UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): November 1, 2016

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-37938

 

81-1838757

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

12300 Liberty Blvd.

Englewood, Colorado 80112

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (720) 875-5800

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

 

On November 4, 2016 at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, Liberty Interactive Corporation (“Liberty”) completed its previously announced split-off (the “Split-Off”) of its former wholly-owned subsidiary Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”).

 

The Split-Off was accomplished by the redemption (the “Redemption”) by Liberty on a per share basis of: (i) 0.4 of each outstanding share of Series A Liberty Ventures common stock, par value $0.01 per share, as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 4, 2016 (such date and time, the “Redemption Date”) for 0.4 of a share of new Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company and (ii) 0.4 of each outstanding share of Series B Liberty Ventures common stock, par value $0.01 per share, as of the Redemption Date, for 0.4 of a share of new Series B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares (after taking into account all of the shares of Liberty Ventures common stock and Company common stock owned by each holder thereof, as applicable).  As a result of the Split-Off, the Company is an independent, publicly traded company and its assets and liabilities consist of Liberty’s former 15.7% ownership interest and 52.3%  voting interest (as of September 30, 2016) in Expedia, Inc. (“Expedia”), Liberty’s former wholly owned subsidiary Bodybuilding.com, LLC, corporate level cash and cash equivalents of $50 million and $350 million in indebtedness.  Prior to the Split-Off, the Company distributed $300 million in cash to Liberty (the source of which was proceeds from a margin loan entered into by the Company prior to the completion of the Split-Off, as described below). All of the businesses, assets and liabilities currently attributed to the Liberty’s Ventures Group that are not held by the Company will remain with Liberty and continue to be attributed to the Ventures Group.

 

Several agreements were entered into in connection with the Split-Off (the “Split-Off Agreements”) between the Company, Liberty, Liberty Media Corporation (“Liberty Media”) and/or certain of their subsidiaries:

 

·                   a Reorganization Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2016, between Liberty and the Company, which provides for, among other things, the principal corporate transactions required to effect the Split-Off, certain conditions to the Split-Off and provisions governing the relationship between the Liberty and the Company with respect to and resulting from the Split-Off;

 

·                   a Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, between the Company and Liberty, which governs the Company’s and Liberty’s respective rights, responsibilities and obligations with respect to taxes and tax benefits, the filing of tax returns, the control of audits and other tax matters;

 

·                   a Services Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between Liberty Media and the Company, which governs the provision by Liberty Media to the Company of specified services and benefits following the Split-Off;

 

·                   a Facilities Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, Liberty Media and Liberty Property Holdings, Inc. (a subsidiary of Liberty Media), pursuant to which the Company shares office facilities with Liberty Media; and

 

·                   three aircraft time sharing agreements, each dated as of November 4, 2016, with Liberty Media or one or more of its wholly owned subsidiaries and the Company, which govern the lease for each of three aircraft owned by Liberty or in which a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media owns a fractional interest from Liberty Media to the Company and the provision of a fully qualified flight crew for all operations on a periodic, non-exclusive time sharing basis.

 

The section of the prospectus (the “Prospectus”) forming a part of Amendment No. 5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 2016 (File No. 333-210377), entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions ¾ Relationships Between Splitco and Liberty Interactive and/or Liberty Media” which

 

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describes the material terms of the Split-Off Agreements, is incorporated herein by reference. These descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Split-Off Agreements, which are filed as Exhibits 2.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

In addition, in connection with the Split-Off, the Company entered into a Transaction Agreement, as amended and restated, dated September 22, 2016 (the “Transaction Agreement”), with Liberty, John C. Malone (“Malone”), Leslie Malone (“Mrs. Malone” and together with Malone, the “Malone Group”) and Barry Diller (“Diller”), as well as a letter agreement with Expedia, and, prior to the completion of the Split-Off, the Company entered into certain agreements with Diller and Expedia regarding the governance of the Company and its interest in Expedia, and the Malone Group granted Diller a proxy over their Company shares for up to eighteen months, each of which became effective immediately following the completion of the Split-Off (collectively, the “proxy arrangements”). These agreements included the following:

 

·                   an Assignment and Assumption of Governance Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, among the Company, Liberty, Diller and Expedia to effect the assignment by Liberty and assumption by the Company of Liberty’s rights, benefits and obligations under the Governance Agreement, dated December 20, 2011, among Liberty, Diller and Expedia.

 

·                   an Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, among the Company, Liberty and Diller to effect the assignment by Liberty and assumption by the Company of Liberty’s rights, benefits and obligations under the Stockholders Agreement, dated December 20, 2011, among Liberty and Diller.

 

·                   Amendment No. 1 to the Stockholders Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, between Diller and the Company, which provides for certain agreements relating to the voting of Diller’s and the Company’s shares Expedia’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and Expedia’s Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

·                   a Transaction Agreement, as amended and restated, dated September 22, 2016, among the Company, Liberty, Diller and the Malone Group, which sets forth various arrangements with respect to the Split-Off and the proxy arrangements with Diller.

 

·                   an Assignment Agreement, dated November 4, 2016 (the “Diller Assignment”), between Diller and the Company, pursuant to which Diller irrevocably assigned the irrevocable proxy granted to Diller by Liberty pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement to the Company until the Proxy Arrangement Termination Date (as such term is defined in the Prospectus).

 

The section of the Prospectus entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions ¾ Relationships Among Splitco, the Malone Group, Diller and Expedia” which describes the material terms of these agreements, is incorporated herein by reference. These descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of these agreements, which are filed as Exhibits 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9 and 10.10, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

On July 7, 2016, a bankruptcy remote wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“SPV”) entered into a multi-draw margin loan credit facility (the “Previous Margin Loan Facility” and, the credit agreement governing such facility, the “Previous Margin Loan Agreement”) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and calculation agent thereunder, and the lenders thereunder.  The Previous Margin Loan Agreement provided for term loan commitments in an aggregate principal amount of up to $300 million.  The lenders under the Previous Margin Loan Agreement were secured, on an equal and ratable, first priority basis by the shares of Expedia, Inc. (“EXPE”) owned by SPV.  On October 27, 2016, the Previous Margin Loan Facility was terminated and the security interest in and liens on the shares of EXPE owned by SPV were released.

 

In connection with the Split-Off, on

 

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November 1, 2016 (the “Closing Date”), SPV entered into a Multi-draw margin loan credit facility (the “Margin Loan Facility” and, the credit agreement governing such facility, the “Margin Loan Agreement”) with the Administrative Agent, as administrative agent and calculation agent thereunder, and the lenders thereunder.  SPV is permitted to use the proceeds of the loans under the Margin Loan Facility for (i) distributions as a dividend or a return of capital to the equity or limited liability company interests of any person owning equity interest in SPV, (ii) the purchase of margin stock and (iii) other general corporate purposes.

 

The Margin Loan Agreement permits SPV, subject to certain funding conditions, to borrow term loans up to an aggregate principal amount equal to $400 million, with $350 million available to be funded not later than 5 business days after the Closing Date, and the remaining $50 million available to be funded at any time and from time to time, but not later than 5 business days prior to the twelve-month anniversary of the Closing Date.  Prior to the Split-Off, $350 million was drawn on the Margin Loan Facility. The Margin Loan Facility will mature on the date that is the second anniversary of the Closing Date. On November 2, 2016, $350 million was drawn under the Margin Loan Facility.

 

SPV’s obligations under the Margin Loan Facility are fully and unconditionally guaranteed solely by the Company.  In addition, SPV’s obligations are secured by first priority liens on SPV’s ownership interest in EXPE sufficient for SPV to meet its loan to value requirement under the Margin Loan Agreement (the “Pledged Stock”).  If SPV defaults on its obligations under the Margin Loan Agreement, each lender (subject to applicable cure periods) will have the right to terminate its commitments and declare the outstanding principal amount of its loans under the Margin Loan Facility, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, the prepayment amount, if applicable, and all other amounts owing or payable under the Margin Loan Agreement and the other loan documents entered into in connection with the Margin Loan Facility to be immediately due and payable, and such lender will have the right to (i) foreclose on that portion of the Pledged Stock securing its respective portion of the Margin Loan Facility and any other collateral that then secures SPV’s obligations to such lender, (ii)  exercise any and all other rights such lender may have against SPV at law or in equity and (iii) pursue the rights of such lender under the guarantee of the Company.

 

Borrowings under the Margin Loan Agreement bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the 3-month (or lesser period if applicable in connection with a borrowing) LIBOR rate plus a per annum spread of 1.6%, unless it is unlawful for the applicable lender to fund or maintain loans based on LIBOR or there are material restrictions on the applicable lender to do so, in which case borrowings under the Margin Loan Agreement either (a) bear interest at 0.6% plus the higher of (i) the federal funds rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the prime rate and (iii) LIBOR plus 1%, for each day during such period or (b) be prepaid.  Interest will be payable quarterly in arrears beginning on December 30, 2016.

 

The Margin Loan Agreement provides that SPV may prepay the loans under the Margin Loan Facility at any time, subject to certain notice requirements and a prepayment premium if SPV prepays all or any portion of such loans prior to the first business day following the first anniversary of the Closing Date.  The Margin Loan Agreement also requires mandatory prepayments, together with the payment of the prepayment premium, if applicable, or, in some cases, the posting of additional collateral, upon the occurrence of certain events that are customary for margin loans of this type.

 

The Margin Loan Agreement contains various affirmative and negative covenants that restrict the activities of SPV (including, with limited exceptions, the incurrence of additional indebtedness by SPV) and, in some cases, the Company, as guarantor.  The Margin Loan Agreement does not include any financial covenants.  The Margin Loan Agreement also contains events of default that are customary for margin loans of this type, including the occurrence of the following events (and subject to customary cure periods and materiality thresholds):

 

·                   failure to pay principal, interest or other amounts due under the Margin Loan Agreement (including margin calls or other mandatory prepayments);

 

·                   failure to observe covenants or other agreements in the Margin Loan Agreement or inaccuracy of representations or warranties under the Margin Loan Agreement;

 

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·                   insolvency and related occurrences or events of insolvency with respect to SPV or the Company;

 

·                   judgments entered against SPV or the Company above certain thresholds;

 

·                   failure of enforceability or invalidity of the Margin Loan Facility loan documents or the effectiveness of the liens created under the Margin Loan Facility loan documents;

 

·                   approval of amendments to the organizational documents of any issuer of the Pledged Stock that would further restrict the lenders’ ability to foreclose on and sell the Pledged Stock;

 

·                   default by the Company under the guarantee agreement it will enter into with respect to SPV’s obligations under the Margin Loan Agreement; and

 

·                   default by SPV or the Company under other agreements governing material indebtedness.

 

The foregoing description of the Margin Loan Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Margin Loan Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 3.03.  Material Modification to Rights of Securities Holders

 

Item 5.03.  Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

On November 4, 2016, the Company filed its Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Charter”) with the Delaware Secretary of State, which was effective at 4:59 p.m., New York City time, on November 4, 2016 (the “Charter Effective Time”).  The Restated Charter provided for the reclassification of the Company’s former common stock, par value $0.01 per share, into the Company’s Series A common stock and Series B common stock (together, the “Company Common Stock”).  The Restated Charter sets forth the terms of the Company Common Stock and describes the rights of holders of the Company Common Stock.  The Series A common stock and Series B common stock traded on a when-issued basis on November 4, 2016 under the temporary symbols “LEXAV” and “LEXBV,” respectively, and began trading in the regular way under the permanent symbols “LEXEA” and “LEXEB,” respectively, on November 7, 2016.

 

Also on November 4, 2016, effective as of the Charter Effective Time, the Company restated its bylaws (the “Bylaws”) to read as filed as Exhibit 3.2 this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The sections of the Prospectus entitled “ Description of Splitco Capital Stock and Comparison of Stockholder Rights” and “Description of Splitco Capital Stock and Comparison of Stockholder Rights ¾ Other Provisions of Splitco’s Charter and Bylaws,” as well as Item 1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2016 (File No. 001-37938), which describe certain provisions of the Restated Charter and Bylaws, are incorporated herein by reference. These descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Restated Charter and the Bylaws, which are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

Resignation of Richard N. Baer from the Board of Directors

 

In connection with the closing of the Split-Off, Richard N. Baer resigned from the Company’s board of directors, effective immediately upon the Charter Effective Time.

 

Appointment of New Directors

 

At the Charter Effective Time, the size of the Company’s board of directors was increased to seven directors, with five of such directors being Common Stock Directors (as defined in the Charter) and

 

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two of such directors being Series B Directors (as defined in the Charter), and to fill the vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from the resignation described above and the expansion of the board of directors, John C. Malone, Stephen M. Brett, Greg L. Engles, Scott W. Schoelzel, Christopher W. Shean, Robert Hammond, and Alexandre von Furstenberg were appointed to the board of directors of the Company.  Following the appointments, the Company has a total of seven directors and John C. Malone serves as Chairman of the board of directors of the Company.  Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the Series B Directors will be elected exclusively by the holders of the Company’s Series B common stock, and upon completion of the Split-Off will serve until the earlier of (i) the termination of the Diller Assignment (the date and time of such termination the “Series B Director Termination Time”) and (ii) the second annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders following the completion of the Split-Off.  At the Series B Director Termination Time, the persons then serving as Series B Directors will cease to be directors of the Company and the total authorized number of directorships of the Company shall automatically be reduced by the total number of authorized Series B Director directorships. Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the Common Stock Directors will be elected by the holders of the Company Common Stock (with the holders of the Company’s Series B common stock having two votes per share instead of ten votes per share in such election).  At the Series B Director Termination Time, the Common Stock Directors then in office will constitute the entire board of directors and will be divided into three classes consisting, as nearly as possible, of a number of directors equal to one-third of the then authorized number of board members, other than any directors who may be elected by holders of any then-outstanding preferred stock.  Each director of the Company will serve until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal .

 

Mr.  Malone and Mr. Shean serve as members of the Executive Committee of the board of directors of the Company.  Mr. Engles, Mr. Brett and Mr. Schoelzel serve as members of each of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the board of directors of the Company. Mr. Engles serves as the chairman of the Audit Committee, and also serves as the “audit committee financial expert.” Mr. Brett serves as the chairman of the Compensation Committee and Mr. Schoelzel serves as the chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. A Common Stock Director Committee was established, and Mr. Malone, Mr. Brett, Mr. Engles, Mr. Schoelzel, and Mr. Shean will serve as members of the Common Stock Director Committee of the board of directors of the Company.  A Series B Director Committee was also established, and Mr. Hammond and Mr. von Furstenberg will serve as members of the Series B Director Committee of the board of directors of the Company.

 

Officers of the Company

 

In connection with the Split-Off, the individuals listed below, who served as the executive officers of Liberty prior to the Split-Off, were elected and appointed to serve as executive officers of the Company.

 

Name

 

Positions

Christopher W. Shean
Age 51

 

Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of the Company.

 

Professional Background: Mr. Shean served as Senior Vice President of Liberty Media and its predecessor from May 2007 to January 2016, the Chief Financial Officer from November 2011 to October 2016 and the Controller from May 2007 to October 2011. Mr. Shean served as a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. (“Liberty TripAdvisor”) from July 2013 to January 2016. He also has served as a Vice President of Liberty from October 2000 to January 2002, a Senior Vice President from January 2002 to January 2016, the Controller from October 2000 to October 2011 and the Chief Financial Officer from November 2011 to October 2016. He has also served as a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty Broadband Corporation (“Liberty Broadband”) from June 2014 to October 2016. Mr. Shean has served as Senior Advisor to Liberty Media, Liberty and Liberty

 

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Broadband since October 2016.

 

 

 

Wade Haufschild
Age: 40

 

Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

 

Professional Background: Mr. Haufschild has served as Vice President of Liberty Media since December 2011, Vice President of Liberty since January 2010, Vice President of Liberty Broadband since October 2014 and Vice President of Liberty TripAdvisor since August 2014. Prior thereto, Mr. Haufschild was an accountant in the accounting firm of KPMG LLP from January 1999 to December 2009, most recently serving as a Senior Manager in its Department of Professional Practice.

 

 

 

Richard N. Baer
Age: 59

 

Chief Legal Officer of the Company.

 

Professional Background: Mr. Baer has served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Liberty and Liberty Media from January 2013 through December 2015 and Chief Legal Officer since January 2016, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Liberty Broadband from June 2014 through December 2015 and Chief Legal Officer since January 2016 and Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Liberty TripAdvisor from July 2013 through December 2015 and Chief Legal Officer since January 2016. He previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated from May 2011 to December 2012 and Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Qwest Communications International Inc. from December 2002 to April 2011 and Chief Administrative Officer from August 2008 to April 2011.

 

 

 

Albert E. Rosenthaler
Age: 57

 

Chief Corporate Development Officer of the Company.

 

Professional Background: Mr. Rosenthaler has served as Senior Vice President of Liberty Media from May 2007 through December 2015 and Chief Tax Officer from January 2016 to October 2016, Senior Vice President of Liberty from April 2002 through December 2015 and Chief Tax Officer from January 2016 to October 2016, Senior Vice President of Liberty Broadband from June 2014 through December 2015 and Chief Tax Officer from January 2016 to October 2016, Senior Vice President of Liberty TripAdvisor from July 2013 through December 2015, Chief Tax Officer from January 2016 to October 2016 and a director since August 2014 and Chief Corporate Development Officer of Liberty Media, Liberty, Liberty Broadband and Liberty TripAdvisor since October 2016.

 

Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On November 7, 2016, the Company announced that it will webcast its annual Investor Meeting on Thursday, November 10, 2016 with presentations beginning at approximately 1:25 p.m. (E.S.T.).  During these presentations, observations may be made regarding the Company’s financial performance and outlook.

 

This Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 are being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission under Item 7.01 of Form 8-K in satisfaction of the public disclosure requirements of Regulation FD and shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose.

 

Item 8.01.  Other Events

 

On November 4, 2016, Liberty and the Company issued a joint press release (the “Press Release”) announcing the completion of the Split-Off. The full text of the Press Release is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(b) The information required to be filed pursuant to Items 2.01 and 9.01 and pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation S-X is incorporated by reference to the section of the Prospectus entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements” and the section of the Financial Statements included in the Prospectus entitled “Selected Historical Financial Data of Splitco.”

 

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(d)  Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Name

 

 

 

2.1

 

Reorganization Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2016, between Liberty Interactive Corporation and Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on November 4, 2016 (File No. 333-210377)).

 

 

 

3.1

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

 

 

 

3.2

 

Bylaws of the Company.

 

 

 

4.1

 

Margin Loan Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2016, among LEXE Marginco, LLC, as Borrower, the Company, as Guarantor, various lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as Calculation Agent.

 

 

 

10.1

 

Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Liberty Interactive Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Liberty 8-K).

 

 

 

10.2

 

Services Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Liberty Media Corporation.

 

 

 

10.3

 

Facilities Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company, Liberty Media Corporation and Liberty Property Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

10.4

 

Aircraft Time Sharing Agreements, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Liberty Media Corporation.

 

 

 

10.5

 

Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, Liberty Citation, Inc. and Liberty Denver Arena, LLC.

 

 

 

10.6

 

Assignment and Assumption of Governance Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, LEXE Marginco, LLC, LEXEB, LLC, Liberty Interactive Corporation, Barry Diller and Expedia, Inc.

 

 

 

10.7

 

Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, LEXE Marginco, LLC, LEXEB, LLC, Liberty Interactive Corporation and Barry Diller.

 

 

 

10.8

 

Amendment No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Barry Diller.

 

 

 

10.9

 

Amended and Restated Transaction Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2016, by and among Liberty Interactive Corporation, Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., Barry Diller, John C. Malone and Leslie Malone (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on September 23, 2016 (File No. 333-210377)).

 

 

 

10.10

 

Assignment Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between Barry Diller and the Company.

 

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10.11

 

Proxy and Voting Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and among Barry Diller, John C. Malone and Leslie Malone.

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated November 7, 2016.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Press Release dated November 4, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Liberty 8-K).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: November 7, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Wade Haufschild

 

 

Name:

Wade Haufschild

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Name

 

 

 

2.1

 

Reorganization Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2016, between Liberty Interactive Corporation and Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on November 4, 2016 (File No. 333-210377)).

 

 

 

3.1

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

 

 

 

3.2

 

Bylaws of the Company.

 

 

 

4.1

 

Margin Loan Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2016, among LEXE Marginco, LLC, as Borrower, the Company, as Guarantor, various lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as Calculation Agent.

 

 

 

10.1

 

Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Liberty Interactive Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Liberty 8-K).

 

 

 

10.2

 

Services Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Liberty Media Corporation.

 

 

 

10.3

 

Facilities Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company, Liberty Media Corporation and Liberty Property Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

10.4

 

Aircraft Time Sharing Agreements, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Liberty Media Corporation.

 

 

 

10.5

 

Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, Liberty Citation, Inc. and Liberty Denver Arena, LLC.

 

 

 

10.6

 

Assignment and Assumption of Governance Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, LEXE Marginco, LLC, LEXEB, LLC, Liberty Interactive Corporation, Barry Diller and Expedia, Inc.

 

 

 

10.7

 

Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, LEXE Marginco, LLC, LEXEB, LLC, Liberty Interactive Corporation and Barry Diller.

 

 

 

10.8

 

Amendment No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Barry Diller.

 

 

 

10.9

 

Amended and Restated Transaction Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2016, by and among Liberty Interactive Corporation, Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., Barry Diller, John C. Malone and Leslie Malone (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on September 23, 2016 (File No. 333-210377)).

 

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10.10

 

Assignment Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and between Barry Diller and the Company.

 

 

 

10.11

 

Proxy and Voting Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and among Barry Diller, John C. Malone and Leslie Malone.

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated November 7, 2016.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Press Release dated November 4, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Liberty 8-K).

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:

 

(1)                                  The name of the Corporation is Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.  The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed on March 15, 2016.

 

(2)                                  This Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and amends the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation.

 

(3)                                  This Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted in accordance with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

(4)                                  This Restated Certificate of Incorporation will become effective on November 4, 2016 at 4:59 p.m., New York City time.

 

(5)                                  Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the text of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

NAME

 

The name of the corporation is Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”).

 

ARTICLE II

 

REGISTERED OFFICE

 

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19808.  The name of its registered agent at such address is the Corporation Service Company.

 



 

ARTICLE III

 

PURPOSE

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “ DGCL ”).

 

ARTICLE IV

 

AUTHORIZED STOCK

 

The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation will have authority to issue is three hundred seventy six million (376,000,000) shares, of which:

 

(1)                                  three hundred twenty six million (326,000,000) shares will be of a class designated as Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Common Stock ”), and such class will be divided into series as follows:

 

a.               one hundred sixty million (160,000,000) shares of Common Stock will be of a series designated as “Series A Common Stock” (the “ Series A Common Stock ”);

 

b.               six million (6,000,000) shares of Common Stock will be of a series designated as “Series B Common Stock” (the “ Series B Common Stock ”);

 

c.                one hundred sixty million (160,000,000) shares of Common Stock will be of a series designated as “Series C Common Stock” (the “ Series C Common Stock ”); and

 

(2)                                  fifty million (50,000,000) shares will be of a class designated as Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”), which are undesignated as to series and are issuable in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, Section C hereof and the DGCL.

 

Upon this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as it may from time to time hereafter be amended or restated, this “ Restated Certificate ”) becoming effective pursuant to the DGCL (the “ Effective Time ”), the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be reclassified as (i) X (as defined below) number of shares of the Series A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, (ii) Y (as defined below) number of shares of the Series B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (iii) Z (as defined below) number of shares of the Series C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, in each case, without any action by the holder thereof.  As used in this paragraph, “X” means the product, rounded down to the nearest whole share, of (i) the number of outstanding shares of Liberty Interactive Corporation’s Series A Liberty Ventures Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (ii) 0.4, “Y” means the product, rounded down to the nearest whole share, of (i) the number of outstanding shares of Liberty Interactive Corporation’s Series B Liberty Ventures Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (ii) 0.4, and “Z” means the product, rounded down to the nearest whole share, of (i) the number of outstanding shares of Liberty Interactive Corporation’s Series C Liberty Ventures Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (ii) 0.4, in each case, as of 4:59 p.m., New York City time, on November 4, 2016.

 

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The description of the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock, and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, or the method of fixing and establishing the same, are as hereinafter set forth in this Article IV.

 

SECTION A

 

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined below will have, for all purposes of this Restated Certificate, the meanings herein specified:

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with such Person.

 

Board of Directors ” or “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation and, unless the context indicates otherwise, also means, to the extent permitted by law, any committee thereof authorized, with respect to any particular matter, to exercise the power of the Board of Directors of the Corporation with respect to such matter.  The term “entire Board” means the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

 

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement, or otherwise. The terms “Controls”, “Controlled” and “Controlling” will have corresponding meanings.

 

Convertible Securities ” means (x) any securities of the Corporation (other than any series of Common Stock) that are directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for, or that evidence the right to purchase, directly or indirectly, securities of the Corporation or any other Person, whether upon conversion, exercise, exchange, pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of such securities or otherwise, and (y) any securities of any other Person that are directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for, or that evidence the right to purchase, directly or indirectly, securities of such Person or any other Person (including the Corporation), whether upon conversion, exercise, exchange, pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of such securities or otherwise.

 

Diller Assignment ” means that certain Assignment Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, between Barry Diller and the Corporation, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.

 

Expedia ” means Expedia, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor to all or substantially all of the assets of Expedia, whether by operation of law or otherwise.

 

Governance Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011, among Expedia, Liberty Interactive Corporation and Barry Diller, as assigned to the Corporation pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption of

 

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Governance Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, as such agreement may be further amended.

 

Person ” means a natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated association or other legal entity.

 

Series A Convertible Securities means Convertible Securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Series A Common Stock.

 

Series B Convertible Securities means Convertible Securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Series B Common Stock.

 

Series C Convertible Securities means Convertible Securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Series C Common Stock.

 

Stockholders Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011, between Liberty Interactive Corporation and Barry Diller, as assigned to the Corporation pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, and as amended pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, as such agreement may be further amended.

 

Subsidiary ” when used with respect to any Person, means any other Person (1) of which (x) in the case of a corporation, at least (A) 50% of the equity or (B) 50% of the voting interests are owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by such first Person, by any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries or (y) in the case of any Person other than a corporation, such first Person, one or more of its Subsidiaries, or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (A) owns at least 50% of the equity interests thereof or (B) has the power to elect or direct the election of at least 50% of the members of the governing body thereof or otherwise has Control over such organization or entity; or (2) that is required to be consolidated with such first Person for financial reporting purposes under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, as in effect from to time.

 

Transaction Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Transaction Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2016, by and among Liberty Interactive Corporation, the Corporation, Barry Diller, John C. Malone and Leslie Malone, as such agreement may be amended, restated or amended and restated from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Underlying Securities ” means, with respect to any class or series of Convertible Securities, the class or series of securities into which such class or series of Convertible Securities are directly or indirectly convertible, or for which such Convertible Securities are directly or indirectly exchangeable, or that such Convertible Securities evidence the right to purchase or otherwise receive, directly or indirectly.

 

Voting Securities ” means the Series A Common Stock, the Series B Common Stock and any series of Preferred Stock which by the terms of its Preferred Stock Designation is designated

 

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as a Voting Security; provided, that, each such series of Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote together with the other Voting Securities only as and to the extent expressly provided for in the applicable Preferred Stock Designation.

 

SECTION B

 

SERIES A COMMON STOCK, SERIES B COMMON STOCK AND
SERIES C COMMON STOCK

 

Each share of Series A Common Stock, each share of Series B Common Stock and each share of Series C Common Stock will, except as otherwise provided in this Restated Certificate, be identical in all respects and will have equal rights, powers and privileges.

 

1.                                       Voting Rights .  Holders of Series A Common Stock will be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of such stock held of record, and holders of Series B Common Stock will be entitled to ten (10) votes for each share of such stock held of record, in each case on all matters on which they are entitled to vote, that are submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation (regardless of whether such holders are voting together with the holders of all Voting Securities, or as a separate class with the holders of one or more series of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, or as a separate series of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, or otherwise); provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any vote of stockholders with respect to the election or removal of Common Stock Directors (as defined below) occurring prior to the Series B Director Termination Time (as defined below), holders of Series A Common Stock will be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of such stock held of record, and holders of Series B Common Stock will be entitled to two (2) votes for each share of such stock held of record, with the holders of Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock voting together as a separate class.  Holders of Series C Common Stock will not be entitled to any voting powers, except as (and then only to the extent) otherwise required by the laws of the State of Delaware.  If a vote or consent of the holders of Series C Common Stock should at any time be required by the laws of the State of Delaware on any matter, the holders of Series C Common Stock will be entitled to one-hundredth (1/100) of a vote on such matter for each share of Series C Common Stock held of record.

 

Except (A) as may otherwise be required by the laws of the State of Delaware, (B) as may otherwise be provided in this Restated Certificate, or (C) as may otherwise be provided in any Preferred Stock Designation (as defined in Article IV, Section C hereof), the holders of outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock, the holders of outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock and the holders of outstanding shares of each series of Preferred Stock that is designated as a Voting Security and is entitled to vote thereon in accordance with the terms of the applicable Preferred Stock Designation, will vote as one class with respect to the election of directors and with respect to all other matters to be voted on by stockholders of the Corporation (including, without limitation, and irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, any proposed amendment to this Restated Certificate required to be voted on by the stockholders of the Corporation that would (x) increase (i) the number of authorized shares of Common Stock or any series thereof, (ii) the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof or (iii) the number of authorized shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter established or (y) decrease (i) the number of authorized shares of Common Stock or any series thereof, (ii) the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof or (iii) the number of authorized shares of any other class or series of capital

 

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stock of the Corporation hereafter established (but, in each case, not below the number of shares of such class or series of capital stock, as the case may be, then outstanding)) and no separate class or series vote or consent of the holders of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation will be required for the approval of any such matter.  In the event the holders of the Series C Common Stock are entitled to vote on any matter that may be submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation, such holders will vote as one class with all other stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote on such matter, unless otherwise required by this Restated Certificate, the laws of the State of Delaware or any Preferred Stock Designation.

 

2.                                       Conversion Rights .

 

(a)                                  Each share of Series B Common Stock will be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, into one fully paid and non-assessable share of Series A Common Stock.  Any such conversion may be effected by any holder of Series B Common Stock by (i) if such holder’s shares of Series B Common Stock are certificated, surrendering such holder’s certificate or certificates for the Series B Common Stock to be converted, duly endorsed, at the office of the Corporation or any transfer agent for the Series B Common Stock, and (ii) providing a written notice to the Corporation at the office of the Corporation or any transfer agent for the Series B Common Stock that such holder elects to convert all or a specified number of shares of Series B Common Stock, which shall state such holder’s name or the names of the nominees in which such holder desires the shares of Series A Common Stock to be issued and, shall, if required by the last sentence of Article IV, Section B.2(b) of this Restated Certificate, be accompanied by payment, or evidence of payment, of applicable issue or transfer taxes.  If required by the Corporation, any certificate representing shares surrendered for conversion in accordance with this Article IV, Section B.2(a) will be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the holder of such shares or the duly authorized representative of such holder.  Promptly thereafter, if the shares of Series A Common Stock will be represented by a certificate or certificates, the Corporation will issue and deliver to such holder or such holder’s nominee or nominees, a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of Series A Common Stock to which such holder will be entitled as herein provided.  If less than all of the shares of Series B Common Stock represented by any one certificate (if any) are to be converted, the Corporation will issue and deliver to such holder or such holder’s nominee or nominees a new certificate representing the shares of Series B Common Stock not converted.  If the shares of Series A Common Stock to be issued upon the conversion of the Series B Common Stock are uncertificated, the Corporation shall promptly issue and deliver to such holder, or to his, her or its nominees, a notice of issuance of uncertificated shares or other evidence of shares held in book-entry form.  Such conversion will be deemed to have been made at the close of business on the date of receipt by the Corporation or any such transfer agent of the certificate or certificates (if any), notice and, if required, instruments of transfer and payment or evidence of payment of taxes referred to above, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the Series A Common Stock issuable on such conversion will be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Series A Common Stock on that date.  A number of shares of Series A Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Series B Common Stock outstanding

 

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from time to time will be set aside and reserved for issuance upon conversion of shares of Series B Common Stock.  Shares of Series A Common Stock and shares of Series C Common Stock are not convertible into shares of any other series of Common Stock.

 

(b)                                  The Corporation will pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Series A Common Stock on conversion of shares of Series B Common Stock pursuant to this Article IV, Section B.2.  The Corporation will not, however, be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of any shares of Series A Common Stock in a name other than that in which the shares of Series B Common Stock so converted were registered and no such issue or delivery will be made unless and until the Person requesting the same has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid.

 

3.                                       Dividends .

 

Whenever a dividend, other than a dividend that constitutes a Share Distribution, is paid to the holders of any series of Common Stock then outstanding, the Corporation will also pay to the holders of each other series of Common Stock then outstanding an equal dividend per share.  Dividends will be payable only if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors out of assets of the Corporation legally available therefor.  Whenever a Share Distribution is paid to the holders of any series of Common Stock then outstanding, the Corporation will also pay a Share Distribution to the holders of each other series of Common Stock then outstanding, as provided in Article IV, Section B.4 below.  For purposes of this Article IV, Section B.3 and Article IV, Section B.4 below, a “ Share Distribution ” means a dividend or distribution (including a distribution made in connection with any stock-split, reclassification, recapitalization, dissolution, winding up or full or partial liquidation of the Corporation) payable in shares of any class or series of capital stock, Convertible Securities or other securities of the Corporation or any other Person.

 

4.                                       Share Distributions .

 

If at any time a Share Distribution is to be made with respect to any series of Common Stock, such Share Distribution may be declared and paid only as follows:

 

(a)                                  a Share Distribution (i) consisting solely of shares of Series C Common Stock or Series C Convertible Securities may be declared and paid to holders of Series A Common Stock, Series B Common Stock and Series C Common Stock, on an equal per share basis, or (ii) consisting of (x) shares of Series A Common Stock or Series A Convertible Securities may be declared and paid to holders of Series A Common Stock, on an equal per share basis, (y) shares of Series B Common Stock or Series B Convertible Securities may be declared and paid to holders of Series B Common Stock, on an equal per share basis, and (z) shares of Series C Common Stock or Series C Convertible Securities may be declared and paid to holders of Series C Common Stock, on an equal per share basis; or

 

(b)                                  a Share Distribution consisting of any class or series of securities of the Corporation or any other Person, other than solely Series A Common Stock, Series B Common

 

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Stock or Series C Common Stock (or Series A Convertible Securities, Series B Convertible Securities or Series C Convertible Securities), may be declared and paid on the basis of a distribution of (i) identical securities, on an equal per share basis, to holders of Series A Common Stock, Series B Common Stock and Series C Common Stock, (ii) separate classes or series of securities, on an equal per share basis, to the holders of each such series of Common Stock or (iii) a separate class or series of securities to the holders of one or more series of Common Stock and, on an equal per share basis, a different class or series of securities to the holders of all other series of Common Stock; provided , that , in connection with a Share Distribution pursuant to clause (ii) or clause (iii), (1) such separate classes or series of securities (and, if the distribution consists of Convertible Securities, the Underlying Securities) do not differ in any respect other than their relative voting rights (and any related differences in designation, conversion and share distribution provisions, as applicable), with holders of shares of Series B Common Stock receiving the class or series of securities having (or convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for securities having) the highest relative voting rights and the holders of shares of each other series of Common Stock receiving securities of a class or series having (or convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for securities having) lesser relative voting rights, in each case, without regard to whether such rights differ to a greater or lesser extent than the corresponding differences in voting rights (and any related differences in designation, conversion and share distribution, as applicable) among the Series A Common Stock, the Series B Common Stock and the Series C Common Stock, and (2) in the event the securities to be received by the holders of shares of Common Stock other than the Series B Common Stock consist of different classes or series of securities, with each such class or series of securities (or the Underlying Securities into which such class or series is convertible or for which such class or series is exercisable or exchangeable) differing only with respect to the relative voting rights of such class or series (and any related differences in designation, conversion and share distribution provisions, as applicable), then such classes or series of securities will be distributed to the holders of each series of Common Stock (other than the Series B Common Stock) (A) as the Board of Directors determines or (B) such that the relative voting rights (and any related differences in designation, conversion and share distribution provisions, as applicable) of the class or series of securities (or the Underlying Securities) to be received by the holders of each series of Common Stock (other than the Series B Common Stock) corresponds to the extent practicable to the relative voting rights (and any related differences in designation, conversion and share distribution provisions, as applicable) of such series of Common Stock, as compared to the other series of Common Stock (other than the Series B Common Stock).

 

5.                                       Reclassification .

 

The Corporation will not reclassify, subdivide or combine one series of Common Stock without reclassifying, subdividing or combining each other series of Common Stock, on an equal per share basis.  Any such reclassification, subdivision or combination is subject to Article IX of this Restated Certificate.

 

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6.                                       Liquidation and Dissolution .

 

In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and liabilities of the Corporation and subject to the payment in full of the preferential or other amounts to which any series of Preferred Stock are entitled, the holders of shares of Series A Common Stock, the holders of shares of Series B Common Stock and the holders of shares of Series C Common Stock will share equally, on a share for share basis, in the assets of the Corporation remaining for distribution to the holders of Common Stock.  Neither the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other Person or Persons nor the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation will itself be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Article IV, Section B.6.

 

7.                                       Protective Covenants .

 

Notwithstanding the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of any class or series of Preferred Stock or Common Stock then outstanding, from and after the Effective Time until the Series B Director Termination Time, the Corporation shall not (and the Board shall not resolve to):

 

(a)                                  issue any shares of Series B Common Stock, other than upon exercise in accordance with the terms of Series B Convertible Securities of the Corporation which are outstanding immediately following the Effective Time, without the approval of a majority of the Series B Directors then in office at such time as there is at least one (1) Series B Director in office, in addition to any other vote of the stockholders of the Corporation otherwise required by any applicable law or regulation;

 

(b)                                  change the number of directors specified herein as constituting the entire Board, including the relative number of Series B Directors and Common Stock Directors constituting such entire Board; and

 

(c)                                   authorize any merger or consolidation of this Corporation with or into any other corporation or other entity in which the entity surviving such merger or consolidation is not a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

SECTION C

 

PREFERRED STOCK

 

The Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series from time to time, with such powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as will be stated and expressed in a resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of each such series adopted by the Board of Directors, a copy of which will be filed as required by law (a “ Preferred Stock Designation ”).  The Board of Directors, in the Preferred Stock Designation with respect to a series of Preferred Stock, may,

 

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without limitation of the foregoing, fix the following with respect to any such series of Preferred Stock:

 

(i)                                      the distinctive serial designations and the number of authorized shares of such series, which may be increased or decreased, but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding, in the manner permitted by law (except where otherwise provided in a Preferred Stock Designation);

 

(ii)                                   the dividend rate or amounts, if any, for such series, the date or dates from which dividends on all shares of such series will be cumulative, if dividends on stock of such series will be cumulative, and the relative preferences or rights of priority, if any, or participation, if any, with respect to payment of dividends on shares of such series;

 

(iii)                                the rights of the shares of such series in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, if any, and the relative preferences or rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of such series;

 

(iv)                               the right, if any, of the holders of such series to convert or exchange such stock into or for other classes or series of a class of stock or indebtedness of the Corporation or of another Person, and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, including provision for the adjustment of the conversion or exchange rate in such events as the Board of Directors may determine;

 

(v)                                  the voting powers, if any, of the holders of such series, including whether such series will be a Voting Security and, if so designated, the terms and conditions on which the holders of such series may vote together with the holders of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation; provided , however , that no class or series of Preferred Stock which is issued and outstanding prior to the Series B Director Termination Time may be granted the  right to vote in the election or removal of directors of the Corporation or to elect or appoint any directors;

 

(vi)                               the terms and conditions, if any, for the Corporation to purchase or redeem shares of such series; and

 

(vii)                            any other relative rights, powers, preferences and limitations, if any, of such series.

 

The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized to exercise its authority with respect to fixing, designating and issuing various series of the Preferred Stock and determining the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights of such series of Preferred Stock, if any, and the qualifications, restrictions or limitations thereof, if any, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, subject to any stockholder vote that may be required by this Restated Certificate or any Preferred Stock Designation.  All shares of any one series of the Preferred Stock will be alike in every particular.  Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in the Preferred Stock

 

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Designation for a series of Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of such series will have no voting rights except as may be required by the laws of the State of Delaware.  Further, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Preferred Stock Designation for a series of Preferred Stock, no consent or vote of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof will be required for any amendment to this Restated Certificate that would increase the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or the number of authorized shares of any series thereof or decrease the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or the number of authorized shares of any series thereof (but not below the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or such series, as the case may be, then outstanding).

 

Except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in a Preferred Stock Designation or by law, shares of any series of Preferred Stock that have been redeemed (whether through the operation of a sinking fund or otherwise) or purchased by the Corporation, or which, if convertible or exchangeable, have been converted into or exchanged for shares of stock of any other class or classes will have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as a part of the series of which they were originally a part or may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by a Preferred Stock Designation or as part of any other series of Preferred Stock.

 

ARTICLE V

 

DIRECTORS

 

SECTION A

 

NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

 

The governing body of the Corporation will be the Board of Directors.  Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the number of directors constituting the entire Board will be fixed at seven (7), with two (2) directors being Series B Directors and five (5) directors being Common Stock Directors. Following the Series B Director Termination Time, subject to any rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors, the number of directors will not be less than three (3) and the exact number of directors will be fixed by the Board of Directors by resolution from time to time.  Election of directors need not be by written ballot.

 

SECTION B

 

DESIGNATION OF DIRECTORS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE BOARD

 

1.                                       Series B Directors .

 

At all times prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the holders of the outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, voting or acting by written consent and as a separate class of Common Stock, will have the exclusive right to elect two (2) directors (such directors elected or to be elected by the holders of Series B Common Stock, the “ Series B Directors ,” which term includes those persons serving as the Series B Directors immediately following the Effective Time).  The term of office of each of the Series B Directors will expire at the earlier of (x) the Proxy Swap Termination Date (as defined in the Transaction Agreement)

 

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(the date and time of such Proxy Swap Termination Date, the “ Series B Director Termination Time ”), and (y) the second (2 nd ) annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the election of each Series B Director or, with respect to each initial Series B Director, the second (2 nd ) annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the Effective Time.  At the Series B Director Termination Time, the right of the holders of the Series B Common Stock to elect the Series B Directors and the term of office of all Series B Directors will immediately expire, and the persons then serving as Series B Directors will immediately cease to be directors of the Corporation.  At the Series B Director Termination Time, the total authorized number of directorships of the Corporation shall be automatically reduced by the total number of authorized Series B Director directorships.  Until the Series B Director Termination Time, each Series B Director will hold office until the earliest of the Series B Director Termination Time, the expiration of his or her term and until his or her respective successor is elected and qualified or until such Series B Director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

2.                                       Common Stock Directors .

 

Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, five (5) directors of the Corporation will be elected by the holders of the outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock and the holders of the outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, voting together as a single class (such directors elected or to be elected in such manner, the “ Common Stock Directors ,” which term includes those persons serving as the Common Stock Directors immediately following the Effective Time).  Commencing with the annual meeting of stockholders held in 2017, until the Series B Director Termination Time, the term of office of the Common Stock Directors will expire at each annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time.  At the Series B Director Termination Time, the Common Stock Directors then in office will become the entire Board and will be classified in accordance with Section B.3(a) of Article V.  Following the Series B Director Termination Time, the directors of the Corporation will hold office in accordance with this Section B of Article V for the applicable term set forth in Section B.3(a) of Article V.  Each Common Stock Director will hold office until the expiration of his or her term and until his or her respective successor is elected and qualified or until such Common Stock Director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

3.                                       Classified Board of Directors following the Series B Director Termination Time .

 

(a)                                  Upon the Series B Director Termination Time, the Board shall become classified into three (3) classes:  Class I, Class II and Class III; provided , that any directors elected after the Series B Director Termination Time solely by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock (any such directors, the “ Preferred Stock Directors ”) will not be so classified unless so provided in the Preferred Stock Designation for such series of Preferred Stock.  Each class of directors will consist, as nearly as possible, of a number of directors equal to one-third (1/3) of the then authorized number of members of the Board of Directors (other than any Preferred Stock Directors) authorized as provided in Section A of this Article V.  The Board of Directors is authorized to assign those directors already in office to such classes upon the Series B Director Termination Time.  The term of office of the initial Class I directors will expire at the first (1 st ) annual meeting of stockholders following the Series B Director Termination Time; the term of office of the initial Class II directors will expire at the second (2 nd ) annual meeting of

 

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stockholders following the Series B Director Termination Time; and the term of office of the initial Class III directors will expire at the third (3 rd ) annual meeting of stockholders following the Series B Director Termination Time.  At each annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the Series B Director Termination Time, the successors of that class of directors whose term expires at that meeting will be elected to hold office in accordance with this Section B of Article V for a term expiring at the third (3 rd ) annual meeting of stockholders following the year of their election.  The directors of each class will hold office until the expiration of the term of such class and until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

(b)                                  Following the Series B Director Termination Time, the directors of the Corporation, other than any Preferred Stock Directors, shall be elected by the holders of the outstanding Voting Securities, voting together as a single class.

 

SECTION C

 

DIRECTOR VOTING POWERS

 

Except (x) as otherwise required by law or (y) with respect to voting on any matter that is an Expedia Board Voting Determination (as defined below) or a Splitco Director Determination (as defined below), each director (regardless of whether such director is a Series B Director, a Common Stock Director or a Preferred Stock Director) shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter considered by the Board of Directors.  In connection with an election occurring prior to the Series B Director Termination Time of persons (other than persons to be designated as Splitco Directors (as such term is defined in the Governance Agreement)) to serve on the board of directors of Expedia, the Corporation will vote the shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Expedia and the shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Expedia and any other Common Shares (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement), in each case, which are beneficially owned by the Corporation (and any other Common Shares with respect to which it has the power to vote, whether by proxy or otherwise) and which are entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of Expedia (collectively, the “ Corporation Expedia Shares ”), only in accordance with a resolution (x) approved by a majority of the votes cast by directors of the Corporation at a meeting at which at least one (1) Series B Director is present or (y) set forth in a unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors at a time when there is at least one (1) Series B Director in office (an “ Expedia Board Voting Determination ”).  For the avoidance of doubt, (x) an Expedia Board Voting Determination will not include the Splitco Director Determination, (y) the Corporation shall not have the power to vote the Corporation Expedia Shares if an Expedia Board Voting Determination has not been made or, if made, holders of Series B Common Stock have taken action subsequent to the making of such Expedia Board Voting Determination and prior to the applicable meeting of Expedia stockholders to remove any Series B Director, in which case the Corporation will not have the power to vote such Corporation Expedia Shares until such time as holders of Series B Common Stock have replaced such removed Series B Director(s) and the Board of Directors has taken action to amend, modify or ratify the Expedia Board Voting Determination and (z) any purported vote of Corporation Expedia Shares in any manner other than as set forth in the Expedia Board Voting Determination shall be null and void and of no force or effect.  With respect to the votes

 

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of directors with respect to an Expedia Board Voting Determination occurring prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) each Common Stock Director will be entitled to cast one (1) vote and (ii) each Series B Director present at the meeting will be entitled to cast a number of votes equal to the quotient of (A) the total number of Common Stock Directors then authorized, plus one (1), divided by (B) the number of Series B Directors present at such meeting (rounded up to the next whole number of votes).

 

The Expedia Board Voting Determination (i) shall be made not less than twenty-four (24) business days prior to the date set by Expedia for any annual or special meeting of stockholders of Expedia at which directors are to be elected ( provided , that , in the event the proxy statement for the applicable Expedia stockholder meeting has not been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) on or prior to the thirtieth (30 th ) business day prior to the date set by Expedia for the applicable Expedia stockholder meeting, the Expedia Board Voting Determination shall be made as promptly as practical following the filing of such proxy statement with the SEC, and in any event not later than the close of business, New York City time, on the third (3 rd ) Business Day after such proxy statement is filed with the SEC), (ii) may not be made by or delegated to a committee of the Board, and (iii) will be reflected in a resolution or unanimous written consent of the Board as provided in the prior paragraph which, upon adoption, may only be modified, amended or otherwise changed (A) by a resolution approved either (x) unanimously by directors constituting the entire Board (and not by a committee of the Board) or (y) in the event holders of Series B Common Stock have taken action by written consent to fill any vacancy in the Series B Director directorships resulting from removal pursuant to Article V, Section D which action shall have become effective, by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast with respect to an Expedia Board Voting Determination as provided in the prior paragraph, or (B) in a unanimous written consent of the Board at a time when there is at least one (1) Series B Director in office (and not by a committee of the Board) and, in each of clause (A) and clause (B), which will instruct the officers of the Corporation to vote or cause to be voted all Corporation Expedia Shares in accordance with such resolution or unanimous written consent (subject to any action specified in the Splitco Director Determination with respect to the Splitco Directors); provided , that in the event that after the Expedia Board Voting Determination is so adopted, any candidate for election to the board of directors of Expedia for whom the Corporation Expedia Shares are to be voted as specified in the Expedia Board Voting Determination does not stand for election for any reason, then all Corporation Expedia Shares will be voted in favor of the replacement nominee proposed by the Person who nominated the person for whom the Corporation Expedia Shares were to be originally voted.

 

In connection with decisions relating to the selection of persons to stand for election as Splitco Directors pursuant to the Governance Agreement or the voting of Corporation Expedia Shares with respect to the election of such Splitco Directors to the board of directors of Expedia (each, a “ Splitco Director Determination ”), the Corporation will designate the persons to stand for election as Splitco Directors and will vote the Corporation Expedia Shares for the election of such Splitco Directors only in accordance with a resolution (x) approved by a majority of the votes cast by directors of the Corporation at a meeting or (y) set forth in a unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors.  With respect to the votes of directors with respect to a Splitco Director Determination occurring prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) each

 

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Common Stock Director will be entitled to cast three (3) votes and (ii) each Series B Director will be entitled to cast one (1) vote.

 

Splitco Director Determinations relating to the voting of Corporation Expedia Shares with respect to the election of Splitco Directors shall be made at the same meeting (or be set forth in a unanimous written consent on the same date) as the Expedia Board Voting Determination; provided , that in the event that after the Splitco Director Determination is so adopted, any candidate for election to the board of directors of Expedia for whom the Corporation Expedia Shares are to be voted as specified in the Splitco Director Determination does not stand for election for any reason, then all Corporation Expedia Shares will be voted in favor of the replacement nominee proposed by the Board in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section C with respect to the original candidate for election to the board of directors of Expedia.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the Corporation will not have the power or authority to vote the Corporation Expedia Shares in the election of directors to serve on the board of directors of Expedia pursuant to the Expedia Board Voting Determination unless, if applicable, the Corporation simultaneously votes the Corporation Expedia Shares in favor of the Splitco Directors designated in accordance with the Governance Agreement and the Splitco Director Determination.

 

SECTION D

 

REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

 

Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) any or all Series B Directors may be removed from office, with or without cause, only by the affirmative vote (or written consent) of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, voting as a separate class, and (ii) any and all Common Stock Directors may be removed from office, with or without cause, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock (voting as provided in Article IV, Section B.1), voting together as a single class.  Following the Series B Director Termination Time and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, directors may be removed from office only for cause upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

 

SECTION E

 

NEWLY CREATED DIRECTORSHIPS AND VACANCIES

 

1.                                       Common Stock Directors .

 

Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, vacancies in the Common Stock Director directorships on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal, disqualification or other cause will be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Common Stock Directors then in office or, in the event only one (1) Common Stock Director

 

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remains in office, by the sole remaining Common Stock Director.  Any Common Stock Director appointed in accordance with the preceding sentence will hold office for the remainder of the term of his or her predecessor, and until such director’s successor will have been elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

2.                                       Series B Directors .

 

Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time and subject to the right of holders of Series B Common Stock to remove and replace Series B Directors pursuant to this Restated Certificate, (a) vacancies in the Series B Director directorships on the Board of Directors resulting from removal pursuant to Article V, Section D will be filled only by the affirmative vote (or written consent) of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, voting as a separate class, and (b) vacancies in the Series B Director directorships on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification or other cause (excluding removal) will be filled either (i) by the affirmative vote (or written consent) of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, voting as a separate class, or (ii) by a majority of the Series B Directors then in office or, in the event only one (1) Series B Director remains in office, by the sole remaining Series B Director.  Any Series B Director elected or appointed in accordance with the preceding sentence will hold office for the remainder of the term of his or her predecessor, and until such director’s successor will have been elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal; provided , that , upon the Series B Director Termination Time, any such Series B Director’s term of office shall immediately expire and such person will immediately cease to be a director of the Corporation.

 

3.                                       Stockholder Meeting .

 

In the event that, at any time prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) there remain on the Board of Directors no Series B Directors or no Common Stock Directors, or (ii) a Series B Director is removed pursuant to Article V, Section D, then the Corporation will promptly call and hold a special meeting of stockholders (of the series or series of Common Stock necessary to elect directors to fill such vacancies) for the purpose of electing Series B Directors or Common Stock Directors, as the case may be, to fill such vacancies; provided , however, that in the case of Series B Directors, such vacancies may be filled by written consent as provided in Article V, Section E.2 of this Restated Certificate in lieu of holding a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing Series B Directors.

 

4.                                       Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies Following the Series B Director Termination Time .

 

Following the Series B Director Termination Time, subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal, disqualification or other cause, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors on the Board of Directors, will be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office (even though less than a quorum) or by the sole remaining director.  Any director appointed in accordance with the

 

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preceding sentence will hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred or to which the new directorship is apportioned, and until such director’s successor will have been elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.  No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors will shorten the term of any incumbent director, except as may be provided with respect to any additional director elected by the holders of the applicable series of Preferred Stock.

 

SECTION F

 

LIMITATION ON LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

1.                                       Limitation On Liability .

 

To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation will not be liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.  Any repeal or modification of this paragraph 1 will be prospective only and will not adversely affect any limitation, right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

 

2.                                       Indemnification .

 

(a)                                  Right to Indemnification .  The Corporation will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ proceeding ”) by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by such person.  Such right of indemnification will inure whether or not the claim asserted is based on matters which antedate the adoption of this Section F.  The Corporation will be required to indemnify or make advances to a person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors.

 

(b)                                  Prepayment of Expenses .  The Corporation will pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a director or officer in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided , however , that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding will be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this paragraph or otherwise.

 

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received by the Corporation, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful, will be entitled to be paid the expense (including attorney’s fees) of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.  In any such action the Corporation will have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

(d)                                  Non-Exclusivity of Rights .  The rights conferred on any person by this paragraph will not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Restated Certificate, the Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or resolution of disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

(e)                                   Other Indemnification .  The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity will be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity.

 

3.                                       Amendment or Repeal .

 

Any amendment, modification or repeal of the foregoing provisions of this Section F will not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.

 

SECTION G

 

AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

 

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the DGCL, the Board of Directors, by action taken by the affirmative vote of not less than, if prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, at least 80% of the members of the entire Board, or, if following the Series B Director Termination Time, at least 75% of the members of the entire Board (in either case, rounded up to the next whole number) (such percentage of the entire Board, the “ Applicable Percentage ”), is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of the Bylaws of this Corporation; provided that p rior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the provisions of the third to the last paragraph of Article II, Section 2.8 of the Bylaws relating to the Series B Director Committee may not be amended without the approval of a majority of the Series B Directors then in office at such time as there is at least one (1) Series B Director in office.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

TERM

 

The term of existence of this Corporation shall be perpetual.

 

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ARTICLE VII

 

STOCK NOT ASSESSABLE

 

The capital stock of this Corporation shall not be assessable.  It shall be issued as fully paid, and the private property of the stockholders shall not be liable for the debts, obligations or liabilities of this Corporation.  This Restated Certificate shall not be subject to amendment in this respect.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

SECTION A

 

ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETINGS

 

Except as otherwise provided in a Preferred Stock Designation or unless otherwise prescribed by law or by another provision of this Restated Certificate, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation, for any purpose or purposes, will only be called by the Secretary of the Corporation (i) upon the written request of the holders of not less than 70% of the total voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities entitled to vote thereon or (ii) at the request of at least the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board.

