| To: Still Rolling who wrote (301) | 8/9/2001 5:11:09 PM | | From: Michael Olds | | | | That damn vcall could bring down the internet bubble by itself. I sware I never have managed to hear a call through them. I'm sure it's a plot by the big guys!
haha
thanks
I'll listen to the call on the phone tomorrow. |
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| To: Keith Fauci who started this subject | 8/10/2001 10:52:35 AM | | From: Michael Olds | | | | Got my heart down out of my throat...my personal take on the story is the hopeful thought that there is accumulation going on. The never reliable Accumulation/Distribution indicator is clearly showing the same thing, going on for the last few days.
I see buys going off well above the ask in large blocks, not so many large blocks going off at the bid or below and most of the trades going off at the bid are small lots. Smart buyers.
To my mind this report was not disappointing, just no up surprise and that is what the little guys were hoping. There is going to come a point when the funds etc realize that MW is steadily delivering within a range and we are headed straight for being a very fine investment vehicle.
mo |
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| To: Keith Fauci who started this subject | 9/17/2001 8:38:04 AM | | From: Michael Olds | | | | WebMD Assesses Impact of Recent Events
PR NEWSWIRE - September 16, 2001 19:51
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., Sep 16, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- WebMD Corporation (Nasdaq: HLTH) today announced several important company updates.
Mr. Martin J. Wygod, Chairman and CEO, stated, "The thoughts and prayers of the WebMD family are with our country and all those whose loved ones were lost or injured in the tragic events of last week. Our lives will forever be impacted by this loss." In commenting on how last week's events affect the Company, Mr. Wygod, added, "Although travel and shipping delays, telecommunication difficulties, scheduling conflicts and other after effects of last week's events may have some impact on our revenue expectations for the September quarter, particularly in our physician software product offerings, we were fortunate that substantially all our employees, facilities and business operations were not significantly impacted by the events of last week."
WebMD also announced that its technology agreement with Microsoft Corporation has been terminated by the parties. All other aspects of WebMD and Microsoft's strategic relationship will continue unchanged. WebMD will continue to be the primary provider of health programming on MSN and other Microsoft-affiliated sites. The technology agreement, which was entered into in April 2001, had been contingent on the parties reaching agreement on certain technology requirements and licensing terms. The termination of this aspect of the relationship with Microsoft will not impact the rollout of the Company's newest products, ULTIA and Intergy. WebMD stated that it intends to continue to use PocketPC for ULTIA. In addition, both companies intend to continue to seek to work together in other areas of their respective businesses.
In addition, WebMD announced today that it has begun the process of evaluating the carrying value of its long-lived assets, representing primarily goodwill and other intangible assets that were created over the last two years from the numerous acquisitions made by the Company, with its common stock as the primary consideration. As a result of this process, the Company may record a non-cash charge in the September quarter to adjust the carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets. |
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| To: Michael Olds who wrote (304) | 10/12/2001 5:25:00 PM | | From: tech101 | | | | Quintiles and WebMD Announce Settlement Agreement
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. and ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., Oct. 12
PRNewswire/
Quintiles Transnational Corp. (Nasdaq: QTRN - news) and WebMD Corporation (Nasdaq: HLTH - news) today mutually announced the settlement of the litigation between the companies and the resolution of their disputes.
Under the terms of the settlement, the companies agreed to terminate all of their business agreements, including their Data Rights and Internet Product Development and Marketing agreements, and WebMD agreed to purchase from Quintiles for $185 million in cash all 35 million shares of WebMD common stock held by Quintiles.
Pursuant to the court order, Quintiles will continue to receive de- identified data from WebMD until Feb. 28, 2002. Following that date, WebMD and Envoy will have no further obligation to provide any data to Quintiles. Quintiles will have no continuing obligation to share operating income or to fund product development.
As part of the financial terms, Quintiles will also have the right to receive a contingent payment (payable at WebMD's option in cash and/or stock) in the event that, on or before June 30, 2004, WebMD is acquired at a price per WebMD share greater than $4.00 or Envoy is sold at an aggregate price of greater than $500 million. WebMD has no obligation to pursue either of these transactions under this arrangement and has indicated that it has no intention of doing so.
