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HLTH merging with WebMD

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HLTH Corporation (Nasdaq: HLTH) and its 84% owned subsidiary, WebMD Health Corp. (Nasdaq: WBMD), announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which HLTH will merge into WebMD. In the merger, each outstanding share of HLTH common stock will be converted into 0.1979 shares of WebMD common stock and $6.89 in cash, subject to adjustment as described below. The shares of WebMD Class A Common Stock currently outstanding will remain outstanding and will be unchanged in the merger. The merger will eliminate both the controlling class of WebMD stock held by HLTH and WebMD’s existing dual-class stock structure.

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