such holder), and the
Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Until
surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.02, each
Certificate shall be deemed at all times after the Effective
Time to represent only the right to receive upon surrender the
Merger Consideration in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement with respect to the shares of HLTH Common Stock
formerly represented thereby. In the event of a transfer of
ownership of shares of HLTH Common Stock that is not registered
in the transfer or stock records of HLTH, any cash to be paid
upon, or shares of WebMD Common Stock to be issued upon due
surrender of the Certificate formerly representing such shares
of HLTH Common Stock may be paid or issued, as the case may be,
to the transferee if such Certificate is presented to the
Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to
evidence and effect such transfer and to evidence that any
applicable stock transfer or similar Taxes have been paid or are
not applicable.
(c) Distributions with Respect to Unexchanged Shares
of WebMD Common Stock. No dividends or other
distributions declared or made after the Effective Time with
respect to WebMD Common Stock with a record date after the
Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered
Certificate the right of receipt of which is represented
thereby, until the holder of such Certificate shall surrender
such Certificate. Subject to the effect of escheat, tax or other
applicable Laws, following surrender of any such Certificate,
there shall be paid to the holder of the certificates
representing whole shares of WebMD Common Stock issued in
exchange therefor, without interest, (i) promptly, the
amount of any cash payable with respect to a fractional share of
WebMD Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to
this Article III and the amount of dividends or other
distributions with a record date after the Effective Time and
theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of WebMD
Common Stock, and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the
amount of dividends or other distributions, with a record date
after the Effective Time but prior to surrender and a payment
date occurring after surrender, payable with respect to such
whole shares of WebMD Common Stock.
(d) No Fractional Shares. No
certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of WebMD
Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of
Certificates, and such fractional share interests will not
entitle the owner thereof the right to vote or to any other
rights of a shareholder of WebMD. Each holder of a fractional
share interest shall be paid an amount in cash (without
interest) equal to the product obtained by multiplying
(i) such fractional share interest to which such holder
(after taking into account all fractional share interests then
held by such holder) would otherwise be entitled by
(ii) the closing price of a share of WebMD Class A
Common Stock on the Nasdaq on the last trading day immediately
preceding the Effective Time (the “Reference
Price”). As promptly as practicable after the
determination of the amount of cash, if any, to be paid to
holders of fractional share interests, the Exchange Agent shall
so notify WebMD, and WebMD shall deposit such amount with the
Exchange Agent and shall cause the Exchange Agent to forward
payments to such holders of fractional share interests subject
to and in accordance with the terms of this Article III.
(e) No Further Ownership
Rights. The Merger Consideration issued (and
paid) in accordance with the terms of this Article III upon
conversion of any shares of HLTH Common Stock shall be deemed to
have been issued (and paid) in full satisfaction of all rights
pertaining to such shares of HLTH Common Stock subject, however,
to WebMD’s obligation to pay any dividends or make any
other distributions with a record date prior to the Effective
Time that may have been declared or made by HLTH on such shares
of HLTH Common Stock
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in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or prior to the
date of this Agreement and which remain unpaid at the Effective
Time.
(f) Adjustments to Exchange
Ratio. The Exchange Ratio shall be adjusted
to reflect appropriately the effect of any stock split, reverse
stock split, stock dividend (including any dividend or
distribution of securities convertible into WebMD Class A
Common Stock or HLTH Common Stock), extraordinary cash
dividends, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification,
combination, exchange of shares or other like change with
respect to WebMD Class A Common Stock or HLTH Common Stock
occurring on or after the date hereof and prior to the Effective
Time.
(g) Termination of Exchange
Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund
(including any interest and other income received with respect
thereto) that remains undistributed to the holders of the shares
of HLTH Common Stock for six months after the Effective Time
shall be delivered to WebMD, upon demand, and any holders of the
shares of HLTH Common Stock who have not theretofore complied
with this Article III shall thereafter look only to WebMD
for the Merger Consideration and any dividends or other
distributions with respect to WebMD Common Stock to which they
are entitled pursuant to this Article III. Any portion of
the Exchange Fund (including any interest and other income
received with respect thereto) remaining unclaimed by holders of
shares of HLTH Common Stock as of a date which is immediately
prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or
become property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the
extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of WebMD
free and clear of any claims or interest of any Person
previously entitled thereto.
(h) No Liability. WebMD shall not
be liable to any holder of shares of HLTH Common Stock for any
share of WebMD Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with
respect thereto), or cash properly delivered to a public
official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar
Law.
(i) Withholding Rights. WebMD
shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Merger
Consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to
any holder of shares of HLTH Common Stock such amounts as it is
required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of
such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or
foreign Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by
WebMD, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes
of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the
shares of HLTH Common Stock in respect of which such deduction
and withholding was made by WebMD.
(j) Lost Certificates. If any
Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the
making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such
Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by
WebMD, the posting by such Person of a bond, in such reasonable
amount as WebMD may direct, as indemnity against any claim that
may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the
Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate the applicable Merger Consideration, any
cash in lieu of fractional shares of WebMD Common Stock to which
the holders thereof are entitled and any dividends, other
distributions or payments of principal or interest to which the
holders thereof are entitled pursuant to this Article III.
Section 3.03 Stock
Transfer Books. At the Effective Time, the
stock transfer books of HLTH shall be closed and there shall be
no further registration of transfers of shares of HLTH Common
Stock thereafter on the records of HLTH. From and after the
Effective Time, the holders of Certificates representing shares
of HLTH Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to
such shares of HLTH Common Stock, except as otherwise provided
in this Agreement or by Law. If, after the Effective Time, any
Certificates are presented to the Exchange Agent or WebMD for
any reason for transfer, they shall be cancelled and exchanged
for the proper Merger Consideration subject to and in accordance
with the terms and requirements of this Article III.
Section 3.04 HLTH
Stock Options.
(a) HLTH Options. All HLTH Options
shall remain outstanding following the Effective Time. At the
Effective Time, the HLTH Options shall, by virtue of the Merger
and without any further action on the part of HLTH or the holder
thereof, be assumed by WebMD in such manner as described herein.
From and after the Effective Time, all references to HLTH in the
HLTH Equity Plans and the applicable stock option agreements
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issued thereunder shall be deemed to refer to WebMD, which shall
have assumed the HLTH Equity Plans and such stock option
agreements as of the Effective Time by virtue of this Agreement
and without any further action. Each HLTH Option assumed by
WebMD (each, a “Substitute Option”) shall be
exercisable upon the same terms and conditions as under the
applicable HLTH Equity Plan and the applicable option agreement
issued thereunder (including vesting provisions and provisions
regarding acceleration of vesting upon certain transactions),
except that (A) each such Substitute Option shall be
exercisable for (or shall become exercisable in accordance with
its terms), and represent the right to acquire, that number of
shares of WebMD Common Stock equal to the product of
(i) the number of shares of HLTH Common Stock subject to
such HLTH Option immediately prior to the Effective Time
multiplied by (ii) the Exchange Ratio, and (B) the
option price per share of WebMD Common Stock shall be an amount
(rounded up to the nearest cent) equal to the quotient of
(i) the exercise price per share of HLTH Common Stock
subject to each HLTH Option immediately prior to the Effective
Time divided by (ii) the Exchange Ratio. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the exercise price of, and number of shares
subject to, (i) each Substitute Option shall be determined
in order to comply with Section 409A of the Code, and (ii)
(x) any fractional share of WebMD Common Stock resulting
from an aggregation of all the shares of a holder subject to any
HLTH Option shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share and
(y) for any HLTH Option to which Section 421 of the
Code applies by reason of its qualification under
Section 422 of the Code, the option price, the number of
shares purchasable pursuant to such option and the terms and
conditions of exercise of such option shall be determined in
order to comply with Section 424 of the Code. Each
Substitute Option shall otherwise be subject to the same terms
and conditions as such HLTH Option.
(b) Substitute Options. As soon as
practicable after the Effective Time, WebMD shall deliver, or
cause to be delivered, to each holder of a Substitute Option an
appropriate notice setting forth such holder’s rights
pursuant thereto and such Substitute Option shall continue in
effect on the same terms and conditions (including any
antidilution provisions, and subject to the adjustments required
by this Section 3.04 after giving effect to the Merger).
WebMD shall comply with the terms of all such Substitute Options
and operate with the intent, subject to the provisions of the
HLTH Equity Plans, that (i) Substitute Options that
qualified as incentive stock options under Section 422 of
the Code prior to the Effective Time continue to qualify as
incentive stock options after the Effective Time and
(ii) the assumption of each HLTH Option will satisfy the
requirements of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(D)
so as not to be treated as the grant of a new stock right or a
change in the form of payment for purposes of Section 409A
of the Code. WebMD shall take all corporate action necessary to
reserve for issuance a sufficient number of shares of WebMD
Common Stock for delivery upon exercise of Substitute Options
pursuant to the terms set forth in this Section 3.04. As
soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the shares of
WebMD Common Stock subject to Substitute Options will be covered
by an effective registration statement on
Form S-8
(or any successor form) or another appropriate form, and WebMD
shall use its reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness
of such registration statement or registration statements for so
long as Substitute Options remain outstanding.
(c) Section 16 of the Exchange
Act. On or after the date of the Agreement
and prior to the Effective Time, each of WebMD and HLTH shall
take all necessary action such that, with respect to each member
of the HLTH Board and each employee of HLTH that is subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the acquisition by such
Person of WebMD Common Stock or Substitute Options in the Merger
and the disposition by any such Person of WebMD Common Stock,
HLTH Options or Restricted Shares (as defined in
Section 3.05) pursuant to the Transactions contemplated by
this Agreement shall be exempt from the short-swing profit
liability rules of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act
pursuant to
Rule 16b-3
promulgated thereunder.
