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8-K - FORM 8-K - WebMD Health Corp. | g21057e8vk.htm |
EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - WebMD Health Corp. | g21057exv99w1.htm |
EX-99.2 - EX-99.2 - WebMD Health Corp. | g21057exv99w2.htm |
EX-99.5 - EX-99.5 - WebMD Health Corp. | g21057exv99w5.htm |
EX-99.3 - EX-99.3 - WebMD Health Corp. | g21057exv99w3.htm |
Exhibit 99.4
ANNEX A
Explanation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
(All dollar amounts in thousands)
(All dollar amounts in thousands)
The accompanying WebMD Health Corp. press release and financial tables include both financial
measures in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, as well as
non-GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP financial measures represent earnings before interest,
taxes, non-cash and other items (which we refer to as Adjusted EBITDA) and related per share
amounts. Adjusted EBITDA should be viewed as supplemental to, and not as an alternative for,
income (loss) from continuing operations or net income (loss) calculated in accordance with
GAAP. The tables attached to the accompanying press release include reconciliations of non-GAAP
financial measures to GAAP financial measures.
Adjusted EBITDA is used by WebMDs management as an additional measure of WebMDs performance
for purposes of business decision-making, including developing budgets, managing expenditures, and
evaluating potential acquisitions or divestitures. Period-to-period comparisons of Adjusted EBITDA
help WebMDs management identify additional trends in WebMDs financial results that may not be
shown solely by period-to-period comparisons of income (loss) from continuing operations or net
income (loss). In addition, WebMD uses Adjusted EBITDA in the incentive compensation programs
applicable to many of its employees in order to evaluate WebMDs performance. WebMD management
recognizes that Adjusted EBITDA has inherent limitations because of the excluded items,
particularly those items that are recurring in nature. In order to compensate for those
limitations, management also reviews the specific items that are excluded from Adjusted EBITDA, but
included in income (loss) from continuing operations or net income (loss), as well as trends in
those items. The amounts of those items are set forth, for the applicable periods, in the
reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA to income (loss) from continuing operations or to net income
(loss) that accompany our press releases containing non-GAAP financial measures, including the
reconciliations contained in the tables attached to the accompanying press release.
WebMD believes that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors in their
analysis of WebMDs results for reasons similar to the reasons why WebMDs management finds it
useful and because it helps facilitate investor understanding of decisions made by WebMDs
management in light of the performance metrics used in making those decisions. In addition, as
more fully described below, WebMD believes that providing Adjusted EBITDA, together with a
reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to income (loss) from continuing operations or to net income
(loss), helps investors make comparisons between WebMD and other companies that may have different
capital structures, different effective income tax rates and tax attributes, different capitalized
asset values and/or different forms of employee compensation. However, Adjusted EBITDA is intended
to provide a supplemental way of comparing WebMD with other public companies and is not intended as
a substitute for comparisons based on income (loss) from continuing operations or net income
(loss) calculated in accordance with GAAP. In making any comparisons to other companies,
investors need to be aware that companies use different non-GAAP measures to evaluate their
financial performance. Investors should pay close attention to the specific definition being used
and to the reconciliation between such measures and the corresponding GAAP measures provided by
each company under applicable SEC rules.
The following is an explanation of the items excluded by WebMD from Adjusted EBITDA but
included in income (loss) from continuing operations:
| Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense is a non-cash expense relating to capital expenditures and intangible assets arising from acquisitions that are expensed on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the related assets. WebMD excludes depreciation and amortization |
expense from Adjusted EBITDA because it believes (i) the amount of such expenses in any specific period may not directly correlate to the underlying performance of WebMDs business operations and (ii) such expenses can vary significantly between periods as a result of new acquisitions and full amortization of previously acquired tangible and intangible assets. Accordingly, WebMD believes this exclusion assists management and investors in making period-to-period comparisons of operating performance. Investors should note that use of tangible and intangible assets contributed to revenue in the periods presented and will contribute to future revenue generation and should also note that such expenses will recur in future periods. | |||
| Stock-Based Compensation Expense. Stock-based compensation expense is a non-cash expense arising from the grant of stock-based awards to employees. WebMD believes that excluding the effect of stock-based compensation from Adjusted EBITDA assists management and investors in making period-to-period comparisons in its operating performance because it believes (i) the amount of such expenses in any specific period may not directly correlate to the underlying performance of WebMDs business operations and (ii) such expenses can vary significantly between periods as a result of the timing of grants of new stock-based awards, including grants in connection with acquisitions. Additionally, WebMD believes that excluding stock-based compensation from Adjusted EBITDA assists management and investors in making meaningful comparisons between WebMDs operating performance and the operating performance of other companies that may use different forms of employee compensation or different valuation methodologies for their stock-based compensation. Investors should note that stock-based compensation is a key incentive offered to employees whose efforts contributed to the operating results in the periods presented and are expected to contribute to operating results in future periods. Investors should also note that such expenses will recur in the future. Stock-based compensation expenses included in the Statement of Operations are summarized as follows: |
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
Non-cash stock-based compensation
included in: |
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Cost of operations |
$ | (1,743 | ) | $ | (997 | ) | $ | (4,921 | ) | $ | (2,930 | ) | ||||
Sales and marketing |
$ | (1,948 | ) | $ | (1,215 | ) | $ | (5,499 | ) | $ | (3,602 | ) | ||||
General and administrative |
$ | (2,055 | ) | $ | (1,300 | ) | $ | (6,601 | ) | $ | (4,125 | ) | ||||
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations |
$ | 85 | $ | (63 | ) | $ | (89 | ) | $ | (118 | ) |
| Non-Cash Advertising Expense. This expense relates to the usage of non-cash advertising obtained from News Corporation (Newscorp) in exchange for equity securities issued by our parent, HLTH Corporation in 2000. The advertising was available only on various Newscorp properties, primarily its television network and cable channels, without any cash cost to WebMD and expired this year. WebMD excludes this expense from Adjusted EBITDA (i) because it is a non-cash expense, (ii) because it is incremental to other non-television cash advertising expense that WebMD otherwise incurs and (iii) to assist management and investors in comparing its operating results over multiple periods. Investors should note that it is likely that WebMD derives some benefit from such advertising. Non-cash advertising expenses included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations in Sales and Marketing expense were $1,753 and $1,736 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $178 for the three months ended September 30, 2008. There were no non-cash advertising expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2009. | ||
| Interest Income. Interest income is associated with the level of marketable debt securities and other interest bearing accounts in which WebMD invests. Interest income varies over time due to varying levels of securities available for investment. Transactions that WebMD has entered into in recent periods that have impacted securities available for investment include the initial public offering of equity in WebMD and acquisitions of other companies for varying amounts of cash since our initial public |
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offering. Additional financing transactions as well as potential acquisitions that WebMD may enter into in the future could impact the levels and timing of securities available for investment. WebMD excludes interest income from Adjusted EBITDA (i) because it is not directly attributable to the performance of WebMDs business operations and, accordingly, its exclusion assists management and investors in making period-to-period comparisons of operating performance and (ii) to assist management and investors in making comparisons to companies with different capital structures. Investors should note that interest income will recur in future periods. | |||
| Income Tax Provision (Benefit). WebMD maintains a valuation allowance on a portion of its net operating loss carryforwards, the amount of which may change from quarter to quarter based on factors that are not directly related to WebMDs results for the quarter. The valuation allowance is either reversed through the statement of operations or additional paid-in capital. The timing of such reversals has not been consistent and as a result, WebMDs income tax expense can fluctuate significantly from period to period in a manner not directly related to WebMDs operating performance. WebMD excludes the income tax provision (benefit) from Adjusted EBITDA (i) because it believes that the income tax provision (benefit) is not directly attributable to the underlying performance of WebMDs business operations and, accordingly, its exclusion assists management and investors in making period-to-period comparisons of operating performance and (ii) to assist management and investors in making comparisons to companies with different tax attributes. Investors should note that income tax provision (benefit) will recur in future periods. | ||
| Other Items. WebMD engages in various activities and transactions that can impact WebMDs overall income (loss) from continuing operations. WebMD excludes these other items from Adjusted EBITDA when it believes these activities or transactions are not directly attributable to the performance of WebMDs business operations and, accordingly, their exclusion assists management and investors in making period-to-period comparisons of operating performance. Investors should note that these other items may recur in future periods. In the accompanying press release and financial tables, WebMD has excluded loss on the impairment of auction rate securities from Adjusted EBITDA. |
The following relates to Exhibit 99.5 to this Current Report, and was not part of the copy of Annex
A attached to the press release and financial tables included in Exhibits 99.1 through 99.3 to this
Current Report:
This Annex A also applies to the financial tables included as Exhibit 99.5 to this Current
Report, which report HLTHs results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. As previously
disclosed, the merger of HLTH and WebMD (the Merger) was completed on October 23, 2009. The
Merger constitutes a reverse merger for accounting purposes, with HLTH being treated as the
acquiror. Accordingly, the pre-acquisition consolidated financial statements of HLTH will be
treated as the historical financial statements of WebMD going forward and will be included in
WebMDs Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2009. However, since the
Merger was completed after the end of the third quarter, the financial statements in WebMDs
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for that quarter will relate only to WebMD and WebMDs historical
financial statements will be the historical financial statements for purposes of that filing.
For purposes of HLTHs Adjusted EBITDA, the same considerations described above in this Annex
A apply, except that the discussion regarding Other Items for HLTH is as follows:
| Other Items. HLTH has engaged in various activities and transactions that could impact HLTHs overall income (loss) from continuing operations. HLTH excluded these other items from Adjusted EBITDA when it believed these activities or transactions were not directly attributable to the performance of HLTHs business operations and, accordingly, their exclusion assisted management and investors in making period-to-period comparisons of operating performance. Investors should note that some of these other items were recurring items. In the financial tables included in Exhibit 99.5 to this Current Report, these other items included, but were not limited to, (i) legal expenses relating to the ongoing Department of Justice investigation, (ii) equity in earnings of EBS Master LLC, which |
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represented 48% of EBSs income through February 8, 2008, (iii) gain on repurchases of HLTHs convertible notes, (iv) a reduction of certain sales and use tax contingencies resulting from the expiration of certain applicable statutes of limitations, (v) advisory expenses relating to the merger of HLTH and WebMD, (vi) gain on sale from the sale of the remaining 48% ownership interest in EBS Master LLC, and (vii) loss on the impairment of auction rate securities. |
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