In the case of the execution of a definitive agreement related to an acquisition of WebMD before June 30, 2003, the contingent payment to Quintiles will equal the amount by which the price paid exceeds $4.00 per share, multiplied by 35 million. If an acquisition is agreed to after June 30, 2003, and closes before June 30, 2004, the contingent payment will be 80% of that amount.
In the case of the execution of a definitive agreement related to a sale of Envoy before June 30, 2003, the contingent payment to Quintiles will equal 10% of the amount by which the sale price exceeds $500 million. If a sale is agreed to after June 30, 2003, and closes before June 30, 2004, the contingent payment will be 80% of that amount.
In a joint statement, Quintiles Chairman Dennis Gillings, Ph.D., and Martin J. Wygod, Chairman of the Board of WebMD, said: ``We recognize that the discussions over the past several months have been difficult and the issues complex, but we're both pleased with the outcome. We believe that this agreement, which allows each company to pursue its own strategy, is to the mutual benefit of both companies.'' |
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| To: tech101 who wrote (305) | 10/13/2001 9:43:48 AM | | From: Michael Olds | | | | Yes, once again this great poker player has pulled off a stunning hand.
I will confess that for months now I have been cursing myself for getting into this too early; but here is the virtue of that...by Monday the bottom will be behind us.
A couple of years before we can sell seems to bother some people, but MEDCO was several years in the growing before it was sold. My thinking is that this is a non issue, that it would not be sold anyway.
Now it seems that the game is to keep the price under $10 until after the new year, but I think that the battering early buyers have taken in the last year is likely to be a source of selling for a good while...there is resistance every $0.20 all the way to $10.00. |
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| To: Michael Olds who wrote (306) | 10/13/2001 11:27:17 AM | | From: Sr K | | | | They paid $5.285 per share and gave 100% protection (and later 80%) above $4.00 per share to 2003. And in doing so used $185 m of cash.
"this great poker player has pulled off a stunning hand"
What does that mean? It looks like there is no resistance on the downside, and at every temporary level, there is resistance 20 to 60 cents higher. WebMD has given up a card (cash) and seems weaker after this deal. |
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| To: Sr K who wrote (308) | 10/13/2001 12:42:55 PM | | From: Michael Olds | | | | David and Sr:
On the 10th in a matter of less than 30 minutes 120,000 shares moved the market from 3.41 to 3.94.
Last night, after hours, about 1000 shares moved the market from 3.45 to 4.00.
I suggest that a buy of 35,000,000 shares at $5.28 was a coup.
I am thinking that the factors keeping down the price at this point are:
1. The overhang. Estimated at the last CC to be something like 70,000,000 shares including the Quintiles shares.
2. The lawsuit between Quintiles and WebMd.
A. Partily for purely psychological reasons..."I'm bigger than you are."
B. Partly for the control of the data
C. Partly for the expense
3. The fact that this is tax selling season in a bad year.
Otherwise the positives are very compelling:
A. First and Formost MW and team with a very strong track record
B. Cash and no debt
C. A good product and a new product which is by all reports going to be well received
D. The turn around to profitability is still on schedule for Q4
And should have been reflected in a higher price than the current one except for the very negative market which is almost as pessimistic here as it was optimistic a couple of years ago.
So I believe the ...what is the term Soros uses? Inflection Point...occured Friday with the announcement of the settlement which removes what looked to me like the worst dark cloud.
And, oh yes, I believe I answered the argument about the guarantees in my previous. I seriously doubt selling this company before it was highly profitable, with the stock price very much higher than this, after at least one split, and at a huge premium would have occured before a few more years in any case. Just my impression of the way MW handled MEDCO, and was handling SNTC before the sale of MEDCO changed the nature of what SNTC was going to be. |
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| To: Michael Olds who wrote (309) | 10/13/2001 3:25:32 PM | | From: Sr K | | | | B. Cash and no debt
C. A good product and a new product which is by all reports going to be well received
How much cash do you estimate they have after paying the $185 m?
Is the wireless product still on track, or which new product are you referring to? |
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