Section 3.05 Restricted
Stock. If any shares of HLTH Common Stock
(the “Restricted Shares”) outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time are unvested or are
subject to a repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other
condition under any HLTH Equity Plan or other agreement with
HLTH, then each such holder of Restricted Shares shall, at the
Effective Time, for each Restricted Share held, receive a number
of shares of WebMD Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio;
provided, however, that the aggregate number of shares of WebMD
Common Stock each holder of Restricted Shares receives pursuant
to this Section 3.05 shall be rounded to the nearest whole
number in the event such holder would otherwise receive a
fractional
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share. The shares of WebMD Common Stock issued in exchange for
such shares of HLTH Common Stock will also be unvested and
subject to the same vesting schedule, repurchase option, risk of
forfeiture or other condition, and the certificates representing
such shares of WebMD Common Stock may accordingly be marked with
appropriate legends. HLTH shall take all actions that may be
necessary to ensure that, from and after the Effective Time,
WebMD is entitled to exercise any such repurchase options or
other rights set forth in any such restricted stock purchase or
other agreement.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF HLTH
Except as set forth in the correspondingly-numbered sections and
subsections of the HLTH Disclosure Schedule that has been
delivered by HLTH to WebMD in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement (the “HLTH Disclosure
Schedule”) or as disclosed in the reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents filed by HLTH with the SEC
and publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement (the
“Filed HLTH SEC Documents”), HLTH hereby
represents and warrants to WebMD that:
Section 4.01 Corporate
Organization.
(a) Each of HLTH and each HLTH Subsidiary is a corporation
or a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization and has the requisite corporate or
limited liability company power and authority and all necessary
Governmental Approvals to own, lease and operate its properties
and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted,
except where the failure to be so organized, existing or in good
standing or to have such power, authority and Governmental
Approvals could not reasonably be expected, individually or in
the aggregate, to prevent or materially delay consummation of
the Transactions or otherwise prevent or materially delay HLTH
from performing its obligations under this Agreement and could
not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
have a HLTH Material Adverse Effect. Each of HLTH and each HLTH
Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign
corporation or limited liability company to do business, and is
in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of
the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of
its business makes such qualification or licensing necessary,
except where the failure to be so qualified or licensed and in
good standing could not reasonably be expected, individually or
in the aggregate, to prevent or materially delay consummation of
the Transactions or otherwise prevent or materially delay HLTH
from performing its obligations under this Agreement and could
not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
have a HLTH Material Adverse Effect.
(b) A true and complete list of each HLTH Subsidiary,
together with the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization
and the percentage of the outstanding capital stock or
membership interest of each such HLTH Subsidiary owned by HLTH
(directly or indirectly), is set forth in Section 4.01(b)
of the HLTH Disclosure Schedule. HLTH does not directly or
indirectly own any equity or similar interest in, or any
interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any
equity or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership,
joint venture or other business association or entity (other
than WebMD and the WebMD Subsidiaries).
Section 4.02 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of HLTH consists of
(i) 900,000,000 shares of HLTH Common Stock,
(ii) 4,990,000 shares of preferred stock, par value
$0.0001 per share, designated “New Preferred Stock”
(“HLTH New Preferred Stock”) and
(iii) 10,000 shares of preferred stock, par value
$0.0001 per share, designated “Preferred Stock”
(“HLTH Preferred Stock”). As of June 11,
2009, (i) 102,784,797 shares of HLTH Common Stock are
issued and outstanding, all of which are validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, (ii) 355,592,322 shares of
HLTH Common Stock are held in the treasury of HLTH, and
(iii) no shares of HLTH Common Stock are held by HLTH
Subsidiaries. As of May 31, 2009, 2,525,557 shares of
HLTH Common Stock are reserved for future issuance pursuant to
outstanding employee stock options or restricted stock granted
pursuant to the HLTH Equity Plans. As of the date of this
Agreement, no shares of HLTH New Preferred Stock or HLTH
Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding. Except for
outstanding awards issued
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under the HLTH Equity Plans, there are no options, warrants or
other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any
character relating to the issued or unissued capital stock of
HLTH or obligating HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary to issue or sell
any shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests in,
HLTH.
(b) All of the issued and outstanding shares or other
ownership interests of each HLTH Subsidiary are duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and each such
share or other ownership interest is owned by HLTH or another
HLTH Subsidiary free and clear of all Encumbrances. There are no
options, warrants or other rights, agreements, arrangements or
commitments of any character relating to the issued or unissued
capital stock of any HLTH Subsidiary or obligating any HLTH
Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of capital stock of, or
other equity interests in, any HLTH Subsidiary.
Section 4.03 Authority
Relative to This Agreement. HLTH has all
necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to
consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by HLTH and the consummation by HLTH of the
Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action, and no other corporate proceedings
on the part of HLTH are necessary to authorize this Agreement or
to consummate the Transactions (other than the adoption of this
Agreement by the stockholders of HLTH and the filing of the
Certificate of Merger as contemplated by Section 2.02. This
Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by
HLTH and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
by WebMD, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
HLTH, enforceable against HLTH in accordance with its terms,
subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
(including all laws relating to fraudulent transfers),
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and subject to the effect of
general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered
in a proceeding at law or in equity).
Section 4.04 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by HLTH do
not, and the performance of this Agreement by HLTH will not
(i) constitute a Default under the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws or any equivalent or other
organizational documents of HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary,
(ii) assuming that all Governmental Approvals and other
actions described in Section 4.04(b) have been obtained and
all filings and notifications described in Section 4.04(b)
have been made, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to
HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of
HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary is bound or affected, or
(iii) constitute a Default under any Contract to which HLTH
or any HLTH Subsidiary is a party or by which HLTH or any HLTH
Subsidiary or any of their assets or properties is bound or
affected, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii),
for any such Defaults which could not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to prevent or materially delay
consummation of the Transactions or otherwise prevent or
materially delay HLTH from performing its obligations under this
Agreement and could not reasonably be expected, individually or
in the aggregate, to have a HLTH Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by HLTH do
not, and the performance of this Agreement by HLTH will not,
require any Governmental Approval, or filing with or
notification to, any Governmental Authority except (i) for
applicable requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, state
securities or “blue sky” laws (“Blue Sky
Laws”) and state takeover laws, and filing and
recordation of appropriate merger documents as required by the
DGCL, and (ii) where the failure to obtain such
Governmental Approval, or to make such filings or notifications,
could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to prevent or materially delay consummation of the
Transactions, or otherwise prevent or materially delay HLTH from
performing its obligations under this Agreement, and could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
have a HLTH Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.05 SEC
Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) HLTH has filed all forms, reports and documents
required to be filed by it with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) since December 31,
2008 (collectively, “HLTH SEC Reports”). As of
their respective dates, or, if amended or superseded by a
subsequent filing made prior to the date hereof, as of the date
of the last such amendment or superseding filing prior to the
date hereof, the HLTH SEC Reports filed prior to the date of
this Agreement complied, and the HLTH SEC Reports filed
subsequent to the date of this
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Agreement will comply, in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the
case may be, and the applicable rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
(b) Each of the consolidated financial statements
(including, in each case, any notes thereto) contained in the
HLTH SEC Reports and the consolidated balance sheet of HLTH as
at March 31, 2009 was prepared in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods indicated (except as may be indicated in
the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as
permitted by
Form 10-Q
of the SEC) and each fairly presents, in all material respects,
the consolidated financial position, results of operations and
cash flows of HLTH and the consolidated HLTH Subsidiaries as of
the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods
indicated therein, except as otherwise noted therein (subject,
in the case of unaudited statements, to normal and recurring
year-end adjustments which, individually or in the aggregate,
have not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a
HLTH Material Adverse Effect).
(c) Except as and to the extent reflected and reserved
against in the consolidated balance sheet of HLTH and the
consolidated HLTH Subsidiaries as at March 31, 2009
(including the notes thereto), neither HLTH nor any HLTH
Subsidiary has any liability, obligation or Indebtedness that
would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet (or the
notes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for
(i) liabilities, obligations and Indebtedness incurred in
the Ordinary Course since Xxxxx 00, 0000,
(xx) liabilities, obligations and Indebtedness incurred in
connection with the Porex Divestiture and
(iii) liabilities, obligations and Indebtedness which are
not, individually or in the aggregate, material to HLTH and the
HLTH Subsidiaries taken as a whole and which could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
prevent or materially delay consummation of the Transactions or
otherwise prevent or materially delay HLTH from performing its
obligations under this Agreement and could not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a HLTH
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.06 Compliance
with Laws. Each of HLTH and each HLTH
Subsidiary is in compliance with, and is not in Default under,
any Law, Governmental Order, permit or license applicable to
HLTH and each HLTH Subsidiary, except for any such failure to
comply or Default as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, prevent or materially delay the consummation of the
Transactions or otherwise prevent or materially delay HLTH from
performing its obligations under this Agreement or, individually
or in the aggregate, result in a HLTH Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.07 Absence
of HLTH Material Adverse Effect. Since
March 31, 2009 through the date of this Agreement, except
as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, there has not been
any HLTH Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.08 Absence
of Litigation. As of the date hereof, there
is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of HLTH, threatened
against HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary, or any property or asset of
HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary, before any Governmental Authority
that (a) individually or in the aggregate, has had, or
could reasonably be expected to have, a HLTH Material Adverse
Effect, (b) seeks to materially delay or prevent the
consummation of the Transactions or (c) relates to the
transactions contemplated by, or the validity of, this Agreement
and which seeks damages or any equitable relief. As of the date
hereof, neither HLTH nor any HLTH Subsidiary nor any material
property or asset of HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary is subject to
any Governmental Order that could reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to prevent or materially delay
consummation of the Transactions or otherwise prevent or
materially delay HLTH from performing its obligations under this
Agreement or could reasonably be expected, individually or in
the aggregate, to have a HLTH Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.09 Employee
Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 4.09(a) of the HLTH Disclosure Schedule
lists, as of the date hereof, (i) all employee benefit
plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”)), and all bonus, stock option, stock
purchase, restricted stock, phantom stock or other stock-based
compensation, incentive, deferred compensation, retiree medical
or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other
material benefit plans, agreements, policies or programs, and,
with respect to the
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Designated Employees, all employment, termination, severance,
change in control, retention or other contracts or agreements to
which HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary is a party, with respect to
which HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary has or could incur any
material obligation or which are maintained, contributed to or
sponsored by HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary for the benefit of any
current or former employee, officer or director of HLTH or any
HLTH Subsidiary, (ii) each employee benefit plan for which
HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary could incur liability under
Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or
were to be terminated, and (iii) any plan in respect of
which HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary could incur liability under
Section 4212(c) of ERISA (collectively, “HLTH
Plans”). All HLTH Plans are in writing and have been
provided or made available to WebMD.
(b) None of the HLTH Plans is a multiemployer plan (within
the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) (a
“Multiemployer Plan”) and neither HLTH nor any
HLTH Subsidiary or HLTH ERISA Affiliate has in the past six
years sponsored or contributed to, or had any liability or
obligation in respect of, any Multiemployer Plan or a plan that
is subject to the minimum funding requirements of
Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA.
