Date:4/23/2008

ed 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 net income, 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 "net income" 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 measure and net income 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 net income:

-- 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 WebMD's 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

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