M&A Deal Summary

WebMD Health Acquires HLTH

On June 18, 2009, WebMD Health acquired information services company HLTH

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is WebMD Health’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is WebMD Health’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is WebMD Health’s 2nd transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-06-18
Target HLTH
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) WebMD Health
Deal Type Merger
Advisor(s) Raymond James - Investment Banking (Financial)
Shearman & Sterling (Legal)

Target

HLTH

Elmwood Park, New Jersey, United States
website
HLTH Corp. is a provider of health information services, serving consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers and health plans through its public and private online portals and health-focused publications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

WebMD Health

New York, New York, United States

website

Category Company
Sector Digital Media
Employees1,700
Revenue 705M USD (2016)
DESCRIPTION

WebMD Health Corp. is a provider of health information services, serving consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers, and health plans through our public and private online portals, mobile platforms and health-focused publications. WebMD Health Corp. is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 25
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 3
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
State (New Jersey) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 7 of 20
Year (2009) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-04-17 Summex

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Summex Corp. is a provider of comprehensive health and wellness programs that include online and offline health risk assessments, lifestyle education and personalized telephonic health coaching.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-29 Avado

Bellevue, Washington, United States

The Avado technology has been tested in physician offices and medical centers and this technology will become an important building block of WebMD's patient-provider connectivity offering.

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Product

Company

Legal