(c) Each HLTH Plan is now and always has been operated in
all material respects in accordance with its terms and the
requirements of all applicable Laws, except where such
non-compliance could not reasonably be expected, individually or
in the aggregate, to have a HLTH Material Adverse Effect. HLTH
and each HLTH Subsidiary has performed all material obligations
required to be performed by it under, is not in any material
respect in Default under, and has no knowledge of any material
Default by any party to, any HLTH Plan.
(d) Each HLTH Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) or Section 401(k) of the Code has
timely received a favorable determination letter which has not
been revoked, opinion letter or advisory letter from the IRS
that is so qualified and, to the Knowledge of HLTH, no fact or
event has occurred since the date of such determination letter
or letters from the IRS that would reasonably be expected to
adversely affect the qualified status of any such HLTH Plan or
the exempt status of any related trust.
(e) To the Knowledge of HLTH, there has not been any
prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406
of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) with respect to any
HLTH Plan. Neither HLTH nor any HLTH Subsidiary has incurred any
liability under, arising out of or by operation of Title IV
of ERISA.
(f) None of the HLTH Plans provides medical, health or life
insurance or any other welfare-type benefits (other than
severance benefits payable under an employment agreement) for
current or future retired or terminated employees of HLTH or the
HLTH Subsidiaries or their spouses or dependents (other than in
accordance with Part 6 of Title I of ERISA or
Section 4980B of the Code or applicable state laws).
(g) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement
nor the consummation of the Transactions will constitute a
Default, result in any payment becoming due, or materially
increase the amount of compensation or benefits due, to any
current or former employee of HLTH or the HLTH Subsidiaries or,
with respect to any HLTH Plan, (i) increase any benefits
otherwise payable under any HLTH Plan or result in any
requirement to fund any HLTH Plan; (ii) result in the
acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such
compensation or benefits; (iii) result in a non-exempt
prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406
of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code); (iv) limit or
restrict the right to merge, amend or terminate any HLTH Plan;
or (v) result in the payment of any amount that would,
individually or in combination with any other such payment,
reasonably be expected to constitute an “excess parachute
payment” as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code.
(h) Section 4.09(h) of the HLTH Disclosure Schedule
lists the number of vested and unvested stock options,
restricted stock or other equity awards outstanding under each
applicable HLTH Plan as of May 31, 2009.
Section 4.10 Taxes. Each
of HLTH and each HLTH Subsidiary has filed all Tax returns and
reports required to be filed by them and have paid and
discharged all Taxes owed by HLTH and the HLTH Subsidiaries,
except where the failure to file such Tax Returns or pay such
Taxes would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a HLTH Material Adverse Effect. All such Tax
returns are true, accurate and complete in all material
respects. HLTH and each HLTH Subsidiary has withheld and paid
all
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material Taxes required to be withheld or paid in connection
with amounts paid or owing to any employee or otherwise. Neither
the IRS nor any other United States or
non-United
States taxing authority or agency is now asserting or, to the
Knowledge of HLTH, threatening to assert, against HLTH or any
HLTH Subsidiary any material deficiency or claim for any Taxes
or interest thereon or penalties in connection therewith. The
accruals and reserves for Taxes reflected in the consolidated
balance sheet of HLTH and the consolidated HLTH Subsidiaries as
of December 31, 2008 are adequate to cover all Taxes
accruable through such date (including interest and penalties,
if any, thereon) in accordance with GAAP and there will be no
increase in accruals or reserves for Taxes from such date
through the Effective Time other than for the items arising in
the Ordinary Course or in connection with the Transactions or
the Porex Divestiture. There are no material Tax Encumbrances
upon any property or assets of HLTH or any of HLTH Subsidiaries
except Encumbrances for current property Taxes not yet due or
that are being contested in good faith. Neither HLTH nor any
HLTH Subsidiary is required to include in income in any Tax
period ending after the Closing Date any adjustment pursuant to
Section 481 of the Code by reason of a voluntary change in
accounting method initiated by HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary, and
the IRS has not initiated or proposed any such adjustment or
change in accounting method. Neither HLTH nor any HLTH
Subsidiary has been a “distributing corporation” or a
“controlled corporation” in a distribution intended to
qualify under Section 355(e) of the Code within the past
five years. To the Knowledge of HLTH, neither HLTH nor any of
its Affiliates has taken or agreed to take any action that would
prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within
the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. HLTH is not
aware of any agreement, plan or other circumstance that would
prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within
the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. There are no
outstanding agreements or waivers extending the statutory period
of limitation applicable to any material Tax assessment or
deficiency with respect to HLTH and each of the HLTH
Subsidiaries. Neither HLTH nor any of the HLTH Subsidiaries is a
real property holding company within the meaning of
Section 897 of the Code. Neither HLTH nor any of the HLTH
Subsidiaries has entered into a closing agreement with, or
requested a ruling from, the IRS or any other taxing authority
during the last three years. Neither HLTH nor any of its
Subsidiaries will be required to include any item of income in,
or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any
taxable period or portion thereof ending after the Closing Date
as a result of any deferred intercompany gain or excess loss
account described in Treasury regulations under
Section 1502 of the Code (or any similar provision of
state, local or foreign law) attributable to the period prior to
the Closing. Neither HLTH nor any of the HLTH Subsidiaries has
participated in any “listed transaction” or other
“reportable transaction” within the meaning of
Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4.
As of December 31, 2008, (i) the HLTH consolidated
group, in the aggregate, has estimated net operating loss
carryforwards in the amount, and subject to the expiration
periods and limitation under Section 382 of the Code, set
forth in Section 4.10 of the HLTH Disclosure Schedule and
(ii) WebMD and its Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, has
estimated net operating loss carryforwards in the amount, and
subject to the expiration periods and limitation under
Section 382 of the Code, set forth in Section 4.10 of
the HLTH Disclosure Schedule.
Section 4.11 Board
Approval; Vote Required.
(a) The HLTH Board, at a meeting duly called and held
pursuant to the DGCL and HLTH’s organizational documents,
adopted resolutions which were not subsequently rescinded or
modified in any way (i) approving and declaring advisable
this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions,
(ii) declaring that it is in the best interests of the
stockholders of HLTH that HLTH enter into this Agreement and
consummate the Transactions, (iii) directing that the
adoption of this Agreement be submitted to a vote at a meeting
of the stockholders of HLTH and (iv) recommending that the
stockholders of HLTH adopt this Agreement.
(b) The only vote of the holders of any class or series of
capital stock of HLTH necessary to adopt this Agreement is the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
shares of HLTH Common Stock in favor thereof.
Section 4.12 Opinion
of Financial Advisor. HLTH has received the
written opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc.,
dated the date of this Agreement, to the effect that, as of such
date, the Exchange Ratio is fair, from a financial point of
view, to the holders of shares of HLTH Common Stock, a copy of
which opinion has been delivered to WebMD.
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Section 4.13 Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The information
supplied by HLTH for inclusion in the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus will not, at (i) the time the
Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time
the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus (or any amendment thereof
or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of
HLTH and WebMD, (iii) the time of each of the HLTH
Stockholders’ Meeting and the WebMD Stockholders’
Meeting and (iv) the Effective Time, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.
Section 4.14 Brokers. No
broker, finder or investment banker (other than Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx & Associates, Inc.) is entitled to any
brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in
connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by
or on behalf of HLTH. HLTH has heretofore furnished to WebMD a
complete and correct copy of all agreements between HLTH and
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc. pursuant to which
such firm would be entitled to any payment relating to the
Transactions.
Section 4.15 Labor. Neither
HLTH nor any HLTH Subsidiary is party to any collective
bargaining agreement or other agreement or arrangement with a
labor union, labor organization, workers council or other
similar body and no such agreement is currently being
negotiated. As of the date hereof, to the Knowledge of HLTH,
there are no ongoing union certification drives or pending
proceedings for certifying a union with respect to employees of
HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary.
Section 4.16 Environmental
Laws. Except as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a HLTH Material
Adverse Effect, (i) there are no, and there have not been
any, Hazardous Materials at any property currently owned or
leased, or to the Knowledge of HLTH, formerly owned or leased by
HLTH, or any HLTH Subsidiary under circumstances that have
resulted in or are reasonably likely to result in liability of
HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary under any applicable Environmental
Laws; and (ii) neither HLTH nor any HLTH Subsidiary has
received any written notification (nor to the Knowledge of HLTH
are there any facts existing that would reasonably be expected
to give rise to such a notification) alleging that it is liable
for, or request for information pursuant to Section 104(e)
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act or similar Law concerning any Release or
threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or any other
Environmental Law at any location except, with respect to any
such notification or request for information concerning any such
Release or threatened Release, to the extent such matter has
been fully resolved with the appropriate Governmental Authority.
Section 4.17 Intellectual
Property. Each of HLTH and the HLTH
Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all Intellectual
Property material to its business, and the use thereof by HLTH
and the HLTH Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the
intellectual property rights of any other person, except to the
extent that any such failure to own or license, or any such
infringements individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to have a HLTH Material Adverse Effect.
To the Knowledge of HLTH, such Intellectual Property has not
been infringed or challenged, except to the extent that any such
infringements or challenges individually or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to have a HLTH Material Adverse
Effect.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF WEBMD
Except as set forth in the correspondingly-numbered sections and
subsections of the WebMD Disclosure Schedule that has been
delivered by WebMD to HLTH in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement (the “WebMD Disclosure
Schedule”) or as disclosed in the reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents filed by WebMD with the
SEC and publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement
(the “Filed WebMD SEC Documents”), WebMD hereby
represents and warrants to HLTH that:
Section 5.01 Corporate
Organization.
(a) Each of WebMD and each Subsidiary of WebMD (each a
“WebMD Subsidiary”) is a corporation or a
limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization and has the requisite corporate or
limited liability company
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power and authority and all necessary Governmental Approvals to
own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure
to be so organized, existing or in good standing or to have such
power, authority and Governmental Approvals could not reasonably
be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to prevent or
materially delay consummation of the Transactions or otherwise
prevent or materially delay WebMD from performing its
obligations under this Agreement, and could not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a WebMD
Material Adverse Effect. Each of WebMD and each WebMD Subsidiary
is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation or
limited liability company to do business, and is in good
standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the
properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its
business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except
where the failure to be so qualified or licensed and in good
standing could not reasonably be expected, individually or in
the aggregate, to prevent or materially delay consummation of
the Transactions or otherwise prevent or materially delay WebMD
from performing its obligations under this Agreement and could
not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
have a WebMD Material Adverse Effect.
