- Amended tender offer statement by Third Party (SC TO-T/A)
September 16 2010 - 6:37AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE TO
(Rule 14d-100)
TENDER
OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1)
OR
SECTION 13(e)(1)OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 10)
Health Grades, Inc.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))
Mountain Acquisition Corp.
Mountain Merger Sub Corp.
Vestar Capital Partners V, L.P.
(Name of Filing Persons (Offeror))
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share
(Title of Class of Securities)
42218Q102
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Steven Della Rocca
Mountain Acquisition Corp.
c/o Vestar Capital Partners V, L.P.
245 Park Avenue, 41st Floor
New York, New York 10167
(212) 351-1600
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)
With a
copy to:
Michael Movsovich
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 446-4800
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
Transaction Valuation*
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Amount of Filing Fee**
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$294,000,586.00
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$20,962.24
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*
Calculated
solely for purposes of determining the filing fee. The calculation assumes the
purchase of 30,534,195 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at
$8.20 per share. The transaction value also includes the aggregate offer price
for 3,688,167 shares issuable pursuant to outstanding options with an exercise
price less than $8.20 per share, which is calculated by multiplying the number
of shares underlying such outstanding options at each exercise price therefor
by an amount equal to $8.20 minus such exercise price. The transaction value
also includes the aggregate net offer price for 125,000 shares issuable
pursuant to a warrant and 1,700,000 shares issuable pursuant to a
confidentiality and non-competition agreement with Mr. Kerry R. Hicks, the
Chief Executive Officer of Health Grades.
**
Calculated in
accordance with Exchange Act Rule 0-11 by multiplying the transaction
value by 0.0000713.
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Check the box if any part of
the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing
with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing
by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its
filing.
Amount Previously Paid:
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$20,962.24
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Filing Party:
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Mountain Acquisition Corp.
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Form or Registration No.:
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Schedule TO
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Date Filed:
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August 10, 2010
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Check the box if the filing
relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a
tender offer.
Check
the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement
relates:
x
third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
o
issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
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going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
x
amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.
Check
the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of
the tender offer:
o
If
applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate
rule provision(s) relied upon:
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Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer).
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Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer).
This
Amendment No. 10 to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the Schedule
TO) amends and supplements the Schedule TO relating to the tender offer
by Mountain Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation (Purchaser) and a direct
wholly-owned subsidiary of Mountain Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (Parent),
for all of the outstanding common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Shares),
of Health Grades, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Health Grades), at a
price of $8.20 per share net to the seller in cash without interest and less
any required withholding taxes, if any, upon the terms and conditions set forth
in the offer to purchase dated August 10, 2010 (the Offer to Purchase),
a copy of which is attached as Exhibit (a)(1)(A), and in the related
letter of transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal), a copy of which is
attached as Exhibit (a)(1)(B), which, together with any amendments or
supplements, collectively constitute the Offer.
Items 1
through 9 and 11
Items
1 through 9 and Item 11 of the Schedule TO, which incorporate by reference the
information contained in the Offer to Purchase, are hereby revised as follows:
On
September 15, 2010, Health Grades, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
Company), Mountain
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (Parent), Mountain Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation and
a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (Purchaser), and Mountain Acquisition Holdings, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (Holdings),
entered
into Amendment No. 3 (the Merger Agreement Amendment) to the Agreement
and Plan of Merger among the Company, Parent, Purchaser and Holdings, dated as
of July 27, 2010 and amended as of August 9, 2010 and as of September 9,
2010 (as amended, the Merger Agreement).
The Merger Agreement Amendment provides for (i) the creation of an
independent committee of the Companys board of directors (the Independent
Committee) to review, consider, recommend, negotiate and approve any
Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement) received during the
pendency of the cash tender offer by Purchaser to acquire all of the shares of
the Companys common stock (the Offer); (ii) the extension of the
initial expiration of the Offer to 9:00 AM, New York City time, on October 7,
2010, which may be extended for 10 business days if the Company delivers
written notice to Parent prior to 12:01 a.m., New York City time, on
October 7, 2010 that it has validly received and is considering, in each
case in accordance with Section 7.6, an Acquisition Proposal (with each
reference in the definition thereof to 15% replaced with 50.1%) that the
Company Board or the Independent Committee shall have determined in good faith
constitutes, or is reasonably likely to result in, a Superior Proposal; (iii) the
modification of the Minimum Condition (as defined in the Merger Agreement) to
include a requirement that a majority of all outstanding shares not subject to
Support Agreements (as defined in the Merger Agreement) be validly tendered and
not withdrawn; (iv) the reduction, from $9,550,000 to $7,346,000, of the
termination fee which may be required to be paid by the Company to Holdings in
the event the Merger Agreement is terminated under certain circumstances; and
(v) the reduction from five business days to three business days for
written notice to be provided to Parent before the Company may enter into a
Superior Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement). The foregoing description of the Merger
Agreement Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger
Agreement Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit (d)(5) hereto and is
incorporated herein by reference.
On September 15, 2010, in connection with the
execution of the Merger Agreement Amendment,
each of Kerry Hicks, Allen
Dodge, Wes Crews and David Hicks, the Companys President and Chief Executive
Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer, and Executive Vice President and Chief
Information Officer, respectively (each, a Stockholder), entered into an
Amendment No. 1 (a Support Agreement Amendment) to the Tender and
Support Agreement among such Stockholder, Parent, Purchaser and the Company,
dated as of July 27, 2010 (as amended, a Support Agreement). Pursuant to
each Support Agreement Amendment, each Stockholder has agreed to
enter into an
agreement comparable to such Stockholders Support Agreement with respect to
any transaction that the Independent Committee determines is a Superior
Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and with respect to which the
Company enters into a definitive agreement after terminating the Merger
Agreement. The
foregoing description of the Support Agreement Amendments is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the form of Support Agreement Amendment, which is
filed as Exhibit (d)(6) hereto and is incorporated herein by
reference.
On September 15, 2010,
counsel for the parties in the actions pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery
(the Court) captioned
Peter P. Weigard v. Hicks, et al
., C.A. No. 5732-VCS, and
Tove Forgo v. Health Grades, Inc., et al
.,
C.A. No. 5716-VCS (together, the Cases)
entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (together with the appendices
thereto, the Memorandum) that
sets forth the principal terms of a settlement of the Cases, which would include the dismissal with prejudice of all
claims against all of the defendants, including Health Grades, its directors
and certain officers named as defendants, Parent, Purchaser, Holdings and Vestar. The proposed settlement is conditional upon,
among other things, the execution of an appropriate stipulation of settlement,
consummation of the Merger and final approval of the proposed settlement by the
Court. Pursuant to the terms of the
Memorandum, Health Grades, Parent and Purchaser agreed to the extension of the
Offer and certain other modifications to the Merger Agreement and the Support Agreements with certain
Health Grades executives. The Memorandum
sets forth the terms of the proposed settlement and is filed as
Exhibit (a)(14) hereto and is
incorporated herein by reference. None
of Health Grades, Parent, Purchaser, Holdings, Vestar or any of the other
defendants has admitted wrongdoing of any kind, including but not limited to
inadequacies of any disclosure, the materiality of any disclosure that
plaintiffs contend should have been made, any breach of any fiduciary duty, or
aiding or abetting any of the foregoing.
In addition, the parties agreed to present to the Court a Stipulation of
Settlement (the Stipulation of
Settlement) and any other documentation as may be required in order to
obtain approval by the Court of the settlement on behalf of a class of
shareholders and the dismissal of the Cases.
The Stipulation of Settlement will include a release of all claims
asserted in the Cases against all defendants and their affiliates and agents
held by the plaintiffs and class members.
Health Grades anticipates that plaintiffs will petition the Court for an
award of attorneys fees and expenses.
Health Grades (or its successors or insurer) will pay such an award in
an amount approved by the Court. These
attorneys fees and expenses will not be deducted from the Offer consideration.
If the settlement is not approved or other conditions are not satisfied, Health
Grades, Parent, Purchaser, Holdings, Vestar and the other defendants will
continue to vigorously defend these actions.
On
September 16, 2010,
Vestar Capital Partners V, L.P.
issued a press
release announcing the extension of the Expiration Date execution of the
Memorandum, the Merger Agreement Amendment and the Support Agreement
Amendments. The full text of the press
release is filed as Exhibit (a)(13) hereto and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item
12. Exhibits.
Regulation
M-A Item 1016
Item
12 of the Schedule TO is amended and supplemented by adding the following
exhibits:
Exhibit No.
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Description
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(a)(13)
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Press
Release of Vestar Capital Partners V, L.P., dated September 16, 2010.
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(a)(14)
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Memorandum
of Understanding, dated as of September 15, 2010, among the parties in
the actions pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery captioned
Peter
P. Weigard v. Hicks, et
al
., C.A. No. 5732-VCS, and
Tove Forgo v. Health
Grades, Inc., et al
., C.A. No. 5716-VCS (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit (a)(5)(I) to the Schedule 14D-9 filed by Health
Grades, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September
16, 2010).
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(d)(5)
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Amendment
No. 3 to Agreement and Plan of Merger among Health Grades, Inc.,
Mountain Acquisition Corp., Mountain Merger Sub Corp., and Mountain
Acquisition Holdings, LLC, dated as of September 15, 2010 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
by Health Grades, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 16, 2010).
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(d)(6)
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Form
of Amendment No. 1 to Tender and Support Agreement (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
by Health Grades, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 16, 2010).
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SIGNATURES
After
due inquiry and to the best of their knowledge and belief, each of the
undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.
Dated: September 16, 2010
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MOUNTAIN
MERGER SUB CORP.
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By:
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/s/ STEVEN DELLA ROCCA
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Name:
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Steven Della Rocca
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Title:
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Secretary
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MOUNTAIN
ACQUISITION CORP.
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By:
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/s/ STEVEN DELLA ROCCA
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Name:
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Steven Della Rocca
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Title:
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Secretary
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VESTAR
CAPITAL PARTNERS V, L.P.
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By: Vestar Associates
V, L.P.,
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its General Partner
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By: Vestar Managers
V Ltd., its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ BRIAN P. SCHWARTZ
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Name:
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Brian P. Schwartz
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Title:
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Authorized Signatory
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EXHIBIT INDEX
(a)(1)(A)
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Offer to Purchase, dated
August 10, 2010.*
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(a)(1)(B)
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Letter of Transmittal.*
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(a)(1)(C)
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Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery.*
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(a)(1)(D)
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Letter from the
Information Agent to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and
Nominees.*
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(a)(1)(E)
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Letter to Clients for Use
by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Nominees.*
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(a)(1)(F)
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Joint Press Release of
Health Grades, Inc. and Vestar Capital Partners V, L.P., dated
July 28, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the
Schedule TO-C filed by Mountain Merger Sub Corp. with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 29, 2010).*
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(a)(1)(G)
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Summary Advertisement as
published on August 10, 2010.*
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(a)(5)
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Class Action Complaint and
Jury Demand dated July 30, 2010 (
Reginald W. Harris v.
Vestar Capital Partners V, L.P. et al.
).*
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(a)(6)
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Class Action Complaint and
Jury Demand dated August 4, 2010 (
Medford Bragg v. Vestar
Capital Partners V, L.P. et al.
).*
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(a)(7)
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Press Release of
Affiliates of Vestar Capital Partners V, L.P., dated August 10,
2010.*
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(a)(8)
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Verified Class Action
Complaint dated August 12, 2010 (
Tove
Forgo v. Health Grades, Inc. et. al.
).*
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(a)(9)
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Verified Class Action
Complaint for Breach of Fiduciary Duty dated August 16, 2010 (
Peter P. Weigard v. Kerry Hicks, et. al.
).*
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(a)(10)
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Shareholder Class Action
Complaint and Jury Demand dated August 17, 2010 (
Sarah E. Tomsky v. Health Grades, Inc., et.
al.
).*
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(a)(11)
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Transcript From September 3,
2010 Hearing Containing the Courts Ruling on Plaintiffs Motion for
Preliminary Injunction,
In re Health
Grades, Inc. Shareholders Litigation,
Consolidated C.A. No. 5716-VCS
(pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery) (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit (a)(5)(F) to the amendment to the
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 filed by Health
Grades, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7,
2010).*
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(a)(12)
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Joint Press Release of
Health Grades, Inc. and Vestar Capital Partners V, L.P., dated September 10,
2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on
Form 8-K filed by Health Grades, Inc. with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 10, 2010).*
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(a)(13)
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Press
Release of Vestar Capital Partners V, L.P., dated September 16, 2010.
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(a)(14)
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Memorandum
of Understanding, dated as of September 15, 2010, among the parties in
the actions pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery captioned
Peter
P. Weigard v. Hicks, et
al
., C.A. No. 5732-VCS, and
Tove Forgo v. Health
Grades, Inc., et al
., C.A. No. 5716-VCS (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit (a)(5)(I) to the Schedule 14D-9 filed by Health Grades, Inc.
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2010).
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(b)(1)
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Equity Financing
Commitment, dated July 27, 2010.*
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(b)(2)
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Loan and Security
Agreement, dated November 9, 2007.*
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(b)(3)
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Third-Party Security
Agreement, dated November 9, 2007.*
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(b)(4)
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Promissory Note, dated
November 9, 2007.*
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(d)(1)
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Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of July 27, 2010, by and among Mountain Acquisition
Corp., Mountain Merger Sub Corp., Mountain Acquisition Holdings, LLC and
Health Grades, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to
the Form 8-K filed by Health Grades, Inc. with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 28, 2010).*
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(d)(2)
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Amendment to the Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 9, 2010, by and among Mountain
Acquisition Corp., Mountain Merger Sub Corp., Mountain Acquisition
Holdings, LLC and Health Grades, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 2.1 to the Form 8-K filed by Health Grades, Inc. with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2010).*
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(d)(3)
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Form of Tender and Support
Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on
Form 8-K filed by Health Grades, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 28, 2010).*
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(d)(4)
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Amendment No. 2 to
Agreement and Plan of Merger among Health Grades, Inc., Mountain
Acquisition Corp., Mountain Merger Sub Corp., and Mountain Acquisition
Holdings, LLC, dated as of September 9, 2010 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Health
Grades, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 10,
2010).*
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(d)(5)
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Amendment
No. 3 to Agreement and Plan of Merger among Health Grades, Inc.,
Mountain Acquisition Corp., Mountain Merger Sub Corp., and Mountain
Acquisition Holdings, LLC, dated as of September 15, 2010 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
by Health Grades, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 16, 2010).
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(d)(6)
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Form
of Amendment No. 1 to Tender and Support Agreement (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
by Health Grades, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 16, 2010).
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*
Previously filed.
The name of the bank has not
been made public pursuant to the instruction to Item 1007(d) of Regulation M-A.
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