 

SECTION B

 

ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING

 

Except as provided in a Preferred Stock Designation, no action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, and the power of stockholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, holders of Series B Common Stock may take action by written consent with respect to the election, appointment, or removal of any or all Series B Directors or the filling of any vacancy in a Series B Director directorship in accordance with this Restated Certificate.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

ACTIONS REQUIRING SUPERMAJORITY STOCKHOLDER VOTE

 

Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, in addition to any other vote of the stockholders of the Corporation (or the holders of any class or series) otherwise required by any applicable law or regulation or this Restated Certificate, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 70% of the total voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities

 

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entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class at a meeting specifically called for such purpose, will be required in order for the Corporation to take any action to authorize:

 

(i)            the amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of this Restated Certificate or the addition or insertion of other provisions herein, whether by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise; provided , however , that this clause (i) will not apply to any such amendment, alteration, repeal, addition or insertion (A) as to which the laws of the State of Delaware, as then in effect, do not require the consent of this Corporation’s stockholders, or (B) that at least the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board has approved;

 

(ii)           the adoption, amendment or repeal of any provision of the Bylaws of the Corporation; provided , however , that this clause (ii) will not apply to, and no vote of the stockholders of the Corporation will be required to authorize, the adoption, amendment or repeal of any provision of the Bylaws of the Corporation by the Board of Directors in accordance with the power conferred upon it pursuant to Section G of Article V of this Restated Certificate;

 

(iii)          the merger or consolidation of this Corporation with or into any other corporation (including a merger consummated pursuant to Section 251(h) of the DGCL and notwithstanding the exception to a vote of the stockholders for such a merger set forth therein); provided , however , that this clause (iii) will not apply to any such merger or consolidation (A) as to which the laws of the State of Delaware, as then in effect, do not require the vote of this Corporation’s stockholders (other than Section 251(h) of the DGCL), or (B) that at least the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board has approved;

 

(iv)          the sale, lease or exchange of all, or substantially all, of the property or assets of the Corporation; provided , however , that this clause (iv) will not apply to any such sale, lease or exchange that at least the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board has approved;

 

(v)           the dissolution of the Corporation; provided , however , that this clause (v) will not apply to such dissolution if at least the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board has approved such dissolution; or

 

(vi)          until the Series B Director Termination Time, the sale, assignment, transfer or conveyance of all or any portion of the Class B common stock of Expedia held by the Corporation; provided , however , that a business combination in which a third party acquires control of the Corporation prior to the Series B Director Termination Time will not be deemed a sale, assignment, transfer or conveyance of the Class B common stock of Expedia only if (i) the business combination gives rise to (x) a right of Barry Diller to terminate the Diller Assignment which right he declines or fails to exercise within the required time period or (y) the automatic termination of the Diller Assignment which Barry Diller waives prior to such termination and (ii) Barry Diller’s rights under the Stockholders Agreement and Governance Agreement are not diminished or impaired (other than in a de minimis manner).

 

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Article IX, the Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Restated Certificate, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at

 

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the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other Persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Restated Certificate in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article IX.

 

ARTICLE X

 

CERTAIN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

 

1.             Certain Acknowledgements; Definitions .

 

In recognition and anticipation that:

 

(a)           directors and officers of the Corporation may serve as directors, officers, employees and agents of any other corporation, company, partnership, association, firm or other entity, including, without limitation , Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Corporation (“ Other Entity ”),

 

(b)           the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage in the same, similar or related lines of business as those engaged in by any Other Entity and other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which such Other Entity may engage,

 

(c)           the Corporation may have an interest in the same areas of business opportunity as any Other Entity, and

 

(d)           the Corporation may engage in material business transactions with any Other Entity and its Affiliates, including, without limitation, receiving services from, providing services to or being a significant customer or supplier to such Other Entity and its Affiliates, and that the Corporation and such Other Entity or one or more of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates may benefit from such transactions,

 

and as a consequence of the foregoing, it is in the best interests of the Corporation that the rights of the Corporation, and the duties of any directors or officers of the Corporation (including any such persons who are also directors, officers or employees of any Other Entity), be determined and delineated, as set forth herein, in respect of (x) any transactions between the Corporation and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, on the one hand, and such Other Entity and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, on the other hand, and (y) any potential transactions or matters that may be presented to officers or directors of the Corporation, or of which such officers or directors may otherwise become aware, which potential transactions or matters may constitute business opportunities of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

 

In recognition of the benefits to be derived by the Corporation through its continued contractual, corporate and business relations with any Other Entity and of the benefits to be derived by the Corporation by the possible service as directors or officers of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries of persons who may also serve from time to time as directors, officers or employees of any Other Entity, the provisions of this Article X will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, regulate and define the conduct of the business and affairs of the Corporation

 

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in relation to such Other Entity and its Affiliates, and as such conduct and affairs may involve such Other Entity’s respective directors, officers or employees, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its officers and directors in connection therewith and in connection with any potential business opportunities of the Corporation.

 

Any Person purchasing, receiving, holding or otherwise becoming the owner of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, or any interest therein, will be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article X. References in this Article X to “directors,” “officers” or “employees” of any Person will be deemed to include those Persons who hold similar positions or exercise similar powers and authority with respect to any Other Entity that is a limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or other non-corporate entity.

 

2.             Duties of Directors and Officers Regarding Potential Business Opportunities; No Liability for Certain Acts or Omissions .

 

If a director or officer of the Corporation is offered, or otherwise acquires knowledge of, a potential transaction or matter that may constitute or present a business opportunity for the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, in which the Corporation could, but for the provisions of this Article X, have an interest or expectancy (any such transaction or matter, and any such actual or potential business opportunity, a “ Potential Business Opportunity ”):

 

(a)           such director or officer will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have no duty or obligation to refer such Potential Business Opportunity to the Corporation, or to refrain from referring such Potential Business Opportunity to any Other Entity, or to give any notice to the Corporation regarding such Potential Business Opportunity (or any matter related thereto),

 

(b)           such director or officer will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, not be liable to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its stockholders, as a director, officer, stockholder or otherwise, for any failure to refer such Potential Business Opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, or for referring such Potential Business Opportunity to any Other Entity, or for any failure to give any notice to or otherwise inform the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries regarding such Potential Business Opportunity or any matter relating thereto,

 

(c)           any Other Entity may engage or invest in, independently or with others, any such Potential Business Opportunity,

 

(d)           the Corporation shall not have any right in or to such Potential Business Opportunity or to receive any income or proceeds derived therefrom, and

 

(e)           the Corporation shall have no interest or expectancy, and hereby specifically renounces any interest or expectancy, in any such Potential Business Opportunity,

 

unless both the following conditions are satisfied: (A) such Potential Business Opportunity was expressly offered to a director or officer of the Corporation solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation or as a director or officer of any Subsidiary of the

 

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Corporation and (B) such opportunity relates to a line of business in which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is then directly engaged.

 

3.             Amendment of Article X .

 

No alteration, amendment or repeal, or adoption of any provision inconsistent with, any provision of this Article X will have any effect upon

 

(a)           any agreement between the Corporation or an Affiliate thereof and any Other Entity or an Affiliate thereof, that was entered into before the time of such alteration, amendment or repeal or adoption of any such inconsistent provision (the “ Amendment Time ”), or any transaction entered into in connection with the performance of any such agreement, whether such transaction is entered into before or after the Amendment Time,

 

(b)           any transaction entered into between the Corporation or an Affiliate thereof and any Other Entity or an Affiliate thereof, before the Amendment Time,

 

(c)           the allocation of any business opportunity between the Corporation or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof and any Other Entity before the Amendment Time, or

 

(d)           any duty or obligation owed by any director or officer of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation (or the absence of any such duty or obligation) with respect to any Potential Business Opportunity which such director or officer was offered, or of which such director or officer otherwise became aware, before the Amendment Time (regardless of whether any proceeding relating to any of the above is commenced before or after the Amendment Time).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Restated Certificate of Incorporation this 4th day of November 2016.

 

 

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard N. Baer

 

Name:

Richard N. Baer

 

Title:

 Chief Legal Officer

 


Exhibit 3.2

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

A Delaware Corporation

(the “ Corporation ”)

 

BYLAWS

 


 

ARTICLE I

 

STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 1.1             Annual Meeting .

 

An annual meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing directors and of transacting any other business properly brought before the meeting pursuant to these Bylaws shall be held each year at such date, time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware or, if so determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) in its sole discretion, at no place (but rather by means of remote communication), as may be specified by the Board of Directors in the notice of meeting.

 

Section 1.2             Special Meetings .

 

Except as otherwise provided in the terms of any series of preferred stock or unless otherwise provided by law or by the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation, for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting, may be called by the Secretary of the Corporation (the “ Secretary ”) only (i) upon written request received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation by or on behalf of the holder or holders of record of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation, representing collectively not less than 70% of the total voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting or (ii) at the request of not less than, if prior to the Series B Director Termination Time (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), 80% of the members of the entire Board (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), or, if following the Series B Director Termination Time, 75% of the members of the entire Board (such percentage of the members of the entire Board, the “ Applicable Percentage ”).  Only such business may be transacted as is specified in the notice of the special meeting.  The Board of Directors shall have the sole power to determine the time, date and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, or, if so determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, at no place (but rather by means of remote communication), for any special meeting of stockholders (including those properly called by the Secretary in accordance with Section 1.2(i) hereof).  Following such determination, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting that a meeting will be held at the time, date and place, if any, and in accordance with the record date, if any, determined by the Board of Directors.

 



 

Section 1.3             Record Date .

 

In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) calendar days nor less than ten (10) calendar days before the date of such meeting.  If the Board of Directors so fixes a record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders, such date shall be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of such meeting, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting.  In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) calendar days prior to such action.  If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors:  (i) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held, and (ii) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.  A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting in accordance with this Section 1.3.

 

Section 1.4             Notice of Meetings .

 

Notice of all stockholders meetings, stating the place, if any, date and hour thereof, as well as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting (if such record date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting); the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting; and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered by the Corporation in accordance with Section 5.4 of these Bylaws, applicable law and applicable stock exchange rules and regulations by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, to each stockholder entitled to notice of such meeting, unless otherwise provided by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, at least ten (10) calendar days but not more than sixty (60) calendar days before the date of the meeting.

 

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Section 1.5             Notice of Stockholder Business .

 

(a)            Annual Meetings of Stockholders .

 

(1)            At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting.  To be properly brought before an annual meeting, nominations for persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), or (iii) otherwise properly be requested to be brought before the meeting by a stockholder (x) who complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.5 and (y) who was a stockholder of record of the Corporation (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed or such nomination or nominations made, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at the time the notice provided for in Section 1.5(a)(2) is delivered to the Secretary and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, and (z) who is entitled to vote at the meeting upon such election of directors or upon such business, as the case may be.

 

(2)            In addition to any other requirements under applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation, for a nomination for election to the Board of Directors or the proposal of business to be properly requested to be brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary and any such proposed business, other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, and applicable law.  To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (x) in the case of an annual meeting that is called for a date that is within thirty (30) calendar days before or after the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders, not less than sixty (60) calendar days nor more than ninety (90) calendar days prior to the meeting and (y) in the case of an annual meeting that is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) calendar days before or after the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting, not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was communicated to stockholders or public announcement (as defined below) of the date of the meeting was made, whichever occurs first.  In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a meeting of stockholders commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder notice as described herein.

 

To be in proper written form, such stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be submitted by a holder of record of stock entitled to vote on the nomination of directors of the Corporation and shall set forth in writing and describe in fair, accurate, and material detail (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (a “ nominee ”) (i) all information relating to such nominee that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), and (ii) such nominee’s written

 

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consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; (B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), and (iii) any material interest of the stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, in such business; and (C) as to such stockholder giving notice and the beneficial owner or owners, if different, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, and any affiliates or associates (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such stockholder or beneficial owner (each a “ Proposing Person ”) (i) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such stockholder and the name and address of each such Proposing Person, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such Proposing Person, (iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such Proposing Person and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the proposals are to be made by such stockholder, (iv) a representation by each Proposing Person who is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation (A) that the notice the Proposing Person is giving to the Secretary is being given on behalf of (x) such holder of record and/or (y) if different than such holder of record, one or more beneficial owners of stock of the Corporation held of record by such holder of record, (B) as to each such beneficial owner, the number of shares held of record by such holder of record that are beneficially owned by such beneficial owner, with documentary evidence of such beneficial ownership, and (C) that such holder of record is entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination set forth in its notice, (v) a representation (I) whether any such Proposing Person or nominee has received any financial assistance, funding or other consideration from any other person in respect of the nomination (and the details thereof) (a “ Stockholder Associated Person ”) and (II) whether and the extent to which any hedging, derivative or other transaction has been entered into with respect to the Corporation within the past six (6) months by, or is in effect with respect to, such stockholder, any person to be nominated by such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, the effect or intent of which transaction is to mitigate loss to or manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder, nominee or any such Stockholder Associated Person, and (vi) a representation whether any Proposing Person intends or is part of a group that intends to (I) deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding voting power required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (II) otherwise solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal, and (vii) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies in support of such proposal pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 1.5 shall not apply to any proposal made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereof) promulgated under the Exchange Act.  A proposal to be made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereof) promulgated under the Exchange Act shall be deemed satisfied if the stockholder making such proposal complies with the provisions of Rule 14a-8 and has notified the Corporation of his or her intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with

 

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Rule 14a-8 and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.  The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine (x) the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation and (y) whether the nominee would qualify as an “independent director” or “audit committee financial expert” under applicable law, securities exchange rule or regulation, or any publicly disclosed corporate governance guideline or committee charter of the Corporation.

 

(3)            Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 1.5 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least one hundred (100) calendar days prior to the first anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 1.5 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation. For purposes of the foregoing determinations in Section 1.5(a)(2) and this Section 1.5(a)(3) with respect to the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the Effective Time, the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting will be the date of the Effective Time (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation).

 

(b)            Special Meetings of Stockholders .  Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting.  In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting who was a stockholder of record of the Corporation (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such nomination or nominations are made, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at the time the notice provided for in paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 1.5 is delivered to the Secretary and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice meeting the requirements of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 1.5 (substituting special meeting for annual meeting as applicable) shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting; provided, however, that a stockholder may nominate persons for election at a special meeting only to such directorship(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of the meeting.  In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

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(c)            Updating and Supplementing of Stockholder Information .  A stockholder providing notice of nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders or notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders in accordance with this Section 1.5 shall further update and supplement such notice so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 1.5 shall be true and correct both as of the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such updated and supplemental information shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (a) in the case of information that is required to be updated and supplemented to be true and correct as of the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, not later than the later of five (5) business days after such record date or five (5) business days after the public announcement of such record date, and (b) in the case of information that is required to be updated and supplemented to be true and correct as of ten (10) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, not later than eight (8) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (or if not practicable to provide such updated and supplemental information not later than eight (8) business days before any adjournment or postponement, on the first practicable date before any such adjournment or postponement).

 

(d)            General .

 

(1)            Except as otherwise provided by law or in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.5 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.5.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty (i) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.5 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholder’s representation as required by clause (a)(2)(C)(vi) of this Section 1.5) and (ii) if any proposed nomination or proposed business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 1.5, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.5, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present the nomination to the Board of Directors or to present the proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.  For purposes of this Section 1.5, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such

 

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stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

 

(2)            For purposes of this Section 1.5, (i) “ public announcement ” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, and (ii) “ business day ” shall mean any day, other than Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banks located in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by applicable law to close.

 

(3)            Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.5, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.5.  Nothing in this Section 1.5 shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

(4)            For purposes of nominations by stockholders pursuant to this Section 1.5, until the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) only holders of Series B common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Series B Common Stock ”), shall be entitled to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors as Series B Directors (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) in accordance with this Section 1.5, and (ii) only holders of Series A common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Series A Common Stock ”), and holders of Series B Common Stock shall be entitled to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors as Common Stock Directors (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) in accordance with this Section 1.5.

 

Section 1.6             Quorum .

 

Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock and except as otherwise provided by law or in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at any meeting of stockholders, the holders of a majority in total voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be present or represented by proxy in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business; provided , that prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, at any meeting of stockholders, the holders of a majority in total voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting and the holders of a majority in total voting power of the outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be present or represented by proxy in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.  The chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a quorum is present at any meeting of the stockholders.  Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided,

 

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however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation to vote stock, including, but not limited to, its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.  In the absence of a quorum, the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 1.7 hereof until a quorum shall be present.

 

Section 1.7             Adjournment .

 

Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time solely by the chairman of the meeting because of the absence of a quorum or for any other reason and to reconvene at the same or some other time, date and place, if any, or by means of remote communication.  Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting shall have the exclusive power and authority to recess or adjourn a stockholder meeting in his or her sole and absolute discretion.  The stockholders present at a meeting shall not have the authority to adjourn the meeting.  If the time, date and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which the stockholders and the proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken and the adjournment is for less than thirty (30) calendar days, no notice need be given of any such adjourned meeting.  If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) calendar days or if after the adjournment a new record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting is fixed for the adjourned meeting, then notice shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting.  At the adjourned meeting, the stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 1.8             Organization .

 

The Chairman of the Board, or in his absence the Chief Executive Officer, or in their absence the President, or in their absence any Vice President, shall call to order meetings of stockholders and preside over and act as chairman of such meetings.  The Board of Directors or, if the Board fails to act, the stockholders, may appoint any stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation to act as chairman of any meeting in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President and all Vice Presidents.  The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be determined by the chairman of the meeting and announced at the meeting.  The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate.  Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting shall have the exclusive right and authority to determine the agenda and order of business and to prescribe other such rules, regulations and procedures and shall have the authority in his or her discretion to convene and regulate the conduct of any such meeting.  Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following:  (i) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (ii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (iii) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (iv) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by

 

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participants.  Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

The Secretary shall act as secretary of all meetings of stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any other person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

Section 1.9             Rescheduling, Postponement or Cancellation of Meeting .

 

Any previously scheduled annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be rescheduled, postponed or canceled by resolution of the Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the time previously scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 1.10           Voting .

 

Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock and except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws and except for the election of directors, at any meeting duly called and held at which a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders.  Following the Series B Director Termination Time and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock, at any meeting duly called and held for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, until the Series B Director Termination Time, at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation duly called and held at which a quorum is present, and at which directors are to be elected, (1) Series B Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors, voting as a separate class, and (2) Common Stock Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock and the outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

Section 1.11         List of Stockholders .

 

It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of the stock ledger to prepare and make, at least ten (10) calendar days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the stockholder’s name; provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is fewer than ten (10) calendar days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth (10th) calendar

 

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day before the meeting date.  Nothing contained in this Section 1.11 shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list.  Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the meeting:  (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation.  If the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation.  If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.  If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.  The stock ledger shall be the only evidence of the identity of the stockholders entitled to examine such list.

 

Section 1.12         Remote Communications .

 

For purposes of these Bylaws, if authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders may, by means of remote communication:

 

(a)            participate in a meeting of stockholders; and

 

(b)            be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder, (ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrent with such proceedings, and (iii) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 2.1                                     Number and Term of Office .

 

Subject to any limitations set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law relating to the powers or rights conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders or the holders of any class or series of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed, and all corporate powers shall be exercised, by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.  The number of directors shall be fixed as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.  Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation.  The Corporation shall nominate the persons serving as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer for election as directors at any meeting at which such persons are subject to election as directors.

 

Section 2.2                                     Resignations .

 

Any director of the Corporation, or any member of any committee, may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President or Secretary.  Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if the time be not specified therein, then upon receipt thereof.  The acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated therein.

 

Section 2.3                                     Removal of Directors .

 

Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) any or all Series B Directors may be removed from office, with or without cause, only by the affirmative vote (or written consent) of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, voting as a separate class, and (ii) any and all Common Stock Directors may be removed from office, with or without cause, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock (voting as provided in Article IV, Section B.1 of the Certificate of Incorporation), voting together as a single class.  Following the Series B Director Termination Time and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, directors may be removed from office only for cause upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

 

Section 2.4                                     Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies .

 

Newly created directorships and vacancies on the Board shall be filled as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 2.5                                     Meetings .

 

Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors, such determination to constitute the only notice of such regular meetings to which any director shall be entitled.  In the absence of any such

 

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determination, such meeting shall be held, upon notice to each director in accordance with Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated in the notice of meeting.

 

Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places, if any, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated in the notice of the meeting in accordance with Section 2.6 hereof.  Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer, President or Secretary upon the written request of not less than the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board of Directors. Notwithstanding (and not in limitation of) the foregoing, at any time prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, any Series B Director may call a special meeting of the Board of Directors for the purpose of voting on an Expedia Board Voting Determination (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) or filling a vacancy in any Series B Director directorship, in each case as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 2.6                                     Notice of Meetings .

 

The Secretary, or in his absence any other officer of the Corporation, shall give each director notice of the time and place of holding of any regular meetings (if required) or special meetings of the Board of Directors, in accordance with Section 5.4 of these Bylaws, by mail at least ten (10) calendar days before the meeting, or by courier service at least three (3) calendar days before the meeting, or by facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other electronic transmission, or personal service, in each case, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting, unless notice is waived in accordance with Section 5.4 of these Bylaws.  Unless otherwise stated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at any meeting without specification of such business in the notice.

 

Section 2.7                                     Meetings by Conference Telephone or Other Communications .

 

Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of telephone conference or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and communicate with each other, and such participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section 2.8                                     Quorum and Organization of Meetings ; Committees .

 

A majority of the total number of members of the Board of Directors as constituted from time to time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but, if at any meeting of the Board of Directors (whether or not adjourned from a previous meeting) there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting to another time, date and place, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice or waiver; provided , that at any meeting of the Board of Directors prior to the Series B Director Termination Time at which any Expedia Board Voting Determination or any Splitco Director Determination (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) will be determined, directors representing a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on such Expedia Board Voting

 

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Determination (provided that a quorum to act with respect to an Expedia Board Voting Determination may be constituted only at a time when there is at least one Series B Director in office) or Splitco Director Determination shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such business but, if at any such meeting of the Board of Directors (whether or not adjourned from a previous meeting) there shall be less than a quorum present, those directors holding a majority of the votes to be cast on such matter may adjourn the meeting to another time, date and place, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice or waiver.  Meetings shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board or in his absence by such other person as the directors may select.  The Board of Directors shall keep written minutes of its meetings.  The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

Except as otherwise required (x) by law or (y) by the Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, with respect to voting on any matter that is an Expedia Board Voting Determination or a Splitco Director Determination) or these Bylaws, a majority of the directors (without regard to the classification of such directors as a Series B Director, a Common Stock Director or a Preferred Stock Director (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation)) present at any meeting at which a quorum is present may decide any question brought before such meeting.  The taking of any board action relating to an Expedia Board Voting Determination or a Splitco Director Determination shall be subject to the requirements set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.

 

In addition to the Series B Director Committee and the Common Stock Director Committee, the Board may designate one (1) or more committees, each committee to consist of one (1) or more of the directors of the Corporation.  The Board may designate one (1) or more Directors as alternate members of any committee to replace absent or disqualified members at any meeting of such committee, provided that, prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) only the Series B Director Committee shall have the power to designate one or more Directors as alternate members of such Series B Director Committee, and (ii) only the Common Stock Director Committee shall have the power to designate one (1) or more Directors as alternate members of such Common Stock Director Committee.  If a member of a committee shall be absent from any meeting, or disqualified from voting thereat, the remaining member or members present and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may, by a unanimous vote, appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.  Any such committee, to the extent provided in a resolution of the Board of Directors passed as aforesaid, except as otherwise provided in Sections 2.9 and 2.10 of these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be impressed on all papers that may require it, but no such committee shall have the power or authority of the Board of Directors in reference to (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the laws of the State of Delaware to be submitted to the stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending or repealing any Bylaw of the Corporation.  Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.  Unless otherwise specified in the

 

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resolution of the Board of Directors designating a committee (and in any case with respect to the Series B Director Committee), at all meetings of such committee a majority of the total number of members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the members of the committee present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.  Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings.  Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides (and in any case with respect to the Series B Director Committee), each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business.  In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these Bylaws.

 

Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, there shall be a standing committee of the Board of Directors whose members shall be all of the Series B Directors then in office (the “ Series B Director Committee ”). The Series B Director Committee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Certificate of Incorporation, have the power and authority to take all such actions as are specified in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws as to be taken by the Series B Directors (or a committee consisting solely of Series B Directors) and such other powers as may be delegated to such committee from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.  In connection with each annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation from the Effective Time (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) until the Series B Director Termination Time at which Common Stock Directors or Series B Directors are to be elected (each such annual or special meeting, an “ Election Meeting ”), the Series B Director Committee shall have the power and authority to propose persons for nomination for election as Series B Directors to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (and if the Series B Director Committee does not propose any nominees, such committee will be deemed to have proposed the incumbent Series B Directors for re-election).

 

Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, there shall be a standing committee of the Board of Directors whose members shall be all of the Common Stock Directors then in office (the “ Common Stock Director Committee ”). The Common Stock Director Committee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have the power and authority to take all such actions as are specified in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws as to be taken by the Common Stock Directors (or a committee consisting solely of Common Stock Directors) and such other powers as may be delegated to such committee from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.  In connection with each Election Meeting from the Effective Time until the Series B Director Termination Time, the Common Stock Director Committee shall have the power and authority to propose persons for nomination for election as Common Stock Directors to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (and if the Common Stock Director Committee does not propose any nominees, such committee will be deemed to have proposed the incumbent Common Stock Directors for re-election.)

 

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respect to the Series B Directors, such directors will stand for election at every second (2 nd ) Election Meeting.  For purposes of the foregoing determinations with respect to the first Election Meeting following the Effective Time, the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting will be the date of the Effective Time.

 

Section 2.9                                     Executive Committee of the Board of Directors .

 

The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of not less than the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board, may designate an executive committee, all of whose members shall be directors, to manage and operate the affairs of the Corporation or particular properties or enterprises of the Corporation, provided that, prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, such executive committee shall not have the authority to take action with respect to any Expedia Board Voting Determination, any Splitco Director Determination or any action specified under these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation to be taken by the Series B Directors or the Series B Director Committee.  Subject to the limitations of the law of the State of Delaware and the Certificate of Incorporation and the proviso in the foregoing sentence, such executive committee shall exercise all powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation including, but not limited to, the power and authority to authorize the issuance of shares of common or preferred stock.  The executive committee shall keep minutes of its meetings and report to the Board of Directors not less often than quarterly on its activities and shall be responsible to the Board of Directors for the conduct of the enterprises and affairs entrusted to it.  Regular meetings of the executive committee, of which no notice shall be necessary, shall be held at such time, dates and places, if any, as shall be fixed by resolution adopted by the executive committee.  Special meetings of the executive committee shall be called at the request of the Chief Executive Officer or of any member of the executive committee, and shall be held upon such notice as is required by these Bylaws for special meetings of the Board of Directors, provided that oral notice by telephone or otherwise, or notice by electronic transmission shall be sufficient if received not later than the day immediately preceding the day of the meeting.

 

Section 2.10                              Other Committees of the Board of Directors .

 

The Board of Directors may by resolution establish committees other than an executive committee, the Common Stock Director Committee and the Series B Director Committee and shall specify with particularity the powers and duties of any such committee.  Subject to the limitations of the laws of the State of Delaware and the Certificate of Incorporation, any such committee shall exercise all powers and authority specifically granted to it by the Board of Directors, which powers may include the authority to authorize the issuance of shares of common or preferred stock, provided that, prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) no such committee other than a committee consisting solely of Series B Directors shall be authorized to take any action specified under these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation to be taken by the Series B Directors or the Series B Director Committee, (ii) no such committee other than a committee consisting solely of Common Stock Directors shall be authorized to take any action specified under these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation to be taken by the Common Stock Directors or the Common Stock Director Committee and (iii) no such committee shall be authorized to take any action with respect to any Expedia Board Voting Determination.

 

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Such committees (other than the Series B Director Committee and the Common Stock Director Committee, as specified in the Certificate of Incorporation) shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, and all such committees will keep minutes of their meetings and have such names as the Board of Directors by resolution may determine and shall be responsible to the Board of Directors for the conduct of the enterprises and affairs entrusted to them.

 

Section 2.11                              Directors’ Compensation .

 

Directors shall receive such compensation for attendance at any meetings of the Board and any expenses incidental to the performance of their duties as the Board of Directors shall determine by resolution.  Such compensation may be in addition to any compensation received by the members of the Board of Directors in any other capacity.

 

Section 2.12                              Action Without Meeting .

 

Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be deemed to restrict the power of members of the Board of Directors or any committee designated by the Board of Directors to take any action required or permitted to be taken by them without a meeting; provided , however , that if such action is taken without a meeting by consent by electronic transmission or transmissions, such electronic transmission or transmissions must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission or transmissions were authorized by the director.

 

Section 2.13                              Chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board from among the members of the Board of Directors.  The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, at which he is present, and perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE III

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 3.1                                     Executive Officers .

 

The Board of Directors shall elect a Chief Executive Officer and a President.  The Board of Directors may also elect such Vice Presidents as in the opinion of the Board of Directors the business of the Corporation requires, a Treasurer and a Secretary, any of whom may or may not be directors.  The Board of Directors may also elect, from time to time, such other or additional officers as in its opinion are desirable for the conduct of business of the Corporation and such officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors;

 

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provided, however, that the Chief Executive Officer shall not hold any other office except that the Chief Executive Officer may serve as President.

 

Section 3.2                                     Powers and Duties of Officers .

 

The Chief Executive Officer shall have overall responsibility for the management and direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall exercise such duties as customarily pertain to the office of chief executive officer and such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors.  He shall be the senior officer of the Corporation and in case of the inability or failure of the President to perform his duties, he shall perform the duties of the President.  In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board.  He may appoint and terminate the appointment or election of officers, agents or employees other than those appointed or elected by the Board of Directors.  He may sign, execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations.  The Chief Executive Officer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.

 

The President of the Corporation shall be under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer and shall exercise such powers and duties as may be delegated by the Chief Executive Officer and such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or assigned to him or her by these Bylaws.  The President may sign, execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations.

 

Vice Presidents shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the executive committee, if any, or the Board of Directors.  A Vice President may sign and execute contracts and other obligations pertaining to the regular course of his duties which implement policies established by the Board of Directors.

 

Unless the Board of Directors otherwise declares by resolution, the Treasurer shall have general custody of all the funds and securities of the Corporation and general supervision of the collection and disbursement of funds of the Corporation.  He shall endorse for collection on behalf of the Corporation checks, notes and other obligations, and shall deposit the same to the credit of the Corporation in such bank or banks or depository as the Board of Directors may designate.  He may sign, with the Chief Executive Officer, President or such other person or persons as may be designated for the purpose by the Board of Directors, all bills of exchange or promissory notes of the Corporation.  He shall enter or cause to be entered regularly in the books of the Corporation a full and accurate account of all moneys received and paid by him on account of the Corporation, shall at all reasonable times exhibit his books and accounts to any director of the Corporation upon application at the office of the Corporation during business hours and, whenever required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President, shall render a statement of his accounts.  He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws.  He may be required to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such sum and with such surety as shall

 

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be approved by the Board of Directors.  Any Assistant Treasurer shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors.  The Secretary shall cause notice to be given of meetings of stockholders, of the Board of Directors, and of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors.  He shall have custody of the corporate seal, minutes and records relating to the conduct and acts of the stockholders and Board of Directors, which shall, at all reasonable times, be open to the examination of any director.  The Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may certify the record of proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors or resolutions adopted at such meetings, may sign or attest certificates, statements or reports required to be filed with governmental bodies or officials, may sign acknowledgments of instruments, may give notices of meetings and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 3.3                                     Bank Accounts .

 

In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized in the usual manner by resolution of the Board of Directors, the Treasurer, with approval of the Chief Executive Officer or the President, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or appropriate, provided payments from such bank accounts are to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation, which may be signed jointly or singularly by either the manual or facsimile signature or signatures of such officers or bonded employees of the Corporation as shall be specified in the written instructions of the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation with the approval of the Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Corporation.

 

Section 3.4                                     Proxies; Stock Transfers .

 

Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President or their designees shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend and to vote upon all matters and resolutions at any meeting of stockholders of any corporation in which this Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of this Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, whether regular or special, and at all adjournments thereof, and shall have power and authority to execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of this Corporation in connection with the exercise by this Corporation of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock, with full power of substitution or revocation.  Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President or their designees shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to transfer, sell or dispose of stock of any corporation in which this Corporation may hold stock.

 

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ARTICLE IV

 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

Section 4.1                                     Shares .

 

The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by a certificate or may be uncertificated.  Certificates shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer or the President and by the Secretary or the Treasurer, and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation.  Such seal may be a facsimile, engraved or printed.  Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to Sections 151, 156, 202(a) or 218(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law or a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

 

Any of or all the signatures on a certificate may be facsimile.  In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such an officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer, transfer agent or registrar had not ceased to hold such position at the time of its issuance.

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.

 

Section 4.2                                     Transfer of Shares .

 

(a)                                  Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.  Upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated shares such uncertificated shares shall be cancelled, and the issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall be made to the person entitled thereto and the transaction shall be recorded upon the books of the Corporation.

 

(b)                                  The person in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed by the Corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes, and the Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

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Section 4.3                                     Lost Certificates .

 

The Board of Directors or any transfer agent of the Corporation may direct a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares representing stock of the Corporation to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed.  When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors (or any transfer agent of the Corporation authorized to do so by a resolution of the Board of Directors) may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as the Board of Directors (or any transfer agent so authorized) shall direct to indemnify the Corporation and the transfer agent against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed or the issuance of such new certificates or uncertificated shares, and such requirement may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 4.4                                     Transfer Agent and Registrar .

 

The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the manual or facsimile signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 4.5                                     Regulations .

 

The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, registration, cancellation and replacement of certificates representing stock of the Corporation or uncertificated shares, which rules and regulations shall comply in all respects with applicable law and the rules and regulations of the transfer agent.

 

ARTICLE V

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 5.1                                     Offices .

 

The Corporation shall maintain a registered office in the State of Delaware as required by the laws of the State of Delaware.  The Corporation may also have offices in such other places, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

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Section 5.2                                     Corporate Seal .

 

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization, and the words “Corporate Seal” and “Delaware.”

 

Section 5.3                                     Fiscal Year .

 

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 5.4                                     Notices and Waivers Thereof .

 

Whenever any notice is required by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to be given by the Corporation to any stockholder, director or officer, such notice, except as otherwise provided by law, may be given personally, or by mail, or, in the case of directors or officers, or stockholders who consent thereto, by electronic transmission in accordance with applicable law.  Any notice given by electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been given when it shall have been transmitted and any notice given by mail shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid directed to such stockholder, director, or officer, as the case may be, at such stockholder’s, director’s, or officer’s, as the case may be, address as it appears in the records of the Corporation.  An affidavit of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by personal delivery, by mail, or by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws to the person entitled to such notice, a waiver thereof, in writing signed by the person, or by electronic transmission, whether before or after the meeting or the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent in all respects to such notice to the full extent permitted by law.  If such waiver is given by electronic transmission, the electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the person waiving notice.  In addition, notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any director if such director shall sign the minutes of such meeting or attend the meeting, except that if such director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, then such director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting.

 

Section 5.5                                     Saving Clause .

 

These Bylaws are subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.  In the event any provision (or part thereof) of these Bylaws is inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation or the corporate laws of the State of Delaware, such provision (or part thereof) shall be invalid to the extent only of such conflict, and such conflict shall not affect the validity of any other provision of these Bylaws.

 

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Section 5.6                                     Amendments .

 

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors, by action taken by the affirmative vote of not less than the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board, is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of the Bylaws of this Corporation.

 

Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock, these Bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 70% of the total voting power of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not apply to, and no vote of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be required to authorize, the adoption, amendment or repeal of any provision of the Bylaws by the Board of Directors in accordance with the preceding paragraph.

 

Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the provisions of Section 2.8 of these Bylaws relating to the Series B Director Committee may not be amended without the approval of a majority of the Series B Directors then in office at such time as there is at least one (1) Series B Director in office.

 

Section 5.7                                     Gender/Number .

 

As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular and plural number, shall include the other whenever the context so indicates.

 

Section 5.8                                     Electronic Transmission .

 

For purposes of these Bylaws, “ electronic transmission ” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such recipient through an automated process.

 

Section 5.9                                     Forum Selection

 

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, any state or federal court located within the State of Delaware) shall, in all cases to the fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the court’s having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants, be the sole and exclusive forum for (1) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (2) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, other employee or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (3) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or as to which the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or (4) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine.  Any person or entity

 

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purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 5.9.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT

Dated as of November 1, 2016

 

among

 

LEXE MARGINCO, LLC,

as Borrower,

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

as Guarantor,

 

VARIOUS LENDERS

and

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent,

 

and

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Calculation Agent

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1

 

 

 

1.01

Defined Terms

1

 

1.02

Other Interpretive Provisions

38

 

1.03

Accounting Terms

39

 

1.04

Times of Day

39

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II THE LOANS

39

 

 

 

2.01

The Loans

39

 

2.02

Funding of the Loans

39

 

2.03

Repayment of the Loans

40

 

2.04

Voluntary Prepayments

40

 

2.05

Mandatory Prepayments

41

 

2.06

Interest and Fees

41

 

2.07

Computations

42

 

2.08

Termination of Commitments

42

 

2.09

LTV Maintenance; LTV Notice

43

 

2.10

Evidence of Debt

47

 

2.11

Payments Generally

47

 

2.12

Sharing of Payments, Etc.

49

 

2.13

Defaulting Lender

49

 

2.14

Rebalancing

50

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

51

 

 

 

3.01

Taxes

51

 

3.02

Illegality

54

 

3.03

Increased Costs; Reserves

55

 

3.04

Compensation for Losses

56

 

3.05

Mitigation Obligations

56

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE LOAN

57

 

 

 

4.01

Conditions Precedent to Closing Date

57

 

4.02

Conditions Precedent to All Loans

59

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

59

 

 

 

5.01

Existence, Qualification and Power

59

 

5.02

Authorization; No Contravention

60

 

5.03

Binding Effect

60

 

5.04

Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect

60

 

5.05

Disclosure

60

 

5.06

Litigation

61

 

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5.07

No Default

61

 

5.08

Compliance with Laws

61

 

5.09

Taxes

61

 

5.10

Assets; Liens

61

 

5.11

Governmental Authorization; Other Consents

62

 

5.12

Governmental Regulation

62

 

5.13

ERISA and Related Matters

62

 

5.14

Organizational Documents

62

 

5.15

Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act

62

 

5.16

Subsidiaries; Equity Interests

62

 

5.17

Solvency

62

 

5.18

Trading and Other Restrictions

62

 

5.19

USA PATRIOT Act

63

 

5.20

No Material Non-public Information

63

 

5.21

Bulk Sale and Private Sale

63

 

5.22

Status of Shares

63

 

5.23

Special Purpose Entity/Separateness

64

 

5.24

Reporting Obligations

64

 

5.25

Restricted Transactions

64

 

5.26

Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions

64

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

64

 

 

 

6.01

Financial Statements

64

 

6.02

Certificates; Other Information

65

 

6.03

Notices

65

 

6.04

Preservation of Existence, Etc.

66

 

6.05

Special Purpose Entity/Separateness

66

 

6.06

Payment of Taxes and Claims

66

 

6.07

Compliance with Laws and Material Contracts

66

 

6.08

Books and Records

67

 

6.09

Use of Proceeds

67

 

6.10

Purpose Statement

67

 

6.11

Further Assurances

67

 

6.12

Post-Closing

67

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS

67

 

 

 

7.01

Restricted Transaction

67

 

7.02

Liens

68

 

7.03

Indebtedness

68

 

7.04

Dispositions

68

 

7.05

Investments

68

 

7.06

Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents

68

 

7.07

Restricted Payments

68

 

7.08

No Impairment of Collateral

69

 

7.09

Fundamental Changes

69

 

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7.10

Limitation on Borrower’s Activities

69

 

7.11

Status of Shares

69

 

7.12

Investment Company

69

 

7.13

Transactions with Affiliates

69

 

7.14

No Subsidiaries

70

 

7.15

ERISA and Related Matters

70

 

7.16

Regulation of the Board of Governors

70

 

7.17

Certification of Public Information

70

 

7.18

Name, Form and Location

70

 

7.19

Limitation on Certain Sales

70

 

7.20

Anti-Terrorism Laws

71

 

7.21

Dispositions of Shares

71

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

71

 

 

 

8.01

Events of Default

71

 

8.02

Remedies upon Event of Default

73

 

8.03

Application of Funds

74

 

8.04

Certain Provisions Related to Applicable Lenders

75

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX AGENTS

76

 

 

 

9.01

Authorization and Authority

76

 

9.02

Agent Individually

76

 

9.03

Duties of the Agents; Exculpatory Provisions

77

 

9.04

Reliance by Agent

78

 

9.05

Delegation of Duties

79

 

9.06

Resignation of an Agent

79

 

9.07

Non-Reliance on the Agents and Other Lenders

80

 

9.08

Lenders’ Rights with Respect to Collateral

81

 

9.09

Withholding Taxes

81

 

9.10

Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim

82

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS

82

 

 

 

10.01

Amendments, Etc.

82

 

10.02

Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications

84

 

10.03

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

86

 

10.04

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

86

 

10.05

Payments Set Aside

87

 

10.06

Successors and Assigns

88

 

10.07

Confidentiality

90

 

10.08

Right of Setoff

91

 

10.09

Interest Rate Limitation

91

 

10.10

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

91

 

10.11

Survival of Representations and Warranties

92

 

10.12

Severability

92

 

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10.13

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

92

 

10.14

Waiver of Jury Trial

93

 

10.15

USA PATRIOT Act Notice

93

 

10.16

Bankruptcy Code

93

 

10.17

No Recourse to Affiliates of Borrower

93

 

10.18

Conflicts

94

 

10.19

Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents

94

 

10.20

No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship

94

 

10.21

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

95

 

SCHEDULES

 

SCHEDULE I TO MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT

SCHEDULE 10.02 TO MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT

 

EXHIBITS

 

Form of

 

A

Collateral Account Control Agreement

B-1

Initial Loan Note

B-2

Delayed Draw Loan Note

C

Compliance Certificate

D

Security Agreement

E

Assignment and Assumption

F

Guarantee Agreement

G

Issuer Acknowledgement

H

Solvency Certificate

I-1

Borrowing Request

I-2

Prepayment Notice

J-1

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

J-2

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

J-3

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

J-4

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

 

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MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT

 

This MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of November 1, 2016 by and among LEXE MARGINCO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Borrower (the “ Borrower ”), LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Parent ”), as Guarantor (in such capacity, the “ Guarantor ”),  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Calculation Agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “ Calculation Agent ”), and the lenders from time to time party hereto.

 

The Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit in the form of (a)  Initial Loans in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the Initial Loan Commitment and (b) Delayed Draw Loans in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the Delayed Draw Commitment, and the Lenders are willing to make such loans on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

 

1.01                         Defined Terms .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Activities ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(b) .

 

Administrative Agent ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

 

Affiliated Persons ” mean, with respect to any specified natural Person, (a) such specified Person’s parents, spouse, siblings, descendants, step children, step grandchildren, nieces and nephews and their respective spouses, (b) the estate, legatees and devisees of such specified Person and each of the Persons referred to in clause (a) and (c) any company, partnership, trust or other entity or investment vehicle Controlled by any of the Persons referred to in clause (a) or (b) or the holdings of which are for the primary benefit of any of such Persons.

 

Agent ” means each of the Administrative Agent, and the Calculation Agent.

 

Agent Account ” means such account of the Administrative Agent in New York, New York as is designated in writing from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and the Lenders for such purpose.

 

Agent Parties ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(e) .

 

Agent’s Group ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(b) .

 



 

Agented Lender ” means any Lender who has taken a Loan hereunder by assignment, but has not yet entered into a joinder to the Security Agreement and the Collateral Account Control Agreement with respect to its Ratable Share of the Collateral securing the Obligations.  Any reference in the Loan Documents to an Applicable Lender with respect to an Agented Lender shall be to the Applicable Lender who assigned a Loan to such Agented Lender, and vice versa.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower, the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including, without limitation, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

Anti-Terrorism Laws ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.19 .

 

Applicable Lender ” means any Lender that has, or purports to have, control (other than a Lender that is an Agented Lender solely as it relates to that portion of the Collateral for which such Lender is an Agented Lender) over any portion of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Account Control Agreement (it being understood that the termination of the Collateral Account Control Agreement (or the termination of the Collateral Account Control Agreement with respect to such Lender’s Ratable Share of the Collateral) without the written consent of the relevant Applicable Lender shall not result in such Lender ceasing to be an Applicable Lender).

 

Applicable Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Loans outstanding under this Agreement (or, in the case of Sections 2.11(c)  and 2.06(d) , such Lender’s aggregate principal amount of Initial Loan Commitments or Delayed Draw Commitments, as applicable, outstanding under this Agreement) over (ii) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding under this Agreement (or, in the case of Sections 2.11(c)  and 2.06(d) , the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Loan Commitments or Delayed Draw Commitments, as applicable, outstanding under this Agreement).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Percentage of any Applicable Lender, when used with respect to any determination related to Collateral or payment or proceeds of Collateral, shall include the Applicable Percentage of each Agented Lender that such Applicable Lender holds Collateral for and the Applicable Percentage for such purpose of any Agented Lender with respect to such Collateral or payment or proceeds shall be zero (and if any Agented Lender has multiple Applicable Lenders, such Applicable Percentage shall be allocated proportionately among the Collateral held by such Applicable Lenders).

 

Approved Fund ” means any Fund that is (or will be) administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of any Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

Assignment and Assumption ” means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E .

 

Attributable Debt ” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any obligation of a Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, the amount thereof that would appear as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.

 

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Average Daily Trading Volume ” means, with respect to the relevant Shares, as of any date of determination at the close of business on such date, the arithmetic average, for the thirty (30) Scheduled Trading Days ending on and including such date (or, in the case of an Issuer Tender Offer, Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, such other period as is reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent), of the daily reported volume of trading in such Shares for each such Scheduled Trading Day (excluding elements of such average daily trading volume that may be attributed to any block trade that occurs on any such Scheduled Trading Day) as determined by the Calculation Agent by reference to Bloomberg L.P. (without regard to pre-opening or after hours trading outside of any regular trading session for any such Scheduled Trading Day) or, if not so reported, any successor reporting entity thereto selected by the Calculation Agent.

 

Bail-In Action ” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers  by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

Bail-In Legislation ” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

Bankruptcy Code ” means the United States Bankruptcy Code.

 

Base Rate ” means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the Prime Rate and (c) LIBOR plus 1%; provided that, if the Base Rate as otherwise determined pursuant to this definition shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Base Rate Loan ” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.

 

Base Spread ” means 160 basis points per annum.

 

Borrower ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

 

Borrower Financial Statements ” means financial statements of the Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date, which financial statements shall (a) demonstrate that, after giving effect to the transactions to be consummated on the Closing Date, the Borrower will have no other assets other than the Permitted Assets, and (b) contain a list of all Indebtedness, other liabilities and/or commitments of the Borrower that are individually in excess of $100,000 (other than under the Loan Documents and any contingent liabilities under the July 2016 Facility Documents as to which no claim has been asserted), a description of the material terms of each item on such list (including the amount of any liability thereunder, whether contingent, direct or otherwise, the due date for each such liability, the total unfunded commitment, if any and the rate of interest, if any, applicable thereto).

 

Borrower Materials ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(f) .

 

Borrower Sole Member ” means the Parent, or its successor (provided that such successor shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent), in its capacity as sole member and manager of the Borrower.

 

Borrowing ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, an Initial Loan Borrowing or a Delayed Draw Borrowing.

 

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Borrowing Request ” means a request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.02 and substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1 , or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

 

Business Day ” means (a) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed, in New York and (b) additionally, with respect to all notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Loans (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any notices or determinations pursuant to Section 2.09 ), any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

 

Calculation Agent ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto. All calculations and determinations made by the Calculation Agent shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.

 

Cash ” means U.S. dollars in immediately available funds.

 

Cash Equivalents ” means any of the following: (a) readily marketable direct obligations of the government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof that are obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the government of the United States and have a maturity of not greater than 12 months from the date of issuance thereof or (b) insured certificates of deposit issued by, or time or demand deposits with, the Custodian (so long as the Custodian is a member of the Federal Reserve System, the Custodian or its parent issues commercial paper rated at least P-1 (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or A-1 (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, and the long-term, unsecured debt of the Custodian is rated P-3 or better by Moody’s and A-3 or better by S&P) having a remaining maturity of not longer than one year.

 

Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any Law, (b) any change in any Law or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of Law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

Change of Control ” means (i) with respect to the Borrower, any event or transaction, or series of related events or transactions, as a result of which the Parent, directly or indirectly, is the owner of less than 100% of the Borrower’s common equity and (ii) with respect to the Parent, (x) any event or transaction, or series of related events or transactions, as a result of which a “person” or “group” (other than a Permitted Holder) becomes the “beneficial owner” of sufficient shares of the Parent to entitle such “person” or “group” to exercise more than 30% of the total voting power of all such shares entitled to vote generally at elections of directors of the Parent, (all within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) and (y) the Permitted Holders do not beneficially own shares of the Parent having a percentage of the voting power of all shares entitled to vote generally at elections of directors of the Parent in excess of such voting power held by such “person” or “group”.

 

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Closing Date ” means the first date on which all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived by the Lenders in accordance with Section 10.01 .

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor.

 

Collateral ” means any and all “ Collateral ” as defined in any Collateral Document.

 

Collateral Account ” means each custody account of the Borrower established and maintained by the Custodian and subject to the control of an Applicable Lender as a Secured Party, including any subaccount, substitute, successor or replacement account for purposes of holding all Cash, Cash Equivalents, Shares and other property required or permitted to be pledged as Collateral hereunder or under the Security Agreement. “ Collateral Accounts ” shall mean, collectively, all such accounts.

 

Collateral Account Control Agreement ” means a Collateral Account Control Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit A , by and among the Borrower, the Applicable Lenders party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Calculation Agent, and the Custodian (as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time).

 

Collateral Documents ” means the Security Agreement, the Collateral Account Control Agreement and any additional pledge or security agreements required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents and any other instruments of assignment or other instruments, documents or agreements delivered by the Borrower pursuant to the foregoing as security for the Obligations.

 

Collateral Requirement ” means on any date the requirement that:

 

(a)                            the Administrative Agent and each Applicable Lender shall have received counterparts of the Security Agreement duly executed and delivered by the Borrower;

 

(b)                            all documents and instruments, including UCC financing statements, required by Law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Applicable Lender to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Collateral Documents and perfect or record such Liens to the extent, and with the priority, required by the Security Agreement, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Administrative Agent or the relevant Applicable Lender, as applicable, for filing, registration or recording;

 

(c)                             the Borrower shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution and delivery of all Collateral Documents to which it is a party, the performance of its obligations thereunder and the granting of the Liens granted by it thereunder;

 

(d)                            the Borrower shall have taken all other action required to be taken by the Borrower under the Collateral Documents to perfect, register and/or record the Liens granted by it thereunder; and

 

(e)                             the Borrower shall be in compliance with Section 3 of the Security Agreement.

 

Collateral Shortfall Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(a) .

 

Collateral Shortfall Notice Day ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(a) .

 

Collateral Value ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the (i) sum of:

 

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(a)                            with respect to any Common Shares (other than Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares) constituting Eligible Pledged Shares, the product of the applicable Market Reference Price of the Common Shares for such date and the number of such Common Shares constituting Eligible Pledged Shares (if any);

 

(b)                            with respect to any Merger Shares constituting Eligible Pledged Shares, the product of the applicable Market Reference Price of such Merger Shares for such date, the applicable Valuation Percentage and the number of Merger Shares constituting Eligible Pledged Shares (if any); and

 

(c)                             with respect to any Spin-Off Shares constituting Eligible Pledged Shares, the product of the applicable Market Reference Price of such Spin-Off Shares for such date, the applicable Valuation Percentage and the number of Spin-Off Shares constituting Eligible Pledged Shares (if any);

 

minus (ii) the amount of any withholding Tax that, in the reasonable determination of the Calculation Agent, would be imposed on a prospective sale of Collateral on behalf of any Loan Party upon exercise by a Secured Party of any remedies available to it under the Loan Documents as a result of a Change in Law or change of jurisdiction of any Issuer ( provided that commercially reasonable steps were taken to designate another lending office in order to avoid or mitigate such imposition).

 

Commitment ” means, as to each Lender, such Lender’s Initial Loan Commitment or Delayed Draw Commitment, as applicable.

 

Common Shares ” means the common stock of Expedia, par value $0.0001 per share; provided that following the occurrence of an Issuer 251(g) Merger Event, the shares of common stock issued by the resulting Delaware corporation shall be deemed to be the “Common Shares” (except for purposes of the definition of “ Issuer 251(g) Merger Event ”). For the avoidance of doubt, “Common Shares” does not include the Class B common stock of Expedia, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

Communication ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.17 .

 

Compliance Certificate ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C .

 

Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

Constrictive Amendment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(j) .

 

Contractual Obligation ” means, as to any Person, any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

 

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management, investments or policies (including investment policies) of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Controlling Shareholder ” means, as of any date of determination, and without duplication, (a) the Borrower, (b) the Parent, (c) John C. Malone or Gregory B. Maffei, (d) any Affiliate of the Borrower, the Parent or John C. Malone or Gregory B. Maffei, that (i) is or may reasonably be considered to be a member of a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) or Section 13(g)(3) of the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder) that includes the Borrower or any Affiliate that Controls the Borrower or the Parent or (ii) files a joint Schedule 13D or 13G under the Exchange Act with the

 

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Borrower or the Parent or any Affiliate that Controls the Borrower or the Parent or (e) any other Person (including any Affiliate of the Borrower, the Parent, John C. Malone or Gregory B. Maffei to the extent not included in clause (d) above but excluding a Person that holds securities and other investment property as a custodian for others (but for the avoidance of doubt, any Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, held by any such custodian for a Controlling Shareholder shall be included for purposes of this clause (e))) that “beneficially owns” within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 or 16a-1(a)(2) of the Exchange Act more than ten percent (10.0%) of the total number of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, issued and outstanding as determined by (i) any publicly available information issued by the applicable Issuer or (ii) any publicly available filings with, or order, decree, notice or other release or publication of, any Governmental Authority.

 

Custodian ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Security Agreement.

 

Debtor Relief Laws ” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

Default ” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

 

Defaulting Lender ” means, subject to Section 2.13(d) , any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or has made a public statement to that effect, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder ( provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.  Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.13(d) ) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and each Lender promptly following such determination.

 

Delayed Draw Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Closing Date to and including the earlier of (a) the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the twelve (12)-month

 

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anniversary of the Closing Date, and (b) the date of termination of all of the Delayed Draw Commitments pursuant to Section 2.08 .

 

Delayed Draw Borrowing ” means a Borrowing comprised of Delayed Draw Loans.

 

Delayed Draw Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Delayed Draw Loans hereunder up to the amount set forth on Schedule I, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender assumed its Delayed Draw Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.06 .  The aggregate amount of the Delayed Draw Commitments on the Closing Date is $50,000,000.

 

Delayed Draw Commitment Fee ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(d) .

 

Delayed Draw Lender ” means a Lender with a Delayed Draw Commitment.

 

Delayed Draw Loan ” means a Loan made by a Delayed Draw Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02 .

 

Delayed Draw Loan Note ” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing the Delayed Draw Loans held by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 .

 

Designated Exchange ” means any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, or any successor to any of the foregoing.

 

Designated Jurisdiction ” means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of any Sanctions.

 

Disclosures ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.05 .

 

Disposition ” and “ Dispose ” means (a) the sale, transfer, license, lease, dividend, distribution or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith or any Equity Interests held by such Person and (b) with respect to any Indebtedness owed to a Person by another Person, forgiveness of any such Indebtedness by the Person to whom such Indebtedness is owed.  For the avoidance of doubt, none of the following shall constitute a “Disposition”: (a) any pledge of Shares in connection with any transaction permitted by this Agreement and (b) any Restricted Transaction.

 

Disqualified Person ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Independent Manager”.

 

Dollar ” and “ $ ” mean lawful money of the United States.

 

DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company or any of its successors.

 

Early Closure ” means the closure on any Exchange Day of the applicable Exchange prior to its scheduled closing time for such day unless such earlier closing time is announced by such Exchange at least one hour prior to the actual closing time for the regular trading session on such Exchange on such Exchange Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent.

 

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EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

EEA Member Country ” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority ” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

Eligible Assignee ” means any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender, a Subsidiary of a Defaulting Lender or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute a Defaulting Lender or a Subsidiary of a Defaulting Lender) that is (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of any Lender, (c) an Approved Fund or (d) a commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other entity that extends credit or makes loans in the ordinary course of its activities, and, in each case, that makes the Purchaser Representations; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include a Permitted Holder, the Borrower, the Borrower Sole Member, the Guarantor, the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Borrower, the Borrower Sole Member, the Guarantor or the Issuer.

 

Eligible Cash Collateral ” means Cash and Cash Equivalents held in a Collateral Account subject to a valid and perfected First Priority Lien in favor of an Applicable Lender, created under the Collateral Documents.

 

Eligible Pledged Shares ” means the Pledged Shares (a) held in a Collateral Account subject to a valid and perfected First Priority Lien in favor of an Applicable Lender, created under the Collateral Documents, (b) which are in book-entry format, (c) which are listed for trading on a Designated Exchange, and (d) which are not subject to Transfer Restrictions (other than the Permissible Transfer Restrictions); provided that the aggregate number of Common Shares that are pledged as Collateral  hereunder shall not exceed the Maximum Share Number at any one time.

 

Equity Interests ” means with respect to any Person (including the Borrower), all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

 

ERISA ” means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

 

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EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

 

Event of Default ” means, individually and collectively, the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in Section 8.01 .

 

Exchange ” means, with respect to the Common Shares, The NASDAQ Global Select Market (or its successor) and, with respect to Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, if any, the applicable Designated Exchange, in each case as such may be modified pursuant to the definition of Issuer Delisting.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exchange Day ” means any day the applicable Exchange is open for trading during its regular trading session (it being understood and agreed that any day on which the Exchange is open for trading but is scheduled to close early in connection with a current or pending holiday shall constitute a regular trading session).

 

Exchange Disruption ” means any event that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, any Shares on the applicable Exchange on any Exchange Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent.

 

Exchangeable Securities ” means exchangeable or convertible securities relating to a number of Shares owned by any of the Parent or its Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower) that (i) are sold in a broadly distributed registered offering or Rule 144A transaction and (ii) contain customary terms for such securities or terms that are comparable to those contained in exchangeable or convertible securities, as applicable, which reference shares of common stock of third party issuers, Liberty Interactive or one or more of its Affiliates that have previously been sold by Liberty Interactive or any one or more of its Affiliates.

 

Excluded Taxes ” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the Laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a Law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 3.05 ) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01 , amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(g) , and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

Existing Transfer Restrictions ” means (a) Transfer Restrictions under or arising in connection with (i) the federal securities laws of the United States arising solely from (y) the fact that the Borrower (or, if applicable, a Lender or the Agent) is an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 144) of the Issuer or (z) any lien routinely imposed on all securities by the Exchange, (ii) the Stockholders Agreement or (iii) the Governance Agreement (in the case of each clause (ii) and (iii), as in effect on the Closing Date) and (b) solely with respect to the Pre-emption Shares, any Transfer Restrictions arising under the Securities Act solely as a result of the Pre-emption Shares having been acquired by Liberty Interactive in

 

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March 2013, October 2014 and April 2015 pursuant to the exercise by Liberty Interactive of its pre-emptive rights under the Governance Agreement.

 

Expedia ” means Expedia, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

FATCA ” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor version that is substantially comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future Treasury Regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code and any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory litigation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to such intergovernmental agreement.

 

FCPA ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.19 .

 

Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided , that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is published on such next succeeding Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1.0%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

 

Fee Letters ” means (i) that certain letter agreement, dated the Closing Date, between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Upfront Fee Letter.

 

First Priority ” means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject other than Permitted Liens.

 

Floating Rate ” means, with respect to an Interest Period, a per annum rate equal to the applicable LIBOR plus the Base Spread (or, if the Loans have been converted to Base Rate Loans pursuant to clause (i) of Section 3.02 , the Base Rate applicable to each day during such period plus the Base Spread less 1.0%).

 

Floating Rate Loan ” means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Floating Rate.

 

Foreign Lender ” means any Lender that is not a U.S. person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

Form G-3 ” means the “Statement of Purpose for an Extension of Credit Secured by Margin Stock by a Person Subject to Registration Under Regulation U— FR G-3” form published by the FRB.

 

Form U-1 ” means the “Statement of Purpose for an Extension of Credit Secured by Margin Stock — FR U-1” form published by the FRB.

 

FRB ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

 

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Free Float ” means, as of any date of determination, the quotient, expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing (a) the total number of Free Shares issued and outstanding by (b) the total number of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, issued and outstanding as determined by the applicable issuer’s most recent filings with the SEC.

 

Free Shares ” means, as of any date of determination, and without duplication, a number of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, equal to (a) the total number of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, then issued and outstanding as determined by the applicable Issuer’s most recent filings with the SEC minus (b) the total number of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, “beneficially owned” within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 or 16a-1(a)(2) of the Exchange Act by Controlling Shareholders as determined by the applicable Issuer’s or such Controlling Shareholder’s most recent filings with the SEC, to the extent such information is reported in such filings.  For purposes of clause (b), with respect to a Long Position of a Controlling Shareholder, the total number of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, underlying such Long Position shall be used.

 

Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

 

Funding Date ” means the date on which the Initial Loans are made hereunder pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02 ; provided that such date shall not be later than five (5) Business Days after the date hereof.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.

 

Governance Agreement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011, among Expedia, Liberty Interactive and Barry Diller, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including pursuant to the Proxy Swap Arrangements.

 

Governmental Authority ” means, with respect to any Person, the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supranational bodies) having jurisdiction or authority over such Person.

 

Guarantee ” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the

 

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obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include any endorsement of an instrument for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business, or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness or obligation to obtain any such Lien).  The amount of the Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.  The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

 

Guarantee Agreement ” means that certain Guarantee Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, executed by the Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.

 

Guarantor ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

 

Impacted Interest Period ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “LIBOR”.

 

Indebtedness ” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

 

(a)         all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

 

(b)         all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

 

(c)         any Swap Contract under which such Person has a net payment obligation;

 

(d)         all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, not past due for more than thirty (30) days after the date on which such trade account payable was created);

 

(e)         indebtedness secured by a Lien on property owned or purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

 

(f)          all obligations to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, and Synthetic Lease Obligations to which such Person is a party or it or its assets are subject;

 

(g)         all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and

 

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For all purposes hereof the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.  The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness under clause (f) as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Debt in respect thereof as of such date.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, any obligation to pay (x) reasonable fees and expenses related to the ownership, administration, management and Disposition of Permitted Assets (including reasonable Independent Manager fees), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or required pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, and (y) any other accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $200,000 shall not constitute Indebtedness.

 

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Documents and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.

 

Indemnitee ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b) .

 

Independent Manager ” means an individual who has prior experience as an independent director, independent manager or independent member with at least three (3) years of employment experience (who may be provided by CT Corporation, Corporation Service Company, National Registered Agents, Inc., Wilmington Trust Corporation, Lord Securities Corporation or another nationally recognized company that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower, the Parent, any Permitted Holder or any Issuer and that provides independent managers and other corporate services in the ordinary course of its business) and which individual:

 

(a)         is duly appointed as an “independent manager” pursuant to Section 18-101(10) of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act entitled to all the rights and privileges of such a manager on all Independent Manager Matters and is not, and has never been, and will not while serving as Independent Manager be, any of the following: (i) a Related Party of the Borrower, the Parent, any Permitted Holder or any Issuer, or (ii) a Permitted Holder (any of the foregoing, a  “ Disqualified Person ”), other than as an Independent Manager;

 

(b)         to the fullest extent permitted by Law, including Section 18-1101(c) of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, shall consider only the interests of the Borrower (and not the Borrower’s Affiliates) including its respective creditors, in acting or otherwise voting on Independent Manager Matters;

 

(c)         is under no fiduciary duty to any Disqualified Person; and

 

(d)         has been disclosed to the Lenders (together with a brief description of such Person’s prior professional activities and other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request) prior to the effectiveness of such Person’s appointment.

 

Independent Manager Matters ” means any act (a) instituting or consenting to the institution of any proceeding with respect to the Borrower under any Debtor Relief Law, (b) making a general assignment for the benefit of creditors with respect to the Borrower; or (c) applying for or consenting to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, ad hoc manager or similar officer for the Borrower or for all or any material part of the Borrower’s property.

 

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Information ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07 .

 

Initial Lender ” means a Lender with an Initial Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Loan.

 

Initial Loan ” means a Loan made by an Initial Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02 on the Funding Date.

 

Initial Loan Borrowing ” means a borrowing comprised of Initial Loans.

 

Initial Loan Commitment ” means with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make an Initial Loan hereunder on the Funding Date in the amount set forth on Schedule I.  The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Initial Loan Commitments on the Closing Date is $350,000,000.

 

Initial Loan Note ” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of an Initial Lender evidencing the Initial Loans held by such Initial Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 .

 

Initial LTV Ratio ” means 50.0%.

 

Initial Pledged Shares ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “ Pledged Shares ”.

 

Interest Payment Date ” means (a)  the last Business Day of each of March, June, September and December (commencing with the first such date to occur after the initial Funding Date) and (b) the Maturity Date.

 

Interest Period ” means (a) in the case of the initial Interest Period for the Initial Loans, the period commencing on the Funding Date and ending on but excluding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, (b) in the case of the initial Interest Period for any Delayed Draw Loan, the period commencing on the date of the Delayed Draw Borrowing and ending on but excluding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date and (c) in the case of any subsequent Interest Period (after the initial Interest Period for the Initial Loans or any Delayed Draw Loans, as applicable), the period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period and ending on but excluding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided , that, if any Interest Period would otherwise extend beyond the Maturity Date, such Interest Period shall end on the Maturity Date.  For the avoidance of doubt, other than with respect to any Stub Period, all determinations hereunder of “LIBOR” shall be determined based on an Interest Period of three months, and, at the end of each Interest Period, subject to Section 3.02 , all outstanding Loans shall be continued as a Borrowing with an Interest Period of three (3) months.

 

Investment ” means, as to any Person, (a) the purchase or other acquisition by such Person of Equity Interests or securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution by such Person to, Guarantee by such Person or assumption of Indebtedness by such Person of, or purchase or other acquisition by such Person of any Indebtedness or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) by such Person of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit.

 

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

Issuer ” means (i) Expedia, (ii) upon and after the occurrence of a Spin-Off Event, Spinco, and, (iii) upon and after an Issuer Merger Event, Newco, in each case, for so long as the Shares of such Issuer are Pledged Shares (it being understood that there may be multiple Issuers); provided that following the

 

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occurrence of an Issuer 251(g) Merger Event, the resulting Delaware corporation shall be deemed to be the “Issuer” (except for purposes of the definition of “Issuer 251(g) Merger Event”).

 

Issuer 251(g) Merger Event ” means a merger of an Issuer pursuant to which such Issuer becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company; provided that such merger satisfies each of the following conditions:  (a) Persons that “beneficially owned” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) the voting stock of such Issuer immediately prior to such transaction “beneficially own” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) shares of voting stock representing 100% of the total voting power of all outstanding classes of voting stock of such holding company and such Persons’ proportional voting power immediately after such transaction, vis-à-vis each other, with respect to the securities they receive in such transaction will be in substantially the same proportions as their respective voting power, vis-à-vis each other, immediately prior to such transaction and (b) such transaction meets each of the requirements for a merger without a shareholder vote pursuant to Section 251(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.  For purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means capital stock of any class or kind the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the applicable Issuer, even if the right to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

 

Issuer Acknowledgement ” means the notification and acknowledgement from Expedia substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto, pursuant to which, among other provisions, the parties thereto provide certain acknowledgments in respect of the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereunder.

 

Issuer Acquisition ” means, for any Issuer, the occurrence, effectiveness or consummation of any transaction or event pursuant to which (a) such Issuer directly or indirectly becomes a “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) of (i) any Equity Interests in the Borrower or (ii) more than 5.0% of the Equity Interests issued by any of the following Persons: (x) the Parent or (y) the Borrower Sole Member or (b) any Pledged Shares are subject to Transfer Restrictions other than Permissible Transfer Restrictions.

 

Issuer Delisting ” means, for any Issuer, the public announcement that the Shares of such Issuer are no longer listed or admitted for trading on any Designated Exchange, for any reason (other than as a result of an Issuer Merger Event or an Issuer Tender Offer) and are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any other Designated Exchange or quotation system ( provided that, if such Shares are so immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any other Designated Exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the “ Exchange ”).

 

Issuer Event ” means, for any Issuer, the Triggering of (a) a Share Price Event, (b) an Issuer Delisting, (c) an Issuer Trading Suspension, (d) an Issuer Tender Offer, (e) a Share Volume Event, (f) an Issuer Nationalization, or (g) an Issuer Acquisition.

 

Issuer Merger Event ” means, for any Issuer, as determined by the Calculation Agent, any (a) reclassification or change of the relevant Shares that results in a transfer of or an irrevocable commitment to transfer 100% of the outstanding Shares of such Issuer (without regard to any actions needed) to another Person, (b) consolidation, amalgamation, merger or binding share exchange of such Issuer with or into another Person (other than a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or binding share exchange in which such Issuer is the continuing entity and which does not result in a reclassification or change of 100% of the outstanding Shares of such Issuer), (c) takeover offer, tender offer, exchange offer, solicitation, proposal or other event by any Person to purchase or otherwise obtain 100% of the outstanding Shares of such Issuer that results in such Person purchasing, or otherwise obtaining or having

 

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the right to obtain, by conversion or other means, 100% of the outstanding Shares of such Issuer or (d) consolidation, amalgamation, merger or binding share exchange of such Issuer with or into another entity in which such Issuer is the continuing entity and which does not result in a reclassification or change of 100% of the outstanding Shares of such Issuer but results in the enterprise value of such Issuer being less than 100% of the enterprise value of the Person or Persons being acquired (prior to such acquisition), in each case determined by the Calculation Agent as of the announcement date of any such transaction; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, an Issuer 251(g) Merger Event will not constitute an Issuer Merger Event.

 

Issuer Nationalization ” means, for any Issuer, that (i) all or substantially all of the Shares of such Issuer or the assets of such Issuer are nationalized, expropriated or are otherwise required to be transferred to any governmental agency, authority, entity or instrumentality thereof, or (ii) the adoption, promulgation, enactment, order or decree, or the announcement of any of the foregoing, by or with effect on any governmental agency, authority, entity or instrumentality thereof at any time, of any event or circumstance (whether or not subsequently amended or appealed) that, if completed, would lead to any event set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i).

 

Issuer Tender Offer ” means, for any Issuer, as determined by the Calculation Agent, a takeover offer, tender offer, exchange offer, solicitation, proposal or other event by any Person that results in such Person purchasing, or otherwise obtaining or having the right to obtain, by conversion or other means, greater than 30.0% and less than 100% of the outstanding Shares of such Issuer, as determined by the Calculation Agent, based upon the making of filings with governmental or self-regulatory agencies or such other information as the Calculation Agent deems relevant; provided that, no Issuer Tender Offer shall be deemed to occur if the Calculation Agent, after non-binding consultation with the Borrower for up to three (3) Business Days during the period immediately following the date of such takeover offer, tender offer, exchange offer, solicitation, proposal or other event or transaction (or such longer period of time as determined by the Calculation Agent), determines that the product of (a) the Average Daily Trading Volume with respect to such Issuer after such takeover offer, tender offer, exchange offer, solicitation, proposal or other event or transaction multiplied by (b) the volume-weighted average Market Reference Price of the Shares of such Issuer during the applicable period over which the Calculation Agent has elected to measure the Average Daily Trading Volume is not expected to be less than the Threshold ADTV Level with respect to the Shares of such Issuer; provided , further , that if, in the reasonable judgment of the Calculation Agent, the Average Daily Trading Volume cannot reasonably be determined at such time, then the Average Daily Trading Volume shall be a good faith estimate of the expected Average Daily Trading Volume following such takeover offer, tender offer, exchange offer, solicitation, proposal or other event or transaction as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent which estimate may be adjusted by the Calculation Agent as soon as practicable following such time, after non-binding consultation with the Borrower for up to three (3) Business Days.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, based upon the making of public filings, such Issuer Tender Offer is in connection with a proposed Issuer Merger Event such that promptly following such Issuer Tender Offer (and in any event prior to the Maturity Date) an Issuer Merger Event will reasonably be likely to occur, as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent, then such Issuer Tender Offer shall be deemed not to have occurred for purposes of the definition of “Issuer Event” (but, for the avoidance of doubt, the related Issuer Merger Event may still occur upon its effectiveness), unless the Calculation Agent later determines that an Issuer Merger Event will not reasonably be likely to occur promptly following such Issuer Tender Offer, in which case such Issuer Tender Offer shall be deemed to have occurred on the Business Day following such determination unless the such Issuer Tender Offer fails and the parties terminate the agreement that would have resulted in the Issuer Merger Event, in which case such Issuer Tender Offer shall be deemed not to have occurred for purposes of the definition of “Issuer Event”.

 

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Issuer Trading Suspension ” means, for any Issuer, any suspension of trading of the Shares of such Issuer by the Exchange on any Scheduled Trading Day (whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Exchange or otherwise) for more than (i) two (2) consecutive Scheduled Trading Days where other securities trade generally on the Exchange or (ii) five (5) consecutive Scheduled Trading Days where other securities do not trade generally on the Exchange, as determined by the Calculation Agent.

 

July 2016 Facility Documents ” means, collectively, the “Loan Documents” as defined in the July 2016 Loan Agreement.

 

July 2016 Loan Agreement ” means that certain Margin Loan Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2016, among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as calculation agent.

 

July 2016 Pay-Off Letter ” means that certain Pay-Off and Collateral Release Letter, dated October 27, 2016, among the JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch, as applicable lender and applicable secured party, and Bank of America, N.A., as applicable lender, applicable secured party, administrative agent and calculation agent, and agreed to and acknowledged by the Borrower.

 

Laws ” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, all international, foreign, U.S. federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof applicable to such Person, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations, requirements and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

 

Lender ” means each Person set forth on Schedule I as a “Lender” on the date hereof and each other Person that becomes a party hereto as a “Lender” pursuant to Section 10.06 , in each case, from the time such Person is, or such Person becomes, as applicable, a party hereto, unless and until (a) such Person ceases to be a “Lender” hereunder as a result of an assignment pursuant to Section 10.06 or (b) the Commitments, if any, held by any such Person have been terminated and the Obligations (other than contingent obligations with respect to which no claim has been made), if any, owing to such Person have been paid in full; provided , however , the obligations of such Person as a Lender pursuant to Section 7(n) of the Security Agreement shall survive the termination of the Commitments held by such Person and the payment in full of the Obligations (other than contingent obligations with respect to which no claim has been made) owing to such Person.

 

Lender Appointment Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.06 .

 

Liberty Expedia Split-Off ” means the redemption of a portion of the shares of each of (i) the Series A Liberty Ventures common stock of Liberty Interactive (LVNTA) and (ii) the Series B Liberty Ventures common stock of Liberty Interactive (LVNTB) in exchange for 100% of the outstanding shares of the Parent, in each case, as contemplated in the Parent Form S-4.

 

Liberty Interactive ” means Liberty Interactive Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

Liberty Media ” means Liberty Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

LIBOR ” means, with respect to any Interest Period or other period determined by the Administrative Agent with respect to any overdue amount, the per annum rate as determined by the

 

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Administrative Agent with such Interest Period (or other period) equal to the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for U.S. Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period (or other period) as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; in each case the “ Screen Rate ”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (or other period); provided that if the Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (or other period) (an “ Impacted Interest Period ”) then “ LIBOR ” shall mean the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the Screen Rate for the longest period for which the Screen Rate is available that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time; provided , however , that if adequate and reasonable means for ascertaining the Screen Rates are not available to the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower.  If such notice is given and until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, then the applicable LIBOR shall be the rate notified to the Administrative Agent by each Lender as soon as practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period, to be that which expresses as a percentage a rate per annum equal to the cost to that Lender of funding its Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if LIBOR as otherwise determined pursuant to this definition shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever.

 

Loan ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, the Initial Loans and the Delayed Draw Loans.

 

Loan Document ” means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Collateral Documents, the Guarantee Agreement, the Fee Letters, the Issuer Acknowledgement and all other documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower for the benefit of any Agent or any Lender in connection herewith on or after the date hereof.

 

Loan Party ” means each of the Borrower and the Guarantor.

 

Lock-Up ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Permissible Transfer Restrictions”.

 

Long Position ” means any option, warrant, convertible security, swap agreement or other security, contract right or derivative position, whether or not presently exercisable, in respect of the Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, that is (i) a “call equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(b) of the Exchange Act, including any of the foregoing that would have been a “call equivalent position” but for the exclusion in Rule 16a-1(c)(6) of the Exchange Act, or (ii) otherwise constitutes an economic long position in respect of the Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent by reference to the applicable Issuer’s or the relevant Person’s most recent filings with the SEC, to the extent such information is reported in such filings; provided that options, warrants and securities granted by the applicable Issuer (or, as to Spin-Off

 

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Shares, Spinco) which relate to securities that are not yet issued or outstanding shall not be deemed a “Long Position”, until such securities are actually issued and become outstanding.

 

LTV Event Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(c) .

 

LTV Margin Call Level ” means 60.0%.

 

LTV Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the percentage determined by the Calculation Agent after the close of business on each Scheduled Trading Day by dividing (a)(i) the sum of (x) the then outstanding principal amount of the Loans and (y) all accrued and unpaid interest and fees thereon to and including such date minus (ii) the face amount of Eligible Cash Collateral consisting of Cash and 99.0% of the fair market value, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the amount of Eligible Cash Collateral consisting of Cash Equivalents by (b) the Collateral Value.

 

LTV Release Level ” means 40.0%.

 

LTV Reset Level ” means 50.0%.

 

Mandatory Prepayment Event ” means the occurrence of (a) a Change of Control, (b) an Issuer Event or (c) the failure of the Liberty Expedia Split-Off to occur on or prior to the later of (i) December 30, 2016 and (ii) the date that is thirty (30) days after the Closing Date.

 

Mandatory Prepayment Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a) .

 

Market Disruption Event ” means a Trading Disruption, an Exchange Disruption, an Early Closure or the applicable Exchange failing to open for trading during its regular trading session on any Scheduled Trading Day, in each case, related to any Shares.

 

Market Reference Price ” means, as of any date of determination, the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid and the average last ask prices) of the relevant Shares on the applicable Exchange as reported in composite transactions for the applicable Exchange on (x) such date of determination, if such date of determination is an Exchange Day and the relevant determination is made following the close of trading on the Exchange on such Exchange Day and (y) otherwise, the immediately preceding day (or if such date is not an Exchange Day for such Exchange, the immediately preceding Exchange Day for such Exchange); provided that if a Market Disruption Event has occurred on such date, the “Market Reference Price” shall be the “Market Reference Price” determined  on the immediately preceding Exchange Day for such Exchange; provided , further , that if a Market Disruption Event has occurred and continues to occur for more than one consecutive Scheduled Trading Day, the “Market Reference Price” of one such Share shall be equal to the applicable “Market Reference Price” (determined without giving effect to this proviso) on the immediately preceding day (or if such date is not an Exchange Day for such Exchange, the immediately preceding Exchange Day for such Exchange) multiplied by a percentage (expressed as a fraction) equal to (A) 100% less the (B) the product of (i) 5% and (ii) the number of consecutive Scheduled Trading Days for which a Market Disruption Event has occurred less one, until a Market Reference Price is determined (without regard to this proviso) for an Exchange Day on which no Market Disruption Event occurs.  The Market Reference Price shall be determined by the Calculation Agent.

 

Master Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Swap Contract”.

 

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Material Adverse Effect ” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Borrower or the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower or the Guarantor of any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect on the ability of any Applicable Lender to exercise its remedies at the times and in the manner contemplated by the Collateral Documents (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the imposition of Transfer Restrictions on the Pledged Shares other than the Permissible Transfer Restrictions).

 

Material Contract ” means, with respect to any Person, any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party (other than the Loan Documents) for which breach thereof could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Maturity Date ” means November 1, 2018 (or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day).

 

Maximum Rate ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.09 .

 

Maximum Share Number ” means 10,807,026 Common Shares.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of an Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, the Calculation Agent may adjust the Maximum Share Number and provide for a Maximum Share Number applicable to the Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, as it deems reasonably necessary pursuant to Section 1.02(d) .

 

Merger Shares ” means shares of common stock into which the relevant Shares are reclassified, converted into or exchanged in connection with an Issuer Merger Event and are (or will be upon the consummation of such Issuer Merger Event) listed for trading on a Designated Exchange and issued by an entity incorporated or organized under the law of the United States or any state thereof.

 

Minimum ADTV Level ” means 1,231,593 ; provided that, in the event of an Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, the Calculation Agent may adjust the Minimum ADTV Level and provide for a Minimum ADTV Level applicable to the Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, as it deems reasonably necessary pursuant to Section 1.02(d) .

 

Minimum Price ” means $64.615; provided that, in the event of an Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, the Calculation Agent may adjust the Minimum Price and provide for a Minimum Price applicable to the Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, as it deems reasonably necessary pursuant to Section 1.02(d) .

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

 

Newco ” means, in connection with an Issuer Merger Event, the issuer of the Merger Shares.

 

Non-public Information ” means information which has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD.

 

Note ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, an Initial Loan Note or Delayed Draw Loan Note.

 

Obligations ” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, the Borrower arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to the Loans, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now

 

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existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against the Borrower of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming the Borrower as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

 

Organizational Documents ” means (a) with respect to the Borrower, its certificate of formation adopted on March 3, 2016, and its limited liability company operating agreement adopted on March 3, 2016, as amended and restated on July 7, 2016, and as further amended and restated on the date hereof, and (b) with respect to the Parent, its certificate of incorporation adopted on March 15, 2016 and its bylaws adopted on March 15, 2016.

 

Original Shares ” means all of the Initial Pledged Shares, other than the Pre-emption Shares.

 

Original Shares Collateral Account ” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

 

Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

 

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.05 ).

 

Parent ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

 

Parent Company ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.09(a) .

 

Parent Form S-4 ” means the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Parent with the SEC on March 24, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 on Form S-4 filed by the Parent with the SEC on June 10, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 on Form S-4 filed by the Parent with the SEC on July 19, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 3 to Form S-1 on Form S-4 filed by the Parent with the SEC on August 25, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 4 to Form S-1 on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on September 23, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 5 to Form S-1 on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on September 30, 2016 and as such Registration Statement may be further amended.

 

Parent Group Collateral Value ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the product of (i) the applicable Market Reference Price of the Shares for such date and (ii) the number of Shares (other than the Shares subject to transactions permitted under clauses (iii)(A) or (B) of the definition of “Restricted Transaction” to the extent such transactions are secured by such Shares) owned by the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries (if any).

 

Parent Group LTV Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the percentage determined by dividing (a)(i) the then outstanding principal amount of the Loans minus (ii) the face amount of Eligible Cash Collateral consisting of Cash, plus 99% of the fair market value, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Eligible Cash Collateral consisting of Cash Equivalents, in each case, on deposit in the Collateral Accounts by (b) the Parent Group Collateral Value.

 

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Participant ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c) .

 

Participant Register ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c) .

 

Payoff ” means, the (a) termination of the aggregate commitments and any liens and (b) repayment in full of all obligations (other than contingent obligations with respect to which no claim has been made), in each case, existing under the July 2016 Facility Documents, all of which occurred on or prior to October 27, 2016.

 

Permissible Transfer Restrictions ” means (a) the Existing Transfer Restrictions, (b) Transfer Restrictions arising from Permitted Liens, (c) Transfer Restrictions arising under the Loan Documents, (d) Transfer Restrictions arising under the Proxy Swap Arrangements or (e) solely with respect to any Issuer 251(g) Merger Event, Spin-Off Shares or Merger Shares, any additional Transfer Restrictions that the Calculation Agent determines in its reasonable sole discretion are analogous to, and no more restrictive than, the Existing Transfer Restrictions.  Permissible Transfer Restrictions shall not include, in the hands of the Borrower, any “holding period” restrictions under Rule 144 on such shares or upon any resale of such shares or, other than with respect to the Pre-emption Shares, such shares being “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144.  Any Transfer Restriction arising from a customary “lock up” imposed upon the Borrower or the Guarantor in connection with an Issuer Merger Event or an Issuer Tender Offer undertaken in connection with an Issuer Merger Event, an Issuer Tender Offer by a Permitted Holder or an Issuer Acquisition (any such customary “lock up”, a “ Lock-Up ”), shall constitute a Permissible Transfer Restriction until the (a) consummation of the transaction constituting an Issuer Merger Event or an Issuer Tender Offer undertaken in connection with an Issuer Merger Event or (b) the Triggering of an Issuer Tender Offer by a Permitted Holder or of an Issuer Acquisition if, in the case of this clause (b), (i) the Borrower provides the Administrative Agent a copy of such Lock-Up at least five (5) Business Days prior to its execution and (ii) the Borrower provides evidence satisfactory to the Calculation Agent that a Person other than the Borrower or the Guarantor with a credit acceptable to the Calculation Agent, will be obligated to pay the Lenders all obligations of the Borrower following the consummation of such Issuer Tender Offer or Issuer Acquisition.  For the avoidance of doubt, (a) a Lock-Up will not be permitted in any way to limit the grant of a Lien on any Pledged Shares or other Collateral or a Lender’s ability to exercise its rights and remedies hereunder or under the other Loan Documents with respect to any Pledged Shares or other Collateral or otherwise, and (b) a Lock-Up shall not constitute a Permissible Transfer Restriction on and after the consummation of the related Issuer Merger Event, Issuer Tender Offer or Issuer Acquisition.

 

Permitted Assets ” means (a) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Permitted Securities, Shares and Collateral, (b) proceeds of the forgoing consisting of Cash, Cash Equivalents, Permitted Securities, Shares and Collateral and (c) dividends and distributions in respect of any Cash, Cash Equivalents, Permitted Securities, Shares and/or Collateral.

 

Permitted Holder ” means any one or more of (a) Liberty Interactive (or its successors), (b) Liberty Media (or its successors), (c) the Parent (or its successors), (d) John C. Malone, Gregory B. Maffei, Barry Diller or any other executive officer or director of Liberty Interactive (or its successors) or the Parent (or its successors), (e) each of the respective Affiliated Persons of the Persons referred to in clause (d) and (f) any Person of which a majority of the aggregate voting power of all the outstanding classes or series of the Equity Interests of which are beneficially owned by any one or more of the Persons referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e); provided that no Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries shall be, directly or indirectly, a Permitted Holder.  For purposes of this definition, “person” and “group” have the meanings given to them for purposes of Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provisions, and the term “group” includes any group acting for the purposes of acquiring, holding or

 

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disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision.

 

Permitted Liabilities ” means (a) all Contractual Obligations under the Loan Documents and the July 2016 Facility Documents, (b) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied upon the Borrower or upon its income, profits or property, (c) all costs and expenses of the Independent Manager, (d) any other liabilities or obligations of any nature expressly allowed to be incurred by the Borrower pursuant to the definition of “Special Purpose Entity”, (e) liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or in connection with transactions not prohibited under the Loan Documents (excluding Indebtedness for borrowed money and guarantees thereof) and (f) costs and expenses  relating to the administration, ownership, management and Disposition of the Permitted Assets which (A) do not exceed, at the date of determination, a maximum amount equal to the lesser of (x) two percent (2%) of the aggregate amount of the Loans then outstanding and (y) $600,000 and (B) are paid within thirty (30) days of the date incurred or, if later, invoiced.

 

Permitted Liens ” means (a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document, (b) Permissible Transfer Restrictions, (c) inchoate Liens in respect of Taxes and claims permitted not to be paid in accordance with Section 6.06 and (d) the Liens of the Custodian to the extent expressly permitted under the Collateral Account Control Agreement.

 

Permitted Securities ” means any of the following:

 

(a)         readily marketable direct obligations of the government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof that are obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the government of the United States that have a maturity of not greater than five (5) years;

 

(b)         short-term commercial paper issued by United States corporations and rated at least A-l by S&P or P-1 by Moody’s; provided that the aggregate value of all commercial paper of any single issuer shall not exceed $10 million;

 

(c)         indebtedness of any Person rated at least A by S&P or A2 by Moody’s with a maturity of five (5) years or less; provided that the aggregate value of all such indebtedness of any single issuer shall not exceed $10 million; and

 

(d)         money market mutual funds; provided that such funds invest only in Cash, Cash Equivalents or other Permitted Securities and/or repurchase agreements for securities described in clause (a) above.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

Plan ” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) whether or not subject to ERISA or the Code, established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA or any substantially similar non-US law, any ERISA Affiliate.

 

Platform ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.17 .

 

Pledged Shares ” means (a) as of the date hereof, 10,807,026 Common Shares credited to any and all Collateral Accounts (the “ Initial Pledged Shares ”) and (b) after the date hereof, all Shares credited to any and all Collateral Accounts.

 

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Potential Adjustment Event ” means any of the following:

 

(a)         a subdivision, consolidation or reclassification of Shares, unless resulting in an Issuer Merger Event, or a free distribution or dividend of any Shares to existing holders by way of bonus, capitalization or similar issue;

 

(b)         a distribution, issuance or dividend to existing holders of Shares of (i)  such Shares or any other shares, (ii) other share capital or securities granting the right to payment of dividends and/or the proceeds of liquidation of the relevant Issuer equally or proportionately with such payments to holders of any Shares, (iii) share capital or other securities of another issuer acquired or owned (directly or indirectly) by any Issuer as a result of a spin-off or other similar transaction, or (iv) any other type of securities, rights or warrants or other assets, in any case for payment (cash or other consideration) at less than the prevailing market price as determined by the Calculation Agent;

 

(c)         an extraordinary dividend with respect to any class of shares of any Issuer;

 

(d)         a call by any Issuer in respect of any class of shares of such Issuer that is not fully paid;

 

(e)         a repurchase by any Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries of the Shares of such Issuer, whether out of profits or capital and whether the consideration for such repurchase is cash, securities or otherwise;

 

(f)          in respect of any Issuer, an event that results in any shareholder rights being distributed or becoming separated from the Shares of such Issuer or other shares of the capital stock of such Issuer pursuant to a shareholder rights plan or arrangement directed against hostile takeovers that provides upon the occurrence of certain events for a distribution of preferred stock, warrants, debt instruments or stock rights at a price below their market value, as determined by the Calculation Agent; provided that any adjustment effected as a result of such an event shall be readjusted upon any redemption of such rights;

 

(g)         a Disposition by the Guarantor or its Subsidiaries (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (determined without giving effect to the value of the Borrower or the Pledged Shares and excluding Dispositions among the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries) unless the Guarantor receives fair value in respect thereof (for the avoidance of doubt, the entry into, termination of, or existence of the Proxy Swap Arrangements shall not result in a Potential Adjustment Event under this clause (g)); or

 

(h)         any other event (other than an Issuer Event) that may have a diluting or concentrative effect on the theoretical value of the relevant Shares, as determined by the Calculation Agent.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) an Issuer 251(g) Merger Event shall not result in a Potential Adjustment Event and (ii) in the event an Issuer Spin-Off Event occurs, and the relevant Spin-Off Shares cease to constitute Collateral at any time thereafter, then the occurrence of any of the events set forth above shall not constitute a Potential Adjustment Event with respect to the Spin-Off Shares during such time that Spin-Off Shares do not constitute Collateral; provided that, if any such events occur during such time and subsequent to such time the Borrower desires to pledge Spin-Off Shares as Collateral in accordance with this Agreement, then prior to such pledge, the Calculation Agent (or the Lenders to the extent permitted under Sections 2.05(a) and 2.09(a) ) shall be permitted to make such adjustments as may be determined in accordance with Section 1.02(d)  and such event will be deemed to

 

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be a Potential Adjustment Event entitling the Calculation Agent (or the Lenders to the extent permitted under Sections 2.05(a)  and 2.09(a) ) to make such adjustments in respect of the Spin-Off Shares.

 

Pre-emption Shares ” means 997,121 Initial Pledged Shares, which were acquired by Liberty Interactive in March 2013, October 2014 and April 2015 pursuant to its exercise of pre-emptive rights under the Governance Agreement.

 

Pre-emption Shares Collateral Account ” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

 

Prepayment Amount ” means, with respect to any payment or prepayment of the Loans by the Borrower pursuant to (a)  Section 2.04 (including as provided in Section 2.09(a) ), (b)  Section 2.05 , (c)  Section 7.04 in connection with a Disposition of Pledged Shares, or (d) upon or following an acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section 8.02 , (y) if such prepayment or payment upon or following an acceleration occurs prior to the Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the principal amount being prepaid, (ii) 0.75% (75 basis points) and (iii) the actual number of calendar days from the date of such prepayment or payment to the Prepayment Date divided by 360, or (z) if such prepayment or payment upon or following an acceleration occurs on or after the Prepayment Date, zero.

 

Prepayment Date ” means the first Business Day immediately following the date that is the first anniversary of the Closing Date.

 

Prime Rate ” means a rate set by the Administrative Agent based upon various factors including the Administrative Agent’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by the Administrative Agent shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

 

Pro Rata Basis ” means in proportion to each Lender’s Applicable Percentage relating to the Loans under this Agreement, subject, in each case, to rounding to the nearest Share, $0.01 or item or unit of other securities or property, as applicable.

 

Proxy Swap Arrangements ” means (i) the Amended and Restated Transaction Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2016, by and among Parent, Liberty Interactive, John C. Malone, Leslie Malone and Barry Diller, (ii) the Diller Assignment, to be dated as of the effective date of the Liberty Expedia Split-Off, by and among Parent and Barry Diller, (iii) the Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement, to be dated as of the effective date of the Liberty Expedia Split-Off, by and among Parent, Borrower, LEXEB, LLC, Liberty Interactive and Barry Diller, (iv) the Assignment and Assumption of Governance Agreement, to be dated as of the effective date of the Liberty Expedia Split-Off, by and among Parent, Borrower, LEXEB, LLC, Liberty Interactive, Barry Diller and Expedia, and (v) Amendment No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, to be dated as of the effective date of the Liberty Expedia Split-Off, by and between Barry Diller and Parent, in each case, in substantially the form disclosed in the Parent Form S-4 as of the Closing Date.

 

Purchaser Representations ” means the following representations, warranties and agreements made by an assignee or participant, as applicable:  (i) a representation and warranty that such assignee or participant is a QIB, a QP and an “accredited investor” as defined in Section 2(a)(15)(ii) of the Securities Act and is entering into such assignment or participation as principal and not for the benefit of any third party, (ii) a representation that such assignee or participant is not a Permitted Holder, a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower, the Guarantor, the Borrower Sole Member, any Issuer or an Affiliate of a Permitted Holder, a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower, the Guarantor, the Borrower Sole Member or any Issuer, (iii) an acknowledgment that such assignee or participant fully understands any restrictions on transfers,

 

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sales and other dispositions in the Loan Documents or relating to any Collateral consisting of the Pledged Shares, (iv) an acknowledgment that such assignee or participant is able to bear the economic risk of its investment in the participation and is currently able to afford a complete loss of such investment, (v) a covenant that such assignee or participant will only assign its Loans or sell its participation or participations therein pursuant to documentation including such Purchaser Representations, (vi) an acknowledgment by such assignee or participant that the Pledged Shares forming part of the Collateral cannot be sold by the Borrower without registration under, or in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements under, the Securities Act, (vii) an acknowledgment that such assignee or participant is not entering into such assignment or participation on the basis of any material Non-public Information with respect to the Borrower, any Issuer, their Subsidiaries or their securities, and, if applicable, it has implemented reasonable policies and procedures, taking into consideration the nature of its business, to ensure that individuals making investment decisions would not violate the laws prohibiting trading on the basis of material Non-public Information (it being understood that such assignee or participant may have material Non-public Information on the private side of its information wall, sometimes referred to as a “Chinese Wall,” at the time of such assignment or participation); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, “material Non-public Information concerning the Borrower, any Issuer, their Subsidiaries or their securities” shall not include any information made available to both the assignee and the assignor or both the participant and the seller of a participation interest, as the case may be, and (vii) an acknowledgment that it has made an independent decision to purchase its Loans or participation based on information available to it, which it has determined adequate for the purpose.

 

QIB ” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

QP ” means a “qualified purchaser” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act.

 

Ratable Share ” (a) of any amount means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding at such time owed to such Lender, and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding at such time and (ii) such amount and (b) of any type of Collateral, means, with respect to any Applicable Lender at any time, the product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding at such time owed to such Applicable Lender, plus such portion of the Loans of each Agented Lender that such Applicable Lender is holding Collateral on behalf of, and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding at such time and (ii) the aggregate amount of such type of Collateral, subject to rounding to the nearest Share, $0.01 or item or unit of other securities or property, as applicable.

 

Recipient ” means (a) any Agent and (b) any Lender.

 

Register ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(a) .

 

Regulation FD ” means Regulation FD as promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the branches, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Replacement Shares ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(f)(i) .

 

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Required Delayed Draw Lenders ” means at any time Lenders holding at least a majority of the sum of the aggregate unused Delayed Draw Commitments; provided that the Delayed Draw Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Delayed Draw Lenders.

 

Required Lenders ” means at any time Lenders holding at least a majority of the sum of (a) the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans and (b) the aggregate principal amount of the unused Commitments (if any); provided that the outstanding Loans held by, and unused Commitments of, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

 

Responsible Officer ” means the president, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any vice president of a Loan Party or the Borrower Sole Member, solely for purposes of delivery of certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iii) , the secretary or assistant secretary of a Loan Party or the Borrower Sole Member and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II , any other person duly authorized to act for and on behalf of such Loan Party or the Borrower Sole Member, as applicable, so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of such Loan Party or the Borrower Sole Member, as applicable. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of the applicable Loan Party or the Borrower Sole Member, as applicable and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such applicable Loan Party or the Borrower Sole Member, as applicable.

 

Restricted Payment ” means, with respect to any Person, any dividend or other distribution (however denominated, including as “ yield ” and whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of such Person, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to such Person’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof).

 

Restricted Transaction ” means, in respect of the Guarantor, the Borrower and any of their respective Subsidiaries,

 

(i)            any financing transaction, secured by or referencing any Shares (other than the Loans and, for the avoidance of doubt, any transaction of the type described in clauses (iii)(A) or (iii)(B) of this definition),

 

(ii)           any grant, occurrence or existence of any Lien on any Shares (other than (x) Liens securing the obligations under the Loan Documents, (y) Permitted Liens and (z) Liens on assets not constituting Collateral with respect to any swap, hedge or derivative transaction described in clauses (iii)(A) or (iii)(B) of this definition) or

 

(iii)          any swap, hedge or derivative transaction (including by means of a physically- or cash-settled derivative or otherwise) related to any Shares other than:

 

(A)          Exchangeable Securities; and

 

(B)          a transaction relating to a number of Shares owned by any of the Guarantor or its Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower), in each case, which is a counterparty thereto, and which is not secured by Shares that constitute Collateral that consists of (a) (x) put options purchased by the Parent, or its Subsidiaries (other than the

 

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Borrower) (“ Put Options ”) and/or (y) call options sold by such party (provided any such call options have a strike price greater than the strike price of the Put Options in the event that Put Options have been purchased in connection therewith), (b) forward transactions by the Guarantor or its Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower) as seller and/or (c) any other similar sale transaction that has the same economic effect (including associated trading activity), including any related loans customarily entered into in connection with such transactions described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c); provided that prior to the Guarantor or any such Subsidiary entering into any such derivative transaction as contemplated by this clause (iii)(B), the Guarantor shall have notified each Lender and provided such Lender with a reasonable opportunity to participate in such derivative transaction.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, any sale or other transfer of the Equity Interests of the Borrower or the Borrower Sole Member shall not constitute a Restricted Transaction.

 

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor provision.

 

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, or any successor thereto.

 

Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country or territory which is the subject or target of any Sanctions.

 

Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person Controlled by any such Person.

 

Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.

 

Scheduled Trading Day ” means any day on which the applicable Exchange is scheduled to be open for trading during the regular trading session (it being understood and agreed that any day on which the Exchange is scheduled to be open for trading but is scheduled to close early in connection with a current or pending holiday shall constitute a regular trading session).

 

SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

 

Secured Parties ” means, collectively, each of the Applicable Lenders, as collateral agent for the benefit of each Lender and each Agent, and each such Applicable Lender, individually, being a “Secured Party”.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Security Agreement ” means the Security Agreement to be executed by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit D .

 

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Share Price Event ” means the occurrence, as of the close of business on any Scheduled Trading Day, of the Market Reference Price of any Pledged Shares being equal to or less than the Minimum Price for such Shares.

 

Share Volume Event ” means the occurrence, as of the close of business on any Scheduled Trading Day, of the Average Daily Trading Volume being less than the Minimum ADTV Level, as determined by the Calculation Agent.

 

Shares ” means, collectively, (i) the Common Shares and (ii) following the occurrence of an Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, Merger Shares and/or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable; provided that following the occurrence of an Issuer 251(g) Merger Event, the shares of common stock issued by the resulting Delaware corporation shall be deemed to be “Shares” (except for purposes of the definition of Issuer 251(g) Merger Event).

 

Solvency Certificate ” means a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H .

 

Solvent ” means, with respect to any Person, that as of any date of determination, (i) the present fair value of such Person’s assets exceeds the total amount of such Person’s liabilities (including contingent liabilities), (ii) such Person has capital and assets sufficient to carry on its businesses, (iii) such Person is not engaged and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction for which its remaining assets are unreasonably small in relation to such business or transaction and (iv) such Person does not intend to incur (or reasonably believe that it will incur) debts and/or liabilities beyond its ability to pay such debts or liabilities as they become due.  The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

Special Purpose Entity ” means a limited liability company which, at all times since its formation and thereafter, shall be (i) organized solely for the following purposes set forth in clauses (a) through (e) below and (ii) operated in accordance with clauses (f) through (ff) below:

 

(a)         to acquire, own, hold, vote, sell, transfer, exchange, assign, dispose of, manage, encumber, pledge and otherwise deal with and in the Permitted Assets in a manner not prohibited by the Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents;

 

(b)         to enter into and perform its obligations under or with respect to this Agreement and the other Loan  Documents and all documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered in connection therewith and the borrowings thereunder, the July 2016 Facility Documents and all Contractual Obligations not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents;

 

(c)         to receive and distribute to the Borrower Sole Member, in the sole discretion of the Borrower Sole Member, as the sole member and a manager of the Borrower, (i) the proceeds of borrowings under this Agreement or the July 2016 Loan Agreement as a dividend or a return of capital, (ii) any Permitted Assets, other than Collateral (except to the extent such Collateral has been released pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) and (iii) any proceeds of any of the foregoing, in each case to the extent not prohibited by the Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents;

 

(d)         to incur, issue, pay or discharge Permitted Liabilities (which, in the case of Indebtedness for borrowed money, shall be limited to the Obligations);

 

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(e)                             to engage in any lawful act or activity and to exercise any powers permitted to limited liability companies organized under the laws of the State of Delaware that are related or incidental to and necessary, convenient or advisable for the accomplishment of the above mentioned purposes, including the power to maintain its legal existence, the power to incur reasonable fees, costs and expenses related to the ownership, administration and management of the Permitted Assets and the power to discharge Permitted Liabilities incurred in the furtherance of the foregoing purposes, in each case, to the extent not expressly prohibited under the Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents;

 

(f)                              has not engaged and will not engage in any business unrelated to the purpose of such limited liability company as set forth in this definition;

 

(g)                             has not owned and will not own any asset or property other than Permitted Assets and incidental personal property necessary for the conduct of its business as permitted under this definition, the Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents;

 

(h)                            has not bought or held and will not buy or hold any evidence of indebtedness issued by any other Person, other than Permitted Assets;

 

(i)                                to the fullest extent permitted by law, has not engaged in, sought or consented to and will not engage in, seek or consent to any dissolution, winding up or liquidation, in whole or in part, and, to the extent prohibited under the Loan Documents, has not and will not engage in any consolidation, merger or asset sale or amendment of its certificate of formation or operating agreement;

 

(j)                               has not failed and will not fail to correct any known misunderstanding regarding the separate identity of such entity;

 

(k)                            has maintained and will maintain its own separate books, records and bank accounts;

 

(l)                                has maintained and will maintain its books, records, resolutions and agreements as official records at its offices at 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112 and not change the location of such books, records, resolutions and agreements without first providing the Administrative Agent at least thirty (30) days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice of such change in location;

 

(m)                        has maintained and will maintain a separate statement of assets and liabilities showing its assets and liabilities separate and apart from those of any other Person and not permit its assets and liabilities to be listed on the financial statements of any other Person; provided that the financial statements of an Issuer may be consolidated into the Borrower’s financial statements to the extent required by GAAP; provided , further , that the Borrower’s assets and liabilities may be included in the consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor and/or the Borrower Sole Member so long as (A) appropriate notations shall be made on such consolidated financial statements to indicate the separateness of the Borrower and the Guarantor and/or the Borrower Sole Member and to include that the Borrower’s assets and credit are not available to satisfy the debt and other obligations of the Guarantor, the Borrower Sole Member or any other Person and (B) such assets shall also be listed on the Borrower’s own separate balance sheet;

 

(n)                            has not commingled and will not commingle its funds or other assets with those of any other Person, except to the extent expressly permitted or required under the Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents;

 

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(o)                            except as otherwise expressly required or permitted by this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents, has held and will hold its assets in its own name, and has maintained and will maintain its assets in such a manner that it will not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of any other Person;

 

(p)                            [reserved];

 

(q)                            is and intends to remain Solvent, and has paid and will pay its own debts and liabilities out of its own funds and assets (to the extent of such funds and assets) as the same shall become due, and will give prompt written notice to the Administrative Agent of the insolvency or bankruptcy filing of the Borrower, the Guarantor or the Borrower Sole Member; provided that the foregoing shall not require the Guarantor, the Borrower Sole Member or any other Person to make any additional contributions to the Borrower;

 

(r)                               has done or caused to be done, and will do or cause to be done, all things necessary to observe all limited liability company formalities and preserve its existence and good standing, and will not amend, modify or otherwise change any of the single purpose, separateness or bankruptcy remote provisions or requirements of its operating agreement or other organizational documents, in each case as described in this definition (except as required by law or approved by the Required Lenders or pursuant to Section 7.06 );

 

(s)                              shall not enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrower whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower as would be obtainable by the Borrower at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate; provided that (i) the Borrower may enter into any Contractual Obligation or any other transaction with an Affiliate expressly permitted under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) the Guarantor or the Borrower Sole Member may make additional capital contributions of Permitted Assets to the Borrower at such times, in such amounts and on such terms as they  may, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate or advisable, and the Borrower may receive and deal with same, (iii) the Borrower may distribute, dividend or otherwise transfer the proceeds of the Loans and any other Permitted Assets, other than Collateral (except to the extent such Collateral has been released pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement), to the Borrower Sole Member, the Guarantor or any of its other Affiliates and (iv) the Borrower may continue to acquire, own, hold, vote, sell, transfer, exchange, assign, dispose of, manage, encumber and otherwise deal with and in  the Permitted Assets (and exercise the Borrower’s rights with respect thereto), in each case in a manner that is not prohibited by any provision of the Loan Documents;

 

(t)                               has no and will have no (x) Indebtedness other than Permitted Assets and Permitted Liabilities or (y) Contractual Obligations other than Permitted Assets, Permitted Liabilities, the Proxy Swap Arrangements or Contractual Obligations ancillary or relating thereto or consisting of Lock-Ups or entered into in connection with asset sales permitted under this Agreement and containing customary obligations and undertakings customary for such asset sales;

 

(u)                            has not assumed and will not assume, guarantee, become obligated for or hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the debts or obligations of any other Person, including any Affiliate of the Borrower, or the decisions or actions respecting the daily business or affairs of any other Person, including any such Affiliate;

 

(v)                            has not acquired and will not acquire obligations or securities of the Borrower Sole Member;

 

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(w)                          has conducted, and will at all times conduct, its business solely in its own name in a manner not misleading to other Persons as to its identity (including through the use of separate stationery, invoices and checks bearing its own name);

 

(x)                            other than in connection with the Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents, has not pledged and will not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person;

 

(y)                            has held itself out and identified itself and will hold itself out and identify itself to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from any other Person and under its own name;

 

(z)                             has not made or permitted to remain and will not make or permit to remain outstanding any loan or advance to, or own or acquire any stock or securities of, any Person, except that the Borrower may invest in the Permitted Assets and may make any loan or advance required or expressly permitted to be made pursuant to any provisions of the Loan Documents and permit the same to remain outstanding in accordance with such provisions;

 

(aa)                     has maintained and intends to maintain adequate capital (to the extent there is adequate cash flow from Permitted Assets) for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character and in light of its contemplated business operations; provided that the foregoing shall not require the Parent or the Borrower Sole Member to make any additional contributions to the Borrower;

 

(bb)                     has not permitted and will not permit any Affiliate of the Borrower independent access to its bank accounts except for the duly authorized officers, employees and agents of the Borrower Sole Member or the Parent, in each case acting on behalf of the Borrower Sole Member in its capacity as the sole member and a manager of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the Organizational Documents of the Borrower;

 

(cc)                       has not identified and will not identify the Borrower Sole Member or other Affiliates of the Borrower as a division or a department of the Borrower, and has not identified and will not identify itself as a department or division or part of any other Person except, in each case, as required by applicable Law with respect to Taxes or as provided by clause (m) above;

 

(dd)                     has not formed, acquired or held and will not form, acquire or hold any Subsidiary (whether corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other);

 

(ee)                       has caused and will use its best efforts to cause its agents and other representatives to act at all times with respect to the business and affairs of such entity in compliance with the foregoing; and

 

(ff)                         has and will have an Independent Manager.

 

Spinco ” means, in connection with a Spin-Off Event, the issuer of the Spin-Off Shares.

 

Spin-Off Event ” means a distribution, whether as a dividend or otherwise, of the common stock of any Person (other than a Person that is then an Issuer) by an Issuer to the holders of the Shares of such Issuer, as determined by the Calculation Agent.

 

Spin-Off Shares ” means the shares of common stock of a Person (other than a Person that is then an Issuer) distributed to the holders of the Shares of such Issuer in connection with a Spin-Off Event and

 

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are (or will be upon the consummation of such Spin-Off Event) listed for trading on a Designated Exchange and issued by an entity incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof.

 

Stockholders Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011, between Liberty Interactive and Barry Diller, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including pursuant to the Proxy Swap Arrangements.

 

Stub Period ” shall mean, (a) unless a Loan is made on an Interest Payment Date, the initial Interest Period with respect to such Loan and (b) unless the Maturity Date is on Interest Payment Date, the Interest Period ending on the Maturity Date.

 

Subsidiary ” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise Controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person; provided that no Issuer shall be included as a “Subsidiary” of the Borrower or the Guarantor for any purposes under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

 

Substituted Shares ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(f)(i) .

 

Swap Contract ” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms, and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “ Master Agreement ”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 

Swap Termination Value ” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contract(s), (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contract(s) have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a) above, the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined in accordance with the methodology for determining termination value in such Swap Contract.

 

Synthetic Lease Obligation ” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic or off-balance sheet lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

 

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Taxes ” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Threshold ADTV Level ” means $150,000,000; provided that, in the event of an Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, the Calculation Agent may adjust the Threshold ADTV Level and provide for a Threshold ADTV Level applicable to the Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, as it deems reasonably necessary pursuant to Section 1.02(d) .

 

Threshold Amount ” means (a) with respect to the Borrower, $500,000 and (b) with respect to the Guarantor, $5,000,000.

 

Threshold Market Capitalization ” means, with respect to a surviving or successor entity to the Issuer as of the date of this Agreement, $8.0 billion.

 

Trading Disruption ” means the occurrence or existence during the one-half hour period ending on the scheduled close of trading on any Exchange Day of any material suspension of or limitation imposed on trading by the relevant Exchange (whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by such Exchange or otherwise) in any Shares, as determined by the Calculation Agent, other than as a result of an Early Closure.

 

Trading with the Enemy Act ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.19 .

 

Transfer Restrictions ” means, with respect to any property (including, in the case of securities, security entitlements in respect thereof), any condition to or restriction on the ability of the holder thereof to sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer such property or to enforce the provisions thereof or of any document related thereto whether set forth in such property itself or in any document related thereto, including (i) any requirement that any sale, assignment, pledge or other transfer or enforcement of such property be subject to any volume limitations or be consented to or approved by any person, including the issuer thereof or any other obligor thereon, (ii) any limitations on the type or status, financial or otherwise, of any purchaser, pledgee, assignee or transferee of such property, (iii) any requirement of the delivery of any certificate, consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document of any person to the issuer of, any other obligor on or any registrar or transfer agent for, such property, prior to the sale, pledge, assignment or other transfer or enforcement of such property, (iv) any registration or qualification requirement or prospectus delivery requirement for such property pursuant to any federal, state or foreign securities law (including any such requirement arising under the Securities Act of 1933), (v) any condition to or restriction on the ability of a potential purchaser, assignee, pledgee or transferee to acquire such property from the holder thereof and (vi) any legend or other notification appearing on any certificate representing such property to the effect that any such condition or restriction exists; except that the required delivery of any assignment, instruction or entitlement order from the Borrower or any pledgor, assignor or transferor of such property or item of collateral, together with any evidence of the corporate or other authority of such Person, shall not constitute such a condition or restriction.

 

Treasury Regulations ” means the final or temporary regulations that have been issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury pursuant to its authority under the Code, and any successor regulations.

 

Triggering ” means with respect to an Issuer Event:

 

(a)                            that is an Issuer Nationalization, Issuer Trading Suspension, Share Price Event or Share Volume Event, the occurrence or effectiveness thereof; provided that if a Share Price Event or Share Volume Event occurs following a Potential Adjustment Event, Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, as

 

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applicable, the Triggering shall not occur until such time as the Calculation Agent has made its determination as to the appropriate adjustments, if any, to be made to the Minimum Price, the Maximum Share Number and the Minimum ADTV Level; provided , further , that no Triggering of an Issuer Nationalization, Issuer Trading Suspension, Share Price Event or Share Volume Event, in each case that relates to Spin-Off Shares, shall be deemed to have occurred (x) to the extent that such Spin-Off Shares are not included in the Collateral or (y) if such Spin-Off Shares are included in the Collateral, to the extent that at the time of such Issuer Nationalization, Issuer Trading Suspension, Share Price Event or Share Volume Event with respect such Spin-Off Shares, the LTV Ratio (calculated without giving any Collateral Value to such Spin-Off Shares) does not exceed the LTV Margin Call Level, as determined by the Calculation Agent;

 

(b)                            that is an Issuer Acquisition or Issuer Tender Offer, the announcement or public filing of any event or transaction that if consummated or completed would, in the reasonable judgment of the Calculation Agent, result in an Issuer Acquisition or Issuer Tender Offer; provided that the Triggering shall be the occurrence or effectiveness of such Issuer Acquisition or an Issuer Tender Offer by a Permitted Holder, if Borrower provides evidence satisfactory to the Calculation Agent that a Person other than the Borrower or the Guarantor with a credit acceptable to the Calculation Agent will be obligated to pay the Lenders all obligations of the Borrower following such Issuer Event; and

 

(c)                             the effectiveness, consummation or occurrence of such Issuer Event if no Triggering of such Issuer Event occurred pursuant to the previous clauses; provided that in the case of an Issuer Acquisition set forth under clause (i) of the definition thereof as to which a Triggering occurred without a public announcement, public filing or notice by the Borrower, the Calculation Agent shall give the Borrower reasonable evidence of the occurrence of such Triggering and the Triggering shall occur five (5) Business Days thereafter, unless otherwise cured.

 

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York.

 

United States ” and “ U.S. ” mean the United States of America.

 

Upfront Fee Letter ” means that certain letter agreement, dated the Closing Date, among the Borrower and the Initial Lenders.

 

U.S. Person ” means any Person who is a “ U.S. person ” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(g)(ii)(B)(III) .

 

USA PATRIOT Act ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.15 .

 

Valuation Percentage ”  means, with respect to any Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as the case may be, the applicable percentage reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent, after non-binding consultation with the Borrower for up to three (3) Business Days during the period prior to the effectiveness of the related Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, as applicable (or such longer period of time as determined by the Calculation Agent), for purposes of determining the Collateral Value with respect to such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as the case may be; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt (i) the Valuation Percentage may be a percentage between 0% and 100%, inclusive, and (ii) the Calculation Agent may, but is not required to, determine the Valuation Percentage by reference to, among other factors and without limitation, applicable Transfer Restrictions other than Permissible Transfer Restrictions (whether in the hands of the Borrower or any Lender or Agent exercising its rights with

 

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respect thereto under the Loan Documents) and the liquidity of the relevant securities; provided , further, that if, in the reasonable judgment of the Calculation Agent, the Valuation Percentage cannot reasonably be determined prior to or upon the effectiveness of the related Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, then the Valuation Percentage shall be a good faith estimate as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent which may be adjusted by the Calculation Agent as soon as practicable following such effectiveness and after non-binding consultation with the Borrower for up to three (3) Business Days.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, with respect to such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, no Transfer Restrictions other than Permissible Transfer Restrictions (whether in the hands of the Borrower or any Lender or Agent exercising its rights with respect thereto under the Loan Documents) apply and such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, are (or upon consummation of the relevant Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event will be (it being understood and agreed that such Shares shall not constitute Eligible Pledged Shares until such time as such Shares are listed for trading on a Designated Exchange)) listed for trading on a Designated Exchange, the Valuation Percentage shall be 100% with respect to such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, if the Calculation Agent determines that each of the following conditions is satisfied: (A) the Issuer of such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, (i) has filed all required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable, for at least twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that such Issuer was required to file such reports) and (ii) has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File (as defined in Rule 11 of SEC Regulation S-T) required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of SEC Regulation S-T, for at least twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that such Issuer was required to submit and post such files), (B) the market capitalization of the issuer of such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, is greater than the Threshold Market Capitalization, (C) the Average Daily Trading Volume of such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, as determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner, is no worse than the Average Daily Trading Volume of the relevant Shares immediately prior to the time of the applicable Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, in each case, as determined on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the applicable Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event and is greater than the Minimum ADTV Level; provided , further , that if, in the reasonable judgment of the Calculation Agent, the Average Daily Trading Volume cannot reasonably be determined at such time, then the Average Daily Trading Volume shall be a good faith estimate of the expected Average Daily Trading Volume following such Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent which estimate may be adjusted by the Calculation Agent as soon as practicable following such time, after non-binding consultation with the Borrower for up to three (3) Business Days, and (D) the Free Float of such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, as determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner is at least equal to 70.0%.  Upon receipt of written request from the Borrower following any determination of a Valuation Percentage, the Calculation Agent shall reasonably promptly provide Borrower with a written explanation describing in reasonable detail any calculation or determination made by it in determining such Valuation Percentage (including any quotations, market data or information from internal sources used in making such calculations, but without disclosing Calculation Agent’s proprietary models or confidential information).

 

Voluntary Prepayment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04 .

 

Voluntary Prepayment Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04 .

 

Withholding Agent ” means any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

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1.02                         Other Interpretive Provisions .  With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

 

(a)                            The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “ include ,” “ includes ” and “ including ” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “ without limitation ”.  The word “ shall ” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “ will ”.  Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organizational Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (subject to any restrictions on, or an Event of Default resulting from, such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (iii) the words “ herein ,” “ hereof ” and “ hereunder ,” and words of similar import, when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such Law and any reference to any Law shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such Law as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “ asset ” and “ property ” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

 

(b)                            In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “ from ” means “ from and including ;” the words “ to ” and “ until ” each mean “ to but excluding ;” and the word “ through ” means “ to and including ”.

 

(c)                             Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

(d)                            Following the occurrence of an Issuer Merger Event, Spin-Off Event or Potential Adjustment Event, the Calculation Agent shall adjust one or more terms of any Loan Document, as applicable (including the definitions of Minimum Price, Maximum Share Number, Minimum ADTV Level, Issuer Delisting, Issuer Event, Issuer Merger Event, Issuer Nationalization, Issuer Tender Offer, Issuer Trading Suspension, Share Price Event, Share Volume Event, LTV Margin Call Level, LTV Reset Level, LTV Release Level, or any other term or provision), in an equitable manner as the Calculation Agent determines necessary to preserve for the Lenders and the Borrower the intent of the parties (including the intention expressed through definitions) and the fair value and risks in the Loans and determine the effective date(s) of the adjustment(s), after non-binding consultation with the Borrower.  Upon receipt of written request from Borrower following any such determination by the Calculation Agent, the Calculation Agent shall reasonably promptly provide Borrower with a written explanation describing in reasonable detail any calculation or determination made by it in making such determination (including any quotations, market data or information from internal sources used in making such calculations, but without disclosing Calculation Agent’s proprietary models or confidential information).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Calculation Agent may not adjust the determination of Valuation Percentage of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares if, pursuant to the definition thereof, such Valuation Percentage would be 100%.  It is understood and agreed that (i) all determinations made by the Calculation Agent or the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement (whether under this Section 1.02(d)  or otherwise) or the other Loan Documents will be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner (and, if made

 

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in accordance with such standard will be conclusive), (ii) the Calculation Agent may consult with one or more Lenders in making such determinations and (iii) in the event any Lender that is not the Calculation Agent or an Affiliate thereof holds an aggregate principal amount of the Loans equal to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans then outstanding, the Calculation Agent shall offer to consult with any such Lender in making such determinations.

 

(e)                             Each of the Loan Parties hereby acknowledges that (i) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement, (ii) no Agent or Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to such Loan Party arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, and the relationship between such Loan Party, on the one hand, and the Agents and the Lenders, on the other hand, in connection herewith, is solely that of debtor and creditor; and (iii) no joint venture is created hereby or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the parties hereto.

 

1.03                         Accounting Terms .

 

(a)                            Generally .  All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, as in effect from time to time, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

 

(b)                            Changes in GAAP .  If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP; provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, as applicable, financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

 

1.04                         Times of Day .

 

Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable) in the United States.

 

ARTICLE II
THE LOANS

 

2.01                         The Loans .   Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees (a) to make an Initial Loan on the Funding Date to the Borrower, in an amount equal to its Initial Loan Commitment and (b) to make one or more Delayed Draw Loans to the Borrower, at any time and from time to time, during the Delayed Draw Availability Period in accordance with the terms hereof, in an amount that will not exceed such Lender’s then outstanding Delayed Draw Commitment.  Each Loan, or any portion thereof, once repaid may not be reborrowed.

 

2.02                         Funding of the Loans .

 

(a)                            Each Initial Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Initial Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their applicable Initial Loan Commitments, and each Delayed Draw Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Delayed Draw Loans made by the

 

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Lenders ratably in accordance with their applicable Delayed Draw Commitments; provided that, in each case, the failure of any Lender to make its Loan shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation to lend hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Loan required to be made by such other Lender).  Loans comprising any Borrowing shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (i) an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 or (ii) equal to the remaining available balance of the Initial Loan Commitments or Delayed Draw Commitments, as applicable.

 

(b)                            Each Lender shall make the proceeds of the Loans to be funded by it available to the Administrative Agent, who shall either (i) promptly credit the account of the Borrower on the books of the Administrative Agent with the amount of such proceeds or (ii) promptly transfer by wire transfer such proceeds, in each case, in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.

 

(c)                             To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall deliver a duly completed and executed Borrowing Request to the Administrative Agent and each Initial Lender or Delayed Draw Lender, as applicable, not later than 2:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent and such Lenders may agree to) prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that with respect to the delivery of a Borrowing Request in connection with the Initial Loans, such Borrowing Request may be delivered at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing.  Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with this Section 2.02 :

 

(i)                                      whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Borrowing of Initial Loans or Delayed Draw Loans;

 

(ii)                                   the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;

 

(iii)                                the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iv)                               the location and number of the applicable Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed; and

 

(v)                                  that the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 (solely for the Borrowing of Initial Loans) and Sections 4.02(b)  through (e)  have been satisfied as of the date of the notice.

 

2.03                         Repayment of the Loans .   The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent on the Maturity Date, for the ratable account of the Lenders, the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding on such date together with all accrued interest thereon.  The Administrative Agent shall forward to each Lender its Ratable Share of such payment.

 

2.04                         Voluntary Prepayments .   The Borrower may, upon notice (which notice may be in the form attached as Exhibit I-2 hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay the Loans in whole or in part (a “ Voluntary Prepayment ”) in an amount equal to the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans being prepaid, (y) the applicable Prepayment Amount and (z) all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.04 ; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lenders not later than 12:00 p.m.,

 

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two (2) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment and (ii) any prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount of at least the lesser of (A) $5,000,000 and (B) the entire principal amount of the Loans then outstanding.  Each such notice (a “ Voluntary Prepayment Notice ”) shall specify the date of such prepayment, the amount of principal being prepaid and the applicable Prepayment Amount determined as set forth in the definition thereof.  The Borrower shall make such prepayment, together with all accrued interest thereon and the related Prepayment Amount and any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.04 on the date specified in such Voluntary Prepayment Notice, and all such amounts shall be due and payable on such date; provided that a Voluntary Prepayment Notice delivered by Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of certain events, including the closing of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by Borrower (by notice to Administrative Agent and the Initial Lenders on or prior to the specified effective date) if such conditions are not satisfied.  Any Voluntary Prepayment described in this Section 2.04 shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the ratable accounts of the Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall forward such Voluntary Prepayment Notices to the Lenders and shall promptly forward to each Lender its Ratable Share of each such payment.

 

2.05                         Mandatory Prepayments .

 

(a)                            The Borrower shall prepay on the first Business Day following notice by Calculation Agent (a “ Mandatory Prepayment Notice ”) of the occurrence of a Mandatory Prepayment Event (which need not be continuing) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding on such date together with all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.04 and any applicable Prepayment Amount ( provided that, if the Calculation Agent fails to deliver such Mandatory Prepayment Notice by 6:00 p.m. on the date the relevant Mandatory Prepayment Event occurs, any Lender may deliver or cause to be delivered the Mandatory Prepayment Notice in respect of such Mandatory Prepayment Event to the Borrower (with a copy thereof to each other Lender and Agent) with the same effect as if such Mandatory Prepayment Notice was delivered by the Calculation Agent; provided , further , that any failure to so deliver a copy of a Mandatory Prepayment Notice to any Lender or Agent shall not invalidate the effectiveness of such Mandatory Prepayment Notice).  For purposes of the delivery and receipt of any Mandatory Prepayment Notice and Section 10.02 with respect to any such Mandatory Prepayment Notice, (i) Borrower consents to the delivery of such Mandatory Prepayment Notice by electronic communications and (ii) Borrower’s “normal business hours” shall be 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. each Business Day. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event that a Mandatory Prepayment Event occurs following any Potential Adjustment Event, Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, then the Calculation Agent and the Lenders agree not to send a Mandatory Prepayment Notice until such time as Calculation Agent has made its determination as to the appropriate adjustments, if any, to be made to (i) the Minimum Price, (ii) the Maximum Share Number, (iii) the Minimum ADTV Level, (iv) the LTV Margin Call Level, (v) the LTV Release Level and/or (vi) the Threshold ADTV Level, in each case, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 1.02(d) ; provided that if the Calculation Agent fails to make its determination with respect to such adjustments by 6:00 p.m. on the date the relevant Mandatory Prepayment Event occurs, the Required Lenders ( provided that the outstanding Loans held by, and unused Commitments of, the Calculation Agent and its Affiliates shall be excluded for purposes of making such determination of Required Lenders) may make such adjustments, if any, with the same effect as if they were made by the Calculation Agent.

 

(b)                            Any prepayment described in this Section 2.05 shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the ratable accounts of the Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall forward to each Lender its Ratable Share of each such payment.

 

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2.06                         Interest and Fees .

 

(a)                            Ordinary Interest . The Loans shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period from the first day of such period to the last day thereof at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Floating Rate for such Interest Period.  Accrued interest shall be payable by the Borrower in arrears on each Interest Payment Date. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for the Loans upon determination of such interest rate.

 

(b)                            (i) If any amount due and payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (x) the Floating Rate applicable to such amount and (y) 2.0% for each day until such amount and any interest thereon is paid in full.

 

(ii)                                   Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

 

(c)                             Except as expressly provided herein, interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

 

(d)                            Delayed Draw Commitment Fee .  The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of each Delayed Draw Lender a commitment fee (the “ Delayed Draw Commitment Fee ”) equal to 0.75% (75 basis points) per annum on the daily unused amount of the Delayed Draw Commitments of such Delayed Draw Lenders during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which the Delayed Draw Availability Period expires or terminates.  Accrued Delayed Draw Commitment Fees shall be payable in arrears (i) on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on December 31, 2016 and (ii) on the date on which such Delayed Draw Commitment terminates.  Delayed Draw Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (including on the first day but excluding the last day). The Administrative Agent shall forward to each Delayed Draw Lender its Applicable Percentage of such payment.

 

(e)                             Other Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay the fees set forth in the Fee Letters at the times and in the amounts set forth therein.

 

2.07                         Computations .  All computations of interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more interest being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year); provided that all computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to LIBOR) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed.  Interest shall accrue on the Loans for the day on which the Loans are made, and shall not accrue on the Loans, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid; provided that if the Loans are repaid on the same day on which it is made, the Loans shall, subject to Section 2.11(a) , bear interest for one day.  Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate hereunder and any other calculation or determination made hereunder by an Agent, after consultation with the Lenders (if applicable), shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.  Any Interest Period stated to end on a day numerically corresponding to a given day in a specified month thereafter shall, if there is no corresponding day, end on the last Business Day of such month.

 

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Loans and (ii) 5:00 p.m. on the date that is five (5) Business Days after the date hereof. The Delayed Draw Commitments of each Lender shall automatically terminate at 5:00 p.m. on the last Business Day of the Delayed Draw Availability Period. The Delayed Draw Commitments of each Lender shall be reduced, dollar-for-dollar, by the amount of each Delayed Draw Loan made by such Lender.  The Delayed Draw Commitments of each Lender shall automatically and permanently be reduced to zero upon the occurrence of a Mandatory Prepayment Event.  The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent and each Delayed Draw Lender, terminate the unused Delayed Draw Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the unused Delayed Draw Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent and each Delayed Draw Lender not later than Noon two (2) Business Days prior to the date of termination or partial reduction, and (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.  Any reduction of Delayed Draw Commitments shall be applied to the Delayed Draw Commitments of each Delayed Draw Lender ratably, according to the Delayed Draw Commitments held by each Lender.  All fees accrued with respect thereto until the effective date of any termination or reduction of the Delayed Draw Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination or reduction.

 

2.09                         LTV Maintenance; LTV Notice .

 

(a)                            If, upon the close of business on any Scheduled Trading Day, the Calculation Agent determines that the LTV Ratio exceeds the LTV Margin Call Level, the Calculation Agent shall notify the Borrower thereof (a “ Collateral Shortfall Notice ”); provided that, if the Calculation Agent has failed to deliver such Collateral Shortfall Notice by 6:00 p.m. on the date on which the LTV Ratio exceeds the LTV Margin Call Level, if any Lender determines that the LTV Ratio exceeds the LTV Margin Call Level, such Lender may (subject to the last sentence of this Section 2.09(a) ) deliver or cause to be delivered a Collateral Shortfall Notice to the Borrower (with a copy thereof to each other Lender and Agent) with the same effect as if such Collateral Shortfall Notice had been delivered by the Calculation Agent; provided , further , that any failure to so deliver a copy of a Collateral Shortfall Notice to any Lender or Agent shall not invalidate the effectiveness of such Collateral Shortfall Notice.  The Borrower shall, (i) no later than 10:00 a.m. on the first Business Day following its receipt of a Collateral Shortfall Notice (the day of such receipt, a “ Collateral Shortfall Notice Day ”) inform the Calculation Agent (or such Lender as applicable) that it intends to satisfy such Collateral Shortfall Notice; (ii) no later than Noon on the second Business Day following a Collateral Shortfall Notice Day, provide the Calculation Agent (or such Lender as applicable) with SWIFT or Fedwire instructions for such delivery contemplated in the following clause (iii) and (iii) no later than 4:00 p.m. on the second Business Day following the relevant Collateral Shortfall Notice Day voluntarily prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 2.04 and/or cause Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Shares that will constitute Eligible Cash Collateral or Eligible Pledged Shares, as applicable, upon such delivery, to be delivered to the Applicable Lenders in accordance with Section 3 of the Security Agreement, in an amount sufficient to reduce the LTV Ratio to be equal to or less than the LTV Reset Level as of such Collateral Shortfall Notice Day, all as determined by the Calculation Agent (or such Lender as applicable).  For purposes of the delivery and receipt of any Collateral Shortfall Notice and Section 10.02 with respect to any such Collateral Shortfall Notice, (i) the Borrower consents to the delivery of such notice by electronic communications and (ii) the Borrower’s “normal business hours” shall be 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. each Business Day.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event that the LTV Ratio exceeds the LTV Margin Call Level, as determined by the Calculation Agent, following a Potential Adjustment Event, a Spin-Off Event or an Issuer Merger Event, then the Calculation Agent and the Lenders agree not to send a Collateral Shortfall Notice until such time as the Calculation Agent (or the Required Lenders, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the proviso below, if applicable) has made its determination as to the appropriate adjustments, if any, to be made to (i) the Minimum Price, (ii) the Maximum Share Number, (iii) the Minimum ADTV Level, (iv) the LTV Margin Call Level, (v) the LTV Reset Level and/or (vi) the LTV Release Level, in each case, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 1.02(d) ; provided that, if the Calculation Agent

 

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fails to make its determination with respect to such adjustments by 6:00 p.m. on such Collateral Shortfall Notice Day, the Required Lenders ( provided that the outstanding Loans held by, and unused Commitments of, the Calculation Agent and its Affiliates shall be excluded for purposes of making such determination of Required Lenders) may make such adjustments, if any, in each case, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 1.02(d)  with the same effect as if they were made by the Calculation Agent.

 

(b)                            Upon the reasonable request of the Borrower, the Calculation Agent shall notify the Borrower of the LTV Ratio as determined on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of such request, and such LTV Ratio as notified by the Calculation Agent to the Borrower shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, absent manifest error.

 

(c)                             If, following the announcement (whether by an Issuer or any relevant third party) of (i) a Spin-Off Event or (ii) a firm intention to engage in a transaction (whether or not subsequently amended) that, if completed, would reasonably be expected to lead to an Issuer Merger Event, the Calculation Agent reasonably determines, following non-binding consultation with the Borrower during the same consultation period described in the definition of “ Valuation Percentage ”, that the securities or any other property that would be distributed to the holders of shares constituting the Pledged Shares, in connection with such Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, as the case may be, would not meet the criteria for a Valuation Percentage of 100% set forth in the proviso to the definition of “ Valuation Percentage ”, and in connection with the completion of such distribution, the Borrower would be required, pursuant to Section 2.09(a) , to deliver any Eligible Cash Collateral and/or Eligible Pledged Shares (based on the applicable Valuation Percentage reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining the Collateral Value with respect to such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as the case may be, as set forth in the definition of “ Valuation Percentage ” and any other adjustments to be made pursuant to Section 1.02(d) ), then the Calculation Agent shall determine the amount of Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Shares that will constitute Eligible Cash Collateral or Eligible Pledged Shares, as applicable, upon such delivery to be delivered to each Applicable Lender in accordance with Section 3 of the Security Agreement for the LTV Ratio not to exceed the LTV Margin Call Level as a result of such distribution (the “ LTV Event Amount ”).

 

Within one (1) Business Day after the Calculation Agent determines the LTV Event Amount, which determination shall occur not more than eight (8) Business Days prior to the date on which such a distribution is scheduled to occur (or such shorter period of time if the scheduled distribution is less than eight (8) Business Days following the public announcement), the Calculation Agent shall deliver a notice to the Borrower setting forth the LTV Event Amount.  No later than 4:00 p.m. on the earlier to occur of the (i) third Business Day after delivery of such notice and (ii) the date of such distribution, the Borrower shall cause Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Shares that will constitute Eligible Cash Collateral and/or Eligible Pledged Shares, as applicable, upon such delivery to be delivered to each Applicable Lender in accordance with Section 3 of the Security Agreement, in an amount equal to the LTV Event Amount.  With effect from such delivery of the LTV Event Amount, the Calculation Agent shall adjust the Collateral Value in its commercially reasonable sole discretion to give effect to the foregoing determinations, with such adjustment terminating upon the earliest to occur of (i) the determination of a Valuation Percentage with respect to such securities upon their distribution, and (ii) the announcement by any Issuer or relevant third party of the withdrawal or abandonment of such Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, as the case may be (it being understood that the withdrawal or abandonment of any such Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, as the case may be, does not preclude the occurrence of another Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event).

 

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following consummation of the such Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event that the Valuation Percentage is greater than initially determined for purposes of calculating the LTV Event Amount, then each Applicable Lender shall cause such portion of the LTV Event Amount to be released from the Collateral Account such that the LTV Ratio does not exceed the LTV Margin Call Level as calculated by the Calculation Agent to correspond to the revised Valuation Percentage ( provided that the Borrower may elect to maintain in the Collateral Account all or any portion of such LTV Event Amount permitted to be so released).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the Calculation Agent sending notice of an LTV Event Amount, the Calculation Agent shall make all other adjustments pursuant to Section 1.02(d)  hereof and any LTV Event Amount shall be calculated based on such adjustments.  Upon receipt of written request from the Borrower following any such determination of adjustments pursuant to Section 1.02(d)  hereof, the Calculation Agent shall reasonably promptly provide the Borrower with a written explanation describing in reasonable detail any calculation or determination made by it in determining such adjustments pursuant to Section 1.02(d)  hereof (including any quotations, market data or information from internal sources used in making such calculations, but without disclosing the Calculation Agent’s proprietary models or confidential information).

 

(d)                            The Borrower may not withdraw any Collateral from the Collateral Accounts, except (i) in accordance with the immediately following subsections (e)  or (f) , (ii) with the prior written consent of each Lender or (iii) in connection with a disposition of Pledged Shares held in the Collateral Accounts as permitted under Section 7.04 and Section 7.07 ; provided that, at the time of any such withdrawal, in the event the Collateral consists of Common Shares and Spin-Off Shares, the Calculation Agent may, in an equitable manner as the Calculation Agent determines necessary to preserve for the Lenders and the Borrower the intent of the parties and the fair value and risks in the Loans before giving effect to the Spin-Off Event relating to such Spin-Off Shares, after non-binding consultation with the Borrower, determine the required ratio of the value (determined based on the Market Reference Price) of the Shares of the relevant Issuer relating to such Spin-Off Event constituting Collateral to the value (determined based on the Market Reference Price) of the Spin-Off Shares relating to such Spin-Off Event constituting Collateral, in each case, after giving effect to such withdrawal, to be withdrawn; provided , further , that, in the event such ratio results in the value (determined based on the Market Reference Price) of the Shares issued by a particular Issuer constituting 75.0% or more of the value (determined based on the Market Reference Price) of the Collateral consisting of Pledged Shares remaining after giving effect to such withdrawal, then the Borrower may elect to include Shares issued by such Issuer in the Collateral in a percentage in excess of 75.0% of the value (determined based on the Market Reference Price) of the Collateral consisting of Pledged Shares, and other Shares not issued by such Issuer shall be permitted to be released to the extent otherwise permitted under clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above.

 

(e)                             Collateral may be released from the Liens created under the Collateral Documents as follows:

 

(i)                                      the Calculation Agent and each Applicable Lender shall have received a written notice from the Borrower requesting a release of such Collateral on the date specified therein (which date shall be no earlier than the Business Day immediately following the first Business Day on which the Calculation Agent and each Applicable Lender has received such notice by 1:00 p.m.), including the amount and type of Collateral requested to be released;

 

(ii)                                   (x) the LTV Ratio has been equal to or less than the LTV Release Level for at least fifteen (15) of the most recent twenty (20) Business Days immediately preceding the date of such written notice (and including the last day of such period); and (y) after giving effect to such release and any other release or substitution otherwise requested or effected pursuant to this Section 2.09 and any Disposition pursuant to Section 7.04 , the LTV Ratio would be equal to or less than the LTV Release Level;

 

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(iii)                                no Event of Default shall exist or would occur immediately after giving effect to such release; and

 

(iv)                               on the date of such release, no Mandatory Prepayment Event shall have occurred (and no Mandatory Prepayment Event shall occur as a result of the proposed release).

 

Any such notice delivered pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (i) shall contain a representation and warranty by the Borrower to the items set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv).  Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 2.09(e) , but subject to Section 2.09(d) , Collateral of the type requested to be released by the Borrower shall be released from any Lien created under the Collateral Documents (A) on a ratable basis among the Applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Ratable Shares of the amount and type of Collateral being released and (B) in an aggregate amount equal to the lowest of (I) the amount of Collateral requested to be released by the Borrower in such written notice, (II) an amount of Collateral with a value such that, after giving effect to such release and any other release or substitution otherwise requested or effected pursuant to this Section 2.09 and any Disposition pursuant to Section 7.04 , the LTV Ratio would not be greater than the LTV Release Level and (III) the aggregate amount of such type of Collateral requested to be released by the Borrower held in the Collateral Accounts.

 

(f)                              Pledged Shares may be released from the Liens created under the Collateral Documents for the sole purpose of substituting such Collateral as follows:

 

(i)                                      the Calculation Agent and each Applicable Lender shall have received a written notice from the Borrower requesting a release of Pledged Shares on the date specified therein (which date shall be no earlier than the Business Day immediately following the first Business Day on which the Calculation Agent and each Applicable Lender has received such notice by 1:00 p.m.), including the amount and type of Pledged Shares requested to be released (the “ Substituted Shares ” for such substitution), and identifying the Shares (the “ Replacement Shares ” for such substitution) to be transferred to the Collateral Accounts in replacement of and substitution for the released Pledged Shares;

 

(ii)                                   no Event of Default shall exist or would occur immediately after giving effect to such release; and

 

(iii)                                on the date of such release, no Mandatory Prepayment Event shall have occurred (and no Mandatory Prepayment Event shall occur as a result of the proposed release).

 

Any such notice delivered pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (i) shall contain a representation and warranty by the Borrower to the items set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (ii) and (iii).  Upon (x) satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 2.09(f)  and (y) transfer of the Replacement Shares to the Collateral Accounts, subject to Section 2.09(d) , so long as such Replacement Shares constitute Eligible Pledged Shares issued by the same Issuer which is the Issuer of the Substituted Shares, upon such transfer, then Substituted Shares shall be released from any Lien created under the Collateral Documents (A) on a ratable basis among the Applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Ratable Shares of the amount and type of Collateral being released and (B) in an aggregate number equal to the lowest of (I) the number of Substituted Shares requested to be released by the Borrower in such written notice, (II) a number of Substituted Shares with a value such that, after giving effect to such release, the transfer of the Replacement Shares specified in the immediately preceding clause (y) and any other release or substitution otherwise requested or effected pursuant to this Section 2.09 and any Disposition pursuant to Section 7.04 , the LTV Ratio would not be greater than the lower of the Initial LTV Ratio and the LTV Ratio that would then be in effect if no such release, replacement,

 

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substitution or Disposition had occurred and (III) the aggregate amount of such Substituted Shares held in the Collateral Accounts.

 

(g)                             In addition to transfers pursuant to Sections 2.09(a)  and (c) , the Borrower may transfer Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Shares that will constitute Eligible Cash Collateral and/or Eligible Pledged Shares, as applicable, upon such transfer, on any Business Day and the Calculation Agent shall adjust the LTV Ratio accordingly which shall become effective one (1) Business Day after the posting of such additional Eligible Cash Collateral and/or Eligible Pledged Shares (except to the extent otherwise provided in Sections 2.09(a)  or (c) ); provided that, except in the case of Sections 2.09(a)  or (c) , the Calculation Agent shall only be required to make such adjustment with respect to a transfer by the Borrower having a Collateral Value of at least $1,000,000.

 

(h)                            Upon the later to occur of (x) satisfaction of the applicable requirements set forth in subsections (d) , (e)  or (f)  of this Section 2.09 , and (y) one (1) Business Day of its receipt of such applicable request for release, each Applicable Lender shall originate an instruction or entitlement order to the Custodian directing the transfer of the applicable Collateral from such Applicable Lender’s Collateral Account to the Borrower, subject to receipt of all amounts required to be paid by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Lenders in connection with such sale.

 

(i)                                To the extent that the Borrower elects or is required to transfer or deposit Shares, Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or any other item of Collateral into any Collateral Accounts, the Borrower shall effect such transfer or deposit by transferring or depositing into each Applicable Lender’s Collateral Account, such Shares, Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or any other item of Collateral in accordance with their Ratable Shares of such item of Collateral.

 

2.10                         Evidence of Debt .

 

(a)                            Register .  The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders and each Lender’s Ratable Share of the Loans from time to time (the “ Register ”).  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender (with respect to such Lender’s portion of any Loan) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.  The Administrative Agent shall record in the Register the initial principal amount of each Loan, stated interest thereon, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount thereof, and any assignment thereof, and any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and each Lender, absent manifest error; provided that, failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Obligations.

 

(b)                            Notes .  No promissory note shall be required to evidence the Loans by the Lenders to the Borrower.  Upon the request of a Lender, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Lender a Note (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), which shall evidence such Lender’s Ratable Share of the applicable Loans in addition to the foregoing accounts or records.  A Lender may attach schedules to a Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Ratable Share of such Loans and payments with respect thereto.

 

2.11                         Payments Generally .

 

(a)                            All payments to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff, except with respect to Taxes as provided in Section 3.01 .  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the

 

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Administrative Agent at the Agent Account in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 3:00 p.m. on the date specified herein.  All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 3:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest shall continue to accrue.

 

(b)                            Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, the Loans, each payment or prepayment of principal of the Loans, each payment of interest on the Loans, each payment of the Prepayment Amount and each other payment hereunder shall be allocated among the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their Ratable Shares of the Loans.  The Administrative Agent agrees to forward to the Lenders such principal, interest and other payments on the same Business Day as such amounts are received, collected or applied by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower, unless the Administrative Agent receives such amounts after 11:00 a.m., in which case such payments may be forwarded by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders on the next Business Day.

 

(c)                             Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Loan that such Lender will not make available to Administrative Agent such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such Loan, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such Applicable Percentage of such Loan available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.  In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its Applicable Percentage of such Loan available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by Borrower, the Floating Rate.  If Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period.  If such Lender pays its Applicable Percentage of the applicable Loan to Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such borrowing.  Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to Administrative Agent.

 

(d)                            Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender.  If and to the extent the Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to such Lender to but excluding the date such Lender or the Borrower repays such amount to the Administrative Agent.  A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (d) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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other than a Business Day, payment or performance, as applicable, shall be made on the next following Business Day, and for payments such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest.

 

(f)                              Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate a Lender to obtain the funds for its Ratable Share of the Loans in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for its Ratable Share of the Loans in any particular place or manner.

 

(g)                             If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II , and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable credit extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

 

(h)                            The obligations of Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 10.04(c)  are several and not joint.  The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to make any payment under Section 10.04(c)  on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 10.04(c) .

 

2.12                         Sharing of Payments, Etc.   Each Lender agrees that, in the event that any Lender shall obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on the Loans owing to such Lender under this Agreement through the exercise of a right of setoff, banker’s lien, counterclaim or otherwise (including pursuant to a Debtor Relief Law) in excess of its Ratable Share of the amounts owed to it hereunder, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such fact and purchase (for cash at face value) from the other Lenders a participation in their portion of the Loans, in such amounts and with such other adjustments from time to time, as shall be equitable in order that all Lenders share such payment in accordance with their respective ratable portion as provided for in this Agreement.  Each Lender further agrees that if a payment to a Lender (which is obtained by such Lender through the exercise of a right of setoff, banker’s lien, counterclaim or otherwise) shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored, each Lender which shall have shared the benefit of such payment shall, by repurchase of a participation theretofore sold, return its share of that benefit to each Lender whose payment shall have been rescinded or otherwise restored.  The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing such a participation may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all rights of payment, including setoff, banker’s lien or counterclaim, with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.  For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 shall not apply to any exercise by an Applicable Lender of remedies against the Collateral controlled by such Applicable Lender or the assignment or participation of Loans or Commitments otherwise permitted hereunder.

 

2.13                         Defaulting Lender .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

 

(a)                            Waivers and Amendments .  Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver, consent or adjustment with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definitions of “Required Lenders” and “Required Delayed Draw Lenders” or in Section 8.01 .

 

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(b)                            Reallocation of Payments .  Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of a Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.08 ), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first , to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to any Agent hereunder; second , as the Borrower may request (so long as no Event of Default has occurred), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third , if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund future Loans under this Agreement; fourth , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth , so long as no Event of Default has occurred, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth , to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its Ratable Share and (y) such Loan were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of that Defaulting Lender.  Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section 2.13(b)  shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

(c)                             Delayed Draw Commitment Fees .  No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any fee payable under Section 2.06(d)  for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

 

(d)                            Defaulting Lender Cure . If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Ratable Share of the Loans, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided , further , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

2.14                         Rebalancing .  If, on any date, any Applicable Lender gives written notice to the Calculation Agent, or the Calculation Agent otherwise becomes aware, that any posting or release of Collateral did not occur on a Pro Rata Basis (other than in connection with any distribution of Collateral in connection with an assignment pursuant to Section 10.06 ) or the Collateral is not held on a Pro Rata Basis for any other reason (other than as a result of a Lender exercising remedies in accordance with the Loan Documents) (including with respect to the types of Collateral held by each Applicable Lender), then on, or as promptly as practicable following, such date, the Calculation Agent shall notify the Applicable Lenders of such circumstances and, on, or as promptly as practicable following the date of such notice,

 

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t he Applicable Lenders shall cause any transfers of Collateral from any Collateral Accounts that they control to any Collateral Accounts controlled by other Applicable Lenders as may be necessary, as determined by the Calculation Agent, to ensure that the Collateral is held on a Pro Rata Basis (including through Applicable Lenders, if applicable).  Each Lender agrees to cooperate in good faith with the Calculation Agent to effect such rebalancing, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by submitting written instructions to the Custodian to effect such transfers.  The Borrower hereby consents to, and to the extent necessary will cooperate in good faith with, such transfers.

 

ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

 

3.01                         Taxes .

 

(a)                            Defined Terms .  For purposes of this Section 3.01 , the term “applicable Law” includes FATCA.

 

(b)                            Payments Free of Taxes .  Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law.  If any applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01 ) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

(c)                             Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower .  The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

 

(d)                            Indemnification by the Borrower .  The Loan Parties shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01(d) ) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each of the Loan Parties shall also, and does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender for any reason fails to pay to the Administrative Agent as required pursuant to Section 3.01(e)  below, net of any amounts the Administrative Agent has received as a setoff against such Lender pursuant to Section 3.01(e)  below; provided that if a Loan Party is required to directly indemnify the Administrative Agent pursuant to this sentence, the Administrative Agent shall take all steps reasonably requested by such Loan Party in order to ensure that such Loan Party is subrogated to the Administrative Agent’s right to collect from the applicable Lender.

 

(e)                             Indemnification by the Lenders .  Each Lender shall severally indemnify (i) the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for any Indemnified Taxes attributable

 

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to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.06(c)  relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.  A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this subsection (e).

 

(f)                              Evidence of Payments .  As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 3.01 , such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(g)                             Status of Lenders .

 

(i)                                      Any Lender or Agent that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.  In addition, any Lender or Agent, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender or Agent is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 3.01(g)(ii)(A) , (ii)(B)  and (ii)(D)  below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s or Agent’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender or Agent to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender or Agent.

 

(ii)                                   Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

 

(A)                                any Lender or Agent that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender or Agent becomes a Lender or Agent under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender or Agent is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

 

(B)                                any Foreign Lender or Agent that is not a U.S. Person shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the

 

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date on which such Foreign Lender or such Agent becomes a Lender or Agent under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(I)                                    in the case of a Foreign Lender or Agent claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(II)                               executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(III)                          in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E; or

 

(IV)                           to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 or Exhibit J-3 , IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

(C)                                any Foreign Lender and any Agent which is not a U.S. Person shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender or Agent becomes a Lender or Agent under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

(D)                                if a payment made to a Lender or Agent under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender or Agent were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as

 

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applicable), such Lender or Agent shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender or Agent has complied with such Lender’s or Agent’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.  Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

Each Lender and Agent agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(h)                            Treatment of Certain Refunds .  If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.01 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01 ), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund).  Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this subsection (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this subsection (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid.  This subsection (h) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

(i)                                Tax Documentation by Loan Parties .  To the extent it is legally entitled to do so, each Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws, when reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and promptly upon the obsolescence, invalidity or expiration of any form previously provided by such Loan Party, such properly completed and executed documentation or certification prescribed by applicable Laws and such other reasonably requested information, certification or documentation as will permit the Administrative Agent to determine that a sale of the Collateral would not be subject to any withholding with respect to Taxes.

 

(j)                               Survival .  Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.01 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

3.02                         Illegality . If a Lender determines (after consultation with the Administrative Agent) that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for the Lender to make, maintain or fund any Loan, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the

 

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LIBOR component of the Floating Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of a Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue its portion of the Loans as Floating Rate Loans, as applicable, shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from the Lender, either (i) convert such Lender’s portion of the Loans to a Base Rate Loan, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain its portion of the Loans as Floating Rate Loans to such day or, immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain its portion of the Loans or (ii) prepay such Lender’s portion of the Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain its portion of the Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain its portion of the Loans as Floating Rate Loans.  Upon any such prepayment, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid.

 

3.03                         Increased Costs; Reserves .

 

(a)                            Increased Costs Generally .  If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)                                      impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “eurocurrency liabilities”)), special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, a Lender;

 

(ii)                                   subject any Lender or Agent to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of “ Excluded Taxes ” and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

 

(iii)                                impose on a Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or the portion of the Loans made by such Lender;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or Agent of making, continuing or maintaining its portion of the Loans (or of maintaining its obligation to make its portion of the Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or Agent hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or Agent, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or Agent such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

(b)                            Capital Requirements .  If a Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or its holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of its holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or such Lender’s portion of the Loans to a level below that which such Lender or its holding company could have achieved on such Lender’s portion of the Loans but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of its holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

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(c)                             Certificates for Reimbursement .  A certificate of an Agent or Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Agent or Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 3.03 and delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  The Borrower shall pay such Agent or Lender, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

 

(d)                            Delay in Requests .  Failure or delay on the part of an Agent or Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03 shall not constitute a waiver of such Agent’s or such Lender’s, as the case may be, right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate an Agent or Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Agent or Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

 

3.04                         Compensation for Losses .  Upon demand of a Lender from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

 

(a)                            any payment or prepayment of the Loans on a day other than an Interest Payment Date (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); or

 

(b)                            any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make available on any date specified herein its portion of the Loans) to prepay or borrow the Loans on any date or in the amount specified herein;

 

including any loss of anticipated profits (other than Base Spread) and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain its portion of the Loans or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.  The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

 

Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Floating Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor, over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would receive were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market.

 

3.05                         Mitigation Obligations .  If a Lender requests compensation under Section 3.03 , or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to a Lender, an Agent or any Governmental Authority for the account of such Lender or Agent pursuant to Section 3.01 , or if a Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02 , then such Lender or Agent, as the case may be, at the request of the Borrower, shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking the Loans, or its portion thereof, hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates and to take any other actions reasonable in the sole judgment of such Lender or Agent, if, in the sole judgment of such Lender or Agent, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.03 , as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02 , as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender

 

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or Agent to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or Agent.  The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by a Lender or Agent in connection with any such designation, assignment or action.

 

ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE LOAN

 

4.01                         Conditions Precedent to Closing Date and Funding Date .  The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of the Initial Lenders to make the extension of the Initial Loans on the Funding Date hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)                            Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following, each of which shall be originals or electronic image scans (e.g., “pdf”) (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer, if applicable, each dated the Closing Date or the Funding Date, as applicable (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

 

(i)                                      executed counterparts of the following Loan Documents, sufficient in number for distribution to each Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower: (A) this Agreement, (B) the Security Agreement, (C) the Collateral Account Control Agreement, (D) the Guarantee Agreement, (E) the Issuer Acknowledgement and (F) the Fee Letter;

 

(ii)                                   such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

 

(iii)                                such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each of the Borrower, the Borrower Sole Member and the Guarantor is duly organized or formed under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its jurisdiction of formation and each other jurisdiction where it is conducting business;

 

(iv)                               copies of the Borrower Financial Statements and a Compliance Certificate;

 

(v)                                  the legal opinion of each of (x) Baker Botts L.L.P., counsel to the Borrower and the Guarantor and (y) Sidley Austin LLP, counsel to the Borrower and the Guarantor, in each case, addressed to the Lenders and the Agents, as to such matters as the Lenders and the Agents may reasonably request;

 

(vi)                               a certificate of a Responsible Officer either (A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and the Guarantor, as applicable, and the validity against the Borrower and the Guarantor, as applicable, of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required;

 

(vii)                            a Solvency Certificate from the Guarantor and the Borrower executed by a Responsible Officer thereof;

 

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(viii)                         evidence of the results of searches for Liens and judgments against the Borrower and the Guarantor satisfactory to the Lenders;

 

(ix)                               all applicable “know your customer” and other account opening documentation required by the USA PATRIOT Act to be provided by the Borrower; and

 

(x)                                  evidence that any notices required to be delivered and other actions required to be taken on or prior to the date hereof pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement and the Governance Agreement in connection with the transactions contemplated herein have been delivered or taken, as applicable.

 

(b)                            In order to meet certain requirements under the Security Agreement relating to the Collateral and to create in favor of each Applicable Lender a valid, perfected First Priority security interest in such Applicable Lender’s Ratable Share of the Collateral, the Borrower shall have:

 

(i)                                      delivered or transferred the Initial Pledged Shares to the Custodian (and such Initial Pledged Shares shall be held in or credited to the Pre-Emption Share Collateral Account and the Original Share Collateral Account of each Applicable Lender, as applicable, based on its Ratable Share of the Collateral); and

 

(ii)                                   satisfied the Collateral Requirement.

 

(c)                             The Common Shares shall be listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, no Issuer Event shall have occurred, and no event or transaction shall have been announced that if consummated or completed would constitute an Issuer Event.

 

(d)                            Subject to Section 10.04(a) , the Borrower shall have paid all reasonable, documented and out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Lenders and the Agents to the extent invoiced two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such reasonable, documented and out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute a reasonable estimate of such reasonable, documented and out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by the Agents and such Lenders through the closing proceedings ( provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower, such Lenders and the Agents).

 

(e)                             The Organizational Documents of the Borrower and the Guarantor shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each Initial Lender, and the Independent Manager shall have been duly appointed.

 

(f)                              The fees payable to the Administrative Agent and the Initial Lenders pursuant to Section 2.06 shall have been paid.

 

(g)                             The Payoff shall have occurred.

 

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.03(c) , for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01 , each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required hereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

 

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4.02                         Conditions Precedent to All Loans .  The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan (including the Initial Loans) shall be subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)                            The Borrower shall have delivered a Borrowing Request to the Administrative Agent signed by the Borrower in accordance with the requirements hereof.

 

(b)                            Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party set forth in Article V hereof and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality, in which case to that extent it shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Loan with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent such representations and warranties are already qualified by materiality, in which case to that extent they shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date).

 

(c)                             No Default shall exist as of the date of such Borrowing or would result from the making of the Loans or from the application of the proceeds thereof.

 

(d)                            The LTV Ratio as of such date, after giving effect to the Loans made on such date, shall be equal to or less than the Initial LTV Ratio.

 

(e)                             The Borrower shall have delivered to each Lender a Form U-1 or Form G-3 or an amendment to a Form U-1 or Form G-3 previously delivered to such Lender hereunder, duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (in each case, unless such Lender has confirmed that it does not require either such form).

 

(f)                              If requested by any Lender, a Note executed by the Borrower.

 

(g)                             All Shares of the Issuer owned by Liberty Interactive and its Subsidiaries and all other assets identified in the Parent Form S-4 to be contributed from Liberty Interactive to the Parent (or a Subsidiary thereof) have been so contributed to the Parent (or a Subsidiary thereof) and/or the Borrower.

 

Each Borrowing Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions specified in Section 4.01 (solely for the Initial Loans on the Funding Date) and this Section 4.02 , as applicable, have been satisfied on and as of the date of the making of a Loan.

 

ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Agents that as of the Closing Date and as of the date of any Borrowing hereunder:

 

5.01                         Existence, Qualification and Power .  Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor (a) is duly organized or formed and validly existing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents (to the extent a party thereto), and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its respective business requires such qualification or license, except to the extent the failure to so qualify has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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5.02                         Authorization; No Contravention .  The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Borrower and the Guarantor of each Loan Document to which it is party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of its respective Organizational Documents; (b) result in any breach, or default under, any Contractual Obligation to which it is a party or by which it is bound including the Stockholders Agreement and Governance Agreement; (c) result in the creation or imposition of any Transfer Restriction or Lien on the Collateral (other than Permissible Transfer Restrictions) under, or require any payment to be made under, any Contractual Obligation, including the Stockholders Agreement and Governance Agreement; (d) violate any written corporate policy of any Issuer applicable to the Borrower or the Guarantor or, to the Borrower’s or the Guarantor’s knowledge, affecting the Borrower or the Guarantor; (e) violate any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which the Borrower or the Guarantor is subject; or (f) violate any Law, except, in the case of clauses (b), (d), (e), and (f) above, where any such breach or violation, either individually or in the aggregate, has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.03                         Binding Effect .  This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document to which the Borrower or the Guarantor is a party when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower or the Guarantor, as the case may be.  This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which the Borrower or the Guarantor is a party when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower or the Guarantor enforceable against the Borrower or the Guarantor, as the case may be, in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of  equity (regardless of whether the application of such principles is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

5.04                         Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect .

 

(a)                            The Borrower Financial Statements show all Indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent (excluding any contingent liabilities under the July 2016 Facility Documents as to which no claim has been asserted), of the Borrower as of the date thereof that are individually in excess of $100,000, including liabilities for taxes, Contractual Obligations and Indebtedness as at the dates thereof.

 

(b)                            Since the date of the Borrower Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)                             The Parent Form S-4 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial position of the Parent as of the date hereof and there is no material misstatement or omission contained therein, and since December 31, 2015, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.05                         Disclosure .  The Borrower has disclosed to the Administrative Agent all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of the Collateral is subject, and all other matters known to the Borrower, that individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  No report, financial statement, certificate or other information (other than projections and other forward-looking information and information of a general economic or industry nature) (collectively, the “ Disclosures ”) concerning the Borrower or the Guarantor furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Guarantor to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document, when taken as a whole, contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the

 

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circumstances under which they were or are made, not misleading (giving effect to all supplements and updates thereto delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date (in the case of Disclosures delivered prior to the Closing Date) or prior to a Borrowing under Section 2.02 (in the case of Disclosures delivered prior to such Borrowing)).

 

5.06                         Litigation .  There are no actions, suits, investigations, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or the Guarantor or any of their properties that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.07                         No Default .  Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor is in default under or with respect to any Material Contract, any agreement with any Issuer or any agreement applicable to the Pledged Shares.  No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

5.08                         Compliance with Laws .  Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor is in compliance with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its respective properties except in such instances which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or (b) the failure to so comply, either individually or in the aggregate, has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.09                         Taxes .  Each Loan Party has timely filed all material Tax returns and reports required to be filed with any Governmental Authority, and has paid all material Taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed by any Governmental Authority upon it or its properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.  There is no proposed written Tax assessment against any Loan Party and there is no current or, to the Loan Parties’ knowledge, pending audit or other formal investigation of any Loan Party by any Governmental Authority in each case, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Borrower does not have, and has never had, a trade or business or a permanent establishment in any country other than the United States.  Each of the Borrower and, unless the Parent is the Borrower Sole Member, the Borrower Sole Member, is disregarded as an entity separate from the Parent for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the Parent is a “domestic corporation” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

5.10                         Assets; Liens .  The Borrower has no assets other than Permitted Assets and does not engage in any business or conduct any activity, nor has it since its formation engaged in any business or conducted any activity other than (i) the acquisition, ownership, holding, voting, sale, transfer, exchange, assignment, Disposition or management of, or other dealings in or with, Permitted Assets, (ii) the performance of the transactions contemplated by the Permitted Liabilities and performance of ministerial activities and payment of taxes and administrative fees necessary for compliance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (iii) any transaction permitted under Sections 7.04 , 7.05 or 7.07 hereunder.  Except for the Liens created by the Loan Documents and other Permitted Liens, the assets of the Borrower are subject to no Liens.  Other than the Loan Documents, any agreements not prohibited under the Loan Documents (including agreements with respect to Permitted Liabilities), the Borrower’s Organizational Documents, the July 2016 Facility Documents (on or prior to the Payoff), the July 2016 Pay-Off Letter, Permissible Transfer Restrictions and the documents whereby the Borrower acquired the

 

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Pledged Shares and other Collateral, the Borrower is not, nor has it been since its formation, a party to any contract or other agreement or arrangement.

 

5.11                         Governmental Authorization; Other Consents .  No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower or the Guarantor of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except as have been obtained or made and, to the extent applicable, remain in effect and for filings or recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered for filing and/or recordation, as of the Closing Date.

 

5.12                         Governmental Regulation .  Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor is subject to regulation under any federal or state statute or regulation which may limit their ability to incur the indebtedness contemplated hereunder or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable.

 

5.13                         ERISA and Related Matters .  Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor is subject to any material obligations or liabilities, contingent or otherwise, with respect to any Plan.  None of the assets of the Borrower or the Guarantor are or could be deemed to be “plan assets” (as defined in Section 3(42) of ERISA) or assets of any Plan pursuant to any substantially similar non-U.S. or other law.

 

5.14                         Organizational Documents .  Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor is in compliance with the terms and provisions of its Organizational Documents.

 

5.15                         Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act .

 

(a)                            None of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents (including the Loans and the use of proceeds thereof) will violate Regulations T, U and X of the FRB.

 

(b)                            None of the Borrower, the Guarantor or any Person Controlling the Borrower or the Guarantor, is, or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated under the Loan Documents none of the Borrower, the Guarantor or any Person Controlling the Borrower or the Guarantor will be an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

5.16                         Subsidiaries; Equity Interests .  The Borrower has no Subsidiaries.  The Borrower has no Investment in any Person other than in the Permitted Assets.  All of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are directly owned by the Borrower Sole Member, in its capacity as the sole member of the Borrower, free and clear of all Liens, other than inchoate Liens in respect of Taxes.

 

5.17                         Solvency .  Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor is, and upon the incurrence of any Obligations by the Borrower on any date on which this representation and warranty is made or deemed made, each of the Borrower and the Guarantor will be, Solvent.

 

5.18                         Trading and Other Restrictions .

 

(a)                            The Pledged Shares are not subject to any restrictions on disposition by the Borrower (other than Permissible Transfer Restrictions).

 

(b)                            The Pledged Shares are not subject to any shareholders agreement that includes any Transfer Restrictions, other than Permissible Transfer Restrictions.

 

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5.19                         USA PATRIOT Act .  To the extent applicable, each of the Borrower and the Guarantor is in compliance with the (i) Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto (collectively, the “ Trading with the Enemy Act ”), (ii) the USA PATRIOT Act and (iii) The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 ( 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959) (also known as the “ Bank Secrecy Act ”) (together with the Trading with the Enemy Act and the USA PATRIOT Act, “ Anti-Terrorism Laws ”).  Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor nor, to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or the Guarantor, any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Borrower or the Guarantor (a) is currently (i) the subject of any Sanctions or (ii) located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction or (b) has been engaged in any transaction with any Person who, to the knowledge of the Borrower or the Guarantor, is now or was then the subject of Sanctions or located, organized or residing in a Designated Jurisdiction.  No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “ FCPA ”).

 

5.20                         No Material Non-public Information .  Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor is entering into the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby on the basis of any material Non-public Information in respect of any Issuer that could reasonably be expected to result in a significant decline in the aggregate market value of the Shares of such Issuer. No information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Guarantor to a Lender in connection with the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby is material Non-public Information in respect of any Issuer.

 

5.21                         Bulk Sale and Private Sale .  Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor understands that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and the exercise of remedies pursuant to the Security Agreement, (a) a commercially reasonable bulk sale of the Eligible Pledged Shares may occur which may result in a substantially discounted realization value with respect to the Eligible Pledged Shares compared to the then current market price and (b) a commercially reasonable private sale of the Eligible Pledged Shares may occur which may result in less proceeds than a public sale.

 

5.22                         Status of Shares .

 

(a)                                  Each share of the Shares to be transferred to the Collateral Accounts (i) is of the same class as securities listed on a national exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system, (ii)  is not, in the hands of the Borrower, subject to any “holding period” restrictions or, other than the Pre-emption Shares, a “restricted security”, in each case within the meaning of Rule 144, (iii) is registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, maintained in the form of book entry on the books of DTC, and are allowed to be settled through DTC’s regular book-entry settlement services, (iv) is not subject to any Transfer Restrictions (whether in the hands of the Borrower or any Lender or Agent exercising its rights with respect thereto under the Loan Documents) except for the Permissible Transfer Restrictions and (v) has a “holding period” (for purposes of Rule 144) of at least twelve (12) months in the hands of the Borrower.

 

(b)                                  The Loans contemplated hereunder are entered into by the Borrower in good faith and at arm’s length and are bona fide loans. The Loans are not entered into with an expectation that the Borrower would default in its obligations thereunder. The Lien created under the Collateral Documents (including without limitation, the pledge of the Pledged Shares) is a bona fide pledge to secure the Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents.  Such Collateral Documents are not

 

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entered into by the Borrower with the intent of facilitating a disposition of any Shares subject to the Collateral Documents.

 

(c)                                   Prior to July 7, 2016, the Pre-emption Shares and the Original Shares (except for one Original Share) were held in the same book-entry account by the Borrower or its Affiliates. From and after July 7, 2016 and until the Maturity Date, the Pre-emption Shares and the Original Shares have been, and will be, kept in separate accounts or sub-accounts.

 

5.23                         Special Purpose Entity/Separateness .

 

(a)                            The Borrower is a Special Purpose Entity in all material respects.

 

(b)                            The representations and warranties set forth in this Section 5.23 shall survive for so long as any amount (other than any contingent obligation as to which no claim has been asserted) remains payable to a Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

5.24                         Reporting Obligations .  Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor has complied, and will comply, in all material respects, with its reporting obligations with respect to the Shares and the Loan Documents under Sections 13 and 16 of the Exchange Act and applicable securities laws of any other jurisdiction, including any required filings with the SEC.

 

5.25                         Restricted Transactions .  None of the Borrower, Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries is a party to a Restricted Transaction.

 

5.26                         Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions . (i) The Guarantor has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance in all material respects by the Guarantor, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions; (ii)(x) and the Borrower, the Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries and (y) to the knowledge of the Borrower and the Guarantor, each of the officers, employees, directors and agents of the Borrower, the Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.  None of (a) the Borrower, the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower and the Guarantor, any of the officers, employees, directors and agents of the Borrower, the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the Loans made hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.  No Loan, use of proceeds or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will violate the Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.

 

ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

So long as the Loans or other Obligations (other than contingent obligations as to which no claim has been asserted) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied:

 

6.01                         Financial Statements .  As soon as available, but in any event within sixty (60)  days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower and within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of the Borrower, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, an unaudited statement of assets and liabilities as at the end of such fiscal year or fiscal quarter, as applicable, in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the assets and liabilities of the Borrower, each in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. 

 

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If, at such times, the Parent is not publicly filing such information with the SEC, the Parent shall deliver such information as it relates to the Parent.

 

6.02                         Certificates; Other Information .   The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

 

(a)                            concurrently with the delivery of any statement of assets and liabilities referred to in Section 6.01 , a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer;

 

(b)                            promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by the Borrower or the Guarantor, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other similar inquiry by such agency regarding the Loans, the Collateral, or the financial or other operational results of the Borrower or the Guarantor;

 

(c)                             promptly, after request therefor, a statement of “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 or 16a-1(a)(2) of the Exchange Act) of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares “beneficially owned” by each Controlling Shareholder, to the extent such information is not reported in such Controlling Shareholder’s most recent filings with the SEC (or if such Controlling Shareholder does not file with the SEC); and

 

(d)                            promptly, after request therefor, such additional information regarding compliance by the Borrower or the Guarantor with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request in writing.

 

6.03                         Notices .

 

(a)                            The Borrower shall promptly and in any event within two (2) Business Days after Borrower obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence, notify the Administrative Agent of:

 

(i)                                      the occurrence of any Default or Mandatory Prepayment Event;

 

(ii)                                   any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including as a result of (A) a breach or non-performance by the Borrower or the Guarantor of, or any default under, a material Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or the Guarantor, (B) any material actual or threatened litigation, investigation, subpoena, regulatory action, proceeding or suspension between the Borrower or the Guarantor, and any Governmental Authority, or (C) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or proceeding of any Governmental Authority against the Borrower or the Guarantor;

 

(iii)                                the occurrence of a Change of Control;

 

(iv)                               any vote (in the Borrower’s capacity as a shareholder) submitted to any Issuer in respect of a Constrictive Amendment or the passage of a Constrictive Amendment; and

 

(v)                                  any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by the Borrower not required by pronouncements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board or the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

 

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(b)                            The Borrower and the Borrower Sole Member shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent upon receiving a notice of resignation of the Independent Manager of the Borrower.

 

Each notice delivered pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action any of the Loan Parties has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto except, in, the case of clause (a)(ii) above, to the extent (x) such information is subject to confidentiality obligations with a third party which prevents disclosure of such information or (y) such information is subject to attorney-client privilege or (z) the sharing of which information is prohibited by any applicable Law.  Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03 (a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

 

6.04                         Preservation of Existence, Etc .  The Borrower shall (a) preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence as a limited liability company under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business; except in the case of this clause (b), where the failure to so preserve, renew or maintain, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.05                         Special Purpose Entity/Separateness .  The Borrower shall be and shall continue to be a Special Purpose Entity in all material respects.

 

6.06                         Payment of Taxes and Claims .  Each Loan Party will pay all material Taxes imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses or franchises, or for which it otherwise is liable, before any penalty or fine accrues thereon, and all material claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due and payable and that by law have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties or assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided , that no such Tax or claim need be paid to the extent (i) either the amount thereof is immaterial or the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ii) adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been made or provided therefor and (iii) such proceedings could not reasonably be expected to result in the sale, forfeiture or loss of any portion of the Collateral or any interest therein.  The Borrower shall not change its status as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes unless the Administrative Agent shall have provided its prior written consent to such change, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and, at all times that it is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it will have the Parent, a “domestic corporation” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, as its regarded owner (directly or indirectly through another disregarded entity) for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

6.07                         Compliance with Laws and Material Contracts .  Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor shall (a) comply with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees of a Governmental Authority applicable to it or to its business or property except where the failure to comply or to perform, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) perform its obligations under all of its Material Contracts, except where the failure to comply or to perform, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Guarantor shall maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance in all material respects by the Guarantor, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents (as applicable) with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

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6.08                         Books and Records .  The Borrower shall maintain proper books of record and account as are reasonably necessary to prepare the information required by Section 6.01 .  Without at least thirty (30) days’ (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree to) prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall not maintain any of the Borrower’s books and records at any office other than at the address indicated in Schedule 10.02 .

 

6.09                         Use of Proceeds .

 

(a)                            The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Loans (i) for distribution as a dividend or a return of capital to the equity or limited liability company interests of any Person owning Equity Interests in the Borrower (a “ Parent Company ”), (ii) for the purchase of margin stock and (iii) otherwise for general corporate purposes.

 

(b)                            Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor shall use, and the Borrower and the Guarantor shall procure that their respective Subsidiaries, any Parent Company of the Borrower and the directors, officers, employees and agents of the Borrower, the Guarantor, their respective Subsidiaries and any Parent Company of the Borrower shall not use, the proceeds of the Loans (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

 

(c)                             The Borrower has no contemplated plans to use the proceeds of any Loan to pay any debt or fees owed to, or engage in specific transactions with, any Person known by it to be a non-bank Affiliate of a Lender.

 

6.10                         Purpose Statement .  Upon request from a Lender or an Agent, the Borrower shall deliver to such Lender or Agent a completed Form U-l Purpose Statement or Form G-3 Purpose Statement, as applicable, each as published by the FRB.

 

6.11                         Further Assurances .  Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor shall promptly, at its sole cost and expense, execute and deliver to the Agents and the Lenders such further instruments and documents, and take such further action, as the Agents may, at any time and from time to time, reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and purpose of the Loan Documents and to establish and protect the rights, interests and remedies created, or intended to be created, in favor of the Secured Parties hereby and thereby.

 

6.12                         Post-Closing .  Within three (3) Business Days of the date hereof, the Borrower shall deliver the notices required under Section 4.6 of the Stockholders Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

So long as the Loans or other Obligations (other than contingent obligations in respect of which no claim has been asserted) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders:

 

7.01                         Restricted Transaction .  The Borrower and the Guarantor shall not, and the Borrower and the Guarantor shall cause their respective Subsidiaries not to, enter into any Restricted Transaction.

 

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7.02                         Liens .  The Borrower shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien, and the Borrower shall cause its Subsidiaries not to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien, upon (i) the Collateral, other than Permitted Liens, or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, any other property or asset not constituting Collateral, whether now or hereafter acquired, other than Permitted Liens and Liens with respect to any swap, hedge or derivative transactions which is not a Restricted Transaction.

 

7.03                         Indebtedness .  The Borrower shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, other than Permitted Liabilities.

 

7.04                         Dispositions . The Borrower shall not make any Disposition of Pledged Shares or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition of Pledged Shares, other than (a) Dispositions of Pledged Shares and the proceeds thereon or therefrom; provided that (i) such Pledged Shares would be permitted to be released pursuant to Section 2.09(e) or (f) , (ii) the Calculation Agent and each Applicable Lender shall have received a written notice from the Borrower requesting a release of such Collateral on the date specified therein (which date shall be no earlier than the Business Day immediately following the first Business Day on which the Calculation Agent and each Applicable Lender has received such notice by 1:00 p.m.), including the amount and type of Collateral requested to be released and (iii) after giving effect to the release of such Pledged Shares from the Collateral Accounts in connection with such Disposition, if the LTV Ratio would be greater than the LTV Release Level, the Borrower shall, concurrently with settlement of such Disposition (or, if earlier, the proposed release of Pledged Shares from the Collateral Accounts in connection therewith) and as a condition to release of such Pledged Shares from the Collateral Accounts, (A) prepay the outstanding Loans in an amount sufficient to cause the LTV Ratio to be equal to or less than the LTV Release Level after giving effect to such release (and after giving effect to any posting of Collateral pursuant to clause (B)), together with the Prepayment Amount if applicable, accrued interest to the date of such payment on the principal amount paid and any amount required pursuant to Section 3.04 , and/or (B) cause Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Shares that will constitute Eligible Cash Collateral or Eligible Pledged Shares, as applicable, upon such delivery to be delivered to the Applicable Lenders in accordance with Section 3 of the Security Agreement, in an amount sufficient to, after giving effect to such posting and such release (and after giving effect to any prepayment pursuant to clause (A)), cause the LTV Ratio to be equal to or less than the LTV Release Level and (b) Restricted Payments of Pledged Shares permitted under Section 7.07 ; provided that the Borrower shall not make any Disposition of Pledged Shares pursuant to this Section 7.04 at any time that the Borrower or Guarantor possesses any material Non-public Information in respect of the Issuer of such Pledged Shares.

 

7.05                         Investments .  The Borrower shall not make any Investments other than in the Permitted Assets and any other assets that may become Permitted Assets after the date hereof and, in each case, the proceeds thereof, so long as such proceeds constitute “Permitted Assets” hereunder.

 

7.06                         Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents .  Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor shall directly or indirectly agree to any amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to, or waiver of (including, without limitation, by way of merger), (i) any provision in Borrower’s Organizational Documents as approved by the Initial Lenders (or, if no Initial Lenders are Lenders at such time, the Required Lenders) relating to the Independent Manager, Independent Manager Matters or the Borrower being a Special Purpose Entity, or (ii) any other provision of the Borrower’s Organizational Documents after the Closing Date, except (in the case of clause (ii)) to the extent the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.07                         Restricted Payments .  The Borrower shall not declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment of Collateral, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, so long as no Mandatory Prepayment Event or Event of Default has

 

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occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may incur obligations to make and/or make Restricted Payments consisting of Collateral subject to (a) in the case of Pledged Shares, compliance with Section 7.04 (as if such Restricted Payment of Pledged Shares were a Disposition thereunder) and (b) in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Shares, any requirements for the release of such Collateral under Section 2.09 .

 

7.08                         No Impairment of Collateral .  Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor shall take any action that would impair any Applicable Lender’s rights in the Collateral, except for releases of Collateral otherwise permitted by this Agreement.

 

7.09                         Fundamental Changes .  The Borrower shall not dissolve, liquidate, merge or consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) other than to the Secured Parties as provided in the Loan Documents.

 

7.10                         Limitation on Borrower’s Activities .  The Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) engage in any business or conduct any activity other than, so long as not prohibited under the Loan Documents, (v) activities permitted under clauses (a) through (e) of the definition of Special Purpose Entity, (w) the acquisition, ownership, holding, voting, sale, transfer, exchange, assignment, disposition or management of, or other dealings in or with, Permitted Assets, (x) the performance of its obligations with respect to Permitted Liabilities, (y) performance of ministerial activities and payment of Taxes and administrative fees necessary for compliance with Permitted Liabilities and (z) the maintenance of its legal existence, including the ability to incur reasonable fees, costs and expenses in the ordinary course relating to such maintenance, (ii) enter into any Contractual Obligation, other than Permitted Liabilities or any other transaction or agreement between itself and any Person other than as not prohibited under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, including with respect to Dispositions of Permitted Assets or (iii) have any employees or sponsor, maintain or contribute to, any Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or any multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.

 

7.11                         Status of Shares .  The Borrower shall not transfer any Shares to the Collateral Accounts unless such Shares shall (i) be of the same class as securities listed on a national exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system, (ii)  not be, in the hands of the Borrower, subject to any “holding period” restrictions or, other than the Pre-emption Shares, a “restricted security”, in each case within the meaning of Rule 144, (iii) be registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, maintained in the form of book entry on the books of DTC, and are allowed to be settled through DTC’s regular book-entry settlement services, (iv) not be otherwise subject to any Transfer Restrictions (whether in the hands of the Borrower or any Lender or Agent exercising its rights with respect thereto under the Loan Documents) except for Permissible Transfer Restrictions and (v) have a “holding period” (for purposes of Rule 144) of at least twelve (12) months in the hands of the Borrower.  At all times the Borrower shall not permit any Transfer Restrictions on the Pledged Shares except for Permissible Transfer Restrictions.

 

7.12                         Investment Company .  Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor shall become, or permit any Person Controlling the Borrower or the Guarantor, as applicable, to become, or become required to be, registered as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

7.13                         Transactions with Affiliates .  The Borrower shall not enter into any transaction of any kind with or make any payment or transfer to any Affiliate of the Borrower whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than (i) Investments or Restricted Payments not prohibited under this Agreement, (ii) the Borrower’s acquisition, ownership, holding, sale, transfer, exchange, assignment, disposition or management of, or other dealings with respect to, Permitted Assets (and the exercise of the

 

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Borrower’s rights with respect thereto in a manner that is not prohibited by any provision of the Loan Documents) (iii) dividends, distributions or Dispositions of Permitted Assets not prohibited under Section 7.04 or Section 7.07 hereunder and (iv) any other transaction permitted by clause (s) of the definition of Special Purpose Entity.

 

7.14                         No Subsidiaries .  The Borrower shall not have, form, create, organize, incorporate or acquire any Subsidiaries or conduct any business or hold any assets through any Subsidiary.

 

7.15                         ERISA and Related Matters .  Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor shall:

 

(a)                            maintain, contribute or incur any obligation to, or agree to maintain, contribute or incur any obligation to, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to maintain, contribute or incur any obligation to or agree to maintain, contribute or incur any obligation to, any Plan where such obligation or agreement could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(b)                            engage in or permit any transaction that would result in the assets or property of the Borrower or the Guarantor being deemed to be “ plan assets ” (as defined in Section 3(42) of ERISA) or assets of any Plan pursuant to any substantially similar non-US or other law.

 

7.16                         Regulation of the Board of Governors .  The Borrower shall not take any actions that would cause the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents to violate, or result in a violation of, FRB Regulations T, U, or X.

 

7.17                         Certification of Public Information .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, neither the Borrower nor the Parent shall provide any Lender or Agent with any material Non-public Information with respect to any Issuer, its Subsidiaries or their securities.  Concurrently with the delivery of any document, notice or other communication regarding the transaction by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Parent in connection with the Loan Documents (each, a “ Communication ”), the Borrower and the Parent shall be deemed to have represented that such Communication does not contain any such material Non-public Information. If any Communication is required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement and is being distributed through Debtdomain, IntraLinks/IntraAgency, SyndTrak or another relevant website or other information platform (the “ Platform ”), such Communication shall not contain any such material Non-public Information.

 

7.18                         Name, Form and Location .  The Borrower shall not change its name or the name under which it does business, the form or jurisdiction of its organization, or the location of its chief executive office without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

7.19                         Limitation on Certain Sales .  At all times during the period from, and including, the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) , a Mandatory Prepayment Event (or an event that, with the passage of time, would result in a Mandatory Prepayment Event) or an acceleration of the Loans pursuant to Section 8.02 to, and including, the date twenty (20) calendar days immediately following the completion or termination of the related foreclosure by the Applicable Lenders under the Security Agreement, the Borrower and the Guarantor will not, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries not to, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell short, sell any call option or other right or warrant to purchase, purchase any put option, lend, hedge any “long” position in or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any Shares or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the

 

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economic consequences of ownership of any Shares, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of any Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.

 

7.20                         Anti-Terrorism Laws .  The Borrower and the Guarantor shall not, and the Borrower and the Guarantor shall cause their respective Subsidiaries and any Parent Company of the Borrower not to, in each case:

 

(a)                            (i) violate any Anti-Terrorism Laws or (ii) engage in any transaction, investment, undertaking or activity that conceals the identity, source or destination of the proceeds from any category of prohibited offenses designated from time to time by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (or any successor organization or task force); or

 

(b)                            (i) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction related to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to any Anti-Terrorism Law or (ii) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempt to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law or the FCPA.

 

7.21                         Dispositions of Shares .  The Guarantor shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, make any Disposition of Shares (other than Pledged Shares, which shall be governed by Section 7.04 ) unless, after giving effect to such Disposition, the Parent Group LTV Ratio shall not exceed 50.0%.  If requested by the Calculation Agent, the Guarantor shall provide to the Calculation Agent and the Lenders a certificate evidencing calculation of the Parent Group LTV Ratio pursuant to this Section 7.21 .

 

ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

 

8.01                         Events of Default .  Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

 

(a)                            Non-Payment .  The Borrower fails to pay when and as required to be paid herein any amount of principal of or interest on the Loans or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document including by reason of any payment required pursuant to Section 2.03 , 2.04 or 2.05 ; provided , that if any payment of interest due and payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document is not paid when due and (1) such nonpayment was solely as a result of operational error, (2) the Borrower had funds sufficient to enable it to make the relevant payment when due and (3) the Borrower has provided to the Administrative Agent written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of (A) the existence of such operational error and (B) such sufficient funds, such failure shall not be an Event of Default unless (x) if the Borrower receives notice (which may be given by live telephone conversation with any of the individuals identified for the purpose on Schedule 10.02 ) from the Administrative Agent of such failure on or before 12:00 p.m. on the date of such notice, such failure continues unremedied for one (1) Business Day after the date of such notice or (y) if the Borrower receives notice (which may be given by live telephone conversation with any of the individuals identified for the purpose on Schedule 10.02 ) from the Administrative Agent of such failure after 12:00 pm on the date of such notice, such failure continues unremedied for two (2) Business Days after the date of such notice; or

 

(b)                            Specific Covenants .

 

(i)                                      The Borrower or the Guarantor fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Sections 2.09(a) , (c) or (d) , 6.03 , 6.04(a) , 6.09 or Article VII of this Agreement or in Sections 3(a), (c), (d) or in Section 5(c) of the Security Agreement; or

 

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(ii)                                   The Borrower or the Guarantor fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Sections 6.01 , 6.02(a) , 6.02(b) or 6.05 of this Agreement on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues unremedied for five (5) Business Days; or

 

(c)                             Other Defaults .  The Borrower or the Guarantor shall fail to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues unremedied for thirty (30) days after the earlier of the date on which (i) the Borrower becomes aware of such failure or (ii) the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent of such failure; or

 

(d)                            Representations and Warranties .  Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Guarantor herein, in any other Loan Document or in any certificate, financial statement or other document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be false, incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

 

(e)                             Insolvency Proceedings, Etc.   Any Loan Party institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, ad hoc manager or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, ad hoc manager or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Loan Party, as the case may be, and the appointment continues undischarged for sixty (60) days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to a Loan Party or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Loan Party, as the case may be, and continues undismissed for fifteen (15) days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

 

(f)                              Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment .  (i) Any Loan Party admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of a Loan Party and is not released or vacated within sixty (60) days after its issue or levy; or

 

(g)                             Judgments .  There is entered against a Loan Party (i) a judgment, decree or order for the payment of money that (x) individually or taken together with any other such judgments, decrees and/or orders exceeds the Threshold Amount and (y) is not fully covered by insurance as to which a solvent insurance company that is not an Affiliate of such Loan Party has not denied coverage or (ii) any one or more nonmonetary judgments, decrees or orders that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) enforcement proceedings are commenced upon such judgment or order or (B) such judgment, order or decree shall not have been paid, vacated, discharged or stayed within sixty (60) days from entry; or

 

(h)                            Invalidity of Loan Documents .  Any provision of any Loan Document at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than satisfaction in full of all the Obligations (other than contingent obligations with respect to which no claim has been made) or, with respect to the Guarantee Agreement, termination in accordance with the terms thereof, ceases to be in full force and effect; or the Borrower or the Guarantor contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document applicable to it or the Borrower or the Guarantor denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any provision of any Loan Document; or

 

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(i)                                Lien Defects .  Any Lien created by any of the Collateral Documents shall at any time fail to constitute a valid and perfected Lien on all of the Collateral purported to be subject thereto, securing the Obligations purported to be secured thereby, subject to no prior or equal Lien (except as permitted hereunder), or the Borrower (or, with respect to any Collateral consisting of securities or security entitlements (each as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC), the party having control (as defined in Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the UCC) of such Collateral) shall so assert in writing, other than any such failure arising or resulting primarily from any action or inaction on the part of a Secured Party or the Custodian; or

 

(j)                               Constrictive Amendments Prior to Shareholder Votes .  (i) The Borrower, the Guarantor or any “person” subject to aggregation of any Shares with the Borrower under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act votes (in such person’s capacity as a shareholder) in favor of or the board of directors of any Issuer formally approves an amendment to such Issuer’s certificate of incorporation that includes trading restrictions (whether such trading restrictions would become effective upon the effectiveness of such an amendment or upon the occurrence of some other event or condition) that the Calculation Agent determines in its reasonable sole discretion would be more constrictive in respect of any Applicable Lender’s ability to foreclose on the Pledged Shares and/or subsequently sell such Pledged Shares and/or otherwise exercise its rights with respect to the Pledged Shares under the Collateral Documents than the trading restrictions set forth in such Issuer’s certificate of incorporation in effect on the Closing Date (such an amendment, a “ Constrictive Amendment ”) or (ii) a Constrictive Amendment is otherwise submitted to a shareholder vote; or

 

(k)                            Trading Restrictions .  A Constrictive Amendment is approved by the requisite shareholder vote whether the trading restrictions contemplated thereunder are then in effect or would become effective upon the occurrence of some event or condition; or

 

(l)                                Default under Guarantee Agreement .  (i) Any representation, warranty, certification or other statement of fact made by the Guarantor in the Guarantee Agreement or in any statement or certificate at any time given by the Guarantor in writing pursuant thereto or in connection therewith shall be false in any material respect as of the date made or deemed made or (ii) the Guarantor shall otherwise default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in the Guarantee Agreement; or

 

(m)                        Cross-Default .  (i) The Borrower or the Guarantor shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) in excess of the Threshold Amount, when and as the same shall become due and payable (after the expiration of any grace or cure period applicable thereto); or (ii) any event or condition occurs that results in any Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Guarantor in excess of the Threshold Amount (A) becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or (B) that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any such Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to (1) cause any such Indebtedness to become due (or, in the case of any Indebtedness constituting a guaranty of Indebtedness to become payable), or (2) to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity (or to require an offer to purchase or redeem or prepay to be made to the holders of such Indebtedness), but in each case, only after the expiration of any grace or cure period applicable thereto; provided that this clause (l) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, and in connection therewith such secured Indebtedness which is due is repaid.

 

8.02                         Remedies upon Event of Default .  If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may take any or all of the following actions, and, upon request from the Required Lenders (or, in the case of the Guarantee Agreement, any Lender), the Administrative Agent shall take

 

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any or all of the following actions, and each Lender may take (as to its own Loans and Commitments) any or all of the following actions:

 

(a)                            terminate forthwith the Commitments of the Lenders (or such Lender, as applicable) and declare the unpaid principal amount of the Loans (or the Loans owing to such Lender, as applicable), all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, the Prepayment Amount and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to all Lenders or such Lender, as applicable, to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; and

 

(b)                            exercise all rights and remedies available to it under the Loan Documents (including the enforcement of any and all Liens created pursuant to the Collateral Documents) and applicable Law;

 

provided that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.01(e) or 8.01(f) , the Commitments of all Lenders shall automatically terminate and the unpaid principal amount of the Loans, any Prepayment Amount and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without further act of any Lender or Agent.  If any Lender elects to take any of the foregoing actions individually (without the Administrative Agent acting on behalf of such Lender), such Lender shall notify the other Lenders and the Administrative Agent of such election and action prior to or substantially concurrently with the taking of such action.

 

8.03                         Application of Funds .  (a) After the exercise of any remedies as provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become due and payable as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02 ), any amounts received by the Administrative Agent on account of the Obligations after giving effect to clause (b) below, subject to the provisions of Section 2.13 , shall be applied in the following order:

 

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Agents and amounts payable under Sections 3.01 , 3.03 and 3.04 ) payable to each Agent in its capacity as such;

 

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders arising under the Loan Documents and amounts payable under Sections 3.01 , 3.03 and 3.04 , ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

 

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and other Obligations arising under the Loan Documents, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

 

Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

 

Fifth, to payment of any other Obligations ratably to the Secured Parties according to such Obligations owing to the Secured Parties; and

 

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations (other than contingent obligations in respect of which no claim has been asserted) have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law;

 

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provided that, if any Lender referred to in clause Second, Third or Fourth above is (whether at the time of such payment or at the time of the acceleration of the relevant Lender’s Loans), or has been at any time in the three months immediately preceding any such time, an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of any Issuer, then such Lender (i) shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof and (ii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, will not be entitled to any payment of the proceeds from the sale by an Applicable Lender of Pledged Shares issued by such Issuer (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, proceeds from a sale by such Applicable Lender pursuant to Section 6(g) of the Security Agreement).  Each Lender acknowledges to and agrees with each other Lender and Administrative Agent that it will comply with its obligations under clause (i) of the immediately preceding proviso.

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in connection with the exercise of remedies, all proceeds received by any Applicable Lender with respect to any sale of, any collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral subject to its control under the Collateral Account Control Agreement or otherwise received by such Applicable Lender with respect to its Ratable Share of the Collateral, shall be applied by such Applicable Lender against the Obligations as provided in Section 6(g) of the Security Agreement

 

8.04                         Certain Provisions Related to Applicable Lenders .

 

(a)                            For the avoidance of doubt, each Applicable Lender may choose to exercise any remedies provided for herein or in any other Loan Document, or refrain from exercising such remedies, in its sole discretion with respect to the Collateral subject to its control under the Collateral Account Control Agreement.  No Applicable Lender shall have any fiduciary or other express or implied duties to the other Lenders in connection with the exercise of remedies with respect to its applicable Collateral Account or the Collateral credited thereto or otherwise and no Lender shall interfere with such exercise of remedies, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be exercised solely by each Applicable Lender in its capacity as collateral agent for the benefit of itself, the other Lenders and the Agents in accordance with the terms thereof. No Lender shall claim (or support any claim by any third party) that a sale or other disposition of such Applicable Lender’s Collateral by such Applicable Lender was not commercially reasonable.  Each Applicable Lender shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment reasonably equal to that which such Applicable Lender accords its own property.

 

(b)                            In connection with any assignment by a Lender, the Borrower agrees to (i) unless the applicable assignee elects to be an Agented Lender with respect to such assigned interest or is an existing Applicable Lender and the establishment of a Collateral Account and the execution and delivery of a joinder to the Collateral Account Control Agreement is not necessary due to such Applicable Lender’s existing Collateral Account and Collateral Account Control Agreement or otherwise, (x) establish a separate Collateral Account with the Custodian, (y) enter into a joinder to the Collateral Account Control Agreement with respect to such Collateral Account, and (z) if reasonably requested by the Custodian, enter into a customer account agreement or other agreement with the Custodian and (ii) make appropriate amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to reflect any administrative, technical or similar changes as are reasonably requested by the Applicable Lenders, the assignee or the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                             Upon any Applicable Lender’s sale or other disposition of such Collateral in its Collateral Account pursuant to this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the security interest of each other Lender in such Collateral shall automatically terminate.  Each Lender will execute, deliver and file such documents (including UCC-3 financing statements), if any, reasonably requested by an Applicable

 

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Lender to evidence such Lender’s release of its security interest in the Collateral pledged to the foreclosing Applicable Lender that has been sold or otherwise disposed of.

 

(d)                            Each Lender agrees that it will not challenge or question or support any other Person in challenging or questioning in any proceeding the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien of any Applicable Lender under any Collateral Document or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties with respect to the Collateral established by the other provisions of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE IX
AGENTS

 

9.01                         Authorization and Authority .

 

(a)                            Each Lender and each other Agent hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes Bank of America, N.A. to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent and Bank of America, N.A. to act on its behalf as the Calculation Agent, in each case hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes each Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for any Loan Party.  It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” (or any similar term) herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent or the Calculation Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law.  Instead, such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

 

(b)                            Each of the Lenders and each of the Agents hereby irrevocably appoints each Applicable Lender as its collateral agent for the benefit of itself, the Lenders and the Agents to act on its behalf for purposes of the Collateral Account Control Agreement to which it is a party, Section 8.03 and the Security Agreement and authorizes each Applicable Lender to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are contemplated by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Applicable Lender shall act solely as an agent of the other Lenders and Agents and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation not expressly set forth herein or in any other Loan Document towards or fiduciary relationship or trust with or for any Loan Party, any other Lender or any Agent.

 

(c)                             The provisions of this Article IX are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions, except as the same relate to the performance or observance of any of the provisions set forth in Section 9.06 and Section 9.08 , which are also for the benefit of, and are binding upon, the Borrower.

 

9.02                         Agent Individually .

 

(a)                            Each Person serving as an Agent hereunder that is also a Lender shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not such Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include each Person serving as an Agent hereunder in its

 

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individual capacity.  Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party or Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

 

(b)                            Each Lender understands that each Person serving as an Agent, acting in its individual capacity, and its Affiliates (collectively, an “ Agent’s Group ”) are engaged in a wide range of financial services and businesses (including investment management, financing, securities trading, corporate and investment banking and research) (such services and businesses are collectively referred to in this Section 9.02 as “ Activities ”) and may engage in the Activities with or on behalf of the Borrower or its Affiliates.  Furthermore, an Agent’s Group may, in undertaking the Activities, engage in trading in financial products or undertake other investment businesses for its own account or on behalf of others (including the Borrower and its Affiliates and including holding, for its own account or on behalf of others, equity, debt and similar positions in the Borrower or its Affiliates), including trading in or holding long, short or derivative positions in securities, loans or other financial products of one or more of the Borrower and its Affiliates.  Each Lender understands and agrees that in engaging in the Activities, an Agent’s Group may receive or otherwise obtain information concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates (including information concerning the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents) which information may not be available to any of the Lenders that are not members of an Agent’s Group.  No Agent nor any member of such Agent’s Group shall have any duty to disclose to any Lender or use on behalf of the Lenders, and shall not be liable for the failure to so disclose or use, any information whatsoever about or derived from the Activities or otherwise (including any information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof) or to account for any revenue or profits obtained in connection with the Activities, except that an Agent shall deliver or otherwise make available to each Lender such documents as are expressly required by this Agreement to be transmitted by an Agent to the Lenders.

 

(c)                             Each Lender further understands that there may be situations where members of an Agent’s Group or their respective customers (including the Borrower and its Affiliates) either now have or may in the future have interests or take actions that may conflict with the interests of any one or more of the Lenders (including the interests of the Lenders hereunder).  Each Lender agrees that no member of an Agent’s Group is or shall be required to restrict its activities as a result of the Person serving as an Agent being a member of such Agent’s Group, and that each member of an Agent’s Group may undertake any Activities without further consultation with or notification to any Lender.  None of (i) the Loan Documents, (ii) the receipt by an Agent’s Group of information (including Information) concerning the Borrower or its Affiliates (including information concerning the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) nor (iii) any other matter shall give rise to any fiduciary, equitable or contractual duties (including any duty of trust or confidence) owing by an Agent or any member of such Agent’s Group to any Lender including any such duty that would prevent or restrict an Agent’s Group from acting on behalf of customers (including the Borrower or its Affiliates) or for its own account.

 

9.03                         Duties of the Agents; Exculpatory Provisions .

 

(a)                            An Agent’s duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are solely ministerial and administrative in nature and no Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein or therein.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, an Agent (i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents, that such Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required

 

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Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein) (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting); provided that an Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose such Agent or any of its Affiliates to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay (if any) under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law, and (iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

 

(b)                            No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.01 or Section 8.02 ) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or the event or events that give or may give rise to any Default or Event of Default unless and until the Borrower or any Lender shall have given notice to such Agent describing such Default or Event of Default and such event or events.

 

(c)                             No Agent nor any member of an Agent’s Group shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty, representation or other information made or supplied in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith or the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the information contained therein, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms, conditions or provisions set forth herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans, or as to the existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or the perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created hereby or thereby or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than (but subject to the foregoing clause (ii) above) to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to an Agent.

 

(d)                            Nothing in this Agreement shall require an Agent or any of its Related Parties to carry out any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any Person on behalf of any Lender and each Lender confirms to the Agents that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by an Agent or any of its Related Parties.

 

(e)                             Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, no Agent, in its capacity as such, shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as such Agent hereunder or thereunder.

 

9.04                         Reliance by Agent .  Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any telephonic or electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person.  Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying

 

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thereon.  In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of the Loans that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, each Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless an officer of an Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated hereby shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender (in accordance with Section 10.02 ) prior to the making of the Loans.  Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

9.05                         Delegation of Duties .  An Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Documents by or through any one or more agents or sub agents appointed by such Agent, and such Agent and any such agent or sub agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties; provided that in each case that no such delegation to an agent, sub agent or a Related Party shall release an Agent from any of its obligations hereunder.  Each such agent or sub agent and the Related Parties of an Agent and each such agent or sub agent shall be entitled to the exculpatory benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Section 10.04 (as though such Persons were an “Agent” hereunder and under the other Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.  An Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or sub agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such agent or sub agent.

 

9.06                         Resignation of an Agent .  An Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower.  Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor in consultation with the Borrower (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank (x) with an office in New York, New York and (y) a combined capital surplus of $250,000,000.  If a Person serving as an Agent is a Defaulting Lender or an Affiliate of a Defaulting Lender, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Agent and, in consultation with the Borrower (except when an Event of Default exists), appoint a successor.  If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (such 30-day period, the “ Lender Appointment Period ”), then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that in no event shall any such successor be a Defaulting Lender.  In addition and without any obligation on the part of the retiring Agent to appoint, on behalf of the Lenders, a successor Agent, the retiring Agent may at any time upon or after the end of the Lender Appointment Period notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted appointment as successor Agent and the effective date of such retiring Agent’s resignation which effective date shall be no earlier than three (3) Business Days after the date of such notice.  Upon the resignation effective date established in such notice, or the date on which the Required Lenders remove an Agent as set forth above, and regardless of whether a successor Agent has been appointed and accepted such appointment, the retiring or removed Agent’s resignation or removal shall nonetheless become effective and (i) the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as an Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents but shall not be relieved of any of its obligations as a Lender, and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through such Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this Section 9.06 .  Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as an Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties as an Agent of the retiring, retired or removed Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring, retired or removed Agent), and the retiring, retired or removed Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations as an Agent hereunder and/or under the other Loan

 

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Documents but shall not be relieved of any of its obligations as a Lender (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section 9.06 ).  The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor.  After the retiring, retired or removed Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article IX and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring, retired or removed Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Agent was acting as an Agent.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time any Agent ceases to be a Lender hereunder, such Agent shall be deemed to have provided its notice of resignation, which notice shall be automatically effective as of the date such Agent ceased to be a Lender hereunder.

 

9.07                         Non-Reliance on the Agents and Other Lenders .

 

(a)                            Each Lender confirms to the Agents, each other Lender and each of their respective Related Parties that it (i) possesses (individually or through its Related Parties) such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable, without reliance upon any of the Agents, any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, of evaluating the merits and risks (including tax, legal, regulatory, credit, accounting and other financial matters) of (x) entering into this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder, (y) making the Loans and (z) taking or not taking actions hereunder, (ii) is financially able to bear such risks and (iii) based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, has performed its own analysis and made its own decision (credit, legal and otherwise) that entering into this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder and that the making of the Loans are suitable and appropriate for it.

 

(b)                            Each Lender acknowledges that (i) it is solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agents, any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, made its own appraisal and investigation of all risks associated with, and its own credit analysis and decision to enter into, this Agreement based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate and (iii) it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agents, any other Lender or any of their respective Related Parties, continue to be solely responsible for making its own appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with, and its own decisions (credit, legal and otherwise) to take or not take action under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, which may include, in each case:

 

(i)                                      the financial condition, status and capitalization of the Borrower;

 

(ii)                                   the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with this Agreement;

 

(iii)                                determining compliance or non-compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of the Loans and the form and substance of all evidence delivered in connection with establishing the satisfaction of each such condition; and

 

(iv)                               the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any other information delivered by the Agents, any other Lender or by any of their respective Related Parties under or in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated

 

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hereby and thereby or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with this Agreement.

 

9.08                         Lenders’ Rights with Respect to Collateral .

 

(a)                            Each Lender (other than an Agented Lender), upon becoming a Lender hereunder shall establish a Collateral Account with the Custodian. The Borrower (or in the case of any Lender taking pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, the applicable assignor) shall instruct the Custodian to transfer to such Collateral Account (or, in the case of an Agented Lender, to the relevant Applicable Lender’s Collateral Account) such Lender’s Ratable Share of the Collateral (including, ratably, the Pledged Shares and any other Collateral and, if applicable, any proceeds in respect of the Eligible Assignee’s Ratable Share of the Collateral); provided that, in the case of an Agented Lender, if the relevant Applicable Lender is the assignor, such Agented Lender and Applicable Lender may agree to retain such Collateral in the existing Collateral Accounts or to transfer such Collateral to a new Collateral Account over which such Applicable Lender has, or purports to have, control.

 

(b)                            Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby agree that (i) after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Applicable Lender shall have the right individually to require the Custodian to realize upon any of the Collateral in its Collateral Accounts or subject to such Applicable Lender’s control and to apply the proceeds thereof to the repayment of such Applicable Lender’s (and, ratably, its Agented Lenders’, if applicable) portion of the Loans and other Obligations and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure or similar enforcement action by such Applicable Lender on its Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition (including pursuant to Section 363(k), Section 1129(b)(2)(a)(ii) or otherwise of the Bankruptcy Code), such Applicable Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition, subject to Section 6(b) of the Security Agreement.

 

(c)                             Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Loan Document, when all Obligations of any Lender (other than unmatured contingent indemnification obligations) have been paid in full and all Commitments of such Lender have terminated or expired, upon request of the Borrower, such Lender shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any other Lender) take such actions as shall be necessary and proper to effect a release of such Lender’s security interest in the Collateral, subject to and in accordance with Section 7(n) of the Security Agreement.

 

(d)                            Each Lender and each Agent hereby further authorizes each Applicable Lender to enter into the Loan Documents as secured party on behalf of and for the benefit of itself, each of the other Lenders and the Agents and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Loan Documents. Without limiting the provisions of Section 9.10 , the Lenders irrevocably authorize each Applicable Lender (as to the Collateral in its Collateral Account or otherwise under such Lender’s control) and the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, as applicable, to release any Lien on any Collateral (i) upon termination of the aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent obligations with respect to which no claim has been made) or (ii) that is expressly permitted to be released pursuant to Section 2.09 .

 

9.09                         Withholding Taxes .  To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax.  If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance which rendered the exemption from, or reduction

 

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of, withholding Tax ineffective or for any other reason, or if Administrative Agent reasonably determines that a payment was made to a Lender pursuant to this Agreement without deduction of applicable withholding Tax from such payment, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with all expenses (including legal expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred.

 

9.10                         Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim .  In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loans shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a)                            to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other obligations that are owing and unpaid to the Agents or the Lenders under the Loan Documents and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Agents (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Agents and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Agents under the Loan Documents) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)                            to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.

 

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the obligations owed by any Loan Party hereunder or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.01                  Amendments, Etc.   (a) No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor consent to any departure by the Borrower or the Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same (i) shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders and the Loan Parties and (ii) notice of such amendment, modification, waiver or consent is provided to the Agents, and (iii) a true and complete executed copy of such amendment, modification waiver or consent is delivered to the Agents, and then any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that no amendment, modification, waiver or consent shall be effective if the effect thereof would be to:

 

(i)                                      extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender;

 

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(ii)                                   extend the scheduled final maturity of any Loan or any Note without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby;

 

(iii)                                waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Borrowing of Delayed Draw Loans without the written consent of the Required Delayed Draw Lenders (it being understood that the waiver of any Default or the amendment, waiver or other modification of any representation, warranty, covenant or other provision of the Loan Documents (other than Section 4.02 ) effected in accordance with this Section 10.01 shall not require the separate consent of the Required Delayed Draw Lenders);

 

(iv)                               waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled repayment or mandatory prepayment under Section 2.03 or Section 2.05 (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not any Voluntary Prepayment) without the consent of each Lender;

 

(v)                                  reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or any fee or any premium payable hereunder without the consent of each Lender affected thereby;

 

(vi)                               extend the time for payment of any such interest or fees without the consent of each Lender;

 

(vii)                            reduce the principal amount of any Loan without the consent of each Lender affected thereby;

 

(viii)                         except as otherwise permitted under Section 1.02(d) , decrease the Minimum Price, the Minimum ADTV Level, the Threshold ADTV Level or increase the Maximum Share Number, the LTV Margin Call Level, the LTV Release Level or the LTV Reset Level without the consent of each Lender;

 

(ix)                               amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of this Section 10.01 or any other provision of this Agreement that specifies the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder or change the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Required Delayed Draw Lenders” without the consent of each Lender;

 

(x)                                  amend the definition of “ Ratable Share ”, “ Pro Rata Basis ” or “ Applicable Percentage ”, or change Section 2.12 or Section 2.14 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing required thereby, in each case, without the consent of each Lender;

 

(xi)                               release any Collateral except as expressly provided in this Agreement and the Loan Documents, including in connection with the exercise of any remedy or enforcement action against the Collateral, without the consent of each Lender;

 

(xii)                            release the Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee Agreement without the consent of each Lender;

 

(xiii)                         consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under any Loan Document without the consent of each Lender; or

 

(xiv)                        amend, modify or waive Section 2.09 without the consent of each Lender;

 

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provided , further , that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (A) upon the occurrence of any Issuer Merger Event, Spin-Off Event or Potential Adjustment Event, the Calculation Agent may, without the consent of any other party but in consultation with each other Lender, (i) make corresponding adjustments to one or more of the terms of the Loan Documents in an equitable manner as the Calculation Agent determines necessary to preserve for the Lenders the fair value of the Loans then in effect and (ii) determine the effective date(s) of the adjustment(s), (B) if, following the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an ambiguity, inconsistency, obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, in each case, in any provision of any Loan Document, then the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Guarantor shall be permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Documents if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days following receipt of notice thereof and (C) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than the Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.  Any such adjustments pursuant to the immediately preceding proviso shall be binding on all parties to the Loan Documents (other than, in the case of the Collateral Account Control Agreement, the Custodian (unless the Custodian consents thereto)) and all such parties shall enter into such documentation required to reflect such adjustments.

 

(b)                            No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Article IX as the same applies to any Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the rights or obligations of any Agent, in each case without the consent of such Agent.

 

10.02                  Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications .

 

(a)                            Notices Generally .  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile transmission, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02 .

 

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been delivered, received or given (as applicable) when received; notices sent by facsimile transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered, received or given (as applicable) when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been delivered, received or given (as applicable) at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient).  Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

 

(b)                            Electronic Communications .  Notices and other communications to any Person hereunder or under the other Loan Documents may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by such Person.  An Agent, a Lender or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications

 

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to it hereunder or under the other Loan Documents by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

 

Unless a Person otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed delivered, received or given (as applicable) upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient or server (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgment); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been delivered, received or given (as applicable) at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed delivered, received or given (as applicable) upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that if such notice or communication is not sent during normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed received upon the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Collateral Shortfall Notice, a Borrowing Request, a Voluntary Prepayment Notice, a Mandatory Prepayment Notice, and a notice of termination of Commitments may be delivered electronically.

 

(c)                             Change of Address, Etc.   Each of the Borrower, an Agent and a Lender may change its address, facsimile number or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other party.

 

(d)                            Reliance .  Each Lender and Agent shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices reasonably believed by it to have been given by or on behalf of the Borrower.  The Borrower shall indemnify the Lenders, the Agents and each of their Related Parties from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice reasonably believed by it to have been given by or on behalf of the Borrower in accordance with this Section 10.02 .  All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with a Lender or an Agent may be recorded by such Lender or Agent and the Borrower hereby consents to such recording.

 

(e)                             The Platform .  ANY ELECTRONIC PLATFORM PROVIDED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS, FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall any Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “ Agent Parties ”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s, any other Loan Party’s or any Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials or notices through the Platform, any other electronic platform or electronic messaging service, or through the Internet.

 

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(f)                              Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Administrative Agent and the Calculation Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Lenders and the other Agents materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Guarantor hereunder, including, without limitation, any Communications (collectively, the “ Borrower Materials ”), by posting the Borrower Materials on the Platform, (ii) the Agents and the Lenders are authorized to treat the Borrower Materials as not containing any material Non-public Information, and (iii) the Borrower Materials may be distributed to the Lenders and Agents through a portion of the Platform designated as “Public Side Information”.

 

10.03                  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies .  No failure by an Agent or a Lender to exercise, and no delay by an Agent or a Lender in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.

 

10.04                  Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver .

 

(a)                            Costs and Expenses .  The Borrower shall pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Lenders, the Agents and their Affiliates (which, in the case of legal expenses, shall be limited to the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single counsel selected together by the Agents and the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single local counsel to the Lenders and the Agents, taken as a whole, in each relevant jurisdiction and of a single special counsel to the Lenders and the Agents, taken as a whole, in each relevant specialty (in each case except allocated costs of in-house counsel) for any of the foregoing) in connection with (i) the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents ( provided that the Borrower’s obligation to pay such documented counsel fees, charges and disbursements under this clause (i) shall be capped at $280,000 in the aggregate for this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), (ii) the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (iii) the enforcement or protection of the rights of the Lenders, the Agents and their Affiliates in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including (A) the rights of the Lenders, the Agents and their Affiliates under this Section 10.04 or in connection with the Loans made hereunder and (B) all such out of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of the Loans; provided that solely in the case of any actual or potential conflict of interest as determined by the affected Agent or Lender, such expenses may include the fees, charges and disbursements of one additional counsel (and one local counsel and special counsel) for the affected Agents or Lenders as a whole (or one additional counsel (and one local counsel and special counsel) for each similarly situated group of affected Agents or Lenders).

 

(b)                            Indemnification by the Borrower .  The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender, each Agent and each of their Related Parties (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (which, in the case of legal expenses, shall be limited to the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single counsel for all Indemnitees and the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of a single local counsel for all Indemnitees in each relevant jurisdiction and of a single special counsel for all Indemnitees in each relevant specialty (in each case except allocated costs of in-house counsel) for any of the foregoing); provided that solely in the case of any actual or potential conflict of interest as determined by the affected Indemnitee, such expenses may include the fees, charges and disbursements of one additional counsel for the affected Indemnitees as

 

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a whole) incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto or thereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the Loans or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, or (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, brought by any Person (including Borrower and its Affiliates), and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available for (A) losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (I) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (II) a material breach under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by such Indemnitee or disputes between and among Indemnitees (other than disputes against the Administrative Agent or any other Agent in such capacity or which involves an act or omission by the Borrower or its Affiliates) and (B) any settlement entered into by such person without the Borrower’s written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (iv) any increased costs, compensation or net payments incurred by or owed to any Indemnitee to the extent addressed in Sections 3.03 , 3.04 or 3.05 , except to the extent set forth therein.  This Section 10.04(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

(c)                             Reimbursement by Lenders .  To the extent that any of the Loan Parties for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under clause (a) or (b) of this Section 10.04 to be paid by it to any Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent (or any such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for such Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity.  The obligations of Lenders under this clause (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.11(g) .

 

(d)                            Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc.   To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each party hereto shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any other party or an Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Loans or the use of the proceeds thereof.  No party hereto or Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(e)                             Payments .  All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be payable by the Borrower on demand therefor.

 

(f)                              Survival .  The agreements in the first sentence of Section 2.10(a) , in Article III , in the penultimate sentence of Section 10.02(d) , in this Section 10.04 and in Section 10.05 shall survive the repayment of all Obligations under the Loan Documents.

 

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exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Lender or Agent in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred.

 

10.06                  Successors and Assigns .

 

(a)                            Successors and Assigns Generally .  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and a Lender may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (d) of this Section 10.06 (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void).  Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (c) of this Section 10.06 and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees and Affiliates of the Lenders and the Agents) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)                            Assignments by a Lender .  A Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees, all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the Loans at the time owing to it or Commitments hereunder held by it at the time) pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that unless an Event of Default exists and is continuing or such assignment is to a Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of a Lender, such assignment shall be subject to the consent of the Borrower, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed (and which will be deemed given with respect to the Persons previously identified by the Borrower in writing as acceptable) and each such assignment pursuant to this Section 10.06(b) shall be either (i) in an aggregate amount of not less than $10,000,000 or (ii) an assignment of all of a Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder.  From and after the effective date specified in the Assignment and Assumption, and subject to the recordation thereof in the Register pursuant to Section 2.10(a) , such Eligible Assignee shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Lender, have the rights and obligations of such Lender under this Agreement; provided that such Eligible Assignee shall not be entitled to receive greater amounts pursuant to Section 3.01 than those to which such Eligible Assignee’s assignor would have been entitled, at the time of the assignment, had no such assignment been made, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the assignment was effected.  Such Lender shall, to the extent of the interest so assigned, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an assignment of all of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01 , 3.03 , 3.04 , 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment); provided that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.  Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver new or replacement Notes to such Lender and the assignee (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), and shall execute and deliver any other

 

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documents reasonably necessary or appropriate to give effect to such assignment and to provide for the administration of this Agreement after giving effect thereto. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection (b) shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section 10.06 .  Upon any assignment pursuant to this Section 10.06(b) , (I) the applicable Eligible Assignee shall execute and deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a joinder to each of the Security Agreement and the Collateral Account Control Agreement (unless (x) such Eligible Assignee elects to be an Agented Lender in the Assignment and Assumption entered into by such Eligible Assignee or (y) such Eligible Assignee is an existing Lender and such joinders are not required as a result of the existing Security Agreement and Collateral Account Control Agreement) as set forth in the Security Agreement and the Collateral Account Control Agreement, respectively, and (II) the Borrower shall deliver to such assignee a Form U-1 or Form G-3 or, if applicable, an amendment to a Form U-1 or Form G-3 previously delivered to such assignee in its capacity as a Lender hereunder, duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (in each case, unless such assignee has confirmed that it does not require either such form).  Any Lender that assigns any or all of its Loans pursuant to this Section 10.06 shall (unless and for so long as the applicable Eligible Assignee elects to be an Agented Lender) cooperate in good faith with the Agents to effect transfers of Collateral to Collateral Accounts under the control of such Eligible Assignee, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by submitting written instructions to the Custodian to effect the relevant transfers, and the assigning Lender and such Eligible Assignee hereby consent to such transfers.  The Borrower hereby agrees to execute any such documents that may be reasonably requested to effect such transfers.

 

(c)                             Participations .  A Lender may at any time, with the prior written consent of the Borrower (unless an Event of Default exists and is continuing or such participation is to Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of a Lender), such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed (and which will be deemed given with respect to the Persons previously identified by the Borrower in writing as acceptable), sell participations to any Eligible Assignee (each, a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of the portion of any Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the Borrower, the other Lenders and the Administrative Agent for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that would require the consent of all of the Lenders or such Lender.  The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01 and 3.03 (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 10.06 ; provided that the Participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 to the extent of any Taxes imposed as a result of such Participant’s failure to provide the forms required under Section 3.01(g) if it were a Lender (it being understood that the Participant shall provide such forms to the participating Lender instead of the Borrower).  To the extent permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.12 as though it were a Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register in the United States on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any

 

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Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in the Loans or its other obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that the Loans or such other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(d)                            Certain Pledges .  A Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under a Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank.

 

(e)                             Certain Additional Payments .  In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans in accordance with its Ratable Share of the Loans.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this subsection (e), then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

10.07                  Confidentiality .  The Lenders and the Agents agree to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to any other Lender or Agent or their respective Affiliates and to their and their Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority), (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (and its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower, (h) to the Custodian in its capacity as such or (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.07 or (y) becomes available to a Lender or Agent or any of their Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower.

 

For purposes of this Section 10.07 , “ Information ” means all information received from or on behalf of the Borrower or the Guarantor relating to the Borrower or the Guarantor, other than any such information that is available to a Lender or Agent on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the

 

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Borrower or the Guarantor or which is public information.  Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 10.0 7 shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

10.08                  Right of Setoff .  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates are hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or any of its Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or the Guarantor against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or the Guarantor now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or its Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or its Affiliates shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or the Guarantor may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or any such Affiliate different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.13(b) and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.  The rights of a Lender and its Affiliates under this Section 10.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or its Affiliates may have.  Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

 

10.09                  Interest Rate Limitation .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “ Maximum Rate ”).  If a Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of such Lender’s portion of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower.  In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Lender may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude Voluntary Prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations.

 

10.10                  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness .  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.  Except as provided in Section 4.01 , this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto (including, without limitation, each Person that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the Calculation Agent, the Borrower and the Guarantor). Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any certificate delivered hereunder or thereunder, via telecopy or e-mail (e.g., “.pdf” or “.tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart

 

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of this Agreement, such other Loan Document or certificate; provided that, without limiting the foregoing, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, any electronic signature shall be promptly followed by such manually executed counterpart.

 

10.11                  Survival of Representations and Warranties .  All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document required to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or required to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof.  Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Lenders and the Agents, regardless of any investigation made by any Lender or Agent or on its behalf and notwithstanding that any Lender or Agent may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Loan, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.

 

10.12                  Severability .  If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions.  The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

10.13                  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

 

(a)                            GOVERNING LAW .  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

 

(b)                            SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION .  EACH LOAN PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF NEW YORK, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.  NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY LENDER OR AGENT MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY OF THE LOAN PARTIES OR ANY OF THE LOAN PARTIES’ PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

 

(c)                             WAIVER OF VENUE .  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE

 

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LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN SUBSECTION (b) OF THIS SECTION 10.13 .  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

 

(d)                            SERVICE OF PROCESS .  EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02 .  NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

 

10.14                  Waiver of Jury Trial .  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).

 

10.15                  USA PATRIOT Act Notice .  Each Lender and Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into Law October 26, 2001)) (the “ USA PATRIOT Act ”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and the Guarantor, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and the Guarantor and other information that will allow such Lender or Agent to identify the Borrower and the Guarantor in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.  The Borrower agrees to provide such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by such Lender or Agent in order to assist such Lender or Agent in maintaining compliance with its procedures, the USA PATRIOT Act and any other applicable Laws.

 

10.16                  Bankruptcy Code .  The parties hereto agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, this Agreement is a “securities contract” as such term is defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, qualifying for protection under Section 555 of the Bankruptcy Code; all deliveries and transfers of cash, securities or other property and all payments and grants of security interests made or required to be made under or in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or contemplated hereby or thereby are “transfers” and “margin payments” or “settlement payments” made “by or to (or for the benefit of)” a “financial institution” (each as defined in the Bankruptcy Code) within the meaning of Sections 362(b)(6) and/or (27) and Sections 546(e) and/or (j) of the Bankruptcy Code:; and all obligations under or in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent obligations in respect of “termination values,” “payment amounts” or “other transfer obligations” within the meaning of Sections 362 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code.  The parties further acknowledge and agree that the Loan Documents collectively constitute a “master netting agreement” within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

10.17                  No Recourse to Affiliates of Borrower .  NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS AGREE AND UNDERSTAND THAT ANY AMOUNTS OWED, OR CLAIMS OR LIABILITIES INCURRED BY, THE BORROWER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, SHALL BE SATISFIED FROM THE ASSETS OF THE BORROWER, AND NO RECOURSE WHETHER BY SETOFF OR OTHERWISE, SHALL BE HAD TO THE ASSETS OF ANY DIRECTOR, OFFICER, EMPLOYEE, SHAREHOLDER, INVESTMENT

 

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MANAGER, MEMBER, INDEPENDENT MANAGER OR LIMITED OR GENERAL PARTNER OF THE BORROWER, OR OF ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, EXCEPT, IN THE CASE OF THE GUARANTOR, TO THE EXTENT OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE GUARANTOR UNDER THE GUARANTEE AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. THE LOANS ARE MADE WITH FULL RECOURSE TO THE BORROWER AND THE GUARANTOR AND CONSTITUTE DIRECT, GENERAL, UNCONDITIONAL AND UNSUBORDINATED INDEBTEDNESS OF THE BORROWER.

 

10.18                  Conflicts .  The parties acknowledge that (a) there is no hedging arrangement relating to any Loan between any Lender or any of its Affiliates on one hand and the Borrower or any of its Affiliates on the other hand, (b) there is no understanding between any Lender or any of its Affiliates on one hand and the Borrower or any of its Affiliates on the other hand regarding any hedging related to any Loan by any Lender or its Affiliates and (c) there is no arrangement or understanding for any Lender or its Affiliates to provide, and each Lender agrees not to provide and will use its reasonable best efforts to cause its Affiliates not to provide, the Borrower with any information regarding how, when or whether such Lender or its Affiliates hedges, or will hedge, any Loan; provided that neither the Borrower nor any Affiliate of the Borrower will request such information from the Lender or any Affiliate of the Lender.  The Borrower will not seek to control or influence how, when or whether Lender will make any “purchases or sales” (within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3) under the Exchange Act) under any Loan entered into under this Agreement, including any Lender’s decision to enter into any hedging transactions or to conduct foreclosure sales of any shares of Pledged Shares made in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.  The Borrower acknowledges that: (i) during the term of the Loans, any Lender and its affiliates may buy or sell Shares or other securities or buy or sell options or futures contracts or enter into swaps or other derivative securities in order to establish, adjust or unwind its hedge position with respect to its portion of the Loans; (ii) any Lender and its affiliates may also be active in the market for the Shares other than in connection with any hedging activities in relation to its portion of the Loans; (iii) any Lender shall make its own determination as to whether, when or in what manner any hedging or market activities in Shares or other securities shall be conducted and shall do so in a manner that it deems appropriate; and (iv) any market activities of any Lender and its affiliates with respect to the Shares may affect the market price and volatility of the Shares, as well as the LTV Ratio, each in a manner that may be adverse to the Borrower.

 

10.19                  Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents .  The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, any Assignment and Assumption, amendment or other modification, Borrowing Request, waiver or consent) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it (it being understood that documents signed manually but delivered in “.pdf” or “.tif” format shall not constitute electronic signatures).

 

10.20                  No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship .  In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that:

 

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(a)(i) the services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Loan Parties, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, (ii) each Loan Party has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) each Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (b)(i) each of the Administrative Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Lenders is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person, and (ii) none of the Administrative Agent, the Calculation Agent or any of the Lenders has any obligation to any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (c) each of the Administrative Agent, the Calculation Agent and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of a Loan Party and its Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, the Calculation Agent nor any of the Lenders has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Loan Party hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Calculation Agent, each of the Lenders or their respective Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

10.21                  Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by;

 

(a)                            the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

 

(b)                            the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable;

 

(i)                                      a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

 

(ii)                                   a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

 

(iii)                                the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

 

LEXE MARGINCO, LLC , as the Borrower

 

 

 

 

By:

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.

 

 

as sole member and manager of LEXE MARGINCO , LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Laura M. Baldi

 

Name: Laura M. Baldi

 

Title: Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC. , as the Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Laura M. Baldi

 

Name: Laura M. Baldi

 

Title: Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Margin Loan Agreement]

 



 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. ,

 

as Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kelly Weaver

 

Name: Kelly Weaver

 

Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Margin Loan Agreement]

 



 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. ,

 

as Calculation Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard Jessop

 

Name: Richard Jessop

 

Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Margin Loan Agreement]

 



 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. ,

 

as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew G. Frankle

 

Name: Matthew G. Frankle

 

Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Margin Loan Agreement]

 



 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH

 

as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey Davidovitch

 

Name: Jeffrey Davidovitch

 

Title: Executive Director

 

[Signature Page to Margin Loan Agreement]

 



 

List of Omitted Exhibits and Schedules

 

The following exhibits and schedules to the Margin Loan Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2016, among LEXE Marginco, LLC, as Borrower, Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., as Guarantor, various lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Calculation Agent have not been provided herein:

 

SCHEDULES

 

SCHEDULE I TO MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT

SCHEDULE 10.02 TO MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT

 

EXHIBITS

 

Form of

 

A

Collateral Account Control Agreement

B-1

Initial Loan Note

B-2

Delayed Draw Loan Note

C

Compliance Certificate

D

Security Agreement

E

Assignment and Assumption

F

Guarantee Agreement

G

Issuer Acknowledgement

H

Solvency Certificate

I-1

Borrowing Request

I-2

Prepayment Notice

J-1

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

J-2

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

J-3

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

J-4

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

 

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

 


Exhibit 10.2

 

SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between Liberty Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Provider ”), and Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ SplitCo ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof SplitCo is a wholly owned Subsidiary of Liberty Interactive Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ LIC ”), and holds, among other things, LIC’s ownership interest in Expedia, Inc. and LIC’s ownership interest in Bodybuilding.com, LLC as a result of the consummation of the transactions described in the plan of restructuring set forth in Schedule 1.1 to the Reorganization Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2016 (the “ Reorganization Agreement ”), to which LIC and SplitCo are each parties;

 

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Reorganization Agreement, LIC will effect the redemption of a portion of the issued and outstanding shares of LIC’s Liberty Ventures common stock for all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of SplitCo, subject to the conditions set forth in the Reorganization Agreement, with the effect that SplitCo will be split-off (the “ Split-Off ”) from LIC, and LIC will cease to have an equity interest in SplitCo;

 

WHEREAS, Provider currently provides services to LIC pursuant to an existing services agreement, and LIC has requested that Provider provide similar services directly to SplitCo following the Split-Off, and that SplitCo compensate the Provider for the performance of such services, in each case, on the terms and condition set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof a Subsidiary of the Provider is also entering into a facilities sharing agreement with SplitCo with respect to 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado (the “ Facilities Sharing Agreement ”).

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be bound legally, agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICES

 

Section 1.1                                     Engagement .  SplitCo engages the Provider to provide to SplitCo, commencing on the date of the Split-Off (the “ Split-Off Effective Date ”), the services set forth in Section 1.2 (collectively, the “ Services ”), and the Provider accepts such engagement, subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement.  The parties acknowledge that certain of the Services will be performed by officers, employees or consultants of the Provider, who may also serve, from time to time, as officers, employees or consultants of other companies,

 



 

including, without limitation, SplitCo, Liberty Broadband Corporation (“ LBC ”), CommerceHub, Inc. (“ CH ”), LIC and Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. (“ LTAH ”).

 

Section 1.2                                     Services .

 

(a)                                  The Services will include the following, if and to the extent requested by SplitCo during the Term of this Agreement:

 

(i)                                      insurance administration and risk management services;

 

(ii)                                   technical and information technology assistance (including management information systems, computer, data storage network and telecommunications services), computers, office supplies, postage, courier service and other office services;

 

(iii)                                services performed by the Provider’s finance, accounting, payroll, treasury, cash management, legal, disclosure compliance, human resources, employee benefits, investor relations, tax and real estate management departments; and

 

(iv)                               such other services as the Provider may obtain from its officers, employees and consultants in the management of its own operations that SplitCo may from time to time request or require.

 

(b)                                  The Services are intended to be those services and functions that are appropriate for the operation and management of SplitCo as a publicly-traded company, and are not intended to be duplicative of services and functions for the operating Subsidiaries of SplitCo that are to be performed by officers, employees and consultants of those companies.

 

Section 1.3                                     Services Not to Interfere with the Provider’s Business .  SplitCo acknowledges and agrees that in providing Services hereunder the Provider will not be required to take any action that would disrupt, in any material respect, the orderly operation of the Provider’s business activities.

 

Section 1.4                                     Books and Records .   The Provider will maintain books and records, in reasonable detail in accordance with the Provider’s standard business practices, with respect to its provision of Services to SplitCo pursuant to this Agreement, including records supporting the determination of the Services Fee and other costs and expenses to SplitCo pursuant to Article II (collectively, “ Supporting Records ”). The Provider will give SplitCo and its duly authorized representatives, agents, and attorneys reasonable access to all such Supporting Records during the Provider’s regular business hours upon SplitCo’s request after reasonable advance notice.

 

ARTICLE II

 

COMPENSATION

 

Section 2.1                                     Services Fee .   SplitCo agrees to pay, and the Provider agrees to accept, a fee (the “ Services Fee ”) equal to $2,650,000, payable in monthly installments in arrears as set forth in Section 2.3.  The initial Services Fee will be determined by the Provider, in consultation

 

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with LIC, on or prior to the Split-Off Effective Date. Provider and SplitCo will review and evaluate the Services Fee for reasonableness semiannually during the Term and will negotiate in good faith to reach agreement on any appropriate adjustments to the Services Fee. Based on such review and evaluation, Provider and SplitCo will agree on the appropriate effective date (which may be retroactive) of any such adjustment to the Services Fee.  For the avoidance of doubt, the determination of the Services Fee and any future adjustment thereto does not and will not include charges included under the Annual Allocation Expense (as such term is defined in the Facilities Sharing Agreement) payable by SplitCo under the Facilities Sharing Agreement.

 

Section 2.2                                     Cost Reimbursement .  In addition to (and without duplication of) the Services Fee payable pursuant to Section 2.1, SplitCo also will reimburse the Provider for all direct out-of-pocket costs, with no markup (“ Out-of-Pocket Costs ”), incurred by the Provider in performing the Services (e.g., postage and courier charges, travel, meals and entertainment expenses, and other miscellaneous expenses that are incurred by the Provider in the conduct of the Services).

 

Section 2.3                                     Payment Procedures .

 

(a)                                  SplitCo will pay the Provider, by wire or intrabank transfer of funds or in such other manner specified by the Provider to SplitCo, in arrears on or before the last day of each calendar month beginning with November 30, 2016, the Services Fee then in effect, in monthly installments.

 

(b)                                  Any reimbursement to be made by SplitCo to the Provider pursuant to Section 2.2 will be paid by SplitCo to the Provider within 15 days after receipt by SplitCo of an invoice therefor, by wire or intrabank transfer of funds or in such other manner specified by the Provider to SplitCo.  The Provider will invoice SplitCo monthly for reimbursable expenses incurred by the Provider on behalf of SplitCo during the preceding calendar month as contemplated in Section 2.2; provided, however , that the Provider may separately invoice SplitCo at any time for any single reimbursable expense incurred by the Provider on behalf of SplitCo in an amount equal to or greater than $25,000. Any invoice or statement pursuant to this Section 2.3(b) will be accompanied by supporting documentation in reasonable detail consistent with Provider’s own expense reimbursement policy.

 

(c)                                   Any payments not made when due under this Section 2.3 will bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month on the outstanding amount from and including the due date to but excluding the date paid.

 

Section 2.4                                     Survival .  The terms and conditions of this Article II will survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE III

 

TERM

 

Section 3.1                                     Term Generally .  The term of this Agreement will commence on the Split-Off Effective Date and will continue until the third anniversary of the Split-Off Effective Date

 

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(the Term ”).  This Agreement is subject to termination prior to the end of the Term in accordance with Section 3.3.

 

Section 3.2                                     Discontinuance of Select Services .  At any time during the Term, on not less than 30 days’ prior notice by SplitCo to the Provider, SplitCo may elect to discontinue obtaining any of the Services from the Provider.  In such event, the Provider’s obligation to provide Services that have been discontinued pursuant to this Section 3.2, and SplitCo’s obligation to compensate the Provider for such Services, will cease as of the end of such 30-day period (or such later date as may be specified in the notice), and this Agreement will remain in effect for the remainder of the Term with respect to those Services that have not been so discontinued.  The Provider and SplitCo will promptly evaluate the Services Fee for reasonableness following the discontinuance of any Services and will negotiate in good faith to reach agreement on any appropriate adjustment to the Services Fee.  Each party will remain liable to the other for any required payment or performance accrued prior to the effective date of discontinuance of any Service.

 

Section 3.3                                     Termination .  This Agreement will be terminated prior to the expiration of the Term in the following events:

 

(a)                                  at any time upon at least 30 days’ prior written notice by SplitCo to the Provider;

 

(b)                                  immediately upon written notice (or at any later time specified in such notice) by the Provider to SplitCo if a Change in Control or Bankruptcy Event (both as hereinafter defined) occurs with respect to SplitCo; or

 

(c)                                   immediately upon written notice (or at any later time specified in such notice) by SplitCo to the Provider if a Change in Control or Bankruptcy Event occurs with respect to the Provider.

 

For purposes of this Section 3.3, a “ Change in Control ” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to a party if a merger, consolidation, binding share exchange, acquisition, or similar transaction (each, a “ Transaction ”), or series of related Transactions, involving such party occurs as a result of which the voting power of all voting securities of such party outstanding immediately prior thereto represent (either by remaining outstanding or being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) less than 75% of the voting power of such party or the surviving entity of the Transaction outstanding immediately after such Transaction (or if such party or the surviving entity after giving effect to such Transaction is a Subsidiary of the issuer of securities in such Transaction, then the voting power of all voting securities of such party outstanding immediately prior to such Transaction represent (by being converted into voting securities of such issuer) less than 75% of the voting power of the issuer outstanding immediately after such Transaction).

 

For purposes of this Section 3.3, a “ Bankruptcy Event ” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to a party upon such party’s insolvency, general assignment for the benefit of creditors, such party’s voluntary commencement of any case, proceeding, or other action seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or consolidation of such

 

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party’s debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization, or relief of debtors, or seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, or other similar official for such party or for all or any substantial part of such party’s assets (each, a “ Bankruptcy Proceeding ”), or the involuntary filing against SplitCo or the Provider, as applicable, of any Bankruptcy Proceeding that is not stayed within 60 days after such filing.

 

Each party will remain liable to the other for any required payment accrued prior to the termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

PERSONNEL AND EMPLOYEES

 

Section 4.1                                     Personnel to Provide Services .

 

(a)                                  The Provider will make available to SplitCo, on a non-exclusive basis, the appropriate personnel (the “ Personnel ”) to perform the Services.  The personnel made available to perform selected Services are expected to be substantially the same personnel who provide similar services in connection with the management and administration of the business and operations of the Provider.

 

(b)                                  SplitCo acknowledges that:

 

(i)                                      certain of the Personnel also will be performing services for the Provider, LIC, LTAH, LBC, CH and/or other companies, from time to time, including certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates of each of the foregoing, in each case, while also potentially performing services directly for SplitCo and certain of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates under a direct employment, consultancy or other service relationship between such Person and SplitCo and irrespective of this Agreement; and

 

(ii)                                   the Provider may elect, in its discretion, to utilize independent contractors rather than employees of the Provider to perform Services from time to time, and such independent contractors will be deemed included within the definition of “Personnel” for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 4.2                                     Provider as Payor .  The parties acknowledge and agree that the Provider, and not SplitCo, will be solely responsible for the payment of salaries, wages, benefits (including health insurance, retirement, and other similar benefits, if any) and other compensation applicable to all Personnel; provided, however , that (a) SplitCo is responsible for the payment of the Services Fee in accordance with Section 2.1, and (b) SplitCo is responsible for the payment of (i) all compensation based on, comprised of or related to the equity securities of SplitCo and (ii) any bonus amounts payable to any Personnel who holds the office of Vice President or higher of SplitCo (each, a “ SplitCo Officer ”) with respect to services performed for the benefit of SplitCo (together with (i), “ Excluded Compensation ”).  The parties acknowledge that Personnel may provide services directly to SplitCo in consideration for the receipt of Excluded Compensation pursuant to such Personnel’s separate employment, consultancy or other service relationship with SplitCo.  All Personnel will be subject to the personnel policies of the Provider and will be eligible to participate in the Provider’s employee benefit plans to the same extent as

 

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similarly situated employees of the Provider performing services in connection with the Provider’s business.  The Provider will be responsible for the payment of all federal, state, and local withholding taxes on the compensation of all Personnel (other than Excluded Compensation) and other such employment related taxes as are required by law, and SplitCo will be responsible for the payment of all federal, state, and local withholding taxes on Excluded Compensation paid to any Personnel by SplitCo and other such employment related taxes as are required by law.  Each of SplitCo and Provider will cooperate with the other to facilitate the other’s compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances applicable to the employment or engagement of all Personnel by either party.

 

Section 4.3                                     Additional Employee Provisions .  The Provider will have the right to terminate its employment of any Personnel at any time.

 

ARTICLE V

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 5.1                                     Representations and Warranties of the Provider .  The Provider represents and warrants to SplitCo as follows:

 

(a)                                  The Provider is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

(b)                                  The Provider has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement, including the Services.

 

(c)                                   The Provider is not subject to any contractual or other legal obligation that materially interferes with its full, prompt, and complete performance under this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  The individual executing this Agreement on behalf of the Provider has the authority to do so.

 

Section 5.2                                     Representations and Warranties of SplitCo .  SplitCo represents and warrants to the Provider as follows:

 

(a)                                  SplitCo is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

(b)                                  SplitCo has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(c)                                   SplitCo is not subject to any contractual or other legal obligation that materially interferes with its full, prompt, and complete performance under this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  The individual executing this Agreement on behalf of SplitCo has the authority to do so.

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 6.1                                     Indemnification by the Provider .  The Provider will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless SplitCo and each of its Subsidiaries receiving Services hereunder, officers, directors, employees and agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the “ SplitCo Indemnitees ”), from and against any and all Actions, judgments, Liabilities, losses, costs, damages, or expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, disbursements, and court costs (collectively, “ Losses ”), that any SplitCo Indemnitee may suffer arising from or out of, or relating to, (a) any material breach by the Provider of its obligations under this Agreement, or (b) the gross negligence, willful misconduct, fraud, or bad faith of the Provider in connection with the performance of any provision of this Agreement except to the extent such Losses (i) are fully covered by insurance maintained by SplitCo or such other SplitCo Indemnitee or (ii) are payable by SplitCo pursuant to Section 7.11.

 

Section 6.2                                     Indemnification by SplitCo .  SplitCo will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Provider and its Subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees and agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the “ Provider Indemnitees ”), from and against any and all Losses that any Provider Indemnitee may suffer arising from or out of, or relating to (a) any material breach by SplitCo of its obligations under this Agreement, or (b) any acts or omissions of the Provider in providing the Services pursuant to this Agreement (except to the extent such Losses (i) arise from or relate to any material breach by the Provider of its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) are attributable to the gross negligence, willful misconduct, fraud, or bad faith of the Provider or any other Provider Indemnitee seeking indemnification under this Section 6.2, (iii) are fully covered by insurance maintained by the Provider or such other Provider Indemnitee, or (iv) are payable by the Provider pursuant to Section 7.11).

 

Section 6.3                                     Indemnification Procedures .

 

(a)                                  (i)                                      In connection with any indemnification provided for in Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, the party seeking indemnification (the “ Indemnitee ”) will give the party from which indemnification is sought (the “ Indemnitor ”) prompt notice whenever it comes to the attention of the Indemnitee that the Indemnitee has suffered or incurred, or may suffer or incur, any Losses for which it is entitled to indemnification under Section 6.1 or Section 6.2, and, if and when known, the facts constituting the basis for such claim and the projected amount of such Losses (which shall not be conclusive as to the amount of such Losses), in each case in reasonable detail. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the case of any Action commenced by a third party for which indemnification is being sought (a “ Third-Party Claim ”), such notice will be given no later than ten business days following receipt by the Indemnitee of written notice of such Third-Party Claim.  Failure by any Indemnitee to so notify the Indemnitor will not affect the rights of such Indemnitee hereunder except to the extent that such failure has a material prejudicial effect on the defenses or other rights available to the Indemnitor with respect to such Third-Party Claim.  The Indemnitee will deliver to the Indemnitor as promptly as practicable, and in any event within five business days after Indemnitee’s receipt, copies of all notices, court papers and other documents received by the Indemnitee relating to any Third-Party Claim.

 

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(ii)                                   After receipt of a notice pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(i) with respect to any Third-Party Claim, the Indemnitor will be entitled, if it so elects, to take control of the defense and investigation with respect to such Third-Party Claim and to employ and engage attorneys reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee to handle and defend such claim, at the Indemnitor’s cost, risk and expense, upon written notice to the Indemnitee of such election, which notice acknowledges the Indemnitor’s obligation to provide indemnification under this Agreement with respect to any Losses arising out of or relating to such Third-Party Claim. The Indemnitor will not settle any Third-Party Claim that is the subject of indemnification without the written consent of the Indemnitee, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, however , that, after reasonable notice, the Indemnitor may settle a claim without the Indemnitee’s consent if such settlement (A) makes no admission or acknowledgment of Liability or culpability with respect to the Indemnitee, (B) includes a complete release of the Indemnitee and (C) does not seek any relief against the Indemnitee other than the payment of money damages to be borne by the Indemnitor. The Indemnitee will cooperate in all reasonable respects with the Indemnitor and its attorneys in the investigation, trial and defense of any lawsuit or action with respect to such claim and any appeal arising therefrom (including the filing in the Indemnitee’s name of appropriate cross-claims and counterclaims).  The Indemnitee may, at its own cost, participate in any investigation, trial and defense of any Third-Party Claim controlled by the Indemnitor and any appeal arising therefrom, including participating in the process with respect to the potential settlement or compromise thereof.  If the Indemnitee has been advised by its counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to the Indemnitee that conflict with those available to, or that are not available to, the Indemnitor (“ Separate Legal Defenses ”), or that there may be actual or potential differing or conflicting interests between the Indemnitor and the Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of such Third-Party Claim, the Indemnitee will have the right, at the expense of the Indemnitor, to engage separate counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitor to handle and defend such Third-Party Claim, provided , that, if such Third-Party Claim can be reasonably separated between those portion(s) for which Separate Legal Defenses are available (“ Separable Claims ”) and those for which no Separate Legal Defenses are available, the Indemnitee will instead have the right, at the expense of the Indemnitor, to engage separate counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitor to handle and defend the Separable Claims, and the Indemnitor will not have the right to control the defense or investigation of such Third-Party Claim or such Separable Claims, as the case may be (and, in which latter case, the Indemnitor will have the right to control the defense or investigation of the remaining portion(s) of such Third-Party Claim).

 

(iii)                                If, after receipt of a notice pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(i) with respect to any Third-Party Claim as to which indemnification is available hereunder, the Indemnitor does not undertake to defend the Indemnitee against such Third-Party Claim, whether by not giving the Indemnitee timely notice of its election to so defend or otherwise, the Indemnitee may, but will have no obligation to, assume its own defense, at the expense of the Indemnitor (including attorneys fees and costs), it being understood that the Indemnitee’s right to indemnification for such Third-Party Claim shall not be adversely affected by its assuming the defense of such Third-Party Claim.  The Indemnitor will be bound by the result obtained with respect thereto by the Indemnitee; provided , that the Indemnitee may not settle any lawsuit or action with respect to which the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification hereunder without the consent of the Indemnitor, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided further , that such consent shall not be required if (i) the Indemnitor had the right under this

 

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Section 6.3 to undertake control of the defense of such Third-Party Claim and, after notice, failed to do so within thirty days of receipt of such notice (or such lesser period as may be required by court proceedings in the event of a litigated matter), or (ii) (x) the Indemnitor does not have the right to control the defense of the entirety of such Third-Party Claim pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(ii) or (y) the Indemnitor does not have the right to control the defense of any Separable Claim pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(ii) (in which case such settlement may only apply to such Separable Claims), the Indemnitee provides reasonable notice to Indemnitor of the settlement, and such settlement (A) makes no admission or acknowledgment of Liability or culpability with respect to the Indemnitor, (B) does not seek any relief against the Indemnitor and (C) does not seek any relief against the Indemnitee for which the Indemnitor is responsible other than the payment of money damages.

 

(b)                                  In no event will the Indemnitor be liable to any Indemnitee for any special, consequential, indirect, collateral, incidental or punitive damages, however caused and on any theory of liability arising in any way out of this Agreement, whether or not such Indemnitor was advised of the possibility of any such damages;  provided , that the foregoing limitations shall not limit a party’s indemnification obligations for any Losses incurred by an Indemnitee as a result of the assertion of a Third-Party Claim.

 

(c)                                   The Indemnitor and the Indemnitee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid production of Confidential Information, and to cause all communications among employees, counsel and others representing any party with respect to a Third-Party Claim to be made so as to preserve any applicable attorney-client or work-product privilege.

 

(d)                                  The Indemnitor shall pay all amounts payable pursuant to this Section 6.3 by wire transfer of immediately available funds, promptly following receipt from an Indemnitee of a bill, together with all accompanying reasonably detailed backup documentation, for any Losses that are the subject of indemnification hereunder, unless the Indemnitor in good faith disputes the amount of such Losses or whether such Losses are covered by the Indemnitor’s indemnification obligation in which event the Indemnitor shall promptly so notify the Indemnitee. In any event, the Indemnitor shall pay to the Indemnitee, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the amount of any Losses for which it is liable hereunder no later than three (3) days following any final determination of the amount of such Losses and the Indemnitor’s liability therefor. A “final determination” shall exist when (a) the parties to the dispute have reached an agreement in writing or (b) a court of competent jurisdiction shall have entered a final and non-appealable order or judgment.

 

(e)                                   If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.3 shall, for any reason, be unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnitee in respect of any Losses for which it is entitled to indemnification hereunder, then the Indemnitor shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnitee as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by and the relative fault of the Indemnitor on the one hand and the Indemnitee on the other hand with respect to the matter giving rise to such Losses.

 

(f)                                    The remedies provided in this Section 6.3 shall be cumulative and shall not preclude assertion by any Indemnitee of any other rights or the seeking of any and all other remedies against an Indemnitor, subject to Section 6.3(b).

 

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(g)                                   To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Indemnitor will indemnify the Indemnitee against any and all reasonable fees, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), incurred in connection with the enforcement of his, her or its rights under this Article VI.

 

Section 6.4                                     Survival .  The terms and conditions of this Article VI will survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 7.1                                     Defined Terms .

 

(a)                                  The following terms will have the following meanings for all purposes of this Agreement:

 

Action ” means any demand, action, claim, suit, countersuit, litigation, arbitration, prosecution, proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding), hearing, inquiry, audit, examination or investigation commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any court, grand jury or other governmental authority or any arbitrator or arbitration panel.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person controlled by such first Person, with “control” for such purpose meaning the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or voting interests, by contract, or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, none of the Persons listed in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) shall be deemed to be Affiliates of any Person listed in any other such clause: (i) Provider taken together with its Subsidiaries, (ii) SplitCo taken together with its Subsidiaries, (iii) LIC taken together with its Subsidiaries, (iv) LTAH taken together with its Subsidiaries, (v) Starz (formerly named Liberty Media Corporation) taken together with its Subsidiaries, (vi) LBC taken together with its Subsidiaries and (vii) CH taken together with its Subsidiaries.

 

Confidential Information ” means any information marked, noticed, or treated as confidential by a party which such party holds in confidence, including all trade secrets, technical, business, or other information, including customer or client information, however communicated or disclosed, relating to past, present and future research, development and business activities.

 

Liabilities ” means any and all debts, liabilities, commitments and obligations, whether or not fixed, contingent or absolute, matured or unmatured, direct or indirect, liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown, and whether or not required by GAAP to be reflected in financial statements or disclosed in the notes thereto (other than taxes).

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association, governmental authority, or other entity.

 

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Subsidiary ” when used with respect to any Person, means (i)(A) a corporation a majority in voting power of whose share capital or capital stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person, by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, whether or not such power is subject to a voting agreement or similar encumbrance, (B) a partnership or limited liability company in which such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is, at the date of determination, (1) in the case of a partnership, a general partner of such partnership with the power affirmatively to direct the policies and management of such partnership or (2) in the case of a limited liability company, the managing member or, in the absence of a managing member, a member with the power to affirmatively direct the policies and management of such limited liability company, or (C) any other Person (other than a corporation) in which such Person, one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof, has or have (1) the power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the members of the governing body of such Person, whether or not such power is subject to a voting agreement or similar encumbrance, or (2) in the absence of such a governing body, at least a majority ownership interest or (ii) any other Person of which an aggregate of 50% or more of the equity interests are, at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement, none of the Subsidiaries of the Provider will be deemed to be Subsidiaries of SplitCo or any of its Subsidiaries, nor will any of SplitCo’s Subsidiaries be deemed to be Subsidiaries of the Provider or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Tax Sharing Agreement ” means the Tax Sharing Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, between LIC and SplitCo.

 

(b)                                  The following terms will have the meanings for all purposes of this Agreement set forth in the Section reference provided next to such term:

 

Definition

 

Section Reference

Agreement

 

Preamble

Bankruptcy Event

 

Section 3.3

Bankruptcy Proceeding

 

Section 3.3

CH

 

Section 1.1

Change in Control

 

Section 3.3

Excluded Compensation

 

Section 4.2

Facilities Sharing Agreement

 

Recitals

Indemnitee

 

Section 6.3(a)(i)

Indemnitor

 

Section 6.3(a)(i)

LBC

 

Section 1.1

LIC

 

Recitals

Losses

 

Section 6.1

LTAH

 

Section 1.1

Out-of-Pocket Costs

 

Section 2.2

Personnel

 

Section 4.1

Provider

 

Preamble

 

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Definition

 

Section Reference

Provider Indemnitees

 

Section 6.2

Reorganization Agreement

 

Recitals

Separable Claims

 

Section 6.3(a)(ii)

Separate Legal Defenses

 

Section 6.3(a)(ii)

Services

 

Section 1.1

Services Fee

 

Section 2.1

SplitCo

 

Preamble

SplitCo Indemnitees

 

Section 6.1

SplitCo Officer

 

Section 4.2

Split-Off

 

Recitals

Split-Off Effective Date

 

Section 1.1

Supporting Records

 

Section 1.4

Term

 

Section 3.1

Third- Party Claim

 

Section 6.3(a)(i)

Transaction

 

Section 3.3

 

Section 7.2                                     Entire Agreement; Severability .  This Agreement, the Facilities Sharing Agreement, the Tax Sharing Agreement and the Reorganization Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral and written, among the parties hereto with respect to such subject matter. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement will be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under all applicable laws and public policies, but that the unenforceability of any provision hereof (or the modification of any provision hereof to conform with such laws or public policies, as provided in the next sentence) will not render unenforceable or impair the remainder of this Agreement. Accordingly, if any provision is determined to be invalid or unenforceable either in whole or in part, this Agreement will be deemed amended to delete or modify, as necessary, the invalid or unenforceable provisions and to alter the balance of this Agreement in order to render the same valid and enforceable, consistent (to the fullest extent possible) with the intent and purposes hereof.  If the provisions of this Agreement conflict with any provisions of the Facilities Sharing Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.

 

Section 7.3                                     Notices .  All notices and communications hereunder will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or mailed, certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, or sent by confirmed facsimile, addressed as follows:

 

If to the Provider:

Liberty Media Corporation

 

12300 Liberty Boulevard

 

Englewood, Colorado 80112

 

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

 

Facsimile: (720) 875-5401

 

 

If to SplitCo:

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.

 

12300 Liberty Boulevard

 

Englewood, Colorado 80112

 

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

 

Facsimile: (720) 875-5830

 

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or to such other address (or to the attention of such other person) as the parties may hereafter designate in writing.  All such notices and communications will be deemed to have been given on the date of delivery if sent by facsimile or personal delivery, or the third day after the mailing thereof, except that any notice of a change of address will be deemed to have been given only when actually received.

 

Section 7.4                                     Governing Law .  This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties hereto will be governed in all respects, including validity, interpretation and effect, by the laws of the State of Colorado applicable to contracts made and performed wholly therein, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provisions or rules that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 7.5                                     Rules of Construction .  The descriptive headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.  Words used in this Agreement, regardless of the gender and number specifically used, will be deemed and construed to include any other gender, masculine, feminine, or neuter, and any other number, singular or plural, as the context requires.  As used in this Agreement, the word “including” or any variation thereof is not limiting, and the word “or” is not exclusive.  The word day means a calendar day.  If the last day for giving any notice or taking any other action is a Saturday, Sunday, or a day on which banks in New York, New York or Denver, Colorado are closed, the time for giving such notice or taking such action will be extended to the next day that is not such a day.

 

Section 7.6                                     No Third-Party Rights .  Nothing expressed or referred to in this Agreement is intended or will be construed to give any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or with respect to this Agreement, or any provision hereof, it being the intention of the parties hereto that this Agreement and all of its provisions and conditions are for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 7.7                                     Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be an original and all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 7.8                                     Payment of Expenses . From and after the Split-Off Effective Date, and except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each of the parties to this Agreement will bear its own expenses, including the fees of any attorneys and accountants engaged by such party, in connection with this Agreement.

 

Section 7.9                                     Binding Effect; Assignment .

 

(a)                                  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding on the parties to this Agreement and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

 

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(b)                                  Except as expressly contemplated hereby (including by Section 4.1), this Agreement, and the obligations arising hereunder, may not be assigned by either party to this Agreement, provided , however , that SplitCo and Provider may assign their respective rights, interests, duties, liabilities and obligations under this Agreement to any of their respective wholly- owned Subsidiaries, but such assignment shall not relieve SplitCo or the Provider, as the assignor, of its obligations hereunder.

 

Section 7.10                              Amendment, Modification, Extension or Waiver .  Any amendment, modification or supplement of or to any term or condition of this Agreement will be effective only if in writing and signed by both parties hereto.  Either party to this Agreement may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party to this Agreement, or (b) waive compliance by the other party with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein or any breach thereof. Any agreement on the part of either party to any such extension or waiver will be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party. No waiver of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instance, will be deemed or construed as a further or continuing waiver of any such term, provision or condition or of any other term, provision or condition, but any party hereto may waive its rights in any particular instance by written instrument of waiver.

 

Section 7.11                              Legal Fees; Costs .  If either party to this Agreement institutes any action or proceeding to enforce any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to receive from the other party reasonable attorneys’ fees, disbursements and costs incurred in such action or proceeding, whether or not such action or proceeding is prosecuted to judgment.

 

Section 7.12                              Force Majeure .  Neither party will be liable to the other party with respect to any nonperformance or delay in performance of its obligations under this Agreement to the extent such failure or delay is due to any action or claims by any third party, labor dispute, labor strike, weather conditions or any cause beyond a party’s reasonable control.  Each party agrees that it will use all commercially reasonable efforts to continue to perform its obligations under this Agreement, to resume performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and to minimize any delay in performance of its obligations under this Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence of any such event beyond such party’s reasonable control.

 

Section 7.13                              Specific Performance .  Each party agrees that irreparable damage would occur and that the parties would not have any adequate remedy at law in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached.  It is accordingly agreed that each of the parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

 

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Section 7.14                              Further Actions .  The parties will execute and deliver all documents, provide all information, and take or forbear from all actions that may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.15                              Confidentiality .

 

(a)                                  Except with the prior consent of the disclosing party, each party will:

 

(i)                                      limit access to the Confidential Information of the other party disclosed to such party hereunder to its employees, agents, representatives, and consultants on a need-to-know basis;

 

(ii)                                   advise its employees, agents, representatives, and consultants having access to such Confidential Information of the proprietary nature thereof and of the obligations set forth in this Agreement; and

 

(iii)                                safeguard such Confidential Information by using a reasonable degree of care to prevent disclosure of the Confidential Information to third parties, but not less than that degree of care used by that party in safeguarding its own similar information or material.

 

(b)                                  A party’s obligations respecting confidentiality under Section 7.15(a) will not apply to any of the Confidential Information of the other party that a party can demonstrate: (i) was, at the time of disclosure to it, in the public domain; (ii) after disclosure to it, is published or otherwise becomes part of the public domain through no fault of the receiving party; (iii) was in the possession of the receiving party at the time of disclosure to it without being subject to any obligation of confidentiality; (iv) was received after disclosure to it from a third party who, to its knowledge, had a lawful right to disclose such information to it; (v) was independently developed by the receiving party without reference to the Confidential Information; (vi) was required to be disclosed to any regulatory body having jurisdiction over a party or any of their respective clients; or (vii) was required to be disclosed by reason of legal, accounting, or regulatory requirements beyond the reasonable control of the receiving party.  In the case of any disclosure pursuant to clauses (vi) or (vii) of this paragraph (b), to the extent practical, the receiving party will give prior notice to the disclosing party of the required disclosure and will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a protective order covering such disclosure.

 

(c)                                   The provisions of this Section 7.15 will survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has signed this Agreement, or has caused this Agreement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

PROVIDER:

 

 

 

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Pamela L. Coe

 

Name: Pamela L. Coe

 

Title: Senior Vice President and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

SPLITCO:

 

 

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Craig Troyer

 

Name: Craig Troyer

 

Title: Vice President and Assistant Secretary

 


Exhibit 10.3

 

LIBERTY PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC.

12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD

ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112

 

November 4, 2016

 

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.

12300 Liberty Boulevard

Englewood, CO 80112

Attention: Legal Department

 

Re:                              Facilities Sharing Agreement.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Liberty Interactive Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ LIC ”), has, or will shortly, effect the split-off (the “ Split-off ”) of Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ SplitCo ”), by means of the redemption of a portion of the issued and outstanding shares of LIC’s Liberty Ventures common stock in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of SplitCo.  To that end, LIC and SplitCo have entered into a Reorganization Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2016 (the “ Reorganization Agreement ”), pursuant to which various assets and businesses of LIC and its subsidiaries have been, or will be, transferred to SplitCo and its subsidiaries.

 

As you are aware, Liberty Property Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ LPH ”), which is the owner of 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado (the “ Premises ”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (“ Liberty Media ” or “ Provider ”), permits LIC to occupy and use certain office and parking facilities within the Premises for a fee.  In connection with the Split-off, LIC has requested that Liberty Media permit SplitCo directly to occupy and use a portion of such office and parking facilities within the Premises following the Split-off, and SplitCo desires to so occupy and use such facilities.  Liberty Media and LPH are amenable to such a sharing arrangement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

As you are also aware, Liberty Media provides services to LIC pursuant to an existing services agreement, and LIC has requested that Liberty Media provide similar services directly to SplitCo following the Split-off.  Accordingly, Liberty Media and SplitCo have entered into a services agreement, dated November 4, 2016 (the “ Services Agreement ”), pursuant to which Liberty Media will provide to SplitCo the services described therein on the terms set forth therein from and after the date of the Split-off (the “ Split-off Effective Date ”).

 



 

Based on the premises and the mutual agreements of the parties, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, SplitCo, LPH and Liberty Media hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Use of Facilities . The shared facilities consist of 40,115 square feet, in the aggregate, of fully-furnished executive offices, working stations for secretarial and other support staff and common areas, including the main reception area, conference facilities, hallways, stairways, restrooms, kitchenettes, the employee cafeteria, the fitness area and parking facilities (collectively, the “ Shared Facilities Space ”), located within the Premises.

 

Section 2. Sharing Fee . SplitCo will pay to LPH a monthly fee (the “ Sharing Fee ”), by wire or intrabank transfer of funds or in such other manner as may be agreed upon by the parties, in arrears on or before the last day of each calendar month beginning with the first full calendar month following the date of the Split-off, equal to one-twelfth of the sum of (A) the product of (i) an agreed-upon Facilities Percentage (as defined below) multiplied by (ii) the product of the total square footage of space within the Shared Facilities Space and the Square Foot Rate (as defined below), plus (B) the Annual Allocation Expense (as defined below). For this purpose, SplitCo and LPH agree that, until December 31, 2016, the fair market “fully loaded” rental rate per square foot, including parking facilities, for space comparable to the Shared Facilities Space in Englewood, Colorado will be $31.84 per square foot (the “ Square Foot Rate ”). The Square Foot Rate will be automatically increased on the first day of the first month of each calendar year thereafter in an amount equal to the percentage increase in the U.S. Department of Labor Consumer Price Index All Items, All Urban Consumers Denver-Boulder-Greeley for the same period. The Square Foot Rate does not include charges for expenses related to the use of the Shared Facilities Space, including, but not limited to, utilities, security and janitorial services, office equipment rent, office supplies, use of the cafeteria facilities onsite at the Shared Facilities Space, maintenance and repairs, telephone, satellite, video and information technology (including network maintenance and data storage, computer and telephone support and maintenance, and management and information systems (servers, hardware and related software)) (the “ Allocations ”). With respect to each calendar year during the term of this facilities sharing agreement (this “ Agreement ”), SplitCo shall reimburse LPH in an amount (the “ Annual Allocation Expense ”) equal to the product of (x) the aggregate amount of the estimated Allocations for such year, as determined in good faith by LPH and notified to SplitCo prior to the commencement of such calendar year, and (y) the Facilities Percentage applicable to such calendar year; provided that, if the Facilities Percentage changes during any calendar year, the Annual Allocation Expense applicable to such calendar year shall be adjusted accordingly.

 

The “ Facilities Percentage ” is the percentage of the Shared Facilities Space that Provider estimates, in good faith, will be used to provide services to SplitCo under the Services Agreement.  The initial Facilities Percentage will be determined by the Provider, in consultation with LIC, on or prior to the Split-off Effective Date, and Provider and SplitCo will review and evaluate the Facilities Percentage for reasonableness semiannually during the Term and will negotiate in good faith to reach agreement on any appropriate adjustments to the Facilities Percentage. Based on such review and evaluation, Provider and SplitCo will agree on the appropriate effective date (which may be retroactive) of any such adjustment to the Facilities Percentage.

 

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Provider and SplitCo will also review and evaluate the Annual Allocation Expense for reasonableness semi-annually during the term of this Agreement, and will negotiate in good faith to reach agreement on any appropriate adjustments to the Annual Allocation Expense based on such review and evaluation.

 

The terms and conditions of this Section 2 will survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.  Term .

 

(i)                                      The term of this Agreement will commence on the Split-off Effective Date and will continue until the third anniversary of the Split-off Effective Date (the “ Term ”).  This Agreement is subject to termination prior to the end of the Term in accordance with Section 3(ii).

 

(ii)                                   This Agreement will be terminated prior to the expiration of the Term in the following events:

 

·                   by SplitCo or LPH at any time upon at least 30 days’ prior written notice to LPH or SplitCo, respectively (provided the Services Agreement is not then still in effect);

·                   concurrently with the termination of the Services Agreement;

·                   immediately upon written notice (or any time specified in such notice) by LPH to SplitCo if SplitCo shall default in the performance of any of its material obligations hereunder and such default shall remain unremedied for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof is given by LPH to SplitCo;

·                   immediately upon written notice (or at any time specified in such notice) by LPH to SplitCo if a Change in Control or Bankruptcy Event occurs with respect to SplitCo; or

·                   immediately upon written notice (or at any time specified in such notice) by SplitCo to LPH if a Change in Control or Bankruptcy Event occurs with respect to Liberty Media.

 

For purposes of this Section 3(ii), a “ Change in Control ” will have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Services Agreement.

 

For purposes of this Section 3(ii), a “ Bankruptcy Event ” will have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Services Agreement.

 

Section 4.   Miscellaneous .

 

(i)  Entire Agreement; Severability . This Agreement, the Services Agreement, the Reorganization Agreement and the Tax Sharing Agreement between LIC and SplitCo, dated as of November 4, 2016, constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto or thereto, as applicable with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral and written, among the parties hereto with respect to such subject matter. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement will be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under all applicable laws and public policies, but

 

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that the unenforceability of any provision hereof (or the modification of any provision hereof to conform with such laws or public policies, as provided in the next sentence) will not render unenforceable or impair the remainder of this Agreement. Accordingly, if any provision is determined to be invalid or unenforceable either in whole or in part, this Agreement will be deemed amended to delete or modify, as necessary, the invalid or unenforceable provisions and to alter the balance of this Agreement in order to render the same valid and enforceable, consistent (to the fullest extent possible) with the intent and purposes hereof. If the cost of any service to be provided to SplitCo under the Services Agreement is included in the Annual Allocation Expense payable hereunder, then the cost of such service shall not also be payable by SplitCo under the Services Agreement.

 

(ii)  Notices .  All notices and communications hereunder will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally or mailed, certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, or sent by confirmed facsimile, addressed as follows:

 

If to LPH:

 

Liberty Property Holdings, Inc.

c/o Liberty Media Corporation

12300 Liberty Boulevard

Englewood, Colorado 80112

Attention:  Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile:  (720) 875-5401

 

If to SplitCo:

 

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.

12300 Liberty Boulevard

Englewood, Colorado 80112

Attention:  Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile:  (720) 875-5830

 

or to such other address (or to the attention of such other person) as the parties may hereafter designate in writing.  All such notices and communications will be deemed to have been given on the date of delivery if sent by facsimile or personal delivery, or the third day after the mailing thereof, except that any notice of a change of address will be deemed to have been given only when actually received.

 

(iii)  Governing Law .  This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties hereto will be governed in all respects, including validity, interpretation and effect, by the laws of the State of Colorado applicable to contracts made and performed wholly therein, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provisions or rules that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

(iv)  No Third-Party Rights .  Nothing expressed or referred to in this Agreement is intended or will be construed to give any person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or with respect to this Agreement, or any provision hereof, it being the intention of the parties

 

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hereto that this Agreement and all of its provisions and conditions are for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.

 

(v)   Assignment .  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding on the parties to this Agreement and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.  Except as expressly contemplated hereby, this Agreement, and the obligations arising hereunder, may not be assigned by either party to this Agreement, provided, however , that LPH and SplitCo may assign their respective rights, interests, duties, liabilities and obligations under this Agreement to any of their respective wholly-owned subsidiaries, but such assignment shall not relieve the assignor of its obligations hereunder.

 

(vi)  Amendment . Any amendment, modification or supplement of or to any term or condition of this Agreement will be effective only if in writing and signed by both parties hereto.

 

(vii)  Further Actions .  The parties will execute and deliver all documents, provide all information, and take or forbear from all actions that may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

 

(viii)  Force Majeure .  Neither party will be liable to the other party with respect to any nonperformance or delay in performance of its obligations under this Agreement to the extent such failure or delay is due to any action or claims by any third party, labor dispute, labor strike, weather conditions or any cause beyond a party’s reasonable control.  Each party agrees that it will use all commercially reasonable efforts to continue to perform its obligations under this Agreement, to resume performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and to minimize any delay in performance of its obligations under this Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence of any such event beyond such party’s reasonable control.

 

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If the foregoing meets with your approval, kindly execute below and return a copy to the undersigned.

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

LIBERTY PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Pamela L. Coe

 

 

 

Name: Pamela L. Coe

 

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accepted and agreed this 4th day of November, 2016:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Katherine C. Jewell

 

 

 

 

Name: Katherine C. Jewell

 

 

 

 

Title: Assistant Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Pamela L. Coe

 

 

 

 

Name: Pamela L. Coe

 

 

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President and Secretary

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

FALCON 7X N770LM

 

AIRCRAFT TIME SHARING AGREEMENT

 

This Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into as of the 4 th  day of November, 2016 (“Effective Date”), by and between Liberty Media Corporation, with an address of 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112 (“Lessor”), and Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., with an address of 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112 (“Lessee”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Lessor is the owner of that certain Dassault Falcon 7X aircraft, bearing manufacturer’s serial number 262 (the “Aircraft”), registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) as N770LM;

 

WHEREAS, Lessor employs a fully qualified flight crew to operate the Aircraft;

 

WHEREAS, Lessor desires to lease the Aircraft to Lessee and to provide a fully qualified flight crew for all operations on a periodic, non-exclusive time sharing basis, as defined in Section 91.501(c)(1) of the Federal Aviation Regulations (“FAR”); and

 

WHEREAS, the use of the Aircraft by Lessee shall at all times be pursuant to and in full compliance with the requirements of FAR Sections 91.501(b)(6), 91.501(c)(1) and 91.501(d).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and considerations contained in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Lessor agrees to lease the Aircraft to Lessee on a periodic, non-exclusive basis, and to provide a fully qualified flight crew for all operations, pursuant and subject to the provisions of FAR Section 91.501(c)(1) and the terms of this Agreement.  The parties expressly acknowledge and agree that, regardless of any employment, contractual or other relationship of any kind or nature, at all times that the Aircraft is operated under this Agreement, Lessor, as the party furnishing the Aircraft and flight crew and exercising complete control over all phases of aircraft operation, shall be deemed to have operational control of the Aircraft as such term is defined in 14 C.F.R. Section 1.1.  This Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and continue until the first anniversary of the Effective Date.  Thereafter, this Agreement shall be automatically renewed on a month-to-month basis, unless sooner terminated by either party as hereinafter provided.  Either party may at any time terminate this Agreement (including during the initial term) upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the other party.

 

2.                                       Lessee shall pay Lessor for each flight conducted under this Agreement an amount equal to those charges specifically permitted by FAR Section 91.501(d) and in no event an amount in excess of such charges (the “Time Sharing Charge”), which are as follows:

 



 

(a)                                  Fuel, oil, lubricants, and other additives;

(b)                                  Travel expenses of the crew, including food, lodging and ground transportation;

(c)                                   Hangar and tie down costs away from the Aircraft’s base of operation;

(d)                                  Insurance obtained for the specific flight;

(e)                                   Landing fees, airport taxes and similar assessments;

(f)                                    Customs, foreign permit, and similar fees directly related to the flight;

(g)                                   In-flight food and beverages;

(h)                                  Passenger ground transportation;

(i)                                      Flight planning and weather contract services; and

(j)                                     An additional charge equal to 100% of the expenses listed in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph.

 

3.                                       Lessor will pay all expenses related to the operation of the Aircraft when incurred, and will bill Lessee on a monthly basis as soon as practicable after the last day of each calendar month for the Time Sharing Charge for any and all flights for the account of Lessee pursuant to this Agreement during the preceding month.  Lessee shall pay Lessor for all flights for the account of Lessee pursuant to this Agreement within 30 days of receipt of the invoice therefor.  If requested by Lessee, Lessor will provide Lessee with a detailed accounting of the expenses composing the Time Sharing Charge for each flight for the account of Lessee pursuant to this Agreement.  Without limiting the foregoing, amounts payable by Lessee to Lessor under this Agreement may include any federal excise tax that may be imposed under Internal Revenue Code Section 4261 or any similar excise taxes, if any.

 

4.                                       Lessee will provide Lessor with requests for flight time and proposed flight schedules as far in advance of any given flight as possible, and in any case, at least 24 hours in advance of Lessee’s planned departure unless Lessor otherwise agrees.  Requests for flight time shall be in a form, whether written or oral, mutually convenient to, and agreed upon by the parties.  In addition to the proposed schedules and flight times, Lessee shall provide at least the following information for each proposed flight at some time prior to scheduled departure as required by Lessor or Lessor’s flight crew:

 

(a)                                  proposed departure point;

(b)                                  destinations;

(c)                                   date and time of flight;

(d)                                  the number of anticipated passengers;

(e)                                   the identity of each anticipated passenger;

(f)                                    the nature and extent of luggage and/or cargo to be carried;

(g)                                   the date and time of return flight, if any; and

(h)                                  any other information concerning the proposed flight that may be pertinent or required by Lessor or Lessor’s flight crew.

 

5.                                       Lessor shall have sole and exclusive authority over the scheduling of the Aircraft, including any limitations on the number of passengers on any flight; provided, however, that Lessor will use commercially reasonable efforts to accommodate Lessee’s needs and to avoid conflicts in scheduling.

 



 

6.                                       As between Lessor and Lessee, Lessor shall be solely responsible for securing maintenance, preventive maintenance and required or otherwise necessary inspections on the Aircraft, and shall take such requirements into account in scheduling the Aircraft.  No period of maintenance, preventative maintenance or inspection shall be delayed or postponed for the purpose of scheduling the Aircraft, unless said maintenance or inspection can be safely conducted at a later time in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, and within the sound discretion of the pilot in command.  The pilot in command shall have final and complete authority to cancel any flight for any reason or condition that in his judgment would compromise the safety of the flight.

 

7.                                       Lessor shall employ, pay for and provide to Lessee a qualified flight crew for each flight undertaken under this Agreement.

 

8.                                       In accordance with applicable FARs, the qualified flight crew provided by Lessor will exercise all of its duties and responsibilities in regard to the safety of each flight conducted hereunder.  Lessee specifically agrees that the flight crew, in its sole discretion, may terminate any flight, refuse to commence any flight or take other action which in the considered judgment of the pilot in command is necessitated by considerations of safety.  No such action of the pilot in command shall create or support any liability for loss, injury, damage or delay to Lessee or any other person.  The parties further agree that Lessor shall not be liable for delay or failure to furnish the Aircraft and crew pursuant to this Agreement when such failure is caused by government regulation or authority, mechanical difficulty, war, civil commotion, strikes or labor disputes, weather conditions, or acts of God or any other event or circumstance beyond the reasonable control of Lessor.

 

9.                                       (a)                                  At all times during the term of this Agreement, Lessor shall cause to be carried and maintained, at Lessor’s cost and expense, physical damage insurance with respect to the Aircraft, third party aircraft liability insurance, passenger legal liability insurance, property damage liability insurance, and medical expense insurance in such amounts and on such terms and conditions as Lessor shall determine in its sole discretion.  Lessor shall also bear the cost of paying any deductible amount on any policy of insurance in the event of a claim or loss.

 

(b)                                  Any policies of insurance carried in accordance with this Agreement:  (i) shall name Lessee as an additional insured; (ii) shall contain a waiver by the underwriter thereof of any right of subrogation against Lessee; and (iii) shall require the insurers to provide at least 30 days’ prior written notice (or at least seven days’ in the case of any war-risk insurance) to Lessee if the insurers cancel insurance for any reason whatsoever; provided, however, that the insurers shall provide at least ten days’ prior written notice if the same is allowed to lapse for non-payment of premium.  Each liability policy shall be primary without right of contribution from any other insurance that is carried by Lessee or Lessor and shall expressly provide that all of the provisions thereof, except the limits of liability, shall operate in the same manner as if there were a separate policy covering each insured.

 

(c)                                   Lessor shall obtain the approval of this Agreement by the insurance carrier for each policy of insurance on the Aircraft.  If requested by Lessee, Lessor shall arrange for a Certificate of Insurance evidencing the insurance coverage with respect to the Aircraft carried and maintained by Lessor to be given by its insurance carriers to Lessee or will provide Lessee

 



 

with a copy of such insurance policies.  Lessor will give Lessee reasonable advance notice of any material modifications to insurance coverage relating to the Aircraft.

 

10.                                (a)                                  Lessee agrees that the proceeds of insurance will be Lessee’s sole recourse against Lessor with respect to any claims that Lessee may have under this Agreement, except in the event of gross negligence or willful misconduct by Lessor.

 

(b)                                  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 10 SHALL SURVIVE INDEFINITELY THE TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF THE AGREEMENT .

 

11.                                Lessee warrants that:

 

(a)                                  It will not use the Aircraft for the purpose of providing transportation of passengers or cargo in air commerce for compensation or hire, for any illegal purpose, or in violation of any insurance policies with respect to the Aircraft;

 

(b)                                  It will refrain from incurring any mechanics, international interest, prospective international interest or other lien and shall not attempt to convey, mortgage, assign, lease or grant or obtain an international interest or prospective international interest or in any way alienate the Aircraft or create any kind of lien or security interest involving the Aircraft or do anything or take any action that might mature into such a lien; and

 

(c)                                   It will comply with all applicable laws, governmental and airport orders, rules and regulations, as shall from time to time be in effect relating in any way to the operation and use of the Aircraft under this Agreement.

 

12.                                For purposes of this Agreement, the permanent base of operation of the Aircraft shall be Centennial Airport, Englewood, Colorado.

 

13.                                A copy of this Agreement shall be carried in the Aircraft and available for review upon the request of the Federal Aviation Administration on all flights conducted pursuant to this Agreement.

 

14.                                Lessee shall not assign this Agreement or its interest herein to any other person or entity without the prior written consent of Lessor, which may be granted or denied in Lessor’s sole discretion.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and their respective heirs, representatives, successors and assigns, and does not confer any rights on any other person.

 

15.                                This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior understandings and agreements between the parties respecting such subject matter.  This Agreement may be amended or supplemented and any provision hereof waived only by a written instrument signed by all parties.  The failure or delay on the part of any party to insist on strict performance of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or to exercise any rights or remedies hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any such provisions, rights or remedies.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, which shall, singly or in the aggregate, constitute a fully executed and binding Agreement.  Words of gender used in this Agreement may be read as masculine, feminine or

 



 

neuter as required by the context.  Words of number may be read as singular or plural, as required by the context.  The word “include” and derivatives of that word are used in this Agreement in an illustrative sense rather than a limiting sense.  The word “or” is not exclusive and shall be interpreted as meaning “and/or.”  The words “shall” and “will” are used interchangeably and are intended to have the same meaning.  Where applicable, this Agreement may be referred to as “this Lease.”

 

16.                                Except as otherwise set forth in Section 4, all communications and notices provided for herein shall be in writing and shall become effective when delivered by facsimile transmission or by personal delivery, Federal Express or other overnight courier or four days following deposit in the United States mail, with correct postage for first-class mail prepaid, addressed to Lessor or Lessee at their respective addresses set forth above, or else as otherwise directed by the other party from time to time in writing.

 

17.                                If any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unimpaired, and the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions shall be replaced by a mutually acceptable provision, which, being valid, legal and enforceable, comes closest to the intention of the parties underlying the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law, that renders any provision of this Agreement prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

 

18.                                This Agreement is entered into under, and is to be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Colorado, without reference to conflicts of laws.

 

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19.                                TRUTH IN LEASING STATEMENT UNDER FAR SECTION 91.23

 

THE AIRCRAFT, A DASSAULT FALCON 7X, MANUFACTURER’S SERIAL NO. 262, CURRENTLY REGISTERED WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AS N770LM, EITHER HAS BEEN DELIVERED FROM ITS MANUFACTURER OR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND INSPECTED UNDER FAR PART 91 DURING THE 12 MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE DATE OF THIS LEASE.

 

THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE MAINTAINED AND INSPECTED UNDER FAR PART 91 FOR OPERATIONS TO BE CONDUCTED UNDER THIS LEASE.  DURING THE DURATION OF THIS LEASE, LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION, 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 IS CONSIDERED RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THIS LEASE.

 

AN EXPLANATION OF THE FACTORS BEARING ON OPERATIONAL CONTROL AND PERTINENT FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE NEAREST FAA FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE.

 

THE “INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH TRUTH IN LEASING REQUIREMENTS” ATTACHED HERETO ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.

 

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION, LOCATED AT 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112, THROUGH ITS UNDERSIGNED AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY BELOW, CERTIFIES THAT LESSOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT IT UNDERSTANDS ITS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement to be effective as of the date first above written.

 

 

LESSOR

 

LESSEE

 

 

 

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Craig Troyer

 

By:

/s/ Craig Troyer

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Craig Troyer

 

Name:

Craig Troyer

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

Title:

Vice President

 

[Signature Page — Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement (FALCON 7X N770LM)]

 



 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH “TRUTH IN LEASING” REQUIREMENTS

 

1.                                       Mail a copy of the lease to the following address via certified mail, return receipt requested, immediately upon execution of the lease (14 C.F.R. 91.23 requires that the copy be sent within 24 hours after it is signed):

 

Federal Aviation Administration

Aircraft Registration Branch

ATTN:  Technical Section

P.O. Box 25724

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125

 

2.                                       Telephone the nearest Flight Standards District Office at least 48 hours prior to the first flight under this lease.

 

3.                                       Carry a copy of the lease in the aircraft at all times.

 



 

FALCON 900EX N730LM

 

AIRCRAFT TIME SHARING AGREEMENT

 

This Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into as of the 4 th  day of November, 2016 (“Effective Date”), by and between Liberty Media Corporation, with an address of 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112 (“Lessor”), and Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., with an address of 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112 (“Lessee”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Lessor is the owner of that certain Dassault Falcon 900EX aircraft, bearing manufacturer’s serial number 101, currently registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) as N730LM (the “Aircraft”);

 

WHEREAS, Lessor employs a fully qualified flight crew to operate the Aircraft;

 

WHEREAS, Lessor desires to lease the Aircraft to Lessee and to provide a fully qualified flight crew for all operations on a periodic, non-exclusive time sharing basis, as defined in Section 91.501(c)(1) of the Federal Aviation Regulations (“FAR”); and

 

WHEREAS, the use of the Aircraft by Lessee shall at all times be pursuant to and in full compliance with the requirements of FAR Sections 91.501(b)(6), 91.501(c)(1) and 91.501(d).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and considerations contained in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

 

20.                                Lessor agrees to lease the Aircraft to Lessee on a periodic, non-exclusive basis, and to provide a fully qualified flight crew for all operations, pursuant and subject to the provisions of FAR Section 91.501(c)(1) and the terms of this Agreement.  The parties expressly acknowledge and agree that, regardless of any employment, contractual or other relationship of any kind or nature, at all times that the Aircraft is operated under this Agreement, Lessor, as the party furnishing the Aircraft and flight crew and exercising complete control over all phases of aircraft operation, shall be deemed to have operational control of the Aircraft as such term is defined in 14 C.F.R. Section 1.1.  This Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and continue until the first anniversary of the Effective Date.  Thereafter, this Agreement shall be automatically renewed on a month-to-month basis, unless sooner terminated by either party as hereinafter provided.  Either party may at any time terminate this Agreement (including during the initial term) upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the other party.

 

21.                                Lessee shall pay Lessor for each flight conducted under this Agreement an amount equal to those charges specifically permitted by FAR Section 91.501(d) and in no event an amount in excess of such charges (the “Time Sharing Charge”), which are as follows:

 



 

(a)                                  Fuel, oil, lubricants, and other additives;

(b)                                  Travel expenses of the crew, including food, lodging and ground transportation;

(c)                                   Hangar and tie down costs away from the Aircraft’s base of operation;

(d)                                  Insurance obtained for the specific flight;

(e)                                   Landing fees, airport taxes and similar assessments;

(f)                                    Customs, foreign permit, and similar fees directly related to the flight;

(g)                                   In-flight food and beverages;

(h)                                  Passenger ground transportation;

(i)                                      Flight planning and weather contract services; and

(j)                                     An additional charge equal to 100% of the expenses listed in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph.

 

22.                                Lessor will pay all expenses related to the operation of the Aircraft when incurred, and will bill Lessee on a monthly basis as soon as practicable after the last day of each calendar month for the Time Sharing Charge for any and all flights for the account of Lessee pursuant to this Agreement during the preceding month.  Lessee shall pay Lessor for all flights for the account of Lessee pursuant to this Agreement within 30 days of receipt of the invoice therefor.  If requested by Lessee, Lessor will provide Lessee with a detailed accounting of the expenses composing the Time Sharing Charge for each flight for the account of Lessee pursuant to this Agreement.  Without limiting the foregoing, amounts payable by Lessee to Lessor under this Agreement may include any federal excise tax that may be imposed under Internal Revenue Code Section 4261 or any similar excise taxes, if any.

 

23.                                Lessee will provide Lessor with requests for flight time and proposed flight schedules as far in advance of any given flight as possible, and in any case, at least 24 hours in advance of Lessee’s planned departure unless Lessor otherwise agrees.  Requests for flight time shall be in a form, whether written or oral, mutually convenient to, and agreed upon by the parties.  In addition to the proposed schedules and flight times, Lessee shall provide at least the following information for each proposed flight at some time prior to scheduled departure as required by Lessor or Lessor’s flight crew:

 

(a)                                  proposed departure point;

(b)                                  destinations;

(c)                                   date and time of flight;

(d)                                  the number of anticipated passengers;

(e)                                   the identity of each anticipated passenger;

(f)                                    the nature and extent of luggage and/or cargo to be carried;

(g)                                   the date and time of return flight, if any; and

(h)                                  any other information concerning the proposed flight that may be pertinent or required by Lessor or Lessor’s flight crew.

 

24.                                Lessor shall have sole and exclusive authority over the scheduling of the Aircraft, including any limitations on the number of passengers on any flight; provided, however, that Lessor will use commercially reasonable efforts to accommodate Lessee’s needs and to avoid conflicts in scheduling.

 



 

25.                                As between Lessor and Lessee, Lessor shall be solely responsible for securing maintenance, preventive maintenance and required or otherwise necessary inspections on the Aircraft, and shall take such requirements into account in scheduling the Aircraft.  No period of maintenance, preventative maintenance or inspection shall be delayed or postponed for the purpose of scheduling the Aircraft, unless said maintenance or inspection can be safely conducted at a later time in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, and within the sound discretion of the pilot in command.  The pilot in command shall have final and complete authority to cancel any flight for any reason or condition that in his judgment would compromise the safety of the flight.

 

26.                                Lessor shall employ, pay for and provide to Lessee a qualified flight crew for each flight undertaken under this Agreement.

 

27.                                In accordance with applicable FARs, the qualified flight crew provided by Lessor will exercise all of its duties and responsibilities in regard to the safety of each flight conducted hereunder.  Lessee specifically agrees that the flight crew, in its sole discretion, may terminate any flight, refuse to commence any flight or take other action which in the considered judgment of the pilot in command is necessitated by considerations of safety.  No such action of the pilot in command shall create or support any liability for loss, injury, damage or delay to Lessee or any other person.  The parties further agree that Lessor shall not be liable for delay or failure to furnish the Aircraft and crew pursuant to this Agreement when such failure is caused by government regulation or authority, mechanical difficulty, war, civil commotion, strikes or labor disputes, weather conditions, or acts of God or any other event or circumstance beyond the reasonable control of Lessor.

 

28.                                (a)                                  At all times during the term of this Agreement, Lessor shall cause to be carried and maintained, at Lessor’s cost and expense, physical damage insurance with respect to the Aircraft, third party aircraft liability insurance, passenger legal liability insurance, property damage liability insurance, and medical expense insurance in such amounts and on such terms and conditions as Lessor shall determine in its sole discretion.  Lessor shall also bear the cost of paying any deductible amount on any policy of insurance in the event of a claim or loss.

 

(b)                                  Any policies of insurance carried in accordance with this Agreement:  (i) shall name Lessee as an additional insured; (ii) shall contain a waiver by the underwriter thereof of any right of subrogation against Lessee; and (iii) shall require the insurers to provide at least 30 days’ prior written notice (or at least seven days’ in the case of any war-risk insurance) to Lessee if the insurers cancel insurance for any reason whatsoever; provided, however, that the insurers shall provide at least ten days’ prior written notice if the same is allowed to lapse for non-payment of premium.  Each liability policy shall be primary without right of contribution from any other insurance that is carried by Lessee or Lessor and shall expressly provide that all of the provisions thereof, except the limits of liability, shall operate in the same manner as if there were a separate policy covering each insured.

 

(c)                                   Lessor shall obtain the approval of this Agreement by the insurance carrier for each policy of insurance on the Aircraft.  If requested by Lessee, Lessor shall arrange for a Certificate of Insurance evidencing the insurance coverage with respect to the Aircraft carried and maintained by Lessor to be given by its insurance carriers to Lessee or will provide Lessee

 



 

with a copy of such insurance policies.  Lessor will give Lessee reasonable advance notice of any material modifications to insurance coverage relating to the Aircraft.

 

29.                                (a)                                  Lessee agrees that the proceeds of insurance will be Lessee’s sole recourse against Lessor with respect to any claims that Lessee may have under this Agreement, except in the event of gross negligence or willful misconduct by Lessor.

 

(b)                                  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 10 SHALL SURVIVE INDEFINITELY THE TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF THE AGREEMENT .

 

30.                                Lessee warrants that:

 

(a)                                  It will not use the Aircraft for the purpose of providing transportation of passengers or cargo in air commerce for compensation or hire, for any illegal purpose, or in violation of any insurance policies with respect to the Aircraft;

 

(b)                                  It will refrain from incurring any mechanics, international interest, prospective international interest or other lien and shall not attempt to convey, mortgage, assign, lease or grant or obtain an international interest or prospective international interest or in any way alienate the Aircraft or create any kind of lien or security interest involving the Aircraft or do anything or take any action that might mature into such a lien; and

 

(c)                                   It will comply with all applicable laws, governmental and airport orders, rules and regulations, as shall from time to time be in effect relating in any way to the operation and use of the Aircraft under this Agreement.

 

31.                                For purposes of this Agreement, the permanent base of operation of the Aircraft shall be Centennial Airport, Englewood, Colorado.

 

32.                                A copy of this Agreement shall be carried in the Aircraft and available for review upon the request of the Federal Aviation Administration on all flights conducted pursuant to this Agreement.

 

33.                                Lessee shall not assign this Agreement or its interest herein to any other person or entity without the prior written consent of Lessor, which may be granted or denied in Lessor’s sole discretion.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and their respective heirs, representatives, successors and assigns, and does not confer any rights on any other person.

 

34.                                This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior understandings and agreements between the parties respecting such subject matter.  This Agreement may be amended or supplemented and any provision hereof waived only by a written instrument signed by all parties.  The failure or delay on the part of any party to insist on strict performance of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or to exercise any rights or remedies hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any such provisions, rights or remedies.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, which shall, singly or in the aggregate, constitute a fully executed and binding Agreement.  Words of gender used in this Agreement may be read as masculine, feminine or

 



 

neuter as required by the context.  Words of number may be read as singular or plural, as required by the context.  The word “include” and derivatives of that word are used in this Agreement in an illustrative sense rather than a limiting sense.  The word “or” is not exclusive and shall be interpreted as meaning “and/or.”  The words “shall” and “will” are used interchangeably and are intended to have the same meaning.  Where applicable, this Agreement may be referred to as “this Lease.”

 

35.                                Except as otherwise set forth in Section 4, all communications and notices provided for herein shall be in writing and shall become effective when delivered by facsimile transmission or by personal delivery, Federal Express or other overnight courier or four days following deposit in the United States mail, with correct postage for first-class mail prepaid, addressed to Lessor or Lessee at their respective addresses set forth above, or else as otherwise directed by the other party from time to time in writing.

 

36.                                If any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unimpaired, and the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions shall be replaced by a mutually acceptable provision, which, being valid, legal and enforceable, comes closest to the intention of the parties underlying the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law, that renders any provision of this Agreement prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

 

37.                                This Agreement is entered into under, and is to be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Colorado, without reference to conflicts of laws.

 

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38.                                TRUTH IN LEASING STATEMENT UNDER FAR SECTION 91.23

 

THE AIRCRAFT, A DASSAULT FALCON 900EX, MANUFACTURER’S SERIAL NO. 101, CURRENTLY REGISTERED WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AS N730LM, HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND INSPECTED UNDER FAR PART 91 DURING THE 12 MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE DATE OF THIS LEASE.

 

THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE MAINTAINED AND INSPECTED UNDER FAR PART 91 FOR OPERATIONS TO BE CONDUCTED UNDER THIS LEASE.  DURING THE DURATION OF THIS LEASE, LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION, 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 IS CONSIDERED RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THIS LEASE.

 

AN EXPLANATION OF THE FACTORS BEARING ON OPERATIONAL CONTROL AND PERTINENT FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE NEAREST FAA FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE.

 

THE “INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH TRUTH IN LEASING REQUIREMENTS” ATTACHED HERETO ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.

 

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION, LOCATED AT 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112, THROUGH ITS UNDERSIGNED AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY BELOW, CERTIFIES THAT LESSOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT IT UNDERSTANDS ITS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement to be effective as of the date first above written.

 

 

LESSOR

 

LESSEE

 

 

 

LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Craig Troyer

 

By:

/s/ Craig Troyer

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Craig Troyer

 

Name:

Craig Troyer

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

Title:

Vice President

 

[Signature Page — Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement (FALCON 900EX N730LM)]

 



 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH “TRUTH IN LEASING” REQUIREMENTS

 

4.                                       Mail a copy of the lease to the following address via certified mail, return receipt requested, immediately upon execution of the lease (14 C.F.R. 91.23 requires that the copy be sent within 24 hours after it is signed):

 

Federal Aviation Administration

Aircraft Registration Branch

ATTN:  Technical Section

P.O. Box 25724

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125

 

5.                                       Telephone the nearest Flight Standards District Office at least 48 hours prior to the first flight under this lease.

 

6.                                       Carry a copy of the lease in the aircraft at all times.

 


Exhibit 10.5

 

NETJETS CHALLENGER 650
N212QS

 

AIRCRAFT TIME SHARING AGREEMENT

 

This Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement (“Agreement”) is effective as of the 4 th  day of November, 2016 (“Effective Date”), by and among Liberty Citation, Inc., with an address of 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112 (“Owner”), Liberty Denver Arena LLC, with an address of 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112 (the “Sublessor”), and Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., with an address of 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112 (“Lessee”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Owner is the owner of an undivided 12.5% interest in that certain 2016 Bombardier CL-600-2B16 (Challenger 650) aircraft, bearing manufacturer’s serial number 6066 (the “Aircraft”), currently registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) as N212QS;

 

WHEREAS, Owner has dry leased the Aircraft to Sublessor pursuant to an Aircraft Dry Lease dated March 28, 2016 (the “Dry Lease”); and

 

WHEREAS, Owner is a party to a NetJets Fractional Program Agreement dated March 28, 2016 (the “Program Agreement”), with NetJets Sales, Inc. (“Sales”), NetJets Aviation, Inc. (“NJA”) and NetJets Services, Inc. (“NJS,” and collectively with NJA and Sales, “NetJets”);

 

WHEREAS, Owner has assigned Exhibit B (the “Management Terms”) and Exhibit C (the “Exchange Terms”) of the Program Agreement to Sublessor (with the consent of NetJets); and

 

WHEREAS, Sublessor has signed an “Acknowledgement of Fractional Owner Lessee’s Operational Control Responsibilities” with NetJets and exercises operational control over the Aircraft when Sublessor is operating the Aircraft in accordance with 14 C.F.R. Sections (“FAR”) 91.1003 through 91.1013; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Management Terms, the Sublessor (as assignee of Owner) has contracted with NJA to manage the use, maintenance and other matters pertaining to the operation of the Aircraft, including providing a fully qualified flight crew to operate the Aircraft; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Exchange Terms, the Sublessor (as assignee of Owner) has contracted with NJS with respect to matters related to the joint ownership and operation of the Aircraft and the inclusion of the Aircraft in the aircraft exchange program operated by NetJets, and the term “Aircraft,” when used in this Agreement, shall include the Aircraft and any other

 



 

aircraft made available by NetJets to Sublessor (through the Dry Lease with Owner) under the Management Terms and the Exchange Terms; and

 

WHEREAS, Sublessor desires to lease the Aircraft, including the flight crew provided to Sublessor pursuant to the Management Terms, to Lessee on a time sharing basis as defined in Section 91.501(c)(1) of the FAR; and

 

WHEREAS, the use of the Aircraft by Lessee shall at all times be pursuant to and in full compliance with the requirements of FAR Sections 91.501(b)(6), 91.501(c)(1) and 91.501(d).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and considerations contained in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Sublessor agrees to lease the Aircraft to Lessee on a periodic, non-exclusive basis, and to arrange with NJS through the Management Terms to provide a fully qualified flight crew for all operations of the Aircraft, pursuant and subject to the provisions of FAR Section 91.501(c)(1) and the terms of this Agreement, the Management Terms and the Exchange Terms.  The parties expressly acknowledge and agree that, regardless of any employment, contractual or other relationship of any kind or nature, at all times that the Aircraft is operated under this Agreement, Sublessor, as the party furnishing the Aircraft and flight crew and exercising complete control over all phases of aircraft operation through the Management Terms, shall be deemed to have operational control of the Aircraft as such term is defined in FAR Section 1.1 and 91.1003 through 91.1013.  This Agreement will commence on the Effective Date and continue until the first anniversary of the Effective Date.  Thereafter, this Agreement shall be automatically renewed on a month-to-month basis, unless sooner terminated by either party as hereinafter provided.  Any party may at any time terminate this Agreement (including during the initial term) upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the other parties.

 

2.                                       Lessee shall pay Sublessor an amount equal to (i) 200% of the actual expenses for fuel for each flight conducted under this Agreement, and (ii) those charges specifically permitted in FAR Section 91.501(d) that are separately invoiced by NetJets to Owner, Sublessor or any of their respective affiliates for any flight conducted under this Agreement, as permitted by FAR Section 91.501(d) and in no event an amount in excess of such charges (the “Time Sharing Charge”), which are as follows:

 

(a)                                  Fuel, oil, lubricants, and other additives;

(b)                                  Travel expenses of the crew, including food, lodging and ground transportation;

(c)                                   Hangar and tie down costs away from the Aircraft’s base of operation;

(d)                                  Insurance obtained for the specific flight;

(e)                                   Landing fees, airport taxes and similar assessments;

(f)                                    Customs, foreign permit, and similar fees directly related to the flight;

(g)                                   In-flight food and beverages;

(h)                                  Passenger ground transportation;

(i)                                      Flight planning and weather contract services; and

(j)                                     An additional charge equal to 100% of the expenses listed in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph.

 



 

3.                                       Sublessor will pay (directly or through the Owner) all expenses related to the operation of the Aircraft when incurred, and will bill Lessee on a monthly basis as soon as practicable after the last day of each calendar month for the Time Sharing Charge for any and all flights for the account of Lessee pursuant to this Agreement during the preceding month.  Lessee shall pay Sublessor for all flights for the account of Lessee pursuant to this Agreement within 30 days of receipt of the invoice therefor.  If requested by Lessee, Sublessor will provide Lessee with a detailed accounting of the expenses composing the Time Sharing Charge for each flight for the account of Lessee pursuant to this Agreement.  Without limiting the foregoing, amounts payable by Lessee to Sublessor under this Agreement may include any federal excise tax that may be imposed under Internal Revenue Code Section 4261 or any similar excise taxes, if any.

 

4.                                       Lessee will provide Sublessor with requests for flight time and proposed flight schedules as far in advance of any given flight as possible, and in any case, at least 24 hours in advance of Lessee’s planned departure unless Sublessor agrees otherwise.  Requests for flight time shall be in a form, whether written or oral, mutually convenient to, and agreed upon by the parties.  In addition to the proposed schedules and flight times, Lessee shall provide at least the following information for each proposed flight at some time prior to scheduled departure as required by the Sublessor or the flight crew:

 

(a)                                  proposed departure point;

(b)                                  destinations;

(c)                                   date and time of flight;

(d)                                  the number of anticipated passengers;

(e)                                   the identity of each anticipated passenger;

(f)                                    the nature and extent of luggage and/or cargo to be carried;

(g)                                   the date and time of return flight, if any; and

(h)                                  any other information concerning the proposed flight that may be pertinent or required by the Sublessor or the flight crew.

 

5.                                       Sublessor shall have sole and exclusive authority over the scheduling of the Aircraft, including any limitations on the number of passengers on any flight; provided, however, that Sublessor will use commercially reasonable efforts to accommodate Lessee’s needs and to avoid conflicts in scheduling between Sublessor and Lessee.

 

6.                                       As between Sublessor and Lessee,  Sublessor shall be solely responsible for causing NetJets to secure maintenance, preventive maintenance and required or otherwise necessary inspections on the Aircraft, and shall take such requirements into account in scheduling the Aircraft.  No period of maintenance, preventive maintenance or inspection shall be delayed or postponed for the purpose of scheduling the Aircraft, unless said maintenance or inspection can be safely conducted at a later time in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, and within the sound discretion of the pilot in command.  The pilot in command shall have final and complete authority to cancel any flight for any reason or condition that in his judgment would compromise the safety of the flight.

 

7.                                       In accordance with applicable FARs, the qualified flight crew provided pursuant to this Agreement will exercise all of its duties and responsibilities in regard to the safety of each flight conducted hereunder.  Lessee specifically agrees that the flight crew, in its sole discretion,

 



 

may terminate any flight, refuse to commence any flight or take other action which in the considered judgment of the pilot in command is necessitated by considerations of safety.  No such action of the pilot in command shall create or support any liability for loss, injury, damage or delay to Lessee or any other person.  The parties further agree that neither Owner nor the Sublessor shall be liable for delay or failure to furnish the Aircraft and crew pursuant to this Agreement when such failure is caused by NetJets, government regulation or authority, mechanical difficulty, war, civil commotion, strikes or labor disputes, weather conditions, or acts of God or any other event or circumstance beyond the reasonable control of Owner or the Sublessor.

 

8.                                       At all times during the term of this Agreement, Owner or the Sublessor shall cause to be carried and maintained through NetJets, at the cost and expense of Owner or Sublessor, physical damage insurance with respect to the Aircraft, third party aircraft liability insurance, passenger legal liability insurance, property damage liability insurance, and medical expense insurance in such amounts and on such terms and conditions as Owner or the Sublessor shall determine in its sole discretion in amounts no less than those required under the Program Agreement.  Owner or the Sublessor shall also bear the cost of paying any deductible amount on any policy of insurance in the event of a claim or loss.

 

9.                                       (a)                                  Except for the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Owner or Sublessor, Lessee agrees that the proceeds of insurance will be Lessee’s sole recourse against Owner and the Sublessor with respect to any claims that Lessee may have under this Agreement.

 

(b)                                  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 9 SHALL SURVIVE INDEFINITELY THE TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF THIS AGREEMENT .

 

10.                                Lessee warrants that:

 

(a)                                  It will not use the Aircraft for the purpose of providing transportation of passengers or cargo in air commerce for compensation or hire, for any illegal purpose, or in violation of any insurance policies with respect to the Aircraft;

 

(b)                                  It will refrain from incurring any mechanics, international interest, prospective international interest or other lien and shall not attempt to convey, mortgage, assign, lease or grant or obtain an international interest or prospective international interest or in any way alienate the Aircraft or create any kind of lien or security interest involving the Aircraft or do anything or take any action that might mature into such a lien;

 

(c)                                   It will comply with all applicable laws, governmental and airport orders, rules and regulations, as shall from time-to-time be in effect relating in any way to the operation and use of the Aircraft under this Agreement; and

 

(d)                                  It will not use the Aircraft in any manner that would result in a violation of any of the requirements of the Management Terms or the Exchange Terms, as the same may be amended and in effect from time-to-time, to the extent notified of such requirements from time-to-time.

 



 

11.                                Lessee shall not assign this Agreement or its interest herein to any other person or entity without the prior written consent of Owner and the Sublessor, which may be granted or denied in their sole discretion.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and their respective heirs, representatives, successors and assigns, and does not confer any rights on any other person.

 

12.                                This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior understandings and agreements between the parties respecting such subject matter.  This Agreement may be amended or supplemented and any provision hereof waived only by a written instrument signed by all parties.  The failure or delay on the part of any party to insist on strict performance of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or to exercise any rights or remedies hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of any such provisions, rights or remedies.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, which shall, singly or in the aggregate, constitute a fully executed and binding Agreement.  Words of gender used in this Agreement may be read as masculine, feminine or neuter as required by the context.  Words of number may be read as singular or plural, as required by the context.  The word “include” and derivatives of that word are used in this Agreement in an illustrative sense rather than a limiting sense.  The word “or” is not exclusive and shall be interpreted as meaning “and/or.”  The words “shall” and “will” are used interchangeably and are intended to have the same meaning.  Where applicable, this Agreement may be referred to as “this Lease.”

 

13.                                Except as otherwise set forth in Section 4, all communications and notices provided for herein shall be in writing and shall become effective when delivered by facsimile transmission or by personal delivery, Federal Express or other overnight courier or four days following deposit in the United States mail, with correct postage for first-class mail prepaid, addressed to the parties at their respective addresses set forth above, or else as otherwise directed by any party from time-to-time in writing.

 

14.                                If any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unimpaired, and the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions shall be replaced by a mutually acceptable provision, which, being valid, legal and enforceable, comes closest to the intention of the parties underlying the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law that renders any provision of this Agreement prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

 

15.                                This Agreement is entered into under, and is to be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Colorado, without reference to conflicts of laws.

 

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16.                                TRUTH IN LEASING STATEMENT UNDER FAR SECTION 91.23

 

THE AIRCRAFT, A 2016 BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B16 (CHALLENGER 650), MANUFACTURER’S SERIAL NO. 6066, CURRENTLY REGISTERED WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AS N212QS, EITHER HAS BEEN DELIVERED FROM ITS MANUFACTURER OR HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND INSPECTED UNDER FAR PART 91 SUBPART K DURING THE 12 MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE DATE OF THIS LEASE, BASED ON REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT TERMS.

 

THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE MAINTAINED AND INSPECTED UNDER FAR PART 91 SUBPART K FOR OPERATIONS TO BE CONDUCTED UNDER THIS LEASE, BASED ON REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT TERMS.  DURING THE DURATION OF THIS LEASE, LIBERTY DENVER ARENA LLC, 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 IS CONSIDERED RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THIS LEASE.

 

AN EXPLANATION OF THE FACTORS BEARING ON OPERATIONAL CONTROL AND PERTINENT FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE NEAREST FAA FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE.

 

THE “INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH TRUTH IN LEASING REQUIREMENTS” ATTACHED HERETO ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.

 

LIBERTY DENVER ARENA LLC, LOCATED AT 12300 LIBERTY BOULEVARD, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112, THROUGH ITS UNDERSIGNED AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY BELOW, CERTIFIES THAT IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT IT UNDERSTANDS ITS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement to be effective as of the date first above written.

 

OWNER

 

SUBLESSOR

 

LESSEE

 

 

 

 

 

LIBERTY CITATION, INC.

 

LIBERTY DENVER ARENA LLC

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Craig Troyer

 

By:

/s/ Craig Troyer

 

By:

/s/ Craig Troyer

Name:

Craig Troyer

 

Name:

Craig Troyer

 

Name:

Craig Troyer

Title:

Vice President

 

Title:

Vice President

 

Title:

Vice President

 

[Signature Page — Aircarft Time Sharing Agreement (NETJETS CHALLENGER 650 N212QS)]

 



 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH “TRUTH IN LEASING” REQUIREMENTS

 

1.                                       Mail a copy of the lease to the following address via certified mail, return receipt requested, immediately upon execution of the lease (14 C.F.R. 91.23 requires that the copy be sent within 24 hours after it is signed):

 

Federal Aviation Administration

Aircraft Registration Branch

ATTN:  Technical Section

P.O. Box 25724

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125

 

2.                                       Telephone the nearest Flight Standards District Office at least 48 hours prior to the first flight under this lease.

 

3.                                       Carry a copy of the lease in the aircraft at all times.

 


Exhibit 10.6

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF GOVERNANCE AGREEMENT

 

This Assignment and Assumption of Governance Agreement (this “ Assignment ”) is made as of November 4, 2016 by and among Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Splitco ”), LEXE Marginco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Splitco (“ Marginco ”), LEXEB, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Splitco (“ LEXEB ”, and together with Splitco and Marginco, the “ Assignees ”), Liberty Interactive Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Liberty ”), Barry Diller, an individual (“ Diller ”), and Expedia, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Expedia ”).  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given such terms in the Governance Agreement (as defined below).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, Expedia, Diller and Liberty are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011 (the “ Governance Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS, Liberty has determined to engage in the Split-Off (as defined in the Transaction Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2016, as amended and restated as of September 22, 2016, and as may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof, by and among Liberty, Splitco, Diller, John C. Malone, an individual, and Leslie Malone, an individual (the “ Transaction Agreement ”)) which Liberty has represented will constitute a Distribution Transaction involving a Qualified Distribution Transferee;

 

WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 5.01 of the Governance Agreement, the parties desire to effect the assignment by Liberty and assumption by Splitco of Liberty’s rights, benefits and obligations under the Governance Agreement in connection with the Split-Off and to provide for the other Assignees to become parties to the Governance Agreement as so assigned; and

 

WHEREAS, on or prior to the date hereof, pursuant to Section 5.01(b)(ii) of the Governance Agreement, the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Expedia has approved the Split-Off and the transactions related thereto as contemplated by the Transaction Agreement for purposes of Section 203(a)(1) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Representations and Warranties of Expedia .  Expedia represents and warrants to Diller, Liberty and Assignees that:

 

a.                                       Expedia is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Assignment and to carry out its obligations hereunder and under the Governance Agreement;

 



 

b.                                       the execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment by Expedia has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Expedia and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Expedia are necessary to authorize this Assignment or the matters contemplated hereby or by the Governance Agreement;

 

c.                                        this Assignment has been duly executed and delivered by Expedia and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Expedia, and, assuming this Assignment constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Diller, Liberty and Assignees, is enforceable against Expedia in accordance with its terms;

 

d.                                       the execution and delivery of this Assignment by Expedia, and the performance of its obligations hereunder and under the Governance Agreement, do not constitute a breach or violation of, or conflict with, Expedia’s restated certificate of incorporation or amended and restated by-laws or any material agreement to which Expedia is a party; and

 

e.                                        prior to the date of this Assignment, the Executive Committee of the board of directors of Expedia has duly adopted the resolution set forth on Exhibit J to the Transaction Agreement, which resolution has not been amended, modified or rescinded.

 

2.                                       Representations and Warranties of Diller .  Diller represents and warrants to Expedia, Liberty and Assignees that:

 

a.                                       he has the power and authority to enter into this Assignment and to carry out his obligations hereunder and under the Governance Agreement;

 

b.                                       the execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment by Diller has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Diller and no other actions on the part of Diller are necessary to authorize this Assignment or the matters contemplated hereby or by the Governance Agreement;

 

c.                                        this Assignment has been duly executed and delivered by Diller and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Diller, and, assuming this Assignment constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Expedia, Liberty and Assignees, is enforceable against Diller in accordance with its terms; and

 

d.                                       the execution and delivery of this Assignment by Diller, and the performance of his obligations hereunder and under the Governance Agreement, do not constitute a breach or violation of, or conflict with, any material agreement to which Diller is a party.

 

3.                                       Representations and Warranties of Liberty .  Liberty represents and warrants to Diller and Expedia that:

 

a.                                       Liberty is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Assignment and to carry out its obligations hereunder and under the Governance Agreement;

 

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b.                                       the execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment by Liberty has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Liberty and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Liberty are necessary to authorize this Assignment or the matters contemplated hereby or by the Governance Agreement;

 

c.                                        this Assignment has been duly executed and delivered by Liberty and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Liberty, and, assuming this Assignment constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Expedia and Diller, is enforceable against Liberty in accordance with its terms;

 

d.                                       the execution and delivery of the Assignment by Liberty and the performance of its obligations hereunder and under the Governance Agreement, do not constitute a breach or violation of, or conflict with, Liberty’s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, or amended and restated bylaws;

 

e.                                        this Assignment is being entered into in connection with the Split-Off, which constitutes a Distribution Transaction involving Splitco, the Liberty Splitco, and its wholly owned subsidiaries LEXEB and Marginco, the Qualified Distribution Transferees, pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Governance Agreement; and

 

f.                                         in connection with the Split-Off, Liberty has contributed all Company Common Shares Beneficially Owned by it to Splitco, which has in turn contributed such shares to Marginco and LEXEB.

 

4.                                       Representations and Warranties of Assignees and Liberty .  Assignees and Liberty each represent and warrant to Expedia and Diller that:

 

a.                                       each Assignee is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate or other power and authority to enter into this Assignment and to carry out its obligations hereunder and, following the Split-Off, under the Governance Agreement;

 

b.                                       the execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment by each Assignee has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of each Assignee and no other corporate proceedings on the part of any Assignee are necessary to authorize this Assignment or the matters contemplated hereby or by the Governance Agreement;

 

c.                                        this Assignment has been duly executed and delivered by each Assignee and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each Assignee, and, assuming this Assignment constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Diller and Expedia, is enforceable against each Assignee in accordance with its terms; and

 

d.                                       the execution and delivery of this Assignment by Assignees, and, following the Split-Off, the performance by the Assignees of their obligations hereunder and under the Governance Agreement, do not constitute a breach or violation of, or conflict with, any Assignee’s organizational documents.

 

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5.                                       Assignment and Assumption, Certain Acknowledgements .

 

a.                                       Effective immediately prior to the Split-Off (but subject to the consummation of the Split-Off):

 

i.                   Liberty assigns all of its rights and obligations under the Governance Agreement (including its rights pursuant to Articles II and III and Section 7.08 thereof) to Splitco;

 

ii.                Splitco accepts such assignment of rights hereunder and assumes and agrees to perform all liabilities and obligations of Liberty under the Governance Agreement to be performed following the effectiveness of the Split-Off;

 

iii.             Splitco is substituted for Liberty as “Splitco” for all purposes under the Governance Agreement and upon the Split-Off, (I) all references in the Governance Agreement to “Liberty” will be deemed to refer to Splitco, (II) all references to the “Liberty Stockholder Group” will be deemed to refer to the “Splitco Stockholder Group,” meaning the stockholder group composed of Splitco and those Subsidiaries of Splitco, that, from time to time, hold Equity Securities of Expedia, and (III) all references to the “Liberty Directors” will be deemed to refer to the “Splitco Directors,” meaning the directors nominated by Splitco pursuant to Section 2.01; and

 

iv.            Marginco and LEXEB acknowledge and agree that they are members of the Splitco Stockholder Group at the effective time of the Split-Off.

 

b.                                       Liberty acknowledges that (i) it shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Governance Agreement following the Split-Off and (ii) neither Expedia nor Diller shall be subject to any liability to Liberty under the Governance Agreement following the Split-Off (except for any liability arising from any breach of the Governance Agreement by Expedia or Diller, as applicable, or relating to any actions or events occurring, in each case, on or prior to the date of the Split-Off).

 

c.                                        Each of Expedia and Diller acknowledges that Liberty shall not be subject to any liability to it or him, as applicable, under the Governance Agreement following the Split-Off (except for any liability arising from any breach of the Governance Agreement by Liberty or relating to any actions or events occurring, in each case, on or prior to the date of the Split-Off).

 

d.                                       Splitco acknowledges and confirms that the persons serving as “Liberty Directors” (as such term is used prior to the effectiveness of this Assignment) on the Board of Directors at the effective time of the Split-Off will become the “Splitco Directors” (as such term is used following the effectiveness of this Assignment) pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of the Governance Agreement.

 

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e.                                        Pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Governance Agreement, effective upon the completion of the Split-Off, the address for all notices, requests and other communications to Assignees pursuant to the Governance Agreement will be:

 

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.

12300 Liberty Boulevard

Englewood, CO 80112

Attention: Richard N. Baer, Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile: (720) 875-5401

 

6.                                       Miscellaneous .

 

a.                                       From and after the execution and delivery of this Assignment, the Governance Agreement shall be deemed to be assigned and assumed as herein provided (it being understood that no assignment, assumption or substitution hereunder shall be effective until immediately prior to the Split-Off (and subject to the consummation of the Split-Off)), and the Governance Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

b.                                       This Assignment may be amended, modified and supplemented, and any of the provisions contained herein may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by the parties hereto or their successors and permitted assigns; provided , however , that following the Split-Off, Liberty’s execution of such amendment, modification or supplement will not be required for the effectiveness thereof, except to the extent such amendment, modification or supplement would have, or would reasonably be expected to have, an adverse effect upon Liberty.

 

c.                                        Neither this Assignment nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Assignment will be assigned, in whole or in part, by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto; provided , however , that following the Split-Off, Liberty’s consent will not be required for such assignment, except to the extent such assignment would have, or would reasonably be expected to have, an adverse effect upon Liberty.  Any purported assignment without such prior written consent will be void.  Subject to the preceding sentences, this Assignment will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the parties to this Assignment and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

d.                                       This Assignment sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the parties as to the subject matter hereof and merges and supersedes all prior representations, agreements and understandings, written or oral, of any and every nature among them, other than as set forth in the Governance Agreement.

 

e.                                        This Assignment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

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f.                                         The headings in this Assignment are for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Assignment, nor shall they affect its meaning, construction or effect.

 

g.                                        This Assignment may be executed via facsimile or .pdf and in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original instrument and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers and made effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard N. Baer

 

 

Name: Richard N. Baer

 

 

Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

LEXE MARGINCO, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard N. Baer

 

 

Name: Richard N. Baer

 

 

Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

LEXEB, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard N. Baer

 

 

Name: Richard N. Baer

 

 

Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

LIBERTY INTERACTIVE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard N. Baer

 

 

Name: Richard N. Baer

 

 

Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

EXPEDIA, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert J. Dzielak

 

 

Name: Robert J. Dzielak

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, General

 

 

Counsel and Secretary

 

 

 

BARRY DILLER

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Barry Diller

 

[Signature Page to Assignment and Assumption of Governance Agreement]

 


Exhibit 10.7

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 

This Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement (this “ Assignment ”) is made as of November 4, 2016 by and among Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Splitco ”), LEXE Marginco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Splitco (“ Marginco ”), LEXEB, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Splitco (“ LEXEB ”, and together with Splitco and Marginco, the “ Assignees ”), Liberty Interactive Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Liberty ”), and Barry Diller, an individual (“ Diller ”).  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given such terms in the Stockholders Agreement (as defined below).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, Diller and Liberty are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011 (the “ Stockholders Agreement ”), and Diller, Liberty and Expedia, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Expedia ”), are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011 (the “ Governance Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS, Liberty has determined to engage in the Split-Off (as defined in the Transaction Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2016, as amended and restated as of September 22, 2016, and as may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof, by and among Liberty, Splitco, Diller, John C. Malone, an individual, and Leslie Malone, an individual (the “ Transaction Agreement ”)) which Liberty has represented will constitute a Distribution Transaction involving a Qualified Distribution Transferee (as such terms are defined in the Governance Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, the parties desire, in accordance with Section 5.1 of the Stockholders Agreement, to effect the assignment by Liberty and assumption by Splitco of Liberty’s rights, benefits and obligations under the Stockholders Agreement in connection with the Split-Off and to provide for the other Assignees to become parties to the Stockholders Agreement as so assigned;

 

WHEREAS, on or prior to the date hereof, Liberty and Diller will execute a letter agreement in the form of Exhibit A to the Stockholders Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, on or prior to the date hereof, pursuant to Section 5.01(b)(ii) of the Governance Agreement, the Executive Committee of the Board of Expedia has adopted the resolution set forth on Exhibit J to the Transaction Agreement.

 

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 



 

1.                                       Representations and Warranties of Diller .  Diller represents and warrants to Liberty and Assignees that:

 

a.                                       he has the power and authority to enter into this Assignment and to carry out his obligations hereunder and under the Stockholders Agreement;

 

b.                                       the execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment by Diller has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Diller and no other actions on the part of Diller are necessary to authorize this Assignment or the matters contemplated hereby or by the Stockholders Agreement;

 

c.                                        this Assignment has been duly executed and delivered by Diller and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Diller, and, assuming this Assignment constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Liberty and Assignees, is enforceable against Diller in accordance with its terms; and

 

d.                                       the execution and delivery of this Assignment by Diller, and the performance of his obligations hereunder and under the Stockholders Agreement, do not constitute a breach or violation of, or conflict with, any material agreement to which Diller is a party.

 

2.                                       Representations and Warranties of Liberty .  Liberty represents and warrants to Diller that:

 

a.                                       Liberty is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Assignment and to carry out its obligations hereunder and under the Stockholders Agreement;

 

b.                                       the execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment by Liberty has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Liberty and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Liberty are necessary to authorize this Assignment or the matters contemplated hereby or by the Stockholders Agreement;

 

c.                                        this Assignment has been duly executed and delivered by Liberty and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Liberty, and, assuming this Assignment constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Diller, is enforceable against Liberty in accordance with its terms;

 

d.                                       the execution and delivery of the Assignment by Liberty and the performance of its obligations hereunder and under the Stockholders Agreement, do not constitute a breach or violation of, or conflict with, Liberty’s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, or amended and restated bylaws;

 

e.                                        this Assignment is being entered into in connection with the Split-Off, which constitutes a Distribution Transaction involving Splitco, the Liberty Splitco and Qualified Distribution Transferee, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries LEXEB and Marginco, pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Governance Agreement; and

 

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f.                                         in connection with the Split-Off, Liberty has contributed all Company Common Shares Beneficially Owned by it to Splitco, which has in turn contributed such shares to Marginco and LEXEB.

 

3.                                       Representations and Warranties of Assignees and Liberty .  Assignees and Liberty each represent and warrant to Diller that:

 

a.                                       each Assignee is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate or other power and authority to enter into this Assignment and to carry out its obligations hereunder and, following the Split-Off, under the Stockholders Agreement;

 

b.                                       the execution, delivery and performance of this Assignment by each Assignee has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of each Assignee and no other corporate proceedings on the part of any Assignee are necessary to authorize this Assignment or the matters contemplated hereby or by the Stockholders Agreement;

 

c.                                        this Assignment has been duly executed and delivered by each Assignee and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each Assignee, and, assuming this Assignment constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Diller, is enforceable against each Assignee in accordance with its terms; and

 

d.                                       the execution and delivery of this Assignment by Assignees, and, following the Split-Off, the performance by the Assignees of their obligations hereunder and under the Stockholders Agreement, do not constitute a breach or violation of, or conflict with, any Assignee’s organizational documents.

 

4.                                       Assignment and Assumption, Certain Acknowledgements and Agreements .

 

a.                                       Effective immediately prior to the Split-Off (but subject to the consummation of the Split-Off):

 

i.                   Liberty assigns all of its and the Liberty Stockholder Group’s rights and obligations under the Stockholders Agreement to Splitco;

 

ii.                Splitco accepts such assignment of rights hereunder and assumes and agrees to perform all liabilities and obligations of Liberty and the Liberty Stockholder Group under the Stockholders Agreement to be performed following the effective time of the Split-Off, including the obligation to ensure the compliance of the Splitco Stockholder Group with all obligations of the Liberty Stockholder Group under the Stockholders Agreement;

 

iii.             Splitco is substituted for Liberty as “Splitco” (and the stockholder group of Splitco is substituted for the Liberty Stockholder Group) for all purposes under the Stockholders Agreement and upon the

 

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Split-Off, all references in the Stockholders Agreement to “Liberty” will be deemed to refer to Splitco, and references to the “Liberty Stockholder Group” will be deemed to refer to the “Splitco Stockholder Group,” meaning the stockholder group composed of those Subsidiaries of Splitco, that, from time to time, hold Equity of Expedia; and

 

iv.            Marginco and LEXEB acknowledge and agree that they are members of the Splitco Stockholder Group at the effective time of the Split-Off.

 

b.                                       Liberty acknowledges that it shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Stockholders Agreement following the Split-Off.

 

c.                                        In connection with the Transfer of Common Shares to Marginco and LEXEB in connection with the Split-Off, Liberty and Diller will execute a letter agreement in the form of Exhibit A to the Stockholders Agreement.

 

d.                                       The parties hereto agree that Section 4.1(a)(vi) of the Stockholders Agreement shall hereby be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(vi) a pledge or grant of a security interest in Common Stock to secure bona fide indebtedness and any related Transfers of Common Stock including to a secured party at a foreclosure sale or similar liquidation sale or by deed, transfer, assignment or other conveyance in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in connection with the enforcement of any such lien on, pledge of or security interest in the Common Stock (any such event, a “ Foreclosure Event ”) and provided that the terms of such indebtedness and security interest shall permit the Splitco Stockholder Group to exercise voting rights and to take consensual action with respect to the Common Stock so securing such indebtedness prior to a Foreclosure Event, and”

 

e.                                        Pursuant to Section 6.12 of the Stockholders Agreement, effective upon the completion of the Split-Off, the address for all notices, requests and other communications to Assignees pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement will be:

 

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.

12300 Liberty Boulevard

Englewood, CO 80112

Attention: Richard N. Baer, Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile: (720) 875-5401

 

5.                                       Miscellaneous .

 

a.                                       From and after the execution and delivery of this Assignment, the Stockholders Agreement shall be deemed to be assigned and assumed as herein provided (it being understood that no assignment, assumption or substitution hereunder shall be effective until immediately prior to the Split-Off (and subject to the consummation of the Split-Off)), and

 

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the Stockholders Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

b.                                       This Assignment may be amended, modified and supplemented, and any of the provisions contained herein may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by the parties hereto or their successors and permitted assigns; provided , however , that following the Split-Off, Liberty’s execution of such amendment, modification or supplement will not be required for the effectiveness thereof, except to the extent such amendment, modification or supplement would have, or would reasonably be expected to have, an adverse effect upon Liberty.

 

c.                                        Neither this Assignment nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Assignment will be assigned, in whole or in part, by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto; provided , however , that following the Split-Off, Liberty’s consent will not be required for such assignment, except to the extent such assignment would have, or would reasonably be expected to have, an adverse effect upon Liberty.  Any purported assignment without such prior written consent will be void.  Subject to the preceding sentences, this Assignment will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties and their respective successors and assigns.  This Assignment shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the parties to this Assignment and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

d.                                       This Assignment sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the parties as to the subject matter hereof and merges and supersedes all prior representations, agreements and understandings, written or oral, of any and every nature among them, other than as set forth in the Stockholders Agreement.

 

e.                                        This Assignment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

f.                                         The headings in this Assignment are for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Assignment, nor shall they affect its meaning, construction or effect.

 

g.                                        This Assignment may be executed via facsimile or .pdf and in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original instrument and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers and made effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard N. Baer

 

 

Name: Richard N. Baer

 

 

Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

LEXE MARGINCO, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard N. Baer

 

 

Name: Richard N. Baer

 

 

Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

LEXEB, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard N. Baer

 

 

Name: Richard N. Baer

 

 

Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

LIBERTY INTERACTIVE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard N. Baer

 

 

Name: Richard N. Baer

 

 

Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

BARRY DILLER

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Barry Diller

 

[Signature Page to Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement]

 


Exhibit 10.8

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, (this “ Amendment ”), is by and between Barry Diller (“ Diller ”), for himself and on behalf of the members of the Diller Stockholder Group, and Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Splitco ”), for itself and on behalf of the members of the Splitco Stockholder Group, and amends that certain Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011 (the “ Original Stockholders Agreement ”), as amended by the Stockholders Agreement Assignment (as defined below) (the “ Assigned Stockholders Agreement ”).  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Assigned Stockholders Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, Liberty has determined to engage in the Split-Off (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) and has received the approval of the holders of Liberty Ventures Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and Liberty Ventures Series B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to redeem a portion of such shares in order to effect the Split-Off;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Split-Off, Liberty, Splitco, Diller, and the Malone Group have previously entered into a transaction agreement, dated as of March 24, 2016, as amended and restated as of September 22, 2016, and as may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof (the “ Transaction Agreement ”), pursuant to which the parties thereto agreed to enter into or effect the Transaction Instruments in connection with the Split-Off and the other matters contemplated by the Transaction Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, in connection with and subject to the completion of the Split-Off, and in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement, immediately prior to the execution of this Amendment, (i) Diller, Splitco and Liberty entered into an Assignment and Assumption of Governance Agreement with the Company (the “ Governance Agreement Assignment ”), pursuant to which, in accordance with Section 5.01 of the Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011 (the “ Governance Agreement ”), all rights and obligations of Liberty under the Governance Agreement, were assigned to Splitco and Splitco assumed such rights and obligations and (ii) Liberty, Diller and Splitco entered into an Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement (the “ Stockholders Agreement Assignment ”), pursuant to which, in accordance with Section 5.1 of the Stockholders Agreement, all rights and obligations of Liberty under the Stockholders Agreement were assigned to Splitco and Splitco assumed such rights and obligations.

 

WHEREAS, in connection with and subject to the completion of the Split-Off, and in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement, immediately prior to or concurrently with the execution of this Amendment, (i) Diller, John C. Malone (“ Malone ”) and Leslie Malone (“ Mrs. Malone ” and together with Malone, the “ Malone Group ”) will enter into a Proxy and Voting Agreement (the “ Malone Proxy ”), pursuant to which the Malone Group will grant an irrevocable proxy to Diller to vote, subject to certain limitations, all Covered Shares (as defined therein), and (ii) Diller and Splitco will enter into an Assignment Agreement (the “ Diller Assignment ”) pursuant to which Diller will until the Proxy Swap Termination Date irrevocably

 

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assign to Splitco the Liberty Proxy (as defined in the Original Stockholders Agreement) (as assigned to and assumed by Splitco pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement Assignment); and

 

WHEREAS, Splitco and Diller are entering into this Amendment to provide for certain waivers under the Stockholders Agreement and agreements relating to the voting of Common Shares beneficially owned by such parties or with respect to which they have the power to vote.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       CERTAIN DEFINITIONS .

 

As used in this Amendment, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below, and, to the extent any such term has not heretofore been defined in Section 1.1 of the Assigned Stockholders Agreement, then Section 1.1 of the Assigned Stockholders Agreement is deemed amended by adding such terms in their respective alphabetical order position, or, in the event any such term is already defined in Section 1.1 of the Assigned Stockholders Agreement, then the meaning of such term is amended and restated as follows, with such amendments and deemed amendments to be applicable only during the Assignment Period in accordance with Section 6 of this Agreement.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person, for so long as such Person remains so affiliated to the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, (i) natural persons shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of each other, (ii) no member of the Malone Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Liberty, Splitco, the Company or Diller, (iii) none of Liberty, Splitco, the Company or Diller shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any of such other persons, (iv) none of Liberty Media Corporation, Liberty Broadband Corporation, Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Discovery Communications Inc., Starz, CommerceHub, Inc. or Liberty Global plc and, following the Split-Off, Liberty, shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Splitco or any member of the Malone Group and (v) IAC/InterActiveCorp shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or Diller.

 

Amendment ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Assigned Stockholders Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Assignment Period ” means the period from the Effective Time to the Proxy Swap Termination Date.

 

Certificate ” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Splitco, as in effect at the Effective Time (as the same may be amended from time to time).

 

Chairman Termination Date ” means the later of (i) such time as Diller no longer serves as Chairman and (ii) such time as Diller no longer holds the Splitco Proxy (other than

 

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suspension of such proxy pursuant to Section 3.3(e) of the Assigned Stockholders Agreement or pursuant to the terms of the Diller Assignment).

 

Diller ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Diller Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Effective Time ” has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Expedia Reimbursement Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Interim Amendments ” means the amendments to the Assigned Stockholders Agreement set forth in Sections 1 and 2 of this Amendment.

 

Governance Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Governance Agreement Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Letter Agreement ” means that certain letter agreement from Diller to Liberty, to be delivered in connection with the Split-Off pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement.

 

Malone ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Malone Group ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Malone Proxy ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Mrs. Malone ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

NASDAQ ” means The Nasdaq Global Select Market.

 

Original Stockholders Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Proxy Swap Certificate and Bylaw Provisions ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Proxy Swap Termination Date ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Specified Corporate Action ” means any of the following actions proposed for approval by the Company’s stockholders (whether by vote or written consent): (i) any recapitalization, reclassification or other change in the existing capital structure of the Company or the voluntary commencement of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, (ii) any merger or other business combination involving the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than solely among Subsidiaries of the Company) or any sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, (iii) the creation of any new class or series of the Company’s Capital Stock or the issuance (other than pursuant to options, warrants or other rights outstanding at the Effective Time) of Common Shares (including to the extent stockholder approval is required for NASDAQ

 

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purposes); (iv) any amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws as then in effect; and (v) any removal of a Director from the Board (other than (x) the Splitco Directors elected pursuant to the Governance Agreement, as amended by the Governance Agreement Assignment, or (y) for Cause).

 

Splitco ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Splitco Board ” means the board of directors of Splitco.

 

Splitco Bylaws ” means the amended and restated bylaws of Splitco as in effect at the Effective Time, as the same may be amended from time to time in compliance with the Certificate and such bylaws.

 

Splitco Director ” has the meaning set forth in the Governance Agreement, as amended by the Governance Agreement Assignment.

 

Split-Off ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Stockholders Agreement ” means the Original Stockholders Agreement, as amended by the Stockholders Agreement Assignment and as further amended by this Amendment.

 

Stockholders Agreement Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Subject Instruments ” means the Diller Assignment, the Malone Proxy, the Transaction Agreement, this Amendment and the Proxy Swap Certificate and Bylaw Provisions.

 

Subject Waivers ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

 

Transaction Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Transaction Instruments ” means this Amendment, the Certificate, the Splitco Bylaws, the Malone Proxy, the Diller Assignment, the Stockholders Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement Assignment, the Governance Agreement, the Governance Agreement Assignment, the Letter Agreement, the Transaction Agreement and the other agreements contemplated by the matters contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

2.                                       ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS .

 

(a)                                  Subject to Section 6 of this Agreement and paragraph (d) of this Section 2, Section 3.1(a) of the Assigned Stockholders Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(a)                            In the event that Section 2.03 of the Governance Agreement is applicable, in connection with any vote or action by written consent of the stockholders of the Company relating to any matter that constitutes a Contingent Matter, Splitco and Diller agree (and each agrees to cause each member of its Stockholder Group, if applicable), with respect to any Common Shares with

 

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respect to which it or he has the power to vote (whether by proxy or otherwise), (x) to vote against (and not act by written consent to approve) such Contingent Matter unless Splitco and Diller (or, if the consent of one but not both Stockholders is required pursuant to the Governance Agreement, the Stockholder whose consent is then required) have consented to such Contingent Matter in accordance with the provisions of the Governance Agreement and, if applicable, this Agreement and (y) to take or cause to be taken all other reasonable actions required, to the extent permitted by law, to prevent the taking of any action by the Company with respect to a Contingent Matter without the consent of Splitco and/or Diller (as applicable).”

 

(b)                                  Subject to Section 6 of this Agreement and paragraph (d) of this Section 2, Section 3.1(b) of the Assigned Stockholders Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(b)                            The Splitco Board will select those persons who are to serve as the Splitco Directors to stand for election to the Board pursuant to the Certificate.  Each Stockholder agrees to vote (and cause each member of its or his Stockholder Group to vote, if applicable), or act by written consent with respect to, any Common Shares with respect to which it or he has the power to vote (whether by proxy or otherwise) in favor of each of the nominees for a Splitco Director as selected by the Splitco Board pursuant this Section 3.1(b) and which Splitco has a right to designate pursuant to the Governance Agreement, subject, however, to the terms of the Transaction Agreement.  With respect to any election of Directors by action of the stockholders of the Company, Splitco will vote (or refrain from voting), or act (or not act) by written consent with respect to, any Common Shares as to which it has the power to vote (whether by proxy or otherwise) as directed by the Splitco Board pursuant to the Certificate and in accordance with the Transaction Agreement.  Subject to the election of Diller as a Director, Splitco will use its reasonable best efforts to cause Diller to be elected and continue to serve as Chairman.  For the avoidance of doubt, Diller will not be deemed to be a Splitco Director for purposes of the Governance Agreement.”

 

(c)                                   Subject to Section 6 of this Agreement and paragraph (d) of this Section 2, Section 3.1 of the Assigned Stockholders Agreement is amended by adding the following subsections (e), (f), and (g) at the end thereof:

 

“(e)                             Subject to Section 3.1(a), with respect to any matter to be presented for approval at any stockholders meeting of the Company, prior to any vote of the Company’s stockholders, Splitco and Diller (or their respective representatives) will meet and use their respective reasonable best efforts to agree on a common position for such matters to be presented for approval and, if they agree on such a common position, each Stockholder will vote all of its Common Shares (and any Common Shares with respect to which it has the power to vote (whether by proxy or otherwise)) as so agreed; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any vote to elect Directors of the Company, Splitco will vote all Common Shares in accordance with Article V,

 

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Section C of the Certificate.  If Splitco and Diller are unable to agree on such a common position with respect to any matter other than a Specified Corporate Action, each may vote their respective Common Shares with respect to which it or he has the power to vote (whether by proxy or otherwise) as each may determine in its or his sole discretion, subject to Section 3.1(a) and any restrictions set forth in the Governance Agreement or this Agreement.”

 

“(f)                              Without Diller’s prior written consent, Splitco shall not execute any written consent in connection with any action proposed to be taken by written consent of the Company’s stockholders.”

 

“(g)                             In the event a Specified Corporate Action is to be presented for approval by the Company’s stockholders at any meeting of the Company’s stockholders or pursuant to a written consent of the Company’s stockholders, unless Splitco and Diller agree pursuant to Section 3.1(e) (each in its sole discretion) as to the manner in which their respective Common Shares (and any Common Shares with respect to which it or he has the power to vote (whether by proxy or otherwise)) will be voted on any such Specified Corporate Action, then Splitco and Diller will vote all of their respective Common Shares (and any Common Shares with respect to which it or he has the power to vote (whether by proxy or otherwise)) against the approval of such Specified Corporate Action.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any proposal to be presented for approval by the Company’s stockholders at any meeting of the Company’s stockholders regarding a merger, share exchange, tender offer or other business combination in which a third party, other than Splitco, an Affiliate of Diller or any Person in which Diller has a direct or indirect financial interest (including, for this purpose, IAC), is proposing to acquire the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or all or substantially all of its or their assets, if (x) Splitco and Diller are unable to agree as to how their respective Common Shares are to be voted pursuant to Section 3.1(e), (y) Diller has expressed in writing his intention to vote in favor of such transaction and he commits in writing to vote in favor of such transaction and (z) such transaction has been recommended by the Board (or a committee thereof), then Splitco will vote all of its Common Shares (and any Common Shares with respect to which it has the power to vote (whether by proxy or otherwise)) in favor of such transaction (or transaction agreement, if applicable); provided , that if the Splitco Board determines, by the affirmative vote of 70% or more of the entire Board (as defined in the Certificate) that Splitco should vote all such Common Shares against such transaction (or transaction agreement), then Splitco will vote all of its Common Shares (and any Common Shares with respect to which it has the power to vote (whether by proxy or otherwise)) against such transaction.”

 

(d)                                  (i) The amended and restated provisions referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 2 will be effective only during the Assignment Period and, upon the Interim Amendments ceasing to be effective in accordance with Section 6 hereof, the text of such provisions will revert back to the provisions as set forth in the Assigned Stockholders Agreement, and (ii) the additional provisions added to Section 3.1 of the Assigned Stockholders

 

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Agreement pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 2 will be effective only during the Assignment Period and, upon the Interim Amendments ceasing to be effective in accordance with Section 6 hereof, such provisions will be deleted and cease to have any force or effect after such time except as provided in such Section 6; provided , that all such amended and restated provisions and additional provisions shall be suspended during any period of deemed suspension of the Diller Assignment and the Malone Proxy described in clause (iv) of  Section 15(b) of the Transaction Agreement.

 

3.                                       SUBJECT WAIVERS .

 

(a)                                  (1)                                  In order to permit the arrangements contemplated by the Subject Instruments, the parties to the Stockholders Agreement hereby waive the following requirements set forth in the Assigned Stockholders Agreement; provided , that , such waivers will be effective only with respect to actions taken or matters occurring during the Assignment Period (and upon the expiration of the Assignment Period, such waivers will cease to be of any force and effect with respect to actions taken or matters occurring after the Assignment Period):

 

(i)                                      the agreement to vote (and cause each member of its or his Stockholder Group to vote, if applicable), or act by written consent, pursuant to Section 3.1(b) of the Stockholders Agreement, but solely to comply with Section 3(d) of the Transaction Agreement and Article V, Section C of the Certificate;

 

(ii)                                   the requirements set forth in Section 3.2 of the Stockholders Agreement, prohibiting any stockholder agreements or arrangements of any kind with any Person with respect to any Equity, but solely with respect to any stockholder agreement or arrangement contemplated by the Subject Instruments;

 

(iii)                                the termination provision relating to the Splitco Proxy set forth in Section 3.3(a)(x) of the Stockholders Agreement (and the reference thereto in the lead-in to Section 3.3(c) of the Stockholders Agreement), other than if Diller ceases to be Chairman as a result of his death, Disability (but subject to the proviso to Section 3.3(a) of the Stockholders Agreement) or his volitional failure to stand for election;

 

(iv)                               the termination provisions relating to the Splitco Proxy set forth in Section 3.3(c)(i) of the Stockholders Agreement, (i)  to the extent any action taken (or failure to take action) by Diller pursuant to the Subject Instruments would constitute a material breach by Diller of Section 3.1(a), Section 3.1(b), Section 3.1(c) or Section 3.3(b) of the Stockholders Agreement and (ii) to the extent any action taken (or failure to take action) by Splitco, whether or not pursuant to the Subject Agreements, would constitute a material breach by Diller of Section 3.1(a), Section 3.1(b), Section 3.1(c) or Section 3.3(b) of the Stockholders Agreement;

 

(v)                                  the prohibition on assignment of the Splitco Proxy set forth in Section 3.3(d) of the Stockholders Agreement to the extent the Diller Assignment is or would constitute a prohibited assignment thereunder; and

 

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(vi)                               the representations and warranties of each party set forth in Section 6.1 of the Stockholders Agreement, but solely to the extent contemplated by the Subject Instruments.

 

(2)                                  In addition, in the event that during the Assignment Period Diller ceases to be Chairman as a result of (x) his failure to be elected to the Board at any meeting of stockholders of the Company at which directors are to be elected or (y) if so elected or if otherwise serving on the Board, he is (i) subsequently removed as a Director or as Chairman other than for Cause or (ii) not elected to serve as Chairman (other than, in all such cases, as a result of his death or Disability), then the Splitco Proxy will not be terminated upon the expiration or termination of the Assignment Period as a result of Diller ceasing to be Chairman in the circumstances referred to in clauses (x) or (y) above, but will instead terminate upon the first to occur of (A) such time following the Proxy Swap Termination Date as Diller has abandoned efforts to become Chairman (but in no event earlier than the 30 th  day following the date on which Splitco has provided notice to Diller of its intention to terminate the Splitco Proxy, which notice shall not be given prior to the Proxy Swap Termination Date), (B) the close of business on the 75 th  day following the Proxy Swap Termination Date, provided that in the event any lawsuit or other proceeding or action shall have been instituted which delays, enjoins, interferes with or prevents Diller from exercising such efforts, such period shall be tolled during the pendency of any such lawsuit or other proceeding and (C) any court or other governmental agency rendering a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) in any lawsuit or other proceeding referred to in clause (B) above, the effect of which is to enjoin or prevent Diller from exercising such efforts or otherwise becoming Chairman.

 

The waivers set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this Section 3(a)(1) and in this Section 3(a)(2)  are referred to as the “ Subject Waivers .”

 

(b)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing Subject Waivers will not affect any other provision of the Stockholders Agreement, and such other provisions will continue in full force and effect, in accordance with their respective terms, including (i) the termination of the Splitco Proxy in accordance with its terms pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement (other than as expressly contemplated by the Subject Waivers), (ii) the continuation of the Splitco Proxy in accordance with Section 3.3(a) of the Stockholders Agreement in the event Diller is removed by the Board as Chairman other than for Cause, (iii) the suspension and reinstatement of the Splitco Proxy pursuant to Section 3.3(e) of the Stockholders Agreement and (iv) the restrictions on Transfers of shares of Class B Common Stock, the right of first refusal and the exchange right set forth in Article IV of the Stockholders Agreement.

 

(c)                                   The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the Subject Waivers serve as valid waivers by the applicable parties with respect to the requirements expressly waived herein, and this Section 3 fully complies with the terms and conditions of the Stockholders Agreement with respect to the waiver of such requirements expressly waived herein, including Section 6.4 thereof.

 

4.                                       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SPLITCO .  Splitco hereby represents and warrants to Diller that (a) it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and it has the corporate power and

 

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authority to enter into this Amendment and to carry out its obligations hereunder, (b) the execution and delivery of this Amendment by Splitco have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Splitco and no other proceedings on the part of Splitco are necessary to authorize this Amendment, (c) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Splitco and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Splitco, and, assuming this Amendment constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Diller, is enforceable against Splitco in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity), (d) neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Amendment by Splitco constitutes a breach or violation of conflicts with its Certificate or by-laws (or similar governing documents) or any material agreement to which Splitco is a party and (e) none of such material agreements would impair in any material respect the ability of Splitco to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

5.                                       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DILLER . Diller hereby represents and warrants to Splitco that (a) Diller has the power and authority to enter into this Amendment and to carry out his obligations hereunder, (b) the execution and delivery of this Amendment by Diller have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Diller and no other proceedings on the part of Diller are necessary to authorize this Amendment, (c) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Diller and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Diller, and, assuming this Amendment constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Splitco, is enforceable against Diller in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity), (d) neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Amendment by Diller constitutes a breach or violation of or conflicts with any material agreement to which Diller is a party and (e) none of such material agreements would impair in any material respect the ability of Diller to perform his obligations hereunder.

 

6.                                       EFFECTIVENESS OF AMENDMENTS .  The Interim Amendments will by their terms cease to be effective upon the Proxy Swap Termination Date and, thereafter, shall be of no further force and effect and their effectiveness shall be suspended during any period of deemed suspension of the Diller Assignment and/or the Malone Proxy described in clause (iv) of Section 15(b) of the Transaction Agreement.  No party hereto will be relieved from any liability for breach of an Interim Amendment occurring prior to the Proxy Swap Termination Date or prior to the end of any such period of suspension by reason of such provision ceasing to be effective at such time or having been suspended, as the case may be.  Following the Proxy Swap Termination Date, the Assigned Stockholders Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

7.                                       MISCELLANEOUS .

 

(a)                                  Assigned Stockholders Agreement in Effect .  Other than as specified in this Amendment, the terms of the Assigned Stockholders Agreement are unmodified and remain in full force and effect and will continue to govern the relationship between Diller and Splitco as to the other matters contained therein.  This Amendment, together with the Assigned Stockholders Agreement, shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

(b)                                  Remedies .  Each party hereto acknowledges that money damages would not be an adequate remedy in the event that any of the covenants or agreements in this Amendment are not

 

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performed in accordance with its terms, and it is therefore agreed that in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, the non-breaching party will have the right to an injunction, temporary restraining order or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any such breach and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof.  All rights, powers and remedies provided under this Amendment or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity shall be cumulative and not alternative, and the exercise or beginning of the exercise of any thereof by any party shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right, power or remedy by such party.  In the event that a party institutes any suit or action under this Amendment, including for specific performance or injunctive relief pursuant to this Section 7, the prevailing party in such proceeding shall be entitled to receive the costs incurred thereby in conducting the suit or action, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, consultants and other experts.

 

(c)                                   Conflicts .  In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Amendment and the Assigned Stockholders Agreement, the provisions of this Amendment will control and the relevant provisions of the Assigned Stockholders Agreement will be deemed to be suspended, in each case until the Proxy Swap Termination Date.

 

(d)                                  Further Assurances .  At any time or from time to time after the date hereof, the parties agree to cooperate with each other, and at the request of any other party, to execute and deliver any further instruments or documents and to take all such further action as the other party may reasonably request in order to evidence or effectuate the consummation of the matters contemplated hereby and to otherwise carry out the intent of the parties hereunder.

 

(e)                                   Expenses .  Except as otherwise provided in any Transaction Instrument, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the matters contemplated by this Amendment shall be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses.

 

(f)                                    Governing Law ; Jurisdiction and Venue .  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery or, in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this Amendment and of the documents referred to in this Amendment, and in respect of the matters contemplated hereby, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement hereof or of any such document, that it is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in the Delaware Court of Chancery, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, or that this Amendment or any such document may not be enforced in or by such courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all claims with respect to such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The parties hereto hereby consent to and grant the Delaware Court of Chancery, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject

 

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matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, jurisdiction over the person of such parties and, to the extent permitted by Law, over the subject matter of such dispute and agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided herein or in such other manner as may be permitted by Law shall be valid and sufficient service thereof. EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(g)                                   Assignment; Successors .  Except as otherwise provided herein, neither this Amendment nor any of the rights or obligations under this Amendment shall be assigned, in whole or in part (except by operation of law pursuant to a merger that gives rise to a right of  Diller to terminate the Transaction Agreement pursuant to Section 15(b) thereof which right he fails to exercise pursuant to the terms of Section 15(b) thereof (or pursuant to a merger which would terminate the Transaction Agreement pursuant to Section 15(b) thereof which termination Diller has waived)), by any party without the prior written consent of the other party hereto. Subject to the foregoing, this Amendment shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

(h)                                  Descriptive Headings .  Headings of Sections and subsections of this Amendment are for convenience of the parties only, and shall be given no substantive or interpretive effect whatsoever.

 

(j)                                     Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries .  Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or therein, (i) this Amendment and (ii) the other Transaction Instruments and the Expedia Reimbursement Agreement, including any exhibits and schedules thereto, embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof or thereof and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, that may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.

 

(k)                                  Notices .  Any notices or other communications required or permitted under, or otherwise in connection with this Amendment, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (A) when delivered in person, (B) upon transmission by electronic mail or facsimile transmission as evidenced by confirmation of transmission to the sender (but only if followed by transmittal of a copy thereof by (x) national overnight courier or (y) hand delivery with receipt, in each case, for delivery by the second (2 nd ) Business Day following such electronic mail or facsimile transmission), (C) on receipt after dispatch by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and addressed, or (D) on the next Business Day if transmitted by national overnight courier, in each case as set forth to the parties as set forth below:

 

If to Splitco, to:

 

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.
12300 Liberty Boulevard

 

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Englewood, CO 80112
Facsimile:
                                         (720) 875-5401
Attention:                                          Richard N. Baer

E-Mail:

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Baker Botts L.L.P.

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10112

Facsimile: (212) 259-2500

Attention:

Frederick H. McGrath

 

Renee L. Wilm

E-Mail:

frederick.mcgrath@bakerbotts.com

 

renee.wilm@bakerbotts.com

 

If to Diller, to:

 

c/o Arrow Investments, Inc.

555 West 18th Street

New York, NY 10011

Attention:                                          Barry Diller

Facsimile:

E-mail:

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention:                                          Andrew J. Nussbaum, Esq.

Facsimile:                                          (212) 403-2000

E-mail:                                                         AJNussbaum@wlrk.com

 

or such other address, email address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify by like notice to the other parties hereto.

 

(l)                                      Severability .  Whenever possible, each provision (or portion thereof) of this Amendment shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision (or portion thereof) of this Amendment is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, then (subject to Section 6 hereof, insofar as a finding of invalidity or unenforceability of a Subject Instrument gives rise to the Proxy Swap Termination Date) such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but this Amendment shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

 

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(m)                              Amendments and Waivers .  This Amendment may not be amended, modified, or waived except in a written instrument executed by the parties. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Amendment shall in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Amendment in accordance with its terms.

 

(n)                                  No Implied Waivers .  No action taken pursuant to this Amendment, including any investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein or made pursuant hereto.  The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Amendment shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach and no failure by any party to exercise any right or privilege hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s rights or privileges hereunder or shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s rights to exercise the same at any subsequent time or times hereunder.

 

(o)                                  Interpretation .  When a reference is made in this Amendment to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Amendment unless otherwise indicated.  The headings contained in this Amendment are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment.  Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Amendment, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”.  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Amendment shall refer to this Amendment as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Amendment.  In the event of any ambiguity or claimed ambiguity in any provision of a Subject Instrument, such provision shall be construed in light of the purpose acknowledged and agreed by the parties that Diller’s rights and interests, including without limitation with respect to the control of the Company by virtue of the proxy granted to Diller pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Assigned Stockholders Agreement, shall not be affected or changed by any of the Subject Instruments, except to the extent clearly and unequivocally set forth therein.

 

(p)                                  Counterparts .  This Amendment may be executed in separate counterparts each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard N. Baer

 

 

Name: Richard N. Baer

 

 

Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Barry Diller

 

Barry Diller

 

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement]

 


Exhibit 10.10

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Assignment Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, (this “ Agreement ”), is by and between Barry Diller, an individual (“ Diller ”), and Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Splitco ”).

 

WHEREAS, Liberty Interactive Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Liberty ”), has determined to engage in the Split-Off (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) and has received the approval of the holders of Liberty Ventures Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and Liberty Ventures Series B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to redeem a portion of such shares in order to effect the Split-Off;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.3 of that certain Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011 (the “ Stockholders Agreement ”), Liberty granted Diller the Liberty Proxy (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) (as assigned to Splitco pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement Assignment, the “ Splitco Proxy ”);

 

WHEREAS, Liberty, Splitco, Diller, and the Malone Group have entered into a transaction agreement, dated as of March 24, 2016, as amended and restated as of September 22, 2016, and as may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof (the “ Transaction Agreement ”), pursuant to which the parties thereto set forth certain agreements in connection with the Split-Off and the other Transaction Instruments;

 

WHEREAS, as provided in and in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement, subject to the completion of the Split-Off, prior to or concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, (i) Diller, Splitco and Liberty will enter into an Assignment and Assumption of Governance Agreement with Expedia (the “ Governance Agreement Assignment ”), pursuant to which, in accordance with Section 5.01 of the Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011 (the “ Governance Agreement ”), among other things, all rights and obligations of Liberty under the Governance Agreement will be assigned to Splitco and Splitco will assume such rights and obligations and Expedia will consent to such assignment, (ii) Liberty, Diller and Splitco will enter into an Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement (the “ Stockholders Agreement Assignment ”), pursuant to which, in accordance with Section 5.1 of the Stockholders Agreement, all rights and obligations of Liberty under the Stockholders Agreement will be assigned to Splitco, Splitco will assume such rights and obligations and Diller will consent to such assignment, (iii) Splitco and Diller will enter into Amendment No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement (the “ Stockholders Agreement Amendment ”) to provide for certain waivers under the Stockholders Agreement, as assigned pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement Assignment, and agreements relating to the voting of Common Shares Beneficially Owned by such parties or with respect to which such parties have the power to vote, and (iv) Diller, John C. Malone (“ Malone ”) and Leslie Malone (“ Mrs. Malone ” and together with Malone, the “ Malone Group ”) will enter into a Proxy and Voting Agreement (the “ Malone Proxy ”), pursuant to which the Malone Group will until the Proxy Swap Termination Date grant an irrevocable proxy to Diller to vote, subject to certain limitations, the Covered Shares; and

 

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WHEREAS, in connection with the Malone Proxy, Diller and Splitco are entering into this Agreement in order to assign the Splitco Proxy from Diller to Splitco, subject to certain limitations, and to provide for the other matters as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       CERTAIN DEFINITIONS .

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Amended Stockholders Agreement ” means the Stockholders Agreement, as amended by the Stockholders Agreement Assignment and the Stockholders Agreement Amendment.

 

Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(i).

 

Beneficial Owner ” and “ Beneficial Ownership ” has the meaning given such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act and a Person’s beneficial ownership of Common Shares or any shares of Capital Stock of Expedia which are then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule; provided, however, that for purposes of determining beneficial ownership, (i) a Person shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any Equity which may be acquired by such Person (disregarding any legal impediments to such beneficial ownership), whether within sixty (60) days or thereafter, upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any warrants, options, rights or other securities issued by Expedia and (ii) no Person shall be deemed to beneficially own any Equity solely as a result of such Person’s execution of any Transaction Instrument (including by virtue of holding a proxy with respect to any shares) or such Person’s filing of any reports, forms or schedules with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with any of the matters contemplated hereby or thereby, it being understood that for purposes of this definition Diller does not Beneficially Own the Common Shares subject to the Splitco Proxy.

 

Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in the City of New York.

 

Capital Stock ” means, with respect to any Person at any time, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of capital stock, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or equivalent ownership interests in or issued by such Person.

 

Certificate ” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Splitco, as in effect at the Effective Time (as the same may be amended from time to time).

 

Common Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the Stockholders Agreement.

 

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Covered Shares ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Malone Proxy.

 

Diller ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Effective Time ” has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Equity ” has the meaning given such term in the Amended Stockholders Agreement.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Expedia ” means Expedia, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor by merger, consolidation or other business combination.

 

Expedia Reimbursement Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Governance Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Governance Agreement Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Group ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

 

Letter Agreement ” means that certain letter agreement from Diller to Liberty, to be delivered in connection with the Split-Off pursuant to the last sentence of Section 5.1 of the Stockholders Agreement.

 

Liberty ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Malone ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Malone Group ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Malone Proxy ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Mrs. Malone ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Person ” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, limited or general partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivisions thereof or any Group comprised of two or more of the foregoing.

 

Proxy Swap Termination Date ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Splitco ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

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Splitco Bylaws ” means the amended and restated bylaws of Splitco as in effect at the Effective Time, as the same may be amended from time to time in compliance with the Certificate and such bylaws.

 

Splitco Proxy ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Split-Off ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Splitco Stockholder Group ” means Splitco and those Subsidiaries (as defined in the Amended Stockholders Agreement) of Splitco that, from time to time, hold Equity subject to the Amended Stockholders Agreement.

 

Stockholders Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Stockholders Agreement Amendment ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Stockholders Agreement Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Transaction Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Transaction Instrument ” means any of this Agreement, the Certificate, the Splitco Bylaws, the Malone Proxy, the Stockholders Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement Assignment, the Stockholders Agreement Amendment, the Letter Agreement, the Governance Agreement, the Governance Agreement Assignment, the Transaction Agreement and the other agreements contemplated by the matters contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

2.                                       ASSIGNMENT OF SPLITCO PROXY .

 

(a)                                  Assignment .

 

(i)                                      Effective immediately following the Effective Time until the Proxy Swap Termination Date, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Instruments, Diller irrevocably assigns all of his rights to vote Common Shares under Section 3.3 of the Stockholders Agreement, as amended by the Stockholders Agreement Assignment, to Splitco, and Splitco accepts such assignment on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “ Assignment ”).

 

(ii)                                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Assignment is personal to Splitco and may not be transferred or further assigned by Splitco without the prior written consent of Diller (except by operation of law pursuant to a merger whose purpose is not to avoid the provisions of this Agreement).

 

(b)                                  Voting Agreement .  Splitco will (i) vote or not vote (or act or not act by written consent with respect to) all Common Shares Beneficially Owned by Splitco or any member of the Splitco Stockholder Group (or with respect to which Splitco has the power to vote) subject to the terms of the Assignment and this Agreement, the Transaction Agreement, the Certificate and the Amended Stockholders Agreement, (ii) cause a representative to attend all meetings of Expedia stockholders in person or be present by proxy for purposes of obtaining a quorum

 

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(except as otherwise required pursuant to the terms of Section 3(d) of the Transaction Agreement and Article V, Section C of the Certificate), and (iii) execute all written consents in lieu of meetings of Expedia stockholders, as applicable, in each case in accordance with and subject to the terms of the Assignment and this Agreement, the Transaction Agreement, the Certificate and the Amended Stockholders Agreement.

 

3.                                       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SPLITCO .  Splitco hereby represents and warrants to Diller that (a) it is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and it has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder, (b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Splitco has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Splitco and no other proceedings on the part of Splitco are necessary to authorize this Agreement, (c) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Splitco and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Splitco, and, assuming this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Diller, is enforceable against Splitco in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity), (d) neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by Splitco constitutes a breach or violation of or conflicts with its certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or similar governing documents) or any material agreement to which it is a party and (e) none of such material agreements would impair in any material respect the ability of Splitco to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

4.                                       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DILLER . Diller hereby represents and warrants to Splitco that (a) Diller has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out his obligations hereunder, (b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Diller has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Diller and no other proceedings on the part of Diller are necessary to authorize this Agreement, (c) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Diller and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Diller, and, assuming this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Splitco, is enforceable against Diller in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity), (d) neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by Diller constitutes a breach or violation of or conflicts with any provision of any material agreement to which Diller is a party and (e) none of such material agreements would impair in any material respect the ability of Diller to perform his obligations hereunder.

 

5.                                       TERM; TERMINATION .  This Agreement will terminate upon the Proxy Swap Termination Date, without any requirement to give notice, whereupon the Assignment will be immediately revoked (unless notice of termination is required pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, in which case this Agreement will terminate on the Proxy Swap Termination Date as determined thereby), and the right to vote the Expedia shares subject to the Assignment will revert to and be vested solely in Diller in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Amended Stockholders Agreement; provided , however , that , nothing in this Section 5 shall relieve any party of any liability for a breach of this Agreement prior to such termination.

 

6.                                       SPLITCO COVENANT TO COMPLY .  Splitco hereby covenants to Diller that it will

 

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comply with the Proxy Swap Certificate and Bylaw Provisions (as defined in the Transaction Agreement).

 

7.                                       MISCELLANEOUS .

 

(a)                                  Remedies .  Each party hereto acknowledges that money damages would not be an adequate remedy in the event that any of the covenants or agreements in this Agreement are not performed in accordance with its terms, and it is therefore agreed that in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, the non-breaching party will have the right to an injunction, temporary restraining order or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any such breach and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof.  All rights, powers and remedies provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity shall be cumulative and not alternative, and the exercise or beginning of the exercise of any thereof by any party shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right, power or remedy by such party.  In the event that a party institutes any suit or action under this Agreement, including for specific performance or injunctive relief pursuant to this Section 7, the prevailing party in such proceeding shall be entitled to receive the costs incurred thereby in conducting the suit or action, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, consultants and other experts.

 

(b)                                  Further Assurances .  At any time or from time to time after the date hereof, the parties agree to cooperate with each other, and at the request of any other party, to execute and deliver any further instruments or documents and to take all such further actions as the other party may reasonably request in order to evidence or effectuate the matters contemplated hereby and to otherwise carry out the intent of the parties hereunder.

 

(c)                                   Expenses .  Except as otherwise provided in any Transaction Instrument, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the matters contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses.

 

(d)                                  Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery or, in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement and of the documents referred to in this Agreement, and in respect of the matters contemplated hereby, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement hereof or of any such document, that it is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in the Delaware Court of Chancery, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, or that this Agreement or any such document may not be enforced in or by such courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all claims with respect to such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, in the United States District

 

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Court for the District of Delaware. The parties hereto hereby consent to and grant the Delaware Court of Chancery, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, jurisdiction over the person of such parties and, to the extent permitted by Law, over the subject matter of such dispute and agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided herein or in such other manner as may be permitted by Law shall be valid and sufficient service thereof. EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(e)                                   Assignment; Successors .  Except as otherwise provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part (except by operation of law pursuant to a merger whose purpose is not to avoid the provisions of this Agreement), by a party without the prior written consent of the other party hereto. Any assignment in violation of the foregoing shall be void ab initio.  Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

(f)                                    Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries .  Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or therein, (i) this Agreement and (ii) the other Transaction Instruments and the Expedia Reimbursement Agreement, including any exhibits and schedules thereto, (x) embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof or thereof and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, that may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way and (y) are not intended to confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations or liabilities upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

(g)                                   Notices .  Any notices or other communications required or permitted under, or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) upon transmission by electronic mail or facsimile transmission as evidenced by confirmation of transmission to the sender (but only if followed by transmittal of a copy thereof by (x) national overnight courier or (y) hand delivery with receipt, in each case, for delivery by the second (2 nd ) Business Day following such electronic mail or facsimile transmission), (iii) on receipt after dispatch by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and addressed, or (iv) on the next Business Day if transmitted by national overnight courier, in each case as set forth to the parties as set forth below:

 

If to Splitco, to:

 

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.

12300 Liberty Boulevard

Englewood, CO 80112

Facsimile:

(720) 875-5401

 

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Attention:

Richard N. Baer

E-Mail:

 

 

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Baker Botts L.L.P.

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10112

Facsimile: (212) 259-2500

Attention:

Frederick H. McGrath

 

Renee L. Wilm

E-Mail:

frederick.mcgrath@bakerbotts.com

 

renee.wilm@bakerbotts.com

 

If to Diller, to:

 

c/o Arrow Investments, Inc.

555 West 18th Street

New York, NY 10011

Attention:

Barry Diller

Facsimile:

 

E-mail:

 

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention:

Andrew J. Nussbaum, Esq.

Facsimile:

(212) 403-2000

E-mail:

AJNussbaum@wlrk.com

 

or such other address, email address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify by like notice to the other parties hereto.

 

(h)                                  Severability .  Whenever possible, each provision (or portion thereof) of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision (or portion thereof) of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, then (subject to Section 5 hereof) such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

 

(i)                                      Amendments and Waivers .  This Agreement may not be amended, modified, or waived except in a written instrument executed by the parties. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed as a waiver of such

 

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provisions and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

(j)                                     No Implied Waivers .  No action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including any investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein or made pursuant hereto.  The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach and no failure by any party to exercise any right or privilege hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s rights or privileges hereunder or shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s rights to exercise the same at any subsequent time or times hereunder.

 

(k)                                  Interpretation .  When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.  The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.  Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”.  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.  In the event of any ambiguity or claimed ambiguity in any provision of a Subject Instrument (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), such provision shall be construed in light of the purpose acknowledged and agreed by the parties that Diller’s rights and interests, including without limitation with respect to the control of Expedia by virtue of the Splitco Proxy, shall not be affected or changed by any of the Subject Instruments, except to the extent specifically set forth therein.

 

(l)                                      Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard N. Baer

 

 

Name: Richard N. Baer

 

 

Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Barry Diller

 

Barry Diller

 

[Signature Page to Diller Assignment]

 


Exhibit 10.11

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

PROXY AND VOTING AGREEMENT

 

This Proxy and Voting Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016 (this “ Agreement ”), is by and among Barry Diller, an individual (“ Diller ”), John C. Malone, an individual (“ Malone ”), and Leslie Malone, an individual (“ Mrs. Malone ” and together with Malone, the “ Malone Group ”).

 

WHEREAS, Liberty Interactive Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Liberty ”), has determined to engage in the Split-Off (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) and has received the approval of the holders of LVNTA and LVNTB to redeem a portion of such shares in order to effect the Split-Off;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.3 of that certain Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011 (the “ Stockholders Agreement ”), Liberty granted Diller the Liberty Proxy (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) (as assigned to Splitco pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement Assignment, the “ Splitco Proxy ”);

 

WHEREAS, Liberty, Splitco, Diller, and the Malone Group have entered into a transaction agreement, dated as of March 24, 2016, as amended and restated as of September 22, 2016, and as may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof (the “ Transaction Agreement ”), pursuant to which the parties thereto set forth certain agreements in connection with the Split-Off and the other Transaction Instruments;

 

WHEREAS, as provided in and in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement, subject to the completion of the Split-Off, prior to or concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, (i) Diller, Splitco and Liberty will enter into an Assignment and Assumption of Governance Agreement with Expedia (the “ Governance Agreement Assignment ”), pursuant to which, in accordance with Section 5.01 of the Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011 (the “ Governance Agreement ”), among other things, all rights and obligations of Liberty under the Governance Agreement will be assigned to Splitco and Splitco will assume such rights and obligations and Expedia will consent to such assignment, (ii) Liberty, Diller and Splitco will enter into an Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement (the “ Stockholders Agreement Assignment ”), pursuant to which, in accordance with Section 5.1 of the Stockholders Agreement, all rights and obligations of Liberty under the Stockholders Agreement will be assigned to Splitco, Splitco will assume such rights and obligations and Diller will consent to such assignment, (iii) Splitco and Diller will enter into Amendment No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement (the “ Stockholders Agreement Amendment ”) to provide for certain waivers under the Stockholders Agreement and agreements relating to the voting of Common Shares (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) Beneficially Owned by such parties or with respect to which such parties have the power to vote, and (iv) Diller and Splitco will enter into an Assignment Agreement (the “ Diller Assignment ”), pursuant to which Diller will irrevocably assign, on the terms and conditions set forth therein, the Splitco Proxy to Splitco until the Proxy Swap Termination Date;

 

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WHEREAS, in connection with the Diller Assignment, the Malone Group will grant an irrevocable proxy to Diller to vote, subject to certain limitations, all shares of Splitco Series A Stock and Splitco Series B Stock (together with the Splitco Series A Stock, the “ Splitco Common Stock ”), Beneficially Owned at the Effective Time or thereafter by one or both members of the Malone Group or with respect to which one or both members of the Malone Group have the power to vote (the “ Covered Shares ”); and

 

WHEREAS, Diller and the Malone Group are entering into this Agreement in order to set forth the terms and conditions of the Proxy and the other matters as provided herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       CERTAIN DEFINITIONS .

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person, for so long as such Person remains so affiliated to the specified Person. For purposes of this definition, (i) natural persons shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of each other, (ii) no member of the Malone Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Liberty, Splitco, Expedia or Diller, (iii) none of Liberty, Splitco, Expedia or Diller shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any of such other persons, (iv) none of Liberty Media Corporation, Liberty Broadband Corporation, Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc., Discovery Communications Inc., Starz, CommerceHub, Inc. or Liberty Global plc and, following the Split-Off, Liberty, shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Splitco or any member of the Malone Group and (v) IAC/InterActiveCorp (“ IAC ”) shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of Expedia or Diller.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Beneficial Owner ” and “ Beneficial Ownership ” has the meaning given such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act and a Person’s beneficial ownership of Capital Stock which is then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of such Rule; provided , however , that for purposes of determining beneficial ownership, (i) a Person shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any Equity which may be acquired by such Person (disregarding any legal impediments to such beneficial ownership), whether within sixty (60) days or thereafter, upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any warrants, options, rights or other securities issued by a Person, (ii) no Person shall be deemed to beneficially own any Equity solely as a result of such Person’s execution of any Transaction Instrument (including by virtue of holding a proxy with respect to any shares) or such Person’s filing of any reports, forms or schedules with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with any of the matters contemplated hereby or thereby and (iii) no member of the Malone Group will be deemed to beneficially own any Equity held by The Tracy M. Amonette Trust A (also known as the Tracy L. Neal Trust A) or The Evan D.

 

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Malone Trust A, unless and until a member of the Malone Group exercises its right of substitution and acquires such Equity from The Tracy M. Amonette Trust A (also known as the Tracy L. Neal Trust A) or The Evan D. Malone Trust A, respectively.

 

Board ” means the board of directors of Splitco.

 

Business Day means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in the City of New York.

 

Capital Stock ” means, with respect to any Person at any time, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of capital stock, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or equivalent ownership interests in or issued by such Person.

 

Certificate ” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Splitco, as in effect at the Effective Time (as the same may be amended from time to time).

 

Common Stock Directors ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Certificate.

 

Contract ” means any trust agreement, loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease or other agreement, instrument, permit, concession, franchise or license.

 

Convertible Securities ” means (x) any securities of a Person that are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any shares of any class or series of common stock of such Person or any other Person, whether upon conversion, exercise, or exchange, pursuant to antidilution provisions of such securities or otherwise (other than, for purposes of this Agreement, the Class B common stock of Expedia or the Splitco Series B Stock), and (y) any subscriptions, options, rights, warrants or calls (or any similar securities) or agreements or arrangements of any character, in each case to acquire common stock, preferred stock or other Capital Stock.

 

Covered Series A Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).

 

Covered Series B Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).

 

Covered Shares ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Diller ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Diller Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Effective Time ” has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Equity ” means any and all shares of Capital Stock of the applicable Person and Convertible Securities of such Person.

 

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Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Excluded Matter ” means any matter submitted to a vote of the stockholders of Splitco or by which the stockholders of Splitco may act by written consent to (x) approve any agreement or transaction (i) between Splitco or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Diller, IAC or any of their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, or (ii) between Splitco or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Expedia or its Subsidiaries, on the other hand or (y) remove any Series B Director in accordance with Article V, Section D of the Certificate.

 

Expedia ” means Expedia, Inc., a Delaware corporation and any successor by merger, consolidation or other business combination.

 

Expedia Board ” means the board of directors of Expedia.

 

Expedia Board Voting Determination ” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate.

 

Expedia Reimbursement Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Governance Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Governance Agreement Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Group ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

 

IAC ” has the meaning set forth in this Section 1 in the definition of “Affiliate.”

 

Letter Agreement ” means that certain letter agreement from Diller to Liberty, to be delivered in connection with the Split-Off pursuant to the last sentence of Section 5.1 of the Stockholders Agreement.

 

Liberty ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

LVNTA ” means the Series A Liberty Ventures common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Liberty.

 

LVNTB ” means the Series B Liberty Ventures common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Liberty.

 

Malone ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Malone Group ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Mrs. Malone ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

NASDAQ ” means The Nasdaq Global Select Market.

 

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Permitted Assigns ” has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Permitted Transferee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.

 

Person ” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, limited or general partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivisions thereof or any Group comprised of two or more of the foregoing.

 

Proxy ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(i).

 

Proxy Swap Termination Date ” has the meaning assigned to it in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Removal Consent ” has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Series B Director ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Certificate.

 

Splitco ” means Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and any successor by merger, consolidation or other business combination.

 

Splitco Bylaws ” means the amended and restated bylaws of Splitco as in effect at the Effective Time, as the same may be amended from time to time in compliance with the Certificate and such bylaws.

 

Splitco Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Splitco Director Determination ” has the meaning set forth in the Certificate.

 

Splitco Proxy ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Splitco Series A Stock ” means Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Splitco and any securities of Splitco issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, exchange or other similar reorganization.

 

Splitco Series B Stock ” means Series B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Splitco and any securities of Splitco issued in respect thereof, or in substitution therefor, in connection with any stock split, dividend or combination, or any reclassification, recapitalization, exchange or other similar reorganization (other than Splitco Series A Stock issued upon conversion of Splitco Series B Stock).

 

Split-Off ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Stockholders Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Stockholders Agreement Amendment ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Stockholders Agreement Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which at least a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

 

Temporary Disability ” means a temporary mental or physical disability (as determined by either of Mrs. Malone or a physician selected by Diller and reasonably satisfactory to Malone, Mrs. Malone or a personal representative designated by Malone) preventing Malone from (i) voting Covered Shares or taking action by written consent with respect to Covered Shares on any Excluded Matter (including, for the avoidance of doubt, executing and delivering a Removal Consent or otherwise voting the Covered Shares in respect of any proposed removal of any Series B Directors), or (ii) engaging reasonably with Diller in discussions regarding the composition of the Expedia Board, in any case where such mental or physical disability occurs during the period of 30 days prior to any meeting of stockholders of Expedia or, with respect to any meeting of stockholders of Expedia at which the election of directors is to take place, between the date the Splitco Board has made an Expedia Board Voting Determination or Splitco Director Determination and the date of the upcoming meeting of the Expedia stockholders to which such Expedia Board Voting Determination or Splitco Board Determination relates.

 

Transaction Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Transaction Instrument ” means any of this Agreement, the Certificate, the Splitco Bylaws, the Diller Assignment, the Stockholders Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement Assignment, the Stockholders Agreement Amendment, the Letter Agreement, the Governance Agreement, the Governance Agreement Assignment, the Transaction Agreement, and the other agreements contemplated by the matters contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

2.                                       PROXY AND OTHER GOVERNANCE MATTERS .

 

(a)                                  Irrevocable Proxy Granted to Diller .

 

(i)                                      Effective immediately following the Effective Time until the Proxy Swap Termination Date, but subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including this Section 2, and the other Transaction Instruments, Diller is hereby irrevocably appointed and constituted as proxy with respect to the Covered Shares and is granted the sole and exclusive power to vote or act by consent with respect to the Covered Shares, on all matters submitted to a vote of Splitco’s stockholders or by which Splitco’s stockholders may act by written consent that are not Excluded Matters, pursuant to this conditional proxy (which proxy is irrevocable and coupled with an interest for purposes of Section 212 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) (the “ Proxy ”).  For the avoidance of doubt, Diller’s right to vote or act by written consent with respect to Covered Shares referred to herein will be deemed the right to vote or act by written consent with respect to one or both series of Covered Shares entitled to vote or consent in writing with respect to any particular matter as provided in the Certificate.

 

(ii)                                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Proxy shall not be applicable in connection with any vote or action by written consent on any matter

 

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that is an Excluded Matter and Diller will have no right to vote or act by written consent with respect to the Covered Shares, with the voting of or right to act by written consent with respect to such Covered Shares on such matters to remain with (A) the Malone Group with respect to any of the matters referred to in clause (x) of the definition of Excluded Matter and (B) Malone, or in the event of Malone’s Temporary Disability, with Mrs. Malone, with respect to any of the matters referred to in clause (y) of the definition of Excluded Matters, and the Malone Group shall take and/or refrain from taking all action necessary to ensure that no Person other than Malone or Mrs. Malone shall vote or have the power to vote the Covered Shares with respect to any matter referred to in clause (y) of the definition of Excluded Matters.  Any attempt by Diller to vote the Covered Shares on any Excluded Matter shall be void ab initio.

 

(iii)                                Prior to its termination on the Proxy Swap Termination Date, the Proxy will be binding upon each member of the Malone Group and such member’s respective Permitted Assigns.  The Malone Group represents that any and all other proxies heretofore given in respect of the Covered Shares are revocable, and that such other proxies either have been revoked or are hereby revoked.

 

(iv)                               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Proxy is personal to Diller and may not be assigned by Diller by operation of law or otherwise and may not be used by Diller’s successors.

 

(v)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, and without affecting the termination of the Proxy on the Proxy Swap Termination Date, the Proxy will be suspended during any period in which Diller has suffered a mental or physical disability preventing Diller from voting or acting by written consent with respect to the Covered Shares or engaging reasonably with Malone, or receiving or following instruction from Malone, as to the matters contemplated by this Section 2 (as determined by a physician selected by Malone (on behalf of the Malone Group) and reasonably acceptable to Diller, his spouse or a personal representative designated by Diller), and during such period of disability, Malone (on behalf of the Malone Group) will be entitled to vote or consent in writing with respect to all Covered Shares, regardless of any restriction specified herein with respect to such Covered Shares. The Proxy will be reinstated (unless sooner terminated on the Proxy Swap Termination Date) upon Diller ceasing to be so disabled (as determined by a physician selected by Diller and reasonably acceptable to Malone (on behalf of the Malone Group)).

 

(vi)                               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the Proxy shall remain in full force and effect and be enforceable (A) against any member of the Malone Group’s estate, executor or personal representative to the fullest extent and in the manner set forth in this Agreement and (B) irrespective of the death of one or both of Malone and/or Mrs. Malone.

 

(b)                                  Voting on Certain Matters .  Subject to Sections 2(a)(ii) and 2(d), in the event that any of the matters specified in clauses (i) through (iv) below is presented to the stockholders of Splitco for approval or the stockholders of Splitco propose to act by written consent on any such matter, Malone (on behalf of the Malone Group) and Diller will seek to agree upon how the

 

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Covered Shares will be voted on such matter.  If Malone and Diller reach an agreement as to how the Covered Shares are to be voted on such matter, Diller will vote the Covered Shares entitled to vote thereon as so agreed.  In the event Malone and Diller do not agree on how the Covered Shares are to be voted on such matter, Diller will be required to vote and will vote all Covered Shares entitled to vote thereon against such proposal.  The foregoing provisions will be applicable to the following matters:

 

(i)                                      any recapitalization, reclassification or other change in the capital structure of Splitco or the voluntary commencement of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Splitco;

 

(ii)                                   any merger or other business combination involving Splitco or its Subsidiaries or any sale of all or substantially all of Splitco’s assets;

 

(iii)                                the creation of any new class or series of Splitco Capital Stock or the issuance (other than pursuant to options, warrants or other rights to acquire shares of Splitco Series A Stock or Splitco Series B Stock outstanding immediately following the Effective Time) of Splitco Common Stock (including to the extent required for NASDAQ purposes); and

 

(iv)                               any amendment of the Certificate or Splitco’s bylaws.

 

(c)                                   Election of Splitco Directors; Vacancies .  With respect to the election of or the filling of any vacancy with respect to Series B Directors, Diller will vote all Covered Series B Shares as he determines in his sole discretion.  With respect to the election of Common Stock Directors, Diller will vote all Covered Shares entitled to vote thereon in favor of the Recommended Slate (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) of nominees for election as Common Stock Directors at each meeting of Splitco’s stockholders at which Common Stock Directors are to be elected.

 

(d)                                  Class Vote .  In the event that there is a proposal for any action which requires the approval of the holders of shares of Splitco Series B Stock, voting as a separate class, other than the election of, removal of or the filling of a vacancy with respect to Series B Directors, Diller will, with respect to such class vote, vote all Covered Series B Shares entitled to vote thereon as instructed by Malone (on behalf of the Malone Group) or, to the extent such matter is also an Excluded Matter (1) referred to in clause (x) of the definition thereof, voting of the Covered Series B Shares on such Excluded Matter will remain with the Malone Group and (2) referred to in clause (y) of the definition thereof, voting of the Covered Series B Shares on such Excluded Matter will remain with Malone or in the event of his Temporary Disability, Mrs. Malone; provided , that to the extent such proposed action (i) would result in the decrease in the voting power of a share of Splitco Series B Stock as compared to a share of Splitco Series A Stock (including, for example, as a result of (x) a decrease in the number of votes per share attributable to the Splitco Series B Stock or (y) any required conversion of Splitco Series B Stock into Splitco Series A Stock) or (ii) would change the process, or any other term, related to the election of, removal of, filling of a vacancy with respect to or voting power of Series B Directors, Diller will, with respect to such class vote, vote all such Covered Series B Shares entitled to vote thereon against such proposal.

 

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(e)                                   Removal of Common Stock Directors .  In the event that there is a proposal to remove any Common Stock Director from the Board, Diller will vote all Covered Shares entitled to vote thereon as instructed by Malone (on behalf of the Malone Group) or, in the event of any Temporary Disability of Malone, as instructed by Mrs. Malone.

 

(f)                                    Cooperation .  Diller will (i) vote (or act or not act by written consent with respect to) all Covered Shares subject to the Proxy, (ii) attend all meetings of Splitco stockholders in person or by proxy for purposes of obtaining a quorum, and (iii) execute or not execute all written consents in lieu of meetings, as applicable, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Proxy and this Agreement.  The parties acknowledge and agree that all Covered Shares will be voted in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

3.                                       TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS .

 

(a)                                  Transfer Restrictions .  Until the Proxy Swap Termination Date, the Malone Group will not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Covered Shares, or any of the voting rights with respect thereto (including by way of a pledge, by tendering Covered Shares into a tender or exchange offer or by conversion of Covered Series B Shares into Covered Series A Shares at the option of the holder), or any interest in such Covered Shares or voting rights and, in the case of any Covered Shares not owned of record by the Malone Group, will cause the applicable record owner or owners not to do any of the foregoing; provided , that, the Malone Group may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Covered Shares pursuant to any sale, transfer, Contract or other disposition (which, for the avoidance of doubt, excludes any pledge or conversion) to an acquiror that agrees to take such Covered Shares subject to this Agreement and that is acceptable to Diller in his sole discretion (a “ Permitted Transferee ”); provided , further , that the death of any member of the Malone Group shall itself not be a sale, transfer or disposition of any Covered Shares as long as a member of the Malone Group or a Permitted Assign continues to own all the Covered Shares.

 

(b)                                  Permitted Pledge .  Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 3(a) , the Malone Group will be permitted to pledge Covered Series A Shares to a bona fide financial institution (so long as such pledge does not prevent or otherwise restrict Diller from voting such shares pursuant to the Proxy and this Agreement prior to any foreclosure of such pledge, but shall not be permitted to pledge any other Covered Shares.  Malone (on behalf of the Malone Group) will take such actions as are reasonably necessary to enable Diller to vote the Covered Series A Shares subject to any such pledge prior to any foreclosure (including, for the avoidance of doubt, delivering instructions to the pledgee or other custodian with respect to Diller’s right to vote such shares).

 

4.                                       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE MALONE GROUP .

 

Each member of the Malone Group hereby represents and warrants to Diller that:

 

(a)                                  Authority for this Agreement .  (i) Each such member of the Malone Group has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out his or her obligations hereunder, (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such member of the Malone Group has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such member of the Malone Group and no other proceedings on the part of such member of the Malone Group are

 

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necessary to authorize this Agreement, (iii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such member of the Malone Group and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of such member of the Malone Group, and, assuming this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Diller, is enforceable against such member of the Malone Group in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity), (iv) neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by such member of the Malone Group constitutes a breach or violation of or conflicts with any material agreement to which such member of the Malone Group is a party and (v) none of such material agreements would impair in any material respect the ability of such member of the Malone Group to perform his or her obligations hereunder.

 

(b)                                  Ownership of Shares .  As of the date hereof, the Malone Group is the Beneficial Owner of 1,011,650 shares of LVNTA with respect to which approximately 404,659 shares of Splitco Series A Stock will be issued as of the Effective Time (such shares of Splitco Series A Stock so issued, together with any other shares of Splitco Series A Stock that constitute Covered Shares, the “ Covered Series A Shares ”) and the Beneficial Owner of 6,590,822 shares of LVNTB with respect to which approximately 2,636,328 shares of Splitco Series B Stock will be issued as of the Effective Time (such shares of Splitco Series B Stock so issued, together with any other shares of Splitco Series B Stock that constitute Covered Shares, the “ Covered Series B Shares ”), in each case, pursuant to the Split-Off.  The Covered Shares, as of the Effective Time, will be free and clear of all pledges, liens, proxies, claims, charges, security interests, preemptive rights, voting trusts, voting agreements, options, rights of first offer or refusal and any other encumbrances whatsoever, other than encumbrances created by this Agreement or any other Transaction Instrument, any restrictions on transfer under applicable federal and state securities laws and, with respect to any Covered Series A Shares, any encumbrances, as described on Schedule 4(b)  hereto.  As of the Effective Time, the Malone Group will have the sole authority to direct the voting of the Covered Shares and grant the Proxy in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the sole power of disposition with respect to the Covered Shares (subject to the restrictions created by this Agreement or any other Transaction Instrument and any restrictions on transfer under applicable federal and state securities laws).  Except for the Covered Shares and Convertible Securities of Splitco convertible solely into Covered Shares, in each case, received pursuant to the Split-Off, the Malone Group will not Beneficially Own any other Equity of Splitco or any securities of any other Person convertible into or exchangeable for Equity of Splitco, in each case as of the Effective Time.

 

5.                                       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DILLER . Diller hereby represents and warrants to the Malone Group that (a) Diller has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the Diller Assignment and to carry out his obligations hereunder and thereunder, (b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Diller Assignment by Diller has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Diller and no other proceedings on the part of Diller are necessary to authorize this Agreement or the Diller Assignment, (c) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Diller and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Diller, and, assuming this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Malone Group, is enforceable against Diller in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity), (d) the Diller Assignment has been

 

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duly executed and delivered by Diller and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Diller, and, assuming the Diller Assignment constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Splitco, is enforceable against Diller in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity), (e) neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Diller Assignment by Diller constitutes a breach or violation of, or conflicts with any provision of any material agreement to which Diller is a party, and (f) none of such material agreements would impair in any material respect the ability of Diller to perform his obligations hereunder or thereunder.

 

6.                                       TERM; TERMINATION .  This Agreement will terminate upon the Proxy Swap Termination Date, without any requirement to give notice, whereupon the Proxy will be immediately revoked (unless notice of termination is required pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, in which case this Agreement will terminate on the Proxy Swap Termination Date as determined thereby) and the right to vote the Covered Shares subject to the Proxy will revert to and be vested solely in the Malone Group or any Permitted Assign; provided , however , that , nothing in this Section 6 shall relieve any party of any liability for a breach of this Agreement prior to such termination.

 

7.                                       MISCELLANEOUS .

 

(a)                                  Remedies .  Each party hereto acknowledges that money damages would not be an adequate remedy in the event that any of the covenants or agreements in this Agreement are not performed in accordance with its terms, and it is therefore agreed that in addition to and without limiting any other remedy or right it may have, the non-breaching party will have the right to an injunction, temporary restraining order or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction enjoining any such breach and enforcing specifically the terms and provisions hereof.  All rights, powers and remedies provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity shall be cumulative and not alternative, and the exercise or beginning of the exercise of any thereof by any party shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right, power or remedy by such party.  In the event that a party institutes any suit or action under this Agreement, including for specific performance or injunctive relief pursuant to this Section 7, the prevailing party in such proceeding shall be entitled to receive the costs incurred thereby in conducting the suit or action, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, consultants and other experts.

 

(b)                                  Further Assurances .  At any time or from time to time after the date hereof, the parties agree to cooperate with each other, and at the request of any other party, to execute and deliver any further instruments or documents and to take all such further actions as the other party may reasonably request in order to evidence or effectuate the matters contemplated hereby and to otherwise carry out the intent of the parties hereunder.

 

(c)                                   Expenses .  Except as otherwise provided in any Transaction Instrument, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the matters contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses.

 

(d)                                  Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue .  This Agreement shall be governed by

 

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and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery or, in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this Agreement and of the documents referred to in this Agreement, and in respect of the matters contemplated hereby, and hereby waive, and agree not to assert, as a defense in any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement hereof or of any such document, that it is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in the Delaware Court of Chancery, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, or that this Agreement or any such document may not be enforced in or by such courts, and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all claims with respect to such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The parties hereto hereby consent to and grant the Delaware Court of Chancery, or in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action or proceeding, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, jurisdiction over the person of such parties and, to the extent permitted by Law, over the subject matter of such dispute and agree that mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided herein or in such other manner as may be permitted by Law shall be valid and sufficient service thereof. EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(e)                                   Assignment; Successors .  Except as otherwise provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise (except, in the case of a member of the Malone Group, to a Permitted Assign or Permitted Transferee) by a party without the prior written consent of the other party hereto. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  All authority conferred herein shall survive the death of any member of the Malone Group and in the event of any member of the Malone Group’s death, any rights or obligation of the Malone Group or such member thereof under this Agreement shall be for the benefit of and binding upon the estate, executor(s) and personal representative(s) of such member of the Malone Group.

 

(f)                                    Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries .  Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or therein, this Agreement, the other Transaction Instruments and the Expedia Reimbursement Agreement, including any exhibits and schedules hereto or thereto, (i) embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof or thereof and supersede and preempt any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, that may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way and (ii) are not intended to confer any rights, benefits, remedies,

 

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obligations or liabilities upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided , that, Splitco is deemed to be a third-party beneficiary of the rights and obligations of the parties set forth in Section 2 of this Agreement and will be entitled to enforce the rights and obligations of the parties under such Section 2 as if it were a party hereto.

 

(g)                                   Notices .  Any notices or other communications required or permitted under, or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (A) when delivered in person, (B) upon transmission by electronic mail or facsimile transmission as evidenced by confirmation of transmission to the sender (but only if followed by transmittal of a copy thereof by (x) national overnight courier or (y) hand delivery with receipt, in each case, for delivery by the second (2 nd ) Business Day following such electronic mail or facsimile transmission), (C) on receipt after dispatch by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and addressed, or (D) on the next Business Day if transmitted by national overnight courier, in each case as set forth to the parties as set forth below:

 

If to the Malone Group, to:

 

John C. Malone

c/o Liberty Media Corporation

12300 Liberty Boulevard

Englewood, CO 80112

Facsimile:

E-Mail:

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

633 Seventeenth Street

Suite 3000

Denver, CO 80202

Attention:

Steven D. Miller

Facsimile:

(303) 298-0940

E-Mail:

smiller@shermanhoward.com

 

If to Diller, to:

 

c/o Arrow Investments, Inc.

555 West 18th Street

New York, NY 10011

Attention:

Barry Diller

Facsimile:

E-Mail:

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

 

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51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention:

Andrew J. Nussbaum, Esq.

Facsimile:

(212) 403-2000

E-mail:

AJNussbaum@wlrk.com

 

or such other address, email address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify by like notice to the other parties hereto.

 

(h)                                  Severability .  Whenever possible, each provision (or portion thereof) of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision (or portion thereof) of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, then (subject to Section 6 hereof) such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or any other jurisdiction, but this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.

 

(i)                                      Amendments and Waivers .  This Agreement may not be amended, modified, or waived except in a written instrument executed by the parties; provided , that no amendment or modification of the provisions of Section 2 hereof, or any waiver of any right or obligation thereunder, will be effective unless consented to in writing by Splitco. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

(j)                                     No Implied Waivers .  No action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including any investigation by or on behalf of any party, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking such action of compliance with any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein or made pursuant hereto.  The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach and no failure by any party to exercise any right or privilege hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s rights or privileges hereunder or shall be deemed a waiver of such party’s rights to exercise the same at any subsequent time or times hereunder.

 

(k)                                  Interpretation .  To the extent any consent of, or action or instruction by, the Malone Group is required by this Agreement, the consent, action or instruction by Malone, or, in the event (x) Malone should become Disabled (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) or suffer from a Temporary Disability, Mrs. Malone, or (y) of Malone’s death, the executor of Malone’s estate or personal representative following Malone’s death, or any Permitted Assign or Permitted Transferee of Malone, shall be deemed to be the consent, action or instruction by the Malone Group.  When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.  The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.  Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”.  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this

 

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Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.  When this Agreement contemplates a certain number of securities, whether Splitco Common Stock or otherwise, as of a particular date, such number of securities shall be deemed to be appropriately adjusted to account for stock splits, dividends, recapitalizations, combinations of shares or other change affecting the such securities. In the event of any ambiguity or claimed ambiguity in any provision of a Subject Instrument (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), such provision shall be construed in light of the purpose acknowledged and agreed by the parties that Diller’s rights and interests, including without limitation with respect to the control of Expedia by virtue of the Splitco Proxy, subject to the terms thereof, shall not be affected or changed by any of the Subject Instruments, except to the extent specifically set forth therein.

 

(l)                                      Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

/s/ John C. Malone

 

John C. Malone

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Leslie Malone

 

Leslie Malone

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Barry Diller

 

Barry Diller

 

[Signature Page to Malone Proxy]

 



 

List of Omitted Exhibits and Schedules

 

The following schedule to the Proxy and Voting Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and among Barry Diller, John C. Malone and Leslie Malone not been provided herein:

 

Schedule 4(b) — Encumbrances on Covered Shares

 

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally a copy of this omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

 


Exhibit 99.1

 

November 7, 2016

 

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. Announces Investor Meeting Webcast

 

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—  Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:  LEXEA, LEXEB) (“Liberty Expedia”) will webcast its annual Investor Meeting on Thursday, November 10, 2016, which will occur immediately following the annual Investor Meeting of Liberty Interactive Corporation (“Liberty Interactive”). Presentations at Liberty Interactive’s annual Investor Meeting will begin at approximately 12:15pm E.S.T and Liberty Expedia’s annual Investor Meeting is estimated to begin at approximately 1:25pm E.S.T. During its annual Investor Meeting, observations may be made regarding Liberty Expedia’s financial performance and outlook.

 

The annual Investor Meeting will be held in New York, NY. If you are interested in attending, please register at https://reg.libertyexperience.com/.

 

The annual Investor Meetings will be broadcast live via the Internet. All interested persons should visit the Liberty Expedia website at http://ir.libertyexpedia.com/events.cfm to register for the webcast.  An archive of the webcast will also be available on this website for one year after appropriate filings have been made with the SEC.

 

Companies presenting in the afternoon at the annual Investor Meetings include:

 

·                   Liberty Interactive

 

·                   QVC

·                   zulily

 

·                   Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.

 

·                   Bodybuilding.com

 

·                   Liberty Broadband

 

·                   Charter Communications, Inc.

 

About Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.

 

Liberty Expedia Holdings’ (Nasdaq: LEXEA, LEXEB) principal assets consist of its interest in Expedia, Inc. and its subsidiary Bodybuilding.com, LLC. Expedia is an online travel company, empowering business and leisure travelers through technology with the tools and information they need to efficiently research, plan, book and experience travel. Bodybuilding.com is an internet retailer of sports and fitness products, dietary supplements and a digital media publisher featuring health-and-fitness content, workout programs, video trainers, recipes, health advice and motivational stories. More information is available at www.libertyexpedia.com.

 

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.
Courtnee Chun, 720-875-5420

 

Source:  Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc.