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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): April 10, 2020
 
EXPEDIA GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
001-37429
 
20-2705720
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1111 Expedia Group Way W.
Seattle, Washington 98119
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(206) 481-7200
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address if changed since last report)
 
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:
 
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.0001 par value
EXPE
The Nasdaq Global Select Market
Expedia Group, Inc. 2.500% Senior Notes due 2022
EXPE22
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
 
Emerging growth company
 
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
 






Item 1.01.    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Governance Agreement
On April 10, 2020, Expedia Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “Expedia Group”), and Barry Diller, the Company’s Chairman and Senior Executive, entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Second Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2019, between the Company and Mr. Diller (the “Governance Agreement”).
The Amendment was entered into pursuant to the stipulation and order entered by the Delaware Court of Chancery on March 30, 2020 (the “Order”), and was approved by the Special Litigation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company formed on December 3, 2019 (the “Special Litigation Committee”) to, among other things, investigate and evaluate the claims raised against certain current and former members of the Board of Directors and officers of the Company in the consolidated action captioned In re Expedia Group Stockholders Litigation, Consolidated Case No. 2019-0494-JTL (the “Delaware Litigation”). Pursuant to the Governance Agreement, the Amendment was also authorized by a majority of the Independent Directors (as defined in the Governance Agreement) of the Company.
Pursuant to the Governance Agreement, Mr. Diller has the right (the “Purchase/Exchange Right”), previously exercisable through April 26, 2020, to (1) exchange with Expedia Group (or its wholly owned subsidiary) an equivalent number of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Expedia Group (“Expedia Group common stock”) for, or (2) purchase from Expedia Group (or its wholly owned subsidiary), at a price per share equal to the average closing price of Expedia Group common stock for the five trading days immediately preceding notice of exercise, up to 7,276,547 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Expedia Group. 
Pursuant to the Order, Mr. Diller may not exercise the Purchase/Exchange Right prior to the Special Litigation Committee notifying Mr. Diller that it has completed its investigation of the claims raised in the Delaware Litigation (the “Completion Date”). The Amendment extends the deadline by which Mr. Diller may exercise the Purchase/Exchange Right to the close of business on the forty-fifth day following the Completion Date.
The foregoing descriptions of the Amendment and the Purchase/Exchange Right do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by, the Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the Governance Agreement, filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2019.
Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits







SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
EXPEDIA GROUP, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Robert J. Dzielak
 
 
Robert J. Dzielak
 
 
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Dated: April 10, 2020
 



Exhibit 10.1


AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED GOVERNANCE AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Governance Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of April 10, 2020 between Expedia Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Barry Diller, an individual (“Mr. Diller”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Governance Agreement (as defined below).
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, on April 15, 2019, the Company and Mr. Diller entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Governance Agreement (the “Governance Agreement”);
WHEREAS, Section 6.02(a) of the Governance Agreement requires any amendment of the Governance Agreement by the Company to be authorized by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are (i) “independent directors” as defined by applicable stock exchange listing rules, (ii) independent of Mr. Diller and his Affiliates and (iii) not members of the management of the Company or any Person over which Mr. Diller exercises direct or indirect control (“Independent Directors”);
WHEREAS, this Amendment has been approved by the Special Litigation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company formed on December 3, 2019 (the “Special Litigation Committee”), and has been authorized by a majority of the Independent Directors; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to stipulation and order entered by the Delaware Court of Chancery on March 30, 2020 (the “Order”) in respect of In re Expedia Group Stockholders Litigation, Consolidated Case No. 2019-0494-JTL (the “Delaware Litigation”), the Company and Mr. Diller are entering into this Amendment and Mr. Diller may not exercise the Purchase/Exchange Right prior to the date on which the Special Litigation Committee has completed its investigation.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual agreements and covenants hereinafter set forth, the Company and Mr. Diller hereby agree as follows:
1.Amendment to Section 5.54. Section 5.54 of the Governance Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Section 5.54. “Purchase/Exchange Period” shall mean the period from and after the Combination Closing until the close of business on the forty-fifth day following the date on which the Special Litigation Committee notifies Mr. Diller that it has completed its investigation of the claims raised in the Delaware Litigation, subject to extension pursuant to Section 3.03 (the “Expiration Date”); provided that such Expiration Date shall be extended to enable any exercises of the Purchase/Exchange Right (as shown by the delivery to the Company of a written notice of exercise of the Purchase/Exchange Right on or prior to such Expiration Date) effected by the Expiration Date which have not yet been consummated as of such Expiration Date to be consummated. “Special



                                        

Litigation Committee” means the Special Litigation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company formed on December 3, 2019.”
2.Governance Agreement Remains in Effect. Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, the Governance Agreement remains in full force and effect and nothing in this Amendment shall otherwise affect any other provision of the Governance Agreement or the rights and obligations of the parties thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, Section 3.03 of the Governance Agreement shall not apply as a result of this Amendment or the Order.
3.References to the Governance Agreement. After giving effect to this Amendment, each reference in the Governance Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereof,” “hereunder” or words of like import referring to the Governance Agreement shall refer to the Governance Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
4.Incorporation by Reference. Sections 6.01 (Notices), 6.04 (Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction), 6.05 (Counterparts), 6.06 (Specific Performance), 6.13 (Severability) and 6.18 (Headings) of the Governance Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.
EXPEDIA GROUP, INC.
By:    /s/ Robert J. Dzielak    
Robert J. Dzielak
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary


/s/ Barry Diller    
Barry Diller




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