(b) A true and complete list of all WebMD Subsidiaries,
together with the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization
of each WebMD Subsidiary and the percentage of the outstanding
capital stock or membership interest of each WebMD Subsidiary
owned by WebMD and each other WebMD Subsidiary, is set forth in
Section 5.01(b) of the WebMD Disclosure Schedule. WebMD
does not directly or indirectly own any equity or similar
interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for any equity or similar interest in, any
corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business
association or entity.
Section 5.02 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of WebMD consists of
(i) 500,000,000 shares of WebMD Class A Common
Stock, (ii) 150,000,000 shares of WebMD Class B
Common Stock and (iii) 50,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, par value $0.01 per share (“WebMD Preferred
Stock”). As of June 11, 2009,
(i) 9,598,401 shares of WebMD Class A Common
Stock and (ii) 48,100,000 shares of WebMD Class B
Common Stock are issued and outstanding, all of which are
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
(iii) 453,155 shares of WebMD Class A Common
Stock are held in the treasury of WebMD, and (iv) no shares
of WebMD Class A Common Stock are held by WebMD
Subsidiaries. As of May 31, 2009, 2,173,720 shares of
WebMD Class A Common Stock are reserved for future issuance
pursuant to outstanding employee stock options or stock
incentive rights granted pursuant to the WebMD Equity Plans. As
of the date of this Agreement, no shares of WebMD Preferred
Stock are issued and outstanding. Except for outstanding awards
issued under the WebMD Equity Plans, there are no options,
warrants or other rights, agreements, arrangements or
commitments of any character relating to the issued or unissued
capital stock of WebMD or any WebMD Subsidiary or obligating
WebMD or any WebMD Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of
capital stock of, or other equity interests in, WebMD or any
WebMD Subsidiary.
(b) All of the issued and outstanding shares or other
ownership interests of each WebMD Subsidiary are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and
each such share or other ownership interest is owned by WebMD or
another WebMD Subsidiary free and clear of all Encumbrances.
There are no options, warrants or other rights, agreements,
arrangements or commitments of any character relating to the
issued or unissued capital stock of any WebMD Subsidiary or
obligating any WebMD Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of
capital stock of, or other equity interests in, any WebMD
Subsidiary.
(c) The shares of WebMD Common Stock to be issued pursuant
to the Merger in accordance with Article III (i) will
be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights created by
statute, WebMD’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation or
Amended and Restated Bylaws or any agreement to which WebMD is a
party or is bound and (ii) will, when issued, be registered
under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and registered or
exempt from registration under applicable Blue Sky Laws.
Section 5.03 Authority
Relative to This Agreement. WebMD has all
necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to
consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by WebMD and the consummation by WebMD of the
Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action, and no other
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corporate proceedings on the part of WebMD are necessary to
authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Transactions
(other than the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of
the Share Issuance by the stockholders of WebMD and the filing
of the Certificate of Merger as contemplated by
Section 2.02). This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by WebMD and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by HLTH, constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of WebMD, enforceable
against WebMD in accordance with its terms, subject to the
effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including all
laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and subject to the effect of general principles of
equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding at law
or in equity).
Section 5.04 No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.
(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by WebMD
do not, and the performance of this Agreement by WebMD will not,
(i) conflict with or violate the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws or any equivalent organizational
documents of WebMD or any WebMD Subsidiary, (ii) assuming
that all Governmental Approvals and other actions described in
Section 5.04(b) have been obtained and all filings and
notifications described in Section 5.04(b) have been made,
conflict with or violate any Law applicable to WebMD or any
WebMD Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of WebMD or
any WebMD Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) result
in any breach of or constitute a Default (or an event which,
with notice or lapse of time or both, would become a Default)
under, any Contract to which WebMD or any WebMD Subsidiary is a
party or by which WebMD or any WebMD Subsidiary or any of their
assets or properties is bound or affected, except, with respect
to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such Defaults which
could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to prevent or materially delay consummation of the
Transactions or otherwise prevent or materially delay WebMD from
performing its obligations under this Agreement and could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
have a WebMD Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by WebMD
do not, and the performance of this Agreement by WebMD will not,
require any Governmental Approval, or filing with or
notification to any Governmental Authority, except (i) for
applicable requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, Blue Sky
Laws and state takeover laws and filing and recordation of
appropriate merger documents as required the DGCL, and
(ii) where the failure to obtain such Governmental
Approval, or to make such filings or notifications, could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
prevent or materially delay consummation of the Transactions, or
otherwise prevent or materially delay WebMD from performing its
obligations under this Agreement, and could not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a WebMD
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.05 SEC
Filings; Financial Statement.
(a) WebMD has filed all forms, reports and documents
required to be filed by it with the SEC since December 31,
2008 (collectively, “WebMD SEC Reports”). As of
their respective dates, or, if amended or superseded by a
subsequent filing made prior to the date hereof, as of the date
of the last such amendment or superseding filing prior to the
date hereof, the WebMD SEC Reports filed prior to the date of
this Agreement complied, and the WebMD SEC Reports filed
subsequent to the date of this Agreement will comply, in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the applicable
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(b) Each of the consolidated financial statements
(including, in each case, any notes thereto) contained in the
WebMD SEC Reports was prepared in accordance with GAAP applied
on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except
as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of
unaudited statements, as permitted by
Form 10-Q
of the SEC) and each fairly presents, in all material respects,
the consolidated financial position, results of operations and
cash flows of WebMD and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the
respective dates thereof and for the respective periods
indicated therein, except as otherwise noted therein (subject,
in the case of unaudited statements, to normal and recurring
year-end adjustments which, individually or in the aggregate,
have not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a
WebMD Material Adverse Effect).
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(c) Except as and to the extent reflected and reserved
against in the consolidated balance sheet of WebMD and the
consolidated WebMD Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2009
(including the notes thereto) included in the Filed WebMD SEC
Documents, neither WebMD nor any WebMD Subsidiary has incurred
any liability or obligation that would be required to be
reflected on a balance sheet (or the notes thereto) prepared in
accordance with GAAP, except for (i) liabilities or
obligations incurred in connection with the Transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) liabilities and
obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course since Xxxxx 00,
0000, (xxx) liabilities, obligations and Indebtedness
incurred in connection with the Little Blue Book Divestiture and
(iv) liabilities which are not, individually or in the
aggregate, material to WebMD and the WebMD Subsidiaries taken as
a whole and could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay
consummation of the Transactions or otherwise prevent or
materially delay WebMD from performing its obligations under
this Agreement and could not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a WebMD Material
Adverse Effect.
Section 5.06 Absence
of WebMD Material Adverse Effect. Since
March 31, 2009 through the date of this Agreement, except
as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, there has not been
any WebMD Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.07 Absence
of Litigation. As of the date of this
Agreement, there is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of
WebMD, threatened against WebMD or any WebMD Subsidiary, or any
property or asset of WebMD or any WebMD Subsidiary, before any
Governmental Authority that seeks to materially delay or prevent
the consummation of the Transactions. Neither WebMD nor any
WebMD Subsidiary nor any material property or asset of WebMD or
any WebMD Subsidiary is subject to any Governmental Order that
could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate,
to prevent or materially delay consummation of the Transactions
or otherwise prevent or materially delay WebMD from performing
its obligations under this Agreement or could reasonably be
expected, in the individual or the aggregate, to have a WebMD
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.08 Board
Approval; Vote Required.
(a) The WebMD Board, upon the unanimous recommendation of
the Special Committee, at a meeting duly called and held
pursuant to the DGCL and WebMD’s organizational documents,
has adopted resolutions which were not subsequently rescinded or
modified in any way (i) approving and declaring advisable
this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions,
(ii) declaring that it is in the best interests of the
holders of Outstanding WebMD Capital Stock other than HLTH and
the officers and directors of HLTH, WebMD and their respective
affiliates that WebMD enter into this Agreement and consummate
the Transactions, including the Share Issuance,
(iii) directing that the adoption of this Agreement,
including the approval of the Share Issuance be submitted to a
vote at a meeting of the stockholders of WebMD and
(iv) recommending that the stockholders of WebMD adopt this
Agreement and approve the Share Issuance.
(a) The only votes of the holders of any class or series of
capital stock of WebMD necessary to adopt this Agreement and
approve the Transactions is the affirmative vote of the holders
of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of
Outstanding WebMD Capital Stock in favor thereof.
Section 5.09 Ownership
of HLTH Capital Stock. As of the date of this
Agreement, WebMD is not the Beneficial Owner of any shares of
capital stock of HLTH.
Section 5.10 Opinion
of Financial Advisor. The Special Committee
has received the written opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx &
Co. Inc., dated the date of this Agreement, to the effect that,
as of such date, the consideration to be paid in the Merger by
WebMD is fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of
Outstanding WebMD Capital Stock other than HLTH and the officers
and directors of HLTH, WebMD, and their respective affiliates, a
copy of which opinion has been delivered to HLTH.
Section 5.11 Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The information
supplied by WebMD for inclusion in the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus will not, at (i) the time the
Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time
the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus (or any amendment thereof
or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of
HLTH and WebMD, (iii) the time of each of the HLTH
Stockholders’ Meeting and the WebMD Stockholders’
Meeting and (iv) the Effective Time, contain any untrue
statement of a
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material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
Section 5.12 Brokers. No
broker, finder or investment banker (other than Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx & Co. Inc.) is entitled to any brokerage,
finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the
Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of
WebMD. WebMD has heretofore furnished to HLTH a complete and
correct copy of all agreements between WebMD and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx & Co. Inc. pursuant to which such firm would be
entitled to any payment relating to the Transactions.
ARTICLE VI
CONDUCT OF
BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER
Section 6.01 Conduct
of Business by HLTH Pending the Merger.
(a) HLTH agrees that, between the date of this Agreement
and the Effective Time, except as set forth in Section 6.01
of the HLTH Disclosure Schedule, or as expressly contemplated by
any other provision of this Agreement, unless WebMD shall
otherwise consent (with the approval of the Special Committee)
in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed):
(i) the businesses of HLTH (excluding the business of
WebMD) and each HLTH Subsidiary shall be conducted in the
Ordinary Course; and
(ii) HLTH shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
preserve substantially intact the business organization of HLTH
(excluding the business organization of WebMD) and each HLTH
Subsidiary, to keep available the services of the current
officers, employees and consultants of HLTH and each HLTH
Subsidiary and to preserve the current relationships of HLTH and
each HLTH Subsidiary with customers, suppliers and other Persons
with which HLTH or any HLTH Subsidiary has significant business
relations.
(b) By way of amplification and not limitation, except as
expressly contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement
or as set forth in Section 6.01 of the HLTH Disclosure
Schedule, without the prior written consent (with the approval
of the Special Committee) of WebMD (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), neither HLTH nor any HLTH
Subsidiary, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective
Time, will:
(i) amend or otherwise change its certificate of
incorporation or bylaws, or equivalent organizational documents;
(ii) issue, grant, sell, or redeem any capital stock or
other ownership interests (other than in connection with the
Merger or the exercise of a HLTH Stock Option or warrants of
HLTH or pursuant to the conversion of the Convertible Notes) (or
any securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for
or otherwise linked to the value of the same) or any bonds or
other securities;
(iii) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other
distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise,
with respect to any of its capital stock, except for dividends
by any direct or indirect wholly owned HLTH Subsidiary to HLTH
or any other wholly owned HLTH Subsidiary;
(iv) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem,
purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of
its capital stock or other securities;
(v) acquire (including by merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of stock or assets or any other business
combination) any Person, business or any division thereof;
(vi) make any material loan, advance, capital contribution
to, or any investment in, any Person (other than a Subsidiary)
except in the Ordinary Course;
(vii) create or permit any Encumbrance (other than
Permitted Encumbrances) on any asset or property except in the
Ordinary Course;
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(viii) incur, assume or otherwise become liable for any
material Indebtedness other than trade payables in the Ordinary
Course;
(ix) modify the compensation or bonuses payable or to
become payable or the benefits provided to its directors or
Designated Employees, except for changes in the Ordinary Course
(which shall include modifications or bonuses due to promotions
and normal periodic performance reviews), or grant or modify any
severance or termination pay to, or enter into or modify any
vesting, employment, change of control, consulting or severance
arrangement with, any director or Designated Employees, or
establish, adopt, enter into or modify any HLTH Plan other than
as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as required by
Law;
(x) make or rescind any material Tax election or settle or
compromise any material Tax liability;
(xi) change independent accountants or make any material
change in any accounting methods, principles or practices (other
than changes required by reason of a change in GAAP);
(xii) other than in the Ordinary Course, fail to pay when
due any material liability, except with respect to any such
liability being contested in good faith;
(xiii) permit any material insurance policy naming HLTH or
a HLTH Subsidiary as a beneficiary or a loss payee to be
cancelled or terminated (without replacing such policy with a
substantially similar policy) or fail to pay any insurance
premium in respect of any such policy (or replacement) when due;
(xiv) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation,
dissolution, restructuring, or recapitalization relating to HLTH
that would materially and adversely affect the value
thereof; and
(xv) enter into any Contract with respect to any of the
foregoing.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, WebMD hereby acknowledges and agrees that
(i) HLTH is contemplating the Porex Divestiture and
(ii) subject to Article VIII, HLTH may enter into one
or more agreements providing for, and consummate a transaction
with respect to, the Porex Divestiture, in each case without the
consent of WebMD, on such terms as are determined by HLTH in its
discretion.
Section 6.02 Conduct
of Business by WebMD Pending the Merger.
(a) WebMD agrees that, between the date of this Agreement
and the Effective Time, except as set forth in Section 6.02
of the WebMD Disclosure Schedule or as expressly contemplated by
any other provision of this Agreement, unless HLTH shall
otherwise consent, (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) in writing:
(i) the businesses of WebMD and each WebMD Subsidiary shall
be conducted in the Ordinary Course; and
(ii) WebMD shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
preserve substantially intact the business organization of WebMD
and each WebMD Subsidiary, to keep available the services of the
current officers, employees and consultants of WebMD and each
WebMD Subsidiary and to preserve the current relationships of
WebMD and each WebMD Subsidiary with customers, suppliers and
other Persons with which WebMD or any WebMD Subsidiary has
significant business relations.
(b) By way of amplification and not limitation, except as
expressly contemplated by any other provision of this Agreement
or as set forth in Section 6.02 of the WebMD Disclosure
Schedule, without the prior written consent of HLTH (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) neither
WebMD nor any WebMD Subsidiary, between the date of this
Agreement and the Effective Time, will:
(i) amend or otherwise change its certificate of
incorporation or bylaws, or equivalent organizational documents
except as contemplated pursuant to Section 2.04 of this
Agreement;
(ii) issue, grant, sell, or redeem any capital stock or
other ownership interests (other than in connection with the
Merger or the exercise of a stock option or any securities
convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for or otherwise
linked to the value of the same) or any bonds or other
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securities (provided, however, that WebMD may make
grants, in the Ordinary Course, of stock options or restricted
stock under WebMD’s Amended and Restated 2005 Long-Term
Incentive Plan);
(iii) declare, set aside, make or pay any dividend or other
distribution, payable in cash, stock, property or otherwise,
with respect to any of its capital stock, except for dividends
by any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of WebMD to
WebMD or any other wholly owned Subsidiary of WebMD;
(iv) reclassify, combine, split, subdivide or redeem,
purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of
its capital stock or other securities;
(v) acquire (including by merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of stock or assets or any other business
combination) any Person, business or any division thereof;
(vi) make any material loan, advance, capital contribution
to, or any investment in, any Person (other than a Subsidiary)
except in the Ordinary Course;
(vii) create or permit any Encumbrance (other than
Permitted Encumbrances) on any asset or property except in the
Ordinary Course;
(viii) incur, assume or otherwise become liable for any
material Indebtedness other than trade payables in the Ordinary
Course;
(ix) make or rescind any material Tax election or settle or
compromise any material Tax liability;
(x) change independent accountants or make any material
change in any accounting methods, principles or practices (other
than changes required by reason of a change in GAAP);
(xi) other than in the Ordinary Course, fail to pay when
due any material liability, except with respect to any such
liability being contested in good faith;
(xii) permit any material insurance policy naming WebMD or
a WebMD Subsidiary as a beneficiary or a loss payee to be
cancelled or terminated (without replacing such policy with a
substantially similar policy) or fail to pay any insurance
premium in respect of any such policy (or replacement) when due;
(xiii) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation,
dissolution, restructuring, or recapitalization that would
materially and adversely affect the value thereof; and
(xiv) enter into any Contract with respect to any of the
foregoing.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, HLTH hereby acknowledges and agrees that
(i) WebMD is contemplating the Little Blue Book Divestiture
and (ii) subject to Article VIII, WebMD may enter into
one or more agreements providing for, and consummate a
transaction with respect to, the Little Blue Book Divestiture,
in each case without the consent of HLTH, on such terms as are
determined by WebMD in its discretion.
ARTICLE VII
ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
Section 7.01 Registration
Statement and Other SEC Filings.
(a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the execution
of this Agreement, (i) HLTH and WebMD shall prepare and
file with the SEC a preliminary joint proxy statement relating
to the HLTH Stockholders’ Meeting and the WebMD
Stockholders’ Meeting and (ii) HLTH and WebMD shall
prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on
Form S-4
(the “Registration Statement”) in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of WebMD Common
Stock issuable in the Merger. The joint proxy statement
furnished to HLTH’s stockholders in connection with the
HLTH Stockholders’ Meeting and to WebMD’s stockholders
in connection with the WebMD Stockholders’ Meeting shall be
included as part of the prospectus (the “Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus”) forming part of the Registration
Statement. Each party hereto shall, and shall
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cause their respective counsel, accountants and other advisors
to, use reasonable best efforts to cooperate with each other in
connection with the preparation and filing of the preliminary
joint proxy statement, the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and
the Registration Statement. Each party hereto shall, and shall
cause their respective counsel, accountants and other advisors
to, use reasonable best efforts to respond to any comments of
the SEC, to cause the Registration Statement to be declared
effective under the Securities Act as soon as reasonably
practicable after such filing and to continue to be effective as
of the Effective Time, to take any necessary action and obtain
all necessary state securities law or “Blue Sky”
permits and approvals required to carry out the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the
Registration Statement and to cause the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to HLTH’s and
WebMD’s stockholders at the earliest practicable time after
the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC,
including providing all information about itself to the other
party as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such
action.
(b) Each party shall notify the other party and the Special
Committee promptly of the receipt of any comments of the SEC or
its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff or any
other Governmental Authority for amendments or supplements to
the preliminary joint proxy statement, the Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus,
the Registration Statement or any other related filings or for
additional information related thereto, and shall supply the
other party and the Special Committee with copies of all
correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the
one hand, and the SEC or its staff or any other Governmental
Authority, on the other hand, with respect to the preliminary
joint proxy statement, the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the
Registration Statement, the Merger or any other filings relating
thereto. The Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the Registration
Statement and such other filings shall comply in all material
respects with all applicable requirements of Law. If at any time
prior to the Effective Time, any event occurs or either party
becomes aware of any information relating to the other party or
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers or
directors or Affiliates that should be described in an amendment
or supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the
Registration Statement or any other related filings, the
applicable party shall inform the other party and the Special
Committee promptly after becoming aware of such event or
information and cooperate in filing with the SEC or its staff or
any other Governmental Authority,
and/or
mailing to stockholders of HLTH or WebMD, as applicable, such
amendment or supplement. The parties shall cooperate and provide
each other and the Special Committee with a reasonable
opportunity to review and comment on the preliminary joint proxy
statement, the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the
Registration Statement, any related filings or amendment or
supplement thereto and any responses or communications to the
SEC staff or other Governmental Authority in connection
therewith; provided that, with respect to
documents filed by HLTH or WebMD that are incorporated by
reference in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, or the
Registration Statement, this right of review and comment shall
apply only with respect to information relating to the other
party or its business, financial condition or results of
operations.
(c) WebMD and HLTH each shall advise the other, promptly
after receiving notice thereof, of the time when the
Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement or
amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order, of
the suspension of the qualification of WebMD Common Stock
issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in
any jurisdiction, or of any request by the SEC for amendment of
the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or comments thereon and
responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional
information.
Section 7.02 Stockholders’
Meetings.
(a) HLTH shall, in accordance with the DGCL, Delaware
case-law interpreting the DGCL and HLTH’s organizational
documents, duly call, give notice of and hold a meeting of
HLTH’s stockholders as promptly as practicable for the
purpose of voting upon the adoption of this Agreement (the
“HLTH Stockholders’ Meeting”). WebMD
shall, in accordance with the DGCL, Delaware case-law
interpreting the DGCL and WebMD’s organizational documents,
duly call, give notice of and hold a meeting of WebMD’s
stockholders as promptly as practicable for the purpose of
voting upon the adoption of this Agreement, including the
approval of the Share Issuance (the “WebMD
Stockholders’ Meeting”). Each of HLTH and WebMD
shall use its reasonable best efforts to hold the
Stockholders’ Meetings on the same day as soon as
practicable after the date on which the Registration Statement
becomes effective. Each of HLTH and WebMD shall include in the
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Proxy Statement the recommendation of their respective boards of
directors that stockholders of each entity vote in favor of the
approval of the Transactions and the adoption of this Agreement.
Each of HLTH and WebMD shall use its reasonable best efforts to
solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the adoption
of this Agreement and the approval of the Transactions, as
applicable, and shall take all other action necessary or
advisable to secure the required vote or consent of its
stockholders.
(b) Subject to Article IX, HLTH agrees to vote, or
cause to be voted, all of the shares of (i) WebMD
Class A Common Stock and (ii) WebMD Class B
Common Stock then beneficially owned by it or a HLTH Subsidiary
in favor of the approval of the Transactions and the adoption of
this Agreement.
(c) Subject to Article IX, the obligation of HLTH and
WebMD to call, give notice of, convene and hold the HLTH
Stockholders’ Meeting and the WebMD Stockholders’
Meeting, as applicable, and to hold a vote of the HLTH Common
Stock holders and the Outstanding WebMD Capital Stock holders on
this Agreement shall not be limited or otherwise affected by a
Competing Transaction.
Section 7.03 Access
to Information. Except as required pursuant
to any confidentiality agreement or similar agreement or
arrangement to which HLTH or WebMD or any of their respective
Subsidiaries is a party or pursuant to applicable Law, from the
date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, HLTH and WebMD
shall (and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to):
(i) provide to the other party and the Special Committee
(and their Representatives) access at reasonable times upon
prior notice to the officers, employees, agents, properties,
offices and other facilities of such party and its Subsidiaries
and to the books and records thereof; and (ii) furnish
promptly to the other party and the Special Committee (and their
Representatives) such information concerning the business,
properties, contracts, assets, liabilities, personnel and other
aspects of such party and its Subsidiaries as reasonably
requested.
Section 7.04 Directors’
and Officers’ Insurance.
(a) WebMD and HLTH shall cooperate to maintain
officers’ and directors’ liability insurance in
respect of acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective
Time covering those persons who are currently covered on the
date of this Agreement by HLTH’s directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance policy or who become covered
prior to the Effective Time on terms with respect to coverage
and amount no less favorable than those in the current
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy
maintained by HLTH in effect on the date hereof.
(b) The WebMD Charter Amendment and the bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation shall not be amended, modified or repealed
for a period of six years from the Effective Time in a manner
that would adversely affect the rights with respect to
indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of
individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were
officers or directors of HLTH, unless such amendment,
modification or repeal is required by applicable Law after the
Effective Time.
Section 7.05 Further
Action; Reasonable Best Efforts. Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each of
the parties hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to
take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, and to do,
or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable
under applicable Law or otherwise to consummate and make
effective the Transactions, including using its reasonable best
efforts to obtain all permits, consents, approvals,
authorizations, qualifications and orders of Governmental
Authorities and parties to Contracts with HLTH or WebMD or their
Subsidiaries as are necessary for the consummation of the
Transactions and to fulfill the conditions to the Merger. In
case, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action
is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this
Agreement, the proper officers and directors of each party to
this Agreement shall use their reasonable best efforts to take
all such action.
Section 7.06 Plan
of Reorganization.
(a) This Agreement is intended to constitute a “plan
of reorganization” within the meaning of
Section 1.368-2(g)
of the income tax regulations promulgated under the Code. From
and after the date of this Agreement and until the Effective
Time, each party hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to
cause the Merger to qualify, and will not knowingly take any
action, cause any action to be taken, fail to take any action
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or cause any action to fail to be taken which action or failure
to act could prevent the Merger from qualifying as a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the
Code. Following the Effective Time, neither WebMD nor any of its
Affiliates shall knowingly take any action, cause any action to
be taken, fail to take any action or cause any action to fail to
be taken, which action or failure to act could cause the Merger
to fail to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Code.
(b) As of the date hereof, HLTH does not know of any reason
(i) why it would not be able to deliver to counsel to HLTH
and WebMD, at the date of the legal opinions referred to below,
certificates substantially in compliance with IRS published
advance ruling guidelines, with customary exceptions and
modifications thereto, to enable such firms to deliver the legal
opinions contemplated by Section 8.02(e) and
Section 8.03(e), and HLTH hereby agrees to deliver such
certificates effective as of the date of such opinions or
(ii) why counsel to HLTH and WebMD would not be able to
deliver the opinions required by Section 8.02(e) and
Section 8.03(e).
(c) As of the date hereof, WebMD does not know of any
reason (i) why it would not be able to deliver to counsel
to HLTH and WebMD, at the date of the legal opinions referred to
below, certificates substantially in compliance with IRS
published advance ruling guidelines, with customary exceptions
and modifications thereto, to enable such firms to deliver the
legal opinions contemplated by Section 8.02(e) and
Section 8.03(e), and WebMD hereby agrees to deliver such
certificates effective as of the date of such opinions or
(ii) why counsel to HLTH and WebMD would not be able to
deliver the opinions required by Section 8.02(e) and
Section 8.03(e).
Section 7.07 Nasdaq
Quotation. WebMD shall use its reasonable
best efforts to cause the shares of WebMD Common Stock issuable
in the Merger and pursuant to the HLTH Stock Options assumed by
WebMD to be approved for listing on Nasdaq, subject to official
notice of issuance to Nasdaq, as promptly as practicable after
the date hereof and in any event prior to the Closing Date, and
HLTH shall cooperate with WebMD with respect to such approval.
Section 7.08 Public
Announcements. The initial press release
relating to this Agreement shall be a joint press release the
text of which has been agreed to by each of WebMD (with the
approval of the Special Committee) and HLTH. Thereafter, unless
otherwise required by applicable Law or the requirements of
Nasdaq, each of WebMD and HLTH shall each use its reasonable
best efforts to consult with each other before issuing any press
release or otherwise making any public statements with respect
to this Agreement or any of the Transactions.
Section 7.09 Assumption
of Existing Indentures. WebMD acknowledges
and agrees that, as of the Effective Time, WebMD, as the
Surviving Corporation, shall become the successor obligor to
HLTH under the Existing Indentures, and shall assume and honor
the obligations of HLTH thereunder.
Section 7.10 Notification
of Certain Matters. Between the date hereof
and the Effective Time, each party shall give prompt notice in
writing to the other party of: (i) the occurrence or
failure to occur, or the impending or threatened occurrence or
failure to occur, of any event or circumstance which occurrence
or failure to occur could reasonably be expected to cause any of
its representations or warranties in this Agreement to be untrue
or inaccurate in any material respect at any time from the date
hereof through the Effective Time; (ii) the occurrence or
failure to occur, or the impending, alleged or threatened
occurrence or failure to occur, of any event or circumstance
which occurrence or failure to occur could reasonably be
expected to cause any condition, covenant or agreement contained
in this Agreement to fail to be complied with or satisfied; and
(iii) any notice or other communication from any Person
alleging that the Consent of such Person is or may be required
in connection with the Transactions or that the Transactions
otherwise constitute a Default under any Contract that is
material to such party; provided, that the delivery of any
notice pursuant to this Section 7.10 will not limit or
otherwise affect the remedies available to the party receiving
such notice.
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ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS
TO THE MERGER
Section 8.01 Conditions
to the Obligations of Each Party. The
obligations of HLTH and WebMD to consummate the Merger are
subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) of the
following conditions:
(a) Registration Statement. The
Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the
SEC under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been
issued by the SEC and no proceeding for that purpose shall have
been initiated by the SEC.
(b) HLTH Stockholder
Adoption. This Agreement shall have been
adopted by the stockholders of HLTH in accordance with the DGCL.
(c) WebMD Stockholder Adoption and
Approval. This Agreement shall have been
adopted, and the Transactions shall have been approved by the
votes specified in Section 5.08(b) hereof, in accordance
with the DGCL and, in the case of the Share Issuance, the rules
and regulations of Nasdaq.
(d) No Order. No Governmental
Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or
entered any Law or Governmental Order which is then in effect
and has the effect of making the Merger illegal or otherwise
prohibiting consummation of the Merger.
(e) Nasdaq Quotation. The shares
of WebMD Common Stock to be issued in the Merger shall have been
authorized for quotation on Nasdaq, subject to official notice
of issuance.
Section 8.02 Conditions
to the Obligations of WebMD. The obligations
of WebMD to consummate the Merger are subject to the
satisfaction or waiver (where permissible) of the following
additional conditions:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and
warranties of HLTH contained in this Agreement shall be true and
correct (without giving effect to any qualification or exception
with respect to materiality or HLTH Material Adverse Effect or
similar language set forth therein) as of the Effective Time, as
though made on and as of such date (except to the extent
expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case as of such
earlier date), except where the failure to be so true and
correct would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a HLTH
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Agreements and Covenants. HLTH
shall have performed or complied with all agreements and
covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied
with by it on or prior to the Effective Time in all material
respects.
(c) Officer Certificate. HLTH
shall have delivered to WebMD a certificate, dated the date of
the Closing, signed by an executive officer of HLTH, certifying
as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in
Sections 8.02(a), 8.02(b) and 8.02(d).
(d) Tax Opinion. WebMD shall have
received the opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP,
counsel to the Special Committee, based upon representations of
WebMD and HLTH, and normal assumptions, to the effect that, for
federal income tax purposes, the Merger will qualify as a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the
Code and that each of WebMD and HLTH will be a party to the
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(b) of the
Code, which opinion shall not have been withdrawn or modified in
any material respect. The issuance of such opinion shall be
conditioned on receipt by Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
of representation letters from each of WebMD and HLTH as
contemplated by Section 7.06 of this Agreement. Each such
representation letter shall be dated on or before the date of
such opinion and shall not have been withdrawn or modified in
any material respect as of the Effective Time.
(e) Material Adverse Effect. No
HLTH Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the date
of this Agreement.
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Section 8.03 Conditions
to the Obligations of HLTH. The obligations
of HLTH to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfaction
or waiver (where permissible) of the following additional
conditions:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and
warranties of WebMD contained in this Agreement shall be true
and correct (without giving effect to any qualification or
exception with respect to materiality or WebMD Material Adverse
Effect or similar language set forth therein) as of the
Effective Time, as though made on and as of such date (except to
the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case
as of such earlier date), except where the failure of such
representations to be so true and correct would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a WebMD Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) Agreements and
Covenants. WebMD shall have performed or
complied in all material respects with all agreements and
covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied
with by it on or prior to the Effective Time.
(c) Officer Certificate. WebMD
shall have delivered to HLTH a certificate, dated the date of
the Closing, signed by an executive officer of WebMD, certifying
as to the satisfaction of the conditions specified in
Sections 8.03(a), 8.03(b) and 8.03(d).
(d) Material Adverse Effect. No
WebMD Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the date
of this Agreement.
(e) Tax Opinion. HLTH shall have
received the opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP,
counsel to HLTH, based upon representations of WebMD and HLTH,
and normal assumptions, to the effect that, for federal income
tax purposes, the Merger will qualify as a reorganization within
the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code and that each of
WebMD and HLTH will be a party to the reorganization within the
meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code, which opinion shall
not have been withdrawn or modified in any material respect. The
issuance of such opinion shall be conditioned on receipt by
Shearman & Sterling LLP of representation letters from
each of WebMD and HLTH as contemplated in Section 7.06 of
this Agreement. Each such representation letter shall be dated
on or before the date of such opinion and shall not have been
withdrawn or modified in any material respect as of the
Effective Time.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION,
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated and the Transactions may be
abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time,
notwithstanding any requisite adoption of this Agreement and the
Transactions by the stockholders of HLTH and WebMD, as follows:
(a) by mutual written consent of WebMD and HLTH duly
authorized by the Boards of Directors of WebMD (with the
approval of the Special Committee) and HLTH; or
(b) by either WebMD (upon the approval of the Special
Committee) or HLTH if the Effective Time shall not have occurred
on or before the End Date; provided, however, that
the right to terminate this Agreement under this
Section 9.01(b) shall not be available to any party whose
failure to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement has been
the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Effective Time
to occur on or before such date; or
(c) by either WebMD (upon the approval of the Special
Committee) or HLTH if any Governmental Authority in the United
States shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or
entered any Law or Governmental Order (whether temporary,
preliminary or permanent) which has become final and
nonappealable and has the effect of making consummation of the
Merger illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting
consummation of the Merger; or
(d) by WebMD (upon the approval of the Special Committee)
if a Triggering Event with respect to HLTH shall have
occurred; or
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(e) by HLTH if a Triggering Event with respect to WebMD
shall have occurred; or
(f) by either WebMD (upon the approval of the Special
Committee) or HLTH if the stockholders of HLTH shall fail to
adopt this Agreement at the HLTH Stockholders’
Meeting; or
(g) by either WebMD (upon the approval of the Special
Committee) or HLTH if, at the WebMD Stockholders’ Meeting,
this Agreement shall not have been adopted, or the Share
Issuance shall not have been approved by the votes specified in
Section 5.08(b) hereof; or
(h) by WebMD (upon the approval of the Special Committee)
upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement on the part of HLTH set forth in this Agreement, or if
any representation or warranty of HLTH shall have become untrue,
in either case such that the condition set forth in
Section 8.02(a) or Section 8.02(b) would not be
satisfied (a “Terminating HLTH Breach”);
provided, however, that, if such Terminating HLTH
Breach is curable by HLTH, WebMD may not terminate this
Agreement under this Section 9.01(h) for so long as HLTH
continues to exercise its best efforts to cure such breach,
unless such breach is not cured within 15 Business Days after
written notice of such breach is provided by WebMD to
HLTH; or
(i) by HLTH upon a breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement on the part of WebMD set forth in this
Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of WebMD shall
have become untrue, in either case such that the condition set
forth in Section 8.03(a) or Section 8.03(b) would not
be satisfied (a “Terminating WebMD Breach”);
provided, however, that, if such Terminating WebMD
Breach is curable by WebMD, HLTH may not terminate this
Agreement under this Section 9.01(i) for so long as WebMD
continues to exercise its best efforts to cure such breach,
unless such breach is not cured within 15 Business Days after
written notice of such breach is provided by HLTH to
WebMD; or
(j) by HLTH, upon the approval of the HLTH Board, if the
HLTH Board determines, in its good faith judgment after
consultation with independent legal counsel (which legal counsel
may be HLTH’s regularly engaged independent legal counsel),
that it is required by its fiduciary duties under applicable Law
to terminate this Agreement in order to enter into a definitive
agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal; or
(k) by WebMD, upon the approval of the Special Committee if
the Special Committee determines, in its good faith judgment
after consultation with its legal counsel, that it is required
by its fiduciary duties under applicable Law to terminate this
Agreement in order to enter into a definitive agreement with
respect to a Superior Proposal.
Section 9.02 Effect
of Termination. In the event of the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01,
this Agreement shall forthwith become void, and there shall be
no liability under this Agreement on the part of any party
hereto, except (a) as set forth in Section 9.03 and
(b) nothing herein shall relieve any party from liability
or damages for any willful or intentional breach of any of its
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth
in this Agreement prior to such termination.
Section 9.03 Fees
and Expenses. All Expenses (as defined below)
incurred by either party and the Special Committee in connection
with this Agreement and the Transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be paid by HLTH. “Expenses”, as used
in this Agreement, shall include all reasonable
out-of-pocket
expenses (including, without limitation, all fees and expenses
of counsel, accountants, investment bankers, experts and
consultants to a party hereto (and the Special Committee) and
its affiliates) incurred by a party or on its behalf in
connection with or related to the authorization, preparation,
negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement, the
preparation, printing, filing and mailing of the Registration
Statement and the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the
solicitation of stockholder approvals and all other matters
related to the closing of the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 9.04 Amendment. This
Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto by action taken
by or on behalf of their respective Boards of Directors (with
the approval of the Special Committee, in the case of WebMD) at
any time prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that,
after the adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of
HLTH, no amendment shall be made which under Law requires
further
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approval of the stockholders of HLTH or WebMD without such
further approval. This Agreement may not be amended except by an
instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.
Section 9.05 Waiver. At
any time prior to the Effective Time, either party hereto (with
the approval of the Special Committee in the case of WebMD) may
(a) extend the time for the performance of any obligation
or other act of the other party, (b) waive any inaccuracy
in the representations and warranties of the other party
contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto
and (c) waive compliance with any agreement of the other
party or any condition to its own obligations contained herein.
Any such extension or waiver shall be valid if set forth in an
instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound
thereby.
ARTICLE X
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Section 10.01 Non-Survival
of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and
Agreements. The representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements in this Agreement and in any
certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall terminate at the
Effective Time or upon the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.01, as the case may be, except that
the agreements set forth in Articles II and III and
Sections 7.04 and 7.07 and this Article X shall
survive the Effective Time, and except that the agreements set
forth in Sections 9.02 and 9.03 and this Article X
shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 10.02 Notices. All
notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be
deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in
person, by telecopy or email or by registered or certified mail
(postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective
parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for
a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance
with this Section 10.02):
if to WebMD or the Surviving Corporation:
WebMD Health Corp.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
Eighty Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Eighty Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
if to HLTH:
HLTH Corporation
River Drive Center Two
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxx@xxxx.xxx
River Drive Center Two
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxx@xxxx.xxx
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with copies to:
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX0X 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx O’X. Xxxxxx
Facsimile: x00 00 0000 0000
Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX0X 0XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx O’X. Xxxxxx
Facsimile: x00 00 0000 0000
Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
and
Shearman & Sterling LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Section 10.03 Severability. If
any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law or by
public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this
Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so
long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is
not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon
such determination that any term or other provision is invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall
negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect
the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a
mutually acceptable manner in order that the Transactions be
consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent
possible.
Section 10.04 Entire
Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement
(including the HLTH Disclosure Schedule and the WebMD Disclosure
Schedule) constitutes the entire agreement between the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all
prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral,
between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
This Agreement shall not be assigned (whether pursuant to a
merger, by operation of law or otherwise).
Section 10.05 Parties
in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto, and
nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or
shall confer upon any other Person (including stockholders of
either party) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature
whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
Section 10.06 Specific
Performance. The parties hereto agree that
irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of
this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms
hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to specific
performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy
to which they are entitled at law or in equity.
Section 10.07 Governing
Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the
legal relations between the parties shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware,
without regard to the conflict of laws rules thereof. All
actions and proceedings arising out of or relating to this
Agreement shall be heard and determined exclusively in the Court
of Chancery of the State of Delaware in and for New Castle
County, Delaware. The parties hereto hereby (a) submit to
the exclusive jurisdiction of any Delaware state or federal
court for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating
to this Agreement brought by any party hereto, and
(b) irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert by way of
motion, defense, or otherwise, in any such Action, any claim
that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the
above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from
attachment or execution, that the Action is brought in an
inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Action is improper, or
that this Agreement or the Transactions may not be enforced in
or by any of the above-named courts.
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Section 10.08 Waiver
of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto
hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law
any right it may have to a trial by jury with respect to any
litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in
connection with this Agreement or the Transactions. Each of the
parties hereto (a) certifies that no representative, agent
or attorney of the other party has represented, expressly or
otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of
litigation, seek to enforce that foregoing waiver and
(b) acknowledges that it and the other party hereto have
been induced to enter into this Agreement and the Transactions,
as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and
certifications in this Section 10.08.
Section 10.09 Headings. The
descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are included
for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any
way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
Section 10.10 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile
or email transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
Section 10.11 Joint
Participation in Drafting This Agreement. The
parties acknowledge and confirm that each of them and their
respective Representatives have participated jointly in the
drafting, review, negotiation and revision of this Agreement,
that it has not been drafted solely by counsel for one party and
that each party has had the benefit of its independent legal
counsel’s advice with respect to the terms and provisions
hereof and its rights and obligations hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, WebMD and HLTH have caused this Agreement to
be executed as of the date first written above by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: | Chief Operating Officer |
HLTH CORPORATION
By: |
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: | Executive Vice President and |
General Counsel
Exhibit 2.04
to Merger Agreement
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation (which is hereinafter referred to as
the “Corporation”) is: WebMD Health Corp.
ARTICLE II
The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the
State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, xx xxx Xxxx xx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx of New Castle, 19801.
The name of its registered agent at such address is The
Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE III
The purpose of the Corporation shall be to engage in any lawful
act or activity for which corporations may be organized and
incorporated under the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the “GCL”).
ARTICLE IV
A. The total number of shares of stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is 700,000,000,
divided into two classes: 50,000,000 shares of Preferred
Stock, par value $.01 per share (hereinafter referred to as
“Preferred Stock”); and 650,000,000 shares of
Common Stock par value $.01 per share (hereinafter referred to
as “Common Stock”).
B. The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in
one or more series. The Board of Directors is hereby authorized
to provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one
or more series and, by filing a certificate pursuant to the
applicable law of the State of Delaware (hereinafter referred to
as “Preferred Stock Designation”), to establish from
time to time the number of shares to be included in each such
series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences and
rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications,
limitations and restrictions thereof. The authority of the Board
of Directors with respect to each series shall include, but not
be limited to, determination of the following:
(i) The designation of the series, which may be by
distinguishing number, letter or title;
(ii) The number of shares of the series, which number the
Board of Directors may thereafter (except where otherwise
provided in the Preferred Stock Designation) increase or
decrease (but not below the number of shares thereof then
outstanding);
(iii) The amounts payable on, and the preferences, if any,
of shares of the series in respect of dividends, and whether
such dividends, if any, shall be cumulative or noncumulative;
(iv) Dates at which dividends, if any, shall be payable;
(v) The redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for
shares of the series;
(vi) The terms and amount of any sinking fund provided for
the purchase or redemption of shares of the series;
(vii) Whether the shares of the series shall be convertible
into or exchangeable for shares of any other class or series, or
any other security, of the Corporation or any other corporation,
and, if so, the specification of such other class or series of
such other security, the conversion or exchange price or prices
or rate or rates, any adjustments thereof, the date or dates at
which such shares shall be convertible
or exchangeable and all other terms and conditions upon which
such conversion or exchange may be made;
(viii) Whether the shares of the series shall be
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of any other class
or series, or any other security, of the Corporation or any
other corporation, and, if so, the specification of such other
class or series of such other security, the conversion or
exchange price or prices or rate or rates, any adjustments
thereof, the date or dates at which such shares shall be
convertible or exchangeable and all other terms and conditions
upon which such conversion or exchange may be made;
(ix) Restrictions on the issuance of shares of the same
series or of any other class or series; and
(x) The voting rights, if any, of the holders of shares of
the series.
C. The Common Stock shall be subject to the express terms
of the Preferred Stock and any series thereof. Except as may
otherwise be provided in this Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or in a Preferred Stock Designation, the holders
of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each
such share upon all questions presented to the stockholders.
Except as may otherwise be provided in this Restated Certificate
of Incorporation or in a Preferred Stock Designation, the Common
Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of
directors and for all other purposes, and holders of Preferred
Stock shall not be entitled to receive notice of any meeting of
stockholders at which they are not entitled to vote.
D. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in
whose name any share of its stock is registered as the owner
thereof for all purposes and shall not be bound to recognize any
equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share on the
part of any other person, whether or not the Corporation shall
have notice thereof, except as expressly provided by applicable
law.
E. Upon the effectiveness of this Restated Certificate of
Incorporation pursuant to the GCL, (i) each share of the
Corporation’s Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share (the “Old Class A Common Stock”), issued
and outstanding or held in treasury immediately prior to the
effectiveness of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
will automatically be reclassified as and converted into
1 share of Common Stock. Any stock certificate that,
immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, represented shares of the Old
Class A Common Stock will, from and after the effectiveness
of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, automatically and
without the necessity of presenting the same for exchange,
represent that number of shares of Common Stock into which the
shares of Old Class A Common Stock represented by such
certificate shall have been reclassified pursuant hereto, and
(ii) each share of the Corporation’s Class B
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, issued and outstanding
or held in treasury prior to the effectiveness of this Restated
Certificate of Incorporation shall be cancelled pursuant to and
in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated
June 17, 2009, between the Corporation and HLTH
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and no consideration shall
be issued in respect thereof.
ARTICLE V
A. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,
subject to any rights, powers and preferences of any outstanding
Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be
entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the
Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders,
ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by them.
B. Subject to applicable law, and any rights, powers and
preferences of any outstanding Preferred Stock, the holders of
the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends, when,
as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds
lawfully available therefor.
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ARTICLE VI
In furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the powers
conferred by law, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized
and empowered:
(a) to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the
Corporation; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or any
provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or
no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders
of any particular class or series of the stock required by law
or this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least 80 percent of the voting
power of the then outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a
single class, shall be required in order for the stockholders of
the Corporation to alter, amend or repeal any provision of the
Bylaws or to adopt additional bylaws; and
(b) from time to time to determine whether and to what
extent, and at what times and places, and under what conditions
and regulations, the accounts and books of the Corporation, or
any of them, shall be open to inspection of stockholders; and,
except as so determined or as expressly provided in this
Restated Certificate of Incorporation or in any Preferred Stock
Designation, no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any
account, book or document of the Corporation other than such
rights as may be conferred by applicable law.
The Corporation may in its Bylaws confer powers upon the Board
of Directors in addition to the foregoing and in addition to the
powers and authorities expressly conferred upon the Board of
Directors by applicable law. Notwithstanding anything contained
in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary,
the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80 percent
of the voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock, voting
together as a single class, shall be required to amend, repeal
or adopt any provision inconsistent with paragraph (a) of
this Article VI or this sentence. For purposes of this
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, “Voting Stock”
shall mean the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors.
ARTICLE VII
A. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the
stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly
called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the
Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing in
lieu of a meeting of such stockholders.
B. Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation for
any purpose or purposes may be called by the Board of Directors,
and any power of stockholders to call a special meeting is
specifically denied.
C. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the
election of directors and of the proposal by stockholders of any
other action to be taken by the stockholders at a meeting shall
be given in such manner as shall be provided in the Bylaws of
the Corporation.
D. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Restated
Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least 80 percent of the voting
power of the then outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a
single class, shall be required to amend, repeal or adopt any
provision inconsistent with this Article VII.
ARTICLE VIII
A. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of
Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified
circumstances, the number of directors of the Corporation shall
be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
B. Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the
Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the
Corporation need not be by written ballot.
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C. The Board of Directors (other than those directors
elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock provided
for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV
hereof (the “Preferred Stock Directors”)) shall be
divided into three classes, Class I, Class II and
Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be
possible, of one-third of the number of directors constituting
the entire Board of Directors. At each annual meeting of the
stockholders, successors to the class of directors whose term
expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a term
expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders.
If the number of directors (other than Preferred Stock
Directors) is changed, any increase or decrease shall be
apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of
directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any
additional director of any class elected to fill a newly created
directorship resulting from an increase in such class shall hold
office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of
that class, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of
directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. A director
shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which
his term expires and until his successor shall be elected and
shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation,
retirement, disqualification or removal from office.
D. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of
Preferred stock to elect additional directors under specified
circumstances, any director may be removed from office only for
cause, and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at
least 80 percent of the voting power of the then
outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a single class.
E. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of
Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified
circumstances, vacancies resulting from death, resignation,
retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other
cause, and newly created directorships resulting from any
increase in the authorized number of directors, may be filled
only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining
directors, though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors,
and directors so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at
the annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of office
of the class to which they have been elected expires and until
such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and
qualified. No decrease in the number of authorized directors
constituting the whole Board of Directors shall shorten the term
of any incumbent director.
F. During any period when the holders of any series of
Preferred Stock have the right to elect additional directors as
provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of
Article IV hereof, then upon commencement and for the
duration of the period during which such right continues:
(i) the then otherwise total authorized number of directors
of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by such
specified number of directors, and the holders of such Preferred
Stock shall be entitled to elect the additional directors so
provided for or fixed pursuant to said provisions, and
(ii) each such additional director shall serve until such
director’s successor shall have been duly elected and
qualified, or until such director’s right to hold such
office terminates pursuant to said provisions, whichever occurs
earlier, subject to his earlier death, disqualification,
resignation or removal. Except as otherwise provided by the
Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions establishing
such series, whenever the holders of any series of Preferred
Stock having such right to elect additional directors are
divested of such right pursuant to the provisions of such stock,
the terms of office of all such additional directors elected by
the holders of such stock, or elected to fill any vacancies
resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or
removal of such additional directors, shall forthwith terminate
and the total authorized number of directors of the Corporation
shall be reduced accordingly.
G. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Restated
Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least 80 percent of the voting
power of the then outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a
single class, shall be required to amend, repeal or adopt any
provision inconsistent with this Article VII.
ARTICLE IX
A director of the corporation shall not be liable to the
Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such
exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted
under the GCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended.
Any amendment, modification or repeal of the foregoing sentence
shall not adversely affect any right or protection
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of a director of the corporation hereunder in respect of any act
or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment,
modification or repeal.
ARTICLE X
A. The Corporation elects to be governed by
Section 203 of the GCL.
B. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Restated
Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least 80 percent of the voting
power of the then outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a
single class, shall be required to amend, repeal or adopt any
provision inconsistent with this Article X.
ARTICLE XI
Except as may be expressly provided in this Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, the Corporation reserves the right at any time
and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any
provision contained in this Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or a Preferred Stock Designation, and any other
provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at
the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or
hereafter prescribed herein or by applicable law, and all
rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature
conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons
whomsoever by and pursuant to this Restated Certificate of
Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are
granted subject to the right reserved in this Article XI.
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Exhibit 2.05
to Merger Agreement
HLTH
Director Classes
HLTH designees to WebMD Board of Directors for the Director
Class with term expiring in 2010: Xxxx Xxxxxx and
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
HLTH designee to WebMD Board of Directors for the Director Class
with term expiring in 2011: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
HLTH designee to WebMD Board of Directors for the Director Class
with term expiring in 2012: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx