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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): June 30, 2020

  

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware  001-39356  84-3727412
(State or other jurisdiction  (Commission  (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)  File No.)  Identification No.)

 

555 West 18th Street, New York, NY  10011
(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 314-7300

 

IAC HOLDINGS, INC.

 

(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)

 

¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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, par value $0.001   IAC   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
        (Nasdaq Global Select Market)

 

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. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introductory Note.

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed in connection with the closing on June 30, 2020 of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”), dated as of December 19, 2019 and amended as of April 28, 2020 and June 22, 2020, by and among the Registrant and certain other parties thereto.

 

On June 30, 2020, pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, the businesses of the company formerly known as Match Group, Inc. (“Old Match”) were separated from the remaining businesses of the company formerly known as IAC/InterActiveCorp (“Old IAC”) through a series of transactions (the “Separation”) that resulted in the pre-transaction stockholders of Old IAC owning shares in two, separate public companies—Old IAC, which was renamed “Match Group, Inc.” (and which we refer to as “New Match”) and which retained the businesses of Old Match and certain Old IAC financing subsidiaries, and the Registrant, which was renamed “IAC/InterActiveCorp” and which retained Old IAC’s other businesses (the “IAC Businesses”)—and the pre-transaction stockholders of Old Match (other than Old IAC) owning shares in New Match.

 

The Registrant (also referred to in this Current Report as the “Company”) is now an independent public company, and its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) and CUSIP number 44891N109, began trading under the symbol “IAC” on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 1, 2020. The Registrant’s Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”) is not publicly traded.

 

  Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On June 30, 2020, the Company entered into a number of agreements with New Match in connection with the completion of the Separation, including, among others, the following:

 

  · Transition Services Agreement;

 

  · Tax Matters Agreement; and

 

  · Amended and Restated Employee Matters Agreement.

 

A summary of the principal terms of each of these agreements is set forth in the section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Ancillary Agreements” contained in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-236420-01) filed by the Company and Old IAC on April 28, 2020 (the “Registration Statement”). These summaries are incorporated herein by reference. The summaries do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the agreements, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

  Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

The transactions described under the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference, included the following steps:

 

  · Prior to the completion of the Separation, in certain internal restructuring transactions, Old IAC transferred to the Company $837,912,786 in cash and the entities and assets through which the IAC Businesses have historically been conducted.

 

  · The Company issued to Old IAC a total of 79,342,768 shares of Common Stock, 5,789,499 shares of Class B Common Stock and 1,413,740 shares of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Series A Preferred Shares”).

 

  · Following the share issuances referenced immediately above, Old IAC exchanged all of the Series A Preferred Shares with a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for certain securities of Old IAC held by such subsidiary, and:

 

 

 

 

 

  · Old IAC, through a series of steps, effected the distribution of the Common Stock held by Old IAC to the former holders of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Old IAC (the “Old IAC Common Stock”), on a one-for-one basis.

 

  · Old IAC, through a series of steps, effected the distribution of the Class B Common Stock held by Old IAC to the former holders of Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Old IAC (the “Old IAC Class B Common Stock”), on a one-for-one basis.

 

  · Former holders of Old IAC Common Stock and Old IAC Class B Common Stock also received 2.1584 shares of common stock of New Match for each share of Old IAC Common Stock and Old IAC Class B Common Stock, as applicable, held by them prior to the consummation of the Separation transactions (with cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares).

 

  Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

On June 30, 2020, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware a Certificate of Designations (the “Certificate of Designations”), which became effective on that date, for the purpose of establishing the preferences, limitations and relative rights of the Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock, all outstanding shares of which are held by a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. A copy of the Certificate of Designations is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

 

The issuances described under the second bullet point under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02, were exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

  Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The information set forth under Item 3.02 and Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

 

  Item 5.01. Change in Control of Registrant.

 

The information set forth under the Introductory Note and the third bullet point under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.

 

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

 

Appointment of Officers

 

In connection with the Separation, the following individuals, who had been previously serving with Old IAC in their positions shown below, continued as officers of the Company as set forth in the table below:

 

Barry Diller Chairman & Senior Executive
Victor Kaufman Vice Chairman
Joseph Levin Chief Executive Officer
Glenn H. Schiffman Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mark Stein Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
Gregg Winiarski Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Michael H. Schwerdtman Senior Vice President and Controller

 

Biographical information about the Company’s executive officers can be found in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-239204) filed by the Company on June 16, 2020 (the “Form S-1”) under the sections entitled “Executive Officers” and “Directors” which are incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02. The information set forth in the Form S-1 under the section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and the information under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K relating to agreements between the Company and New Match is incorporated by reference herein. Mr. Schiffman is a member of the Board of Directors of New Match. Mr. Levin is a member of the Board of Directors of New Match and New Match’s Executive Chairman.

 

 

 

 

 

Michael H. Schwerdtman

 

Prior to his appointment as an officer of the Company, Mr. Michael H. Schwerdtman, 60, served as Senior Vice President and Controller for Old IAC. Mr. Schwerdtman was promoted to this position in September 2005 from Vice President and Controller, a position he held since December 2004. He previously served as Old IAC’s Assistant Controller. Prior to joining Old IAC, Mr. Schwerdtman was with Sony Music from 1993 to 2003 where he served in various capacities including Corporate Controller and Chief Financial Officer of Sony Music International. Mr. Schwerdtman started his professional career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1981, leaving as a senior manager in 1993. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an MA from Norwich University and a BS from St. Francis College (NY). He is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

Appointment of Directors

 

At the time the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-39356) filed by the Company on June 30, 2020 became effective, Gregg Winiarski and Glenn Schiffman were serving as the members of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). Immediately following the Separation, the size of the Board was expanded to eleven directors, with Chelsea Clinton, Barry Diller, Michael D. Eisner, Bonnie S. Hammer, Victor A. Kaufman, Joseph Levin, David Rosenblatt, Alexander von Furstenberg, Bryan Lourd, Alan G. Spoon and Richard F. Zannino (the pre-Separation directors of Old IAC) elected to the Board to replace Messrs. Winiarski and Schiffman and fill the vacancies created by the Board expansion.

 

Biographical and compensation information for each of the directors appointed to the Board following the Separation can be found in the Form S-1 under the section entitled “Directors” and “Director Compensation,” which is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02. The information set forth in the Form S-1 under the section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and the information under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K relating to agreements between the Company and New Match is incorporated by reference herein. Mr. Levin is a member of the Board of Directors of New Match and New Match’s Executive Chairman, and Mr. Spoon is a member of the Board of Directors of New Match.

 

In connection with their appointment to the Board:

 

  · Messrs. Lourd, Spoon and Zannino were appointed to serve as members of the Audit Committee of the Board and Mr. Spoon was appointed Chair of the Audit Committee;

 

  · Ms. Hammer and Mr. Rosenblatt were appointed to serve as members of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Board and Ms. Hammer was appointed Chair of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee;

 

  · Mr. Eisner and Ms. Hammer were appointed to serve as members of the Nominating Committee of the Board;

 

  · Messrs. Diller, Eisner and Kaufman were appointed to serve as members of the Executive Committee of the Board; and

 

  · Mr. Diller was appointed Chairman of the Board and Mr. Kaufman was appointed Vice Chairman of the Board.

  

 

 

 

Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

The Company will maintain the same compensation arrangements for its officers, including its named executive officers, immediately following the Separation as in effect immediately prior to the Separation. Compensation information for the Company’s named executive officers can be found in the Form S-1 under the section entitled “Executive Compensation.” This section of the Registration Statement is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

 

Governance Agreement

 

In connection with the Separation, Old IAC assigned to the Company that certain Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2005, among Old IAC, Liberty Media Corporation and Barry Diller (the “Original Governance Agreement”), as such agreement was subsequently amended and supplemented by that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2010, by and among Old IAC, Liberty Media Corporation, Liberty USA Holdings, LLC and Barry Diller (the “Termination Letter”) which terminated the Original Governance Agreement as to Liberty Media, and that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2010 (the “IAC-Diller Agreement”), by and between Old IAC and Barry Diller (the “Governance Agreement”).

 

Among other things, the Governance Agreement provides that, for so long as Mr. Diller serves as the Company’s Chairman and Senior Executive, he has the right to consent to limited matters in the event that the Company’s ratio of total debt to EBITDA (as defined in the Governance Agreement) equals or exceeds four to one over a continuous twelve-month period.

 

The above summary is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Original Governance Agreement, the Termination Letter and the IAC-Diller Agreement, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

In connection with the Separation, the Company filed the following instruments with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware:

 

  · An amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Charter”) substantially similar to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Old IAC in effect immediately prior to the completion of the Separation. The Amended and Restated Charter became effective as of 9:05 a.m. on June 30, 2020.

 

  · A certificate of amendment of the Amended and Restated Charter (the “Charter Amendment”), which changed the name of the Company from “IAC Holdings, Inc.” to “IAC/InterActiveCorp” and provided that no officer or director of the Company who is also an officer or director of New Match will be liable to the Company or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty by reason of the fact that any such individual directs a corporate opportunity to New Match instead of the Company, or does not communicate information regarding a corporate opportunity to the Company that the officer or director has directed to New Match. The Charter Amendment became effective as of 11:07 p.m. on June 30, 2020.

 

  · A restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter Restatement”). The Charter Restatement became effective as of 11:09 p.m. on June 30, 2020.

 

The Company also amended and restated its By-Laws (the “Amended and Restated By-Laws”), effective June 30, 2020, to read substantially similar to the Amended and Restated By-Laws of Old IAC in effect immediately prior to the completion of the Separation.

 

A description of the material provisions of the Charter Restatement and the Amended and Restated By-Laws can be found in the Registration Statement, under the section entitled “Description of New IAC Capital Stock,” which is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03. The foregoing descriptions of the Amended and Restated Charter, the Charter Amendment, the Charter Restatement and the Amended and Restated Bylaws are not complete and are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, the full text thereof, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1(a), 3.1(b), 3.1(c) and 3.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

  

 

 

 

The information set forth in the first paragraph under Item 3.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

  

  Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

Closing Press Release

 

On July 1, 2020, the Company and New Match issued a joint press release announcing the completion of the Separation. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Settlement of New Match Equity Offering

 

In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, Old IAC agreed to issue and sell shares of New Match common stock to certain institutional investors for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $1.4 billion, before deducting certain fees and expenses related to such offering. Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, Old IAC has agreed to transfer the proceeds of this offering to the Company immediately following the closing of the offering.

 

Share Repurchase Authorization

 

In anticipation of the closing of the Separation, on June 30, 2020, the board of directors of the Company authorized repurchases of up to 8.03 million shares of Common Stock, equal to the number of shares available under the repurchase authorization at Old IAC immediately prior to the Separation. The timing and amount of any shares repurchased will be determined based on the Company’s evaluation of market conditions and other factors. Any repurchases will be made in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission and certain other legal requirements to which the Company may be subject.

  

 

 

 

  Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (a) Financial statements of business acquired.

 

The financial statements included in the sections of the Form S-1 entitled “Annex A—Combined Financial Statements of IAC Holdings, Inc. (New IAC)” and “Annex B—Consolidated Financial Statements of Care.com, Inc.” are incorporated by reference into this Item 9.01.

 

(b)        Pro forma financial information.

 

The pro forma financial information included in the section of the Form S-1 entitled “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements” is incorporated by reference into this Item 9.01.

 

(d)        Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
     
3.1(a)   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
     
3.1(b)   Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
     
3.1(c)   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
     
3.2   Certificate of Designations of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock
     
3.3   Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant.
     
10.1   Transition Services Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2020, by and between the Registrant and New Match.
     
10.2   Tax Matters Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2020, by and between the Registrant and New Match.
     
10.3   Amended and Restated Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2020, by and between the Registrant and New Match.
     
10.4   Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2005, among the Registrant (as assignee of Old IAC), Liberty Media Corporation and Barry Diller (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Old IAC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.5   Letter Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2010, by and among the Registrant (as assignee of Old IAC), Liberty Media Corporation, Liberty USA Holdings, LLC and Barry Diller (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Old IAC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on December 6, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.6   Letter Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2010, by and between the Registrant (as assignee of Old IAC) and Barry Diller (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Old IAC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on December 6, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.7   IAC/InterActiveCorp 2018 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Old IAC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 29, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.8   Form of Terms and Conditions for Stock Options granted under the IAC/InterActiveCorp 2018 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Old IAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.9   Form of Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Units granted under the IAC/InterActiveCorp 2018 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Old IAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.10   IAC/InterActiveCorp 2013 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Old IAC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.11   Form of Terms and Conditions for Stock Options granted under the IAC/InterActiveCorp 2013 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Old IAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.12   Form of Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Units granted under the IAC/InterActiveCorp 2013 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Old IAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.13   IAC/InterActiveCorp 2008 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (filed as Annex F to Old IAC’s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on July 10, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.14   Form of Terms and Conditions for Stock Options granted under the IAC/InterActiveCorp 2008 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Old IAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

 

 

 

10.15   Form of Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Units granted under the IAC/InterActiveCorp 2008 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Old IAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.16   IAC/InterActiveCorp 2005 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.8 to Old IAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.17   Form of Terms and Conditions for Stock Options granted under the IAC/InterActiveCorp 2005 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Old IAC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.18   Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation Arrangements (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Old IAC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.19   2011 IAC/InterActiveCorp Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Old IAC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.20   Equity and Bonus Compensation Arrangement, dated as of August 24, 1995, between Barry Diller and the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 10.26 to Old IAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.21   Employment Agreement between Joseph Levin and the Registrant, dated as of November 21, 2017 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Old IAC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 22, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.22   Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Victor A. Kaufman and the Registrant, dated as of March 15, 2012 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Old IAC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2012, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.22   Employment Agreement between Glenn H. Schiffman and the Registrant, dated as of April 7, 2016 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Old IAC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.23   Employment Agreement between Mark Stein and the Registrant, dated as of June 28, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Old IAC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 29, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.24   Employment Agreement between Gregg Winiarski and the Registrant, dated as of February 26, 2010 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Old IAC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
10.25   Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2017, by and between the Registrant and ANGI Homeservices Inc. (filed as Exhibit 2.5 to Old IAC’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 2, 2017, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
23.1   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm for the Company.
     
23.2   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm for Care.com, Inc.
     
23.3   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors for Care.com, Inc.
     
99.1   Joint Press Release of the Company and New Match, dated as of July 1, 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

  IAC/INTERACTIVECORP
   
   
  By: /s/ Gregg Winiarski                              
  Name: Gregg Winiarski
  Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

Date: July 2, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1(a) 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
IAC HOLDINGS, INC.

 

IAC Holdings, Inc. (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify:

 

1.       The name of the corporation is: IAC Holdings, Inc. The original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 19, 2019.

 

2.       This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and by its sole stockholder in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and integrates and amends the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation in its entirety.

 

3.       The text of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

Article I 

 

The name of the Corporation is IAC Holdings, Inc.

 

Article II 

 

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Article III 

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

Article IV 

 

The Corporation shall have the authority to issue one billion six hundred million (1,600,000,000) shares of $0.001 par value Common Stock, four hundred million (400,000,000) shares of $0.001 par value Class B Common Stock, and one hundred million (100,000,000) shares of $0.01 par value Preferred Stock.

 

 

 

 

A statement of the designations of each class and the powers, preferences and rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof is as follows:

 

A.COMMON STOCK

 

(1)               The holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, share for share with the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock, such dividends if, as and when declared from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

(2)               In the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding-up of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, share for share with the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock and any other class or series of stock entitled to share therewith, all the assets of the Corporation of whatever kind available for distribution to stockholders, after the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock have been satisfied.

 

(3)               Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote one vote for each share of Common Stock held as of the applicable date on any matter that is submitted to a vote or to the consent of the holders of the Common Stock. Except as otherwise provided herein or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the holders of Common Stock and the holders of Class B Common Stock and any other class or series entitled to vote with the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as a class shall at all times vote on all matters (including the election of directors) together as one class.

 

B.CLASS B COMMON STOCK

 

(1)               The holders of the Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, share for share with the holders of shares of Common Stock, such dividends if, as and when declared from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

(2)               In the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding-up of the Corporation, the holders of the Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, share for share with the holders of shares of Common Stock and any other class or series of stock entitled to share therewith, all the assets of the Corporation of whatever kind available for distribution to stockholders, after the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock have been satisfied.

 

(3)               Each holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to vote ten votes for each share of Class B Common Stock held as of the applicable date on any matter that is submitted to a vote or to the consent of the holders of the Class B Common Stock. Except as otherwise provided herein or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the holders of Common Stock and the holders of Class B Common Stock and any other class or series entitled to vote with the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as a class shall at all times vote on all matters (including the election of directors) together as one class.

 

C.OTHER MATTERS AFFECTING SHAREHOLDERS OF COMMON STOCK AND CLASS B COMMON STOCK

 

(1)               In no event shall any stock dividends or stock splits or combinations of stock be declared or made on Common Stock or Class B Common Stock unless the shares of Common Stock and Class B Common Stock at the time outstanding are treated equally and identically.

 

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(2)               Shares of Class B Common Stock shall be convertible into shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation at the option of the holder thereof at any time on a share for share basis. Such conversion ratio shall in all events be equitably preserved in the event of any recapitalization of the Corporation by means of a stock dividend on, or a stock split or combination of, outstanding Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, or in the event of any merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Corporation with another corporation.

 

(3)               Upon the conversion of Class B Common Stock into shares of Common Stock, the Corporation shall take all necessary action so that said shares of Class B Common Stock shall be retired and shall not be subject to reissue.

 

(4)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of Common Stock, acting as a single class, shall be entitled to elect twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of directors, and in the event that twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of directors shall result in a fraction of a director, then the holders of the Common Stock, acting as a single class, shall be entitled to elect the next higher whole number of directors.

 

D.PREFERRED STOCK

 

The Board of Directors is authorized, by resolution, to designate the voting powers, preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the Preferred Stock and any class or series thereof. Pursuant to subsection 242(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or any class or series thereof may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Corporation entitled to vote irrespective of such subsection.

 

Article V 

 

The Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal By-Laws of the Corporation, but the stockholders may make additional By-Laws and may alter or repeal any By-Law whether adopted by them or otherwise.

 

Article VI 

 

Elections of directors need not be by written ballot except and to the extent provided in the By-Laws of the Corporation.

 

Article VII 

 

The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

 

Article VIII 

 

Each person who is or was or had agreed to become a director or officer of the Corporation, or each such person who is or was serving or had agreed to serve at the request of the Board of Directors or an officer of the Corporation as an employee or agent of the Corporation or as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including the heirs, executors, administrators or estate of such person), shall be indemnified by the Corporation, in accordance with the By-Laws of the Corporation, to the full extent permitted from time to time by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) or any other applicable laws as presently or hereinafter in effect. Without limiting the generality or the effect of the foregoing, the Corporation may enter into one or more agreements with any person that provide for indemnification greater or different than that provided in this Article VIII. Any amendment or repeal of this Article VIII shall not adversely affect any right or protection existing hereunder immediately prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

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Article IX 

 

A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Any amendment or repeal of this Article IX shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing immediately prior to such amendment or repeal. The liability of a director shall be further eliminated or limited to the full extent permitted by Delaware law, as it may hereafter be amended.

 

Article X 

 

Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as determined by the Board of Directors. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation.

 

Article XI 

 

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the Delaware General Corporation Law, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation except that under no circumstances may such amendment be adopted except as prescribed by Article IV, above, and provided further that the rights of the Class B Common Stock may not be amended, altered, changed or repealed without the approval of the holders of the requisite number of said shares of Class B Common Stock.

 

Article XII 

 

The number of directors of the Corporation shall be such number as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

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Article XIII 

 

A.COMPETITION AND CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

 

To the extent provided in the following sentence, the Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any Dual Opportunity about which a Dual Role Person acquires knowledge. A Dual Role Person shall have no duty to communicate or offer to the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies any Dual Opportunity that such Dual Role Person has communicated or offered to Expedia, shall not be prohibited from communicating or offering any Dual Opportunity to Expedia, and shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation, as the case may be, resulting from (i) the failure to communicate or offer to the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies any Dual Opportunity that such Dual Role Person has communicated or offered to Expedia or (ii) the communication or offer to Expedia of any Dual Opportunity, so long as (x) the Dual Opportunity does not become known to the Dual Role Person in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, and (y) the Dual Opportunity is not presented by the Dual Role Person to any party other than Expedia and the Dual Role Person does not pursue the Dual Opportunity individually.

 

B.CERTAIN MATTERS DEEMED NOT CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

 

In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article XIII, the Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunity that the Corporation is not financially able or contractually permitted or legally able to undertake. Moreover, nothing in this Article XIII shall amend or modify in any respect any written contractual agreement between Expedia on the one hand and the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies on the other hand.

 

C.CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of this Article XIII:

 

Affiliate” means with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of the foregoing definition, the term “controls,” “is controlled by,” or “is under common control with” means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Affiliated Company” means (i) with respect to the Corporation, any Person controlled by the Corporation and (ii) with respect to Expedia, any Person controlled by Expedia.

 

Dual Opportunity” means any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both Expedia Group, Inc. or its Affiliated Companies (“Expedia”), on the one hand, and the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies, on the other hand.

 

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Dual Role Person” means any individual who is an officer or director of both the Corporation and Expedia.

 

Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

D.TERMINATION

 

The provisions of this Article XIII shall have no further force or effect at such time as (i) the Corporation and Expedia are no longer Affiliates and (ii) none of the directors and/or officers of Expedia serve as directors and/or officers of the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies; provided, however, that any such termination shall not terminate the effect of such provisions with respect to any agreement, arrangement or other understanding between the Corporation or an Affiliated Company thereof on the one hand, and Expedia, on the other hand, that was entered into before such time or any transaction entered into in the performance of such agreement, arrangement or other understanding, whether entered into before or after such time.

 

E.DEEMED NOTICE

 

Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or obtaining any interest in any capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice and to have consented to the provisions of this Article XIII.

 

F.SEVERABILITY

 

The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision, or part of any provision, of this Article XIII shall not affect the other provisions or parts hereof, and this Article XIII shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provisions or parts were omitted.

 

4.       That this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall become effective at 9:05 a.m. Eastern Time on June 30, 2020.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, IAC Holdings, Inc. has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be duly executed and acknowledged by its duly authorized officer this 30th day of June, 2020.

 

  IAC HOLDINGS, INC.
   
   
  By: /s/ Joanne Hawkins
    Name: Joanne Hawkins
    Title: SVP and Deputy General Counsel

 

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Exhibit 3.1(b)

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF IAC HOLDINGS, INC.

 

Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, IAC Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify:

 

FIRST: That the Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted resolutions proposing and declaring advisable the following amendments to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation:

 

SECOND: Article I is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

Article I

 

The name of the Corporation is IAC/InterActiveCorp.

 

THIRD: Sections A to D of Article XIII are hereby amended to read in their entirety as follows:

 

A.COMPETITION AND CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

 

(1)               To the extent provided in the following sentence, the Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any Expedia Dual Opportunity about which an Expedia Dual Role Person acquires knowledge. An Expedia Dual Role Person shall have no duty to communicate or offer to the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies any Expedia Dual Opportunity that such Expedia Dual Role Person has communicated or offered to Expedia, shall not be prohibited from communicating or offering any Expedia Dual Opportunity to Expedia, and shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation, as the case may be, resulting from (i) the failure to communicate or offer to the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies any Expedia Dual Opportunity that such Expedia Dual Role Person has communicated or offered to Expedia or (ii) the communication or offer to Expedia of any Expedia Dual Opportunity, so long as (x) the Expedia Dual Opportunity does not become known to the Expedia Dual Role Person in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, and (y) the Expedia Dual Opportunity is not presented by the Expedia Dual Role Person to any party other than Expedia and the Expedia Dual Role Person does not pursue the Expedia Dual Opportunity individually.

 

(2)               To the extent provided in the following sentence, the Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any Match Dual Opportunity about which an Match Dual Role Person acquires knowledge. A Match Dual Role Person shall have no duty to communicate or offer to the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies any Match Dual Opportunity that such Match Dual Role Person has communicated or offered to Match, shall not be prohibited from communicating or offering any Match Dual Opportunity to Match, and shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation, as the case may be, resulting from (i) the failure to communicate or offer to the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies any Match Dual Opportunity that such Match Dual Role Person has communicated or offered to Match or (ii) the communication or offer to Match of any Match Dual Opportunity, so long as (x) the Match Dual Opportunity does not become known to the Match Dual Role Person in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, and (y) the Match Dual Opportunity is not presented by the Match Dual Role Person to any party other than Match and the Match Dual Role Person does not pursue the Match Dual Opportunity individually.

 

 

 

B.CERTAIN MATTERS DEEMED NOT CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

 

In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article XIII, the Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunity that the Corporation is not financially able or contractually permitted or legally able to undertake. Moreover, nothing in this Article XIII shall amend or modify in any respect any written contractual agreement between Expedia or Match on the one hand and the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies on the other hand.

 

C.CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of this Article XIII:

 

Affiliate” means with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of the foregoing definition, the term “controls,” “is controlled by,” or “is under common control with” means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Affiliated Company” means (i) with respect to the Corporation, any Person controlled by the Corporation, (ii) with respect to Expedia, any Person controlled by Expedia and (iii) with respect to Match, any Person controlled by Match.

 

Expedia” means Expedia Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its Affiliated Companies.

 

Expedia Dual Opportunity” means any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both Expedia, on the one hand, and the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies, on the other hand.

 

Expedia Dual Role Person” means any individual who is an officer or director of both the Corporation and Expedia.

 

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Match” means Match Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation originally incorporated on July 28, 1986 under the name Silver King Broadcasting Company, Inc., and its Affiliated Companies.

 

Match Dual Opportunity” means any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both Match, on the one hand, and the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies, on the other hand.

 

Match Dual Role Person” means any individual who is an officer or director of both the Corporation and Match.

 

Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

D.TERMINATION

 

The provisions of this Article XIII shall have no further force or effect (i) with respect to Expedia Dual Role Persons or Expedia Dual Opportunities at such time as (a) the Corporation and Expedia are no longer Affiliates and (b) none of the directors and officers of Expedia serve as directors or officers of the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies and (ii) with respect to Match Dual Role Persons and Match Dual Opportunities at such time as (a) the Corporation and Match are no longer Affiliates and (b) none of the directors and officers of Match serve as directors or officers of the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies; provided, however, that any such termination shall not terminate the effect of such provisions with respect to any agreement, arrangement or other understanding between the Corporation or an Affiliated Company thereof on the one hand, and Expedia or Match, on the other hand, as applicable, that was entered into before such time or any transaction entered into in the performance of such agreement, arrangement or other understanding, whether entered into before or after such time.

 

FOURTH: That the sole stockholder of the Corporation has adopted said amendments in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by written consent in accordance with Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

FIFTH: That said amendments shall become effective at 11:07 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 30, 2020.

 

[Signature appears on next page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by Joanne Hawkins, its Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, this 30th, day of June, 2020.

 

  IAC HOLDINGS, INC.
   
   
  By: /s/ Joanne Hawkins
    Name: Joanne Hawkins
    Title: SVP and Deputy General Counsel

 

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Exhibit 3.1(c)

 

RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify:

 

1.       The name of the corporation is: IAC/InterActiveCorp. IAC/InterActiveCorp was originally incorporated under the name IAC Holdings, Inc. and the original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 19, 2019, and subsequently amended and restated on June 30, 2020 and further amended on June 30, 2020.

 

2.       This Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and duly executed and acknowledged by an officer of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 103 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation only restates and integrates and does not further amend the provisions of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation as heretofore amended or supplemented, and there is no discrepancy between those provisions and the provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

3.       The text of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

Article I 

 

The name of the Corporation is IAC/InterActiveCorp.

 

Article II 

 

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Article III 

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

Article IV 

 

The Corporation shall have the authority to issue one billion six hundred million (1,600,000,000) shares of $0.001 par value Common Stock, four hundred million (400,000,000) shares of $0.001 par value Class B Common Stock, and one hundred million (100,000,000) shares of $0.01 par value Preferred Stock.

 

 

 

A statement of the designations of each class and the powers, preferences and rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof is as follows:

 

A.COMMON STOCK

 

(1)               The holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, share for share with the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock, such dividends if, as and when declared from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

(2)               In the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding-up of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, share for share with the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock and any other class or series of stock entitled to share therewith, all the assets of the Corporation of whatever kind available for distribution to stockholders, after the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock have been satisfied.

 

(3)               Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote one vote for each share of Common Stock held as of the applicable date on any matter that is submitted to a vote or to the consent of the holders of the Common Stock. Except as otherwise provided herein or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the holders of Common Stock and the holders of Class B Common Stock and any other class or series entitled to vote with the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as a class shall at all times vote on all matters (including the election of directors) together as one class.

 

B.CLASS B COMMON STOCK

 

(1)               The holders of the Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, share for share with the holders of shares of Common Stock, such dividends if, as and when declared from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

(2)               In the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, distribution of assets or winding-up of the Corporation, the holders of the Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to receive, share for share with the holders of shares of Common Stock and any other class or series of stock entitled to share therewith, all the assets of the Corporation of whatever kind available for distribution to stockholders, after the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock have been satisfied.

 

(3)               Each holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to vote ten votes for each share of Class B Common Stock held as of the applicable date on any matter that is submitted to a vote or to the consent of the holders of the Class B Common Stock. Except as otherwise provided herein or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the holders of Common Stock and the holders of Class B Common Stock and any other class or series entitled to vote with the Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as a class shall at all times vote on all matters (including the election of directors) together as one class.

 

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C.OTHER MATTERS AFFECTING SHAREHOLDERS OF COMMON STOCK AND CLASS B COMMON STOCK

 

(1)               In no event shall any stock dividends or stock splits or combinations of stock be declared or made on Common Stock or Class B Common Stock unless the shares of Common Stock and Class B Common Stock at the time outstanding are treated equally and identically.

 

(2)               Shares of Class B Common Stock shall be convertible into shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation at the option of the holder thereof at any time on a share for share basis. Such conversion ratio shall in all events be equitably preserved in the event of any recapitalization of the Corporation by means of a stock dividend on, or a stock split or combination of, outstanding Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, or in the event of any merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Corporation with another corporation.

 

(3)               Upon the conversion of Class B Common Stock into shares of Common Stock, the Corporation shall take all necessary action so that said shares of Class B Common Stock shall be retired and shall not be subject to reissue.

 

(4)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of Common Stock, acting as a single class, shall be entitled to elect twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of directors, and in the event that twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of directors shall result in a fraction of a director, then the holders of the Common Stock, acting as a single class, shall be entitled to elect the next higher whole number of directors.

 

D.PREFERRED STOCK

 

The Board of Directors is authorized, by resolution, to designate the voting powers, preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the Preferred Stock and any class or series thereof. Pursuant to subsection 242(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or any class or series thereof may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the Corporation entitled to vote irrespective of such subsection.

 

Pursuant to the authority conferred by this Article IV.D, the following series of Preferred Stock has been designated, with such series consisting of such number of shares and such voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, relative rights and distinguishing designation as are stated and expressed in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference:  Exhibit A: Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock.

 

Article V 

 

The Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal By-Laws of the Corporation, but the stockholders may make additional By-Laws and may alter or repeal any By-Law whether adopted by them or otherwise.

 

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Article VI 

 

Elections of directors need not be by written ballot except and to the extent provided in the By-Laws of the Corporation.

 

Article VII 

 

The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

 

Article VIII 

 

Each person who is or was or had agreed to become a director or officer of the Corporation, or each such person who is or was serving or had agreed to serve at the request of the Board of Directors or an officer of the Corporation as an employee or agent of the Corporation or as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including the heirs, executors, administrators or estate of such person), shall be indemnified by the Corporation, in accordance with the By-Laws of the Corporation, to the full extent permitted from time to time by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) or any other applicable laws as presently or hereinafter in effect. Without limiting the generality or the effect of the foregoing, the Corporation may enter into one or more agreements with any person that provide for indemnification greater or different than that provided in this Article VIII. Any amendment or repeal of this Article VIII shall not adversely affect any right or protection existing hereunder immediately prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

Article IX 

 

A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Any amendment or repeal of this Article IX shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing immediately prior to such amendment or repeal. The liability of a director shall be further eliminated or limited to the full extent permitted by Delaware law, as it may hereafter be amended.

 

Article X 

 

Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as determined by the Board of Directors. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation.

 

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Article XI 

 

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the Delaware General Corporation Law, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation except that under no circumstances may such amendment be adopted except as prescribed by Article IV, above, and provided further that the rights of the Class B Common Stock may not be amended, altered, changed or repealed without the approval of the holders of the requisite number of said shares of Class B Common Stock.

 

Article XII 

 

The number of directors of the Corporation shall be such number as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Article XIII 

 

A.COMPETITION AND CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

 

(1)               To the extent provided in the following sentence, the Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any Expedia Dual Opportunity about which an Expedia Dual Role Person acquires knowledge. An Expedia Dual Role Person shall have no duty to communicate or offer to the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies any Expedia Dual Opportunity that such Expedia Dual Role Person has communicated or offered to Expedia, shall not be prohibited from communicating or offering any Expedia Dual Opportunity to Expedia, and shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation, as the case may be, resulting from (i) the failure to communicate or offer to the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies any Expedia Dual Opportunity that such Expedia Dual Role Person has communicated or offered to Expedia or (ii) the communication or offer to Expedia of any Expedia Dual Opportunity, so long as (x) the Expedia Dual Opportunity does not become known to the Expedia Dual Role Person in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, and (y) the Expedia Dual Opportunity is not presented by the Expedia Dual Role Person to any party other than Expedia and the Expedia Dual Role Person does not pursue the Expedia Dual Opportunity individually.

 

(2)               To the extent provided in the following sentence, the Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any Match Dual Opportunity about which an Match Dual Role Person acquires knowledge. A Match Dual Role Person shall have no duty to communicate or offer to the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies any Match Dual Opportunity that such Match Dual Role Person has communicated or offered to Match, shall not be prohibited from communicating or offering any Match Dual Opportunity to Match, and shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation, as the case may be, resulting from (i) the failure to communicate or offer to the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies any Match Dual Opportunity that such Match Dual Role Person has communicated or offered to Match or (ii) the communication or offer to Match of any Match Dual Opportunity, so long as (x) the Match Dual Opportunity does not become known to the Match Dual Role Person in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, and (y) the Match Dual Opportunity is not presented by the Match Dual Role Person to any party other than Match and the Match Dual Role Person does not pursue the Match Dual Opportunity individually.

 

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B.CERTAIN MATTERS DEEMED NOT CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

 

In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article XIII, the Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunity that the Corporation is not financially able or contractually permitted or legally able to undertake. Moreover, nothing in this Article XIII shall amend or modify in any respect any written contractual agreement between Expedia or Match on the one hand and the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies on the other hand.

 

C.CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of this Article XIII:

 

Affiliate” means with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of the foregoing definition, the term “controls,” “is controlled by,” or “is under common control with” means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Affiliated Company” means (i) with respect to the Corporation, any Person controlled by the Corporation, (ii) with respect to Expedia, any Person controlled by Expedia and (iii) with respect to Match, any Person controlled by Match.

 

Expedia” means Expedia Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its Affiliated Companies.

 

Expedia Dual Opportunity” means any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both Expedia, on the one hand, and the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies, on the other hand.

 

Expedia Dual Role Person” means any individual who is an officer or director of both the Corporation and Expedia.

 

Match” means Match Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation originally incorporated on July 28, 1986 under the name Silver King Broadcasting Company, Inc., and its Affiliated Companies.

 

Match Dual Opportunity” means any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both Match, on the one hand, and the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies, on the other hand.

 

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Match Dual Role Person” means any individual who is an officer or director of both the Corporation and Match.

 

Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

D.TERMINATION

 

The provisions of this Article XIII shall have no further force or effect (i) with respect to Expedia Dual Role Persons or Expedia Dual Opportunities at such time as (a) the Corporation and Expedia are no longer Affiliates and (b) none of the directors and officers of Expedia serve as directors or officers of the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies and (ii) with respect to Match Dual Role Persons and Match Dual Opportunities at such time as (a) the Corporation and Match are no longer Affiliates and (b) none of the directors and officers of Match serve as directors or officers of the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies; provided, however, that any such termination shall not terminate the effect of such provisions with respect to any agreement, arrangement or other understanding between the Corporation or an Affiliated Company thereof on the one hand, and Expedia or Match, on the other hand, as applicable, that was entered into before such time or any transaction entered into in the performance of such agreement, arrangement or other understanding, whether entered into before or after such time.

 

E.DEEMED NOTICE

 

Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or obtaining any interest in any capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice and to have consented to the provisions of this Article XIII.

 

F.SEVERABILITY

 

The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision, or part of any provision, of this Article XIII shall not affect the other provisions or parts hereof, and this Article XIII shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provisions or parts were omitted.

 

4.       That this Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall become effective at 11:09 p.m. Eastern Time on June 30, 2020.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, IAC/InterActiveCorp has caused this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be duly executed and acknowledged by its duly authorized officer this 30th day of June, 2020.

 

  IAC/ INTERACTIVECORP
   
   
  By: /s/ Gregg Winiarski
    Name: Gregg Winiarski
    Title: EVP and General Counsel

 

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Exhibit A: Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

 

of

 

SERIES A CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK

 

of

 

IAC HOLDINGS, INC.

 

(Pursuant to Section 151 of the

Delaware General Corporation Law)

 

FIRST: IAC Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that the following resolution was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) as authorized by Section 151 of the General Corporation Law by unanimous written consent on June 30, 2020.

 

RESOLVED, that, pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board in accordance with the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, a series of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation, be and hereby is created, and that the number of shares thereof and the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, relative rights and distinguishing designation of the shares of such series are as follows:

 

Section 1.   Designation and Amount. The designation of such series of Preferred Stock authorized by this resolution shall be the Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be 1,413,740. The face value of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be $1,000.00 (the “Face Value”).

 

Section 2.   Rank. All shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall rank prior, both as to payment of dividends and as to distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, to all of the now or hereafter issued classes or series of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Corporation (the “Company Common Stock”). No other preferred stock of the Corporation shall rank senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or payment of dividends without the consent of the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Holders”) representing a majority of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding.

 

Section 3.   Dividends and Distributions. The Holders shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board out of funds at the time legally available therefor, dividends in the amount of 7.50% of the Face Value per annum per share of Series A Preferred Stock (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock), and no more. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be fully cumulative, shall accrue without interest and without compounding from the date of first issuance, and shall, if declared by the Board, be payable quarterly in arrears on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 (each, a “Dividend Date”) of each year (except that if any such date is a Saturday, Sunday or a Legal Holiday, then such dividend shall be payable on the next succeeding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a Legal Holiday) to Holders as they appear on the stock transfer books of the Corporation on the close of business on the fifth Business Day prior to such Dividend Date. All dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable in cash. For purposes hereof, the term “Legal Holiday” shall mean any day on which banking institutions are authorized to close in New York, New York and the term “Business Day” shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday or a Legal Holiday. Dividends on account of arrears for any past dividend period may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to any regular dividend payment date. The amount of dividends payable per share of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the amounts determined pursuant to this paragraph for each quarterly dividend period shall be computed by dividing the annual dividend amount by four. The amount of dividends payable for the initial dividend period and any period shorter than a full quarterly dividend period shall be computed on the basis of the number of days actually elapsed during such period based on a 360-day year, provided that in no event shall the dividend amount for any period shorter than a full quarterly dividend period be greater than the full quarterly dividend amount.

 

 

 

On each Dividend Date, all dividends which shall have accrued on each share of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding on such Dividend Date shall accumulate and be deemed to become “due” whether or not there shall be funds legally available for the payment thereof. Any dividend which shall not be paid on the Dividend Date on which it shall become due shall be deemed to be “past due” until such dividend shall be paid or until the share of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to which such dividend became due shall no longer be outstanding, whichever is the earlier to occur. No interest, sum of money in lieu of interest, or other property or securities shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments which are past due. Dividends paid on shares of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accumulated and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding.

 

No dividends shall be paid or declared and set apart for payment on the Company Common Stock or on any other class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock ranking, as to dividends, junior to the Series A Preferred Stock or on any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock ranking, as to dividends, on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Parity Dividend Stock”) for any period unless full cumulative dividends have been, or contemporaneously are, paid or declared and set apart for such payment on the Series A Preferred Stock for all dividend payment periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative dividends. No dividends shall be paid or declared and set apart for payment on the Series A Preferred Stock for any period unless cumulative dividends have been, or contemporaneously are, paid or declared and set apart for payment on the Parity Dividend Stock for all dividend periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative dividends. When dividends are not paid in full upon the Series A Preferred Stock and the Parity Dividend Stock, all dividends paid or declared and set aside for payment upon shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Parity Dividend Stock shall be paid or declared and set aside for payment pro rata so that the amount of dividends paid or declared and set aside for payment per share on the Series A Preferred Stock and the Parity Dividend Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Parity Dividend Stock bear to each other.

 

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Section 4.   Liquidation Rights. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the Holders shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, whether such assets are stated capital or surplus of any nature, an amount equal to the dividends accrued and unpaid on the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the date of final distribution to such Holders, whether or not declared, without interest, plus $1,000.00 per share of Series A Preferred Stock. Such final distribution on the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be made before any payment is made or assets are distributed to the holders of Company Common Stock or any other class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock ranking junior as to liquidation rights to the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Junior Liquidation Stock”). In the event the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to stockholders upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be insufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock and any other class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock which may hereafter be created having parity as to liquidation rights with the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Parity Liquidation Stock”), the Holders and the holders of the Parity Liquidation Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of assets of the Corporation in proportion to the full respective preferential amounts to which they are entitled (but only to the extent of such preferential amounts). After payment in full of the liquidation preferences of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the Holders shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by the Corporation by virtue of their ownership of the Series A Preferred Stock. Neither a consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Corporation with or into another corporation or other entity nor a sale or transfer of all or part of the Corporation’s assets for cash, securities or other property or any combination thereof shall be considered a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation for purposes of this Section 4 (unless in connection therewith the liquidation of the Corporation is specifically approved).

 

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A Holder shall not be entitled to receive any payment owed for such shares of Series A Preferred Stock under this Section 4 until such Holder shall cause to be delivered to the Corporation (i) the certificate(s) representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock (or, in the event such certificate(s) have been lost or destroyed, an affidavit of the Holder of loss or destruction reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation as well as other support as reasonably requested by the Corporation) and (ii) transfer instrument(s) reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation and sufficient to transfer such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation free of any adverse interest. No interest shall accrue on any payment due upon liquidation after the due date thereof.

 

Section 5.   Redemption. At any time, or from time to time, after the twenty year anniversary of the date shares of Series A Preferred Stock are first issued, the Corporation, at its option, may redeem all or a portion of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock at a redemption price equal to the Face Value plus all dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock being redeemed that are accrued and unpaid thereon, whether or not declared or due, to the date fixed for redemption (the “Redemption Date”), such sum being hereinafter referred to as the “Redemption Price”. The Redemption Price shall be paid in cash.

 

In case of the redemption pursuant to this Section 5 of less than all of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be redeemed pro rata or by lot or in such other manner as the Board may determine.

 

Not more than 60 nor less than 20 days prior to the Redemption Date, notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, shall be given to each Holder of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed, at such Holder’s address as it shall appear upon the stock transfer books of the Corporation. Each such notice of redemption shall specify the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed, the place or places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed (or, in the event such certificate(s) have been lost or destroyed, an affidavit of the Holder of loss or destruction reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation as well as other support as reasonably requested by the Corporation), and that on and after the Redemption Date, dividends will cease to accrue on such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed (unless the Corporation defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price).

 

Any notice that is mailed as provided in Section 11 shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice; and failure to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice, to the Holders of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series A Preferred Stock. On or after the Redemption Date as stated in such notice, each Holder of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock called for redemption shall surrender the certificate evidencing such shares to the Corporation at the place designated in such notice (or, in the event such certificate(s) have been lost or destroyed, an affidavit of the Holder of loss or destruction reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation as well as other support as reasonably requested by the Corporation), and deliver any required transfer instruments, and shall thereupon be entitled to receive payment of the Redemption Price as herein provided. If less than all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented by any such surrendered certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares. If, on the Redemption Date, funds necessary for the redemption shall be available therefor and shall have been irrecoverably deposited or set aside, then, notwithstanding that the certificates evidencing any shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall not have been surrendered the dividends with respect to the shares so called for redemption shall cease to accrue after the Redemption Date, such shares shall no longer be deemed outstanding, the Holders thereof shall cease to be Holders, and all rights and powers whatsoever with respect to the shares so called for redemption (except the right of the Holders to receive payment of the Redemption Price as herein provided without interest upon surrender of their certificates therefor and delivery of any required transfer instruments) shall terminate. At the close of business on the Redemption Date, each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock so redeemed (unless the Corporation defaults on its obligations to deliver cash) shall be, without any further action, entitled to receive payment of the Redemption Price in cash, without interest.

 

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The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be subject to the operation of any purchase, retirement, mandatory redemption (except as specified in this Section 5) or sinking fund.

 

The Holder of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed upon any exercise of the Corporation’s redemption right shall not be entitled to receive payment of the Redemption Price for such shares until such Holder shall cause to be delivered to the place specified in the notice given with respect to such redemption (i) the certificate(s) representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed (or, in the event such certificate(s) have been lost or destroyed, an affidavit of the Holder of loss or destruction reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation as well as other support as reasonably requested by the Corporation) and (ii) transfer instrument(s) reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation and sufficient to transfer such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation free of any adverse interest. No interest shall accrue on the Redemption Price of any share of Series A Preferred Stock after its Redemption Date provided that funds sufficient for the redemption shall have been made available therefor and shall have been irrecoverably deposited or set aside.

 

Shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Corporation may thereafter be issued, but not as shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and the Corporation shall take such action to retire such shares and, upon their retirement, such shares will be restored to the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock.

 

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Section 6.      Conversion Rights. The Series A Preferred Stock will not be convertible into shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.     Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote ten (10) votes for each share of Series A Preferred Stock held as of the applicable record date on any matter that is submitted to a vote or to the consent of the stockholders of the Corporation. Except as provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall vote with the holders of the Company Common Stock on all matters together as one class (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the election of directors by the holders of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation voting as a separate class pursuant to Article IV, Section C.(4) of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (or any successor provision thereof), as amended, but including the election of all other directors).

 

Section 8.     Outstanding Shares. For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, all shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed outstanding except (i) from the date fixed for redemption pursuant to Section 5, all shares of Series A Preferred Stock that have been so called for redemption under Section 5 if funds necessary for payment of the Redemption Price have been irrevocably set apart; and (ii) from the date of registration of transfer, all shares of Series A Preferred Stock held of record by the Corporation.

 

Section 9.     Preemptive Rights. The Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any preemptive or subscription rights in respect of any securities of the Corporation.

 

Section 10.   Severability of Provisions. Whenever possible, each provision hereof shall be interpreted in a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision hereof is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating or otherwise adversely affecting the remaining provisions hereof. If a court of competent jurisdiction should determine that a provision hereof would be valid or enforceable if a period of time were extended or shortened or a particular percentage were increased or decreased, then such court may make such change as shall be necessary to render the provision in question effective and valid under applicable law.

 

Section 11.   Notices. Any notice to Holders or the Corporation required pursuant to this Certificate of Designations shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (i) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (ii) three (3) Business Days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with verification of receipt, and (iv) five (5) Business Days after having been sent by first class mail, postage prepaid. All notices to Holders shall be addressed to each Holder of record at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation.

 

SECOND: This Certificate of Designation shall become effective at 9:10 a.m. Eastern Time on June 30, 2020.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designations is executed on behalf of the Corporation by Joanne Hawkins, its Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, this 30th day of June, 2020.

 

  IAC HOLDINGS, INC.
   
   
  By: /s/ Joanne Hawkins
    Name: Joanne Hawkins
    Title: SVP and Deputy General Counsel

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

 

of

 

SERIES A CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK

 

of

 

IAC HOLDINGS, INC.

 

(Pursuant to Section 151 of the

Delaware General Corporation Law)

 

FIRST: IAC Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that the following resolution was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) as authorized by Section 151 of the General Corporation Law by unanimous written consent on June 30, 2020.

 

RESOLVED, that, pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board in accordance with the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, a series of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation, be and hereby is created, and that the number of shares thereof and the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, relative rights and distinguishing designation of the shares of such series are as follows:

 

Section 1.   Designation and Amount. The designation of such series of Preferred Stock authorized by this resolution shall be the Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). The number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be 1,413,740. The face value of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be $1,000.00 (the “Face Value”).

 

Section 2.   Rank. All shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall rank prior, both as to payment of dividends and as to distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, to all of the now or hereafter issued classes or series of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Corporation (the “Company Common Stock”). No other preferred stock of the Corporation shall rank senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or payment of dividends without the consent of the holders of record of the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Holders”) representing a majority of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding.

 

Section 3.   Dividends and Distributions. The Holders shall be entitled to receive, if, as and when declared by the Board out of funds at the time legally available therefor, dividends in the amount of 7.50% of the Face Value per annum per share of Series A Preferred Stock (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock), and no more. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be fully cumulative, shall accrue without interest and without compounding from the date of first issuance, and shall, if declared by the Board, be payable quarterly in arrears on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 (each, a “Dividend Date”) of each year (except that if any such date is a Saturday, Sunday or a Legal Holiday, then such dividend shall be payable on the next succeeding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a Legal Holiday) to Holders as they appear on the stock transfer books of the Corporation on the close of business on the fifth Business Day prior to such Dividend Date. All dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable in cash. For purposes hereof, the term “Legal Holiday” shall mean any day on which banking institutions are authorized to close in New York, New York and the term “Business Day” shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday or a Legal Holiday. Dividends on account of arrears for any past dividend period may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to any regular dividend payment date. The amount of dividends payable per share of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the amounts determined pursuant to this paragraph for each quarterly dividend period shall be computed by dividing the annual dividend amount by four. The amount of dividends payable for the initial dividend period and any period shorter than a full quarterly dividend period shall be computed on the basis of the number of days actually elapsed during such period based on a 360-day year, provided that in no event shall the dividend amount for any period shorter than a full quarterly dividend period be greater than the full quarterly dividend amount.

 

 

 

On each Dividend Date, all dividends which shall have accrued on each share of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding on such Dividend Date shall accumulate and be deemed to become “due” whether or not there shall be funds legally available for the payment thereof. Any dividend which shall not be paid on the Dividend Date on which it shall become due shall be deemed to be “past due” until such dividend shall be paid or until the share of Series A Preferred Stock with respect to which such dividend became due shall no longer be outstanding, whichever is the earlier to occur. No interest, sum of money in lieu of interest, or other property or securities shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments which are past due. Dividends paid on shares of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accumulated and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding.

 

No dividends shall be paid or declared and set apart for payment on the Company Common Stock or on any other class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock ranking, as to dividends, junior to the Series A Preferred Stock or on any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock ranking, as to dividends, on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Parity Dividend Stock”) for any period unless full cumulative dividends have been, or contemporaneously are, paid or declared and set apart for such payment on the Series A Preferred Stock for all dividend payment periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative dividends. No dividends shall be paid or declared and set apart for payment on the Series A Preferred Stock for any period unless cumulative dividends have been, or contemporaneously are, paid or declared and set apart for payment on the Parity Dividend Stock for all dividend periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative dividends. When dividends are not paid in full upon the Series A Preferred Stock and the Parity Dividend Stock, all dividends paid or declared and set aside for payment upon shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Parity Dividend Stock shall be paid or declared and set aside for payment pro rata so that the amount of dividends paid or declared and set aside for payment per share on the Series A Preferred Stock and the Parity Dividend Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the Parity Dividend Stock bear to each other.

 

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Section 4.   Liquidation Rights. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the Holders shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, whether such assets are stated capital or surplus of any nature, an amount equal to the dividends accrued and unpaid on the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the date of final distribution to such Holders, whether or not declared, without interest, plus $1,000.00 per share of Series A Preferred Stock. Such final distribution on the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be made before any payment is made or assets are distributed to the holders of Company Common Stock or any other class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock ranking junior as to liquidation rights to the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Junior Liquidation Stock”). In the event the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to stockholders upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be insufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock and any other class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock which may hereafter be created having parity as to liquidation rights with the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Parity Liquidation Stock”), the Holders and the holders of the Parity Liquidation Stock shall share ratably in any distribution of assets of the Corporation in proportion to the full respective preferential amounts to which they are entitled (but only to the extent of such preferential amounts). After payment in full of the liquidation preferences of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the Holders shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by the Corporation by virtue of their ownership of the Series A Preferred Stock. Neither a consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Corporation with or into another corporation or other entity nor a sale or transfer of all or part of the Corporation’s assets for cash, securities or other property or any combination thereof shall be considered a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation for purposes of this Section 4 (unless in connection therewith the liquidation of the Corporation is specifically approved).

 

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A Holder shall not be entitled to receive any payment owed for such shares of Series A Preferred Stock under this Section 4 until such Holder shall cause to be delivered to the Corporation (i) the certificate(s) representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock (or, in the event such certificate(s) have been lost or destroyed, an affidavit of the Holder of loss or destruction reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation as well as other support as reasonably requested by the Corporation) and (ii) transfer instrument(s) reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation and sufficient to transfer such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation free of any adverse interest. No interest shall accrue on any payment due upon liquidation after the due date thereof.

 

Section 5.   Redemption. At any time, or from time to time, after the twenty year anniversary of the date shares of Series A Preferred Stock are first issued, the Corporation, at its option, may redeem all or a portion of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock at a redemption price equal to the Face Value plus all dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock being redeemed that are accrued and unpaid thereon, whether or not declared or due, to the date fixed for redemption (the “Redemption Date”), such sum being hereinafter referred to as the “Redemption Price”. The Redemption Price shall be paid in cash.

 

In case of the redemption pursuant to this Section 5 of less than all of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be redeemed pro rata or by lot or in such other manner as the Board may determine.

 

Not more than 60 nor less than 20 days prior to the Redemption Date, notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, shall be given to each Holder of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed, at such Holder’s address as it shall appear upon the stock transfer books of the Corporation. Each such notice of redemption shall specify the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed, the place or places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed (or, in the event such certificate(s) have been lost or destroyed, an affidavit of the Holder of loss or destruction reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation as well as other support as reasonably requested by the Corporation), and that on and after the Redemption Date, dividends will cease to accrue on such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed (unless the Corporation defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price).

 

Any notice that is mailed as provided in Section 11 shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice; and failure to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice, to the Holders of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Series A Preferred Stock. On or after the Redemption Date as stated in such notice, each Holder of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock called for redemption shall surrender the certificate evidencing such shares to the Corporation at the place designated in such notice (or, in the event such certificate(s) have been lost or destroyed, an affidavit of the Holder of loss or destruction reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation as well as other support as reasonably requested by the Corporation), and deliver any required transfer instruments, and shall thereupon be entitled to receive payment of the Redemption Price as herein provided. If less than all the shares of Series A Preferred Stock represented by any such surrendered certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares. If, on the Redemption Date, funds necessary for the redemption shall be available therefor and shall have been irrecoverably deposited or set aside, then, notwithstanding that the certificates evidencing any shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall not have been surrendered the dividends with respect to the shares so called for redemption shall cease to accrue after the Redemption Date, such shares shall no longer be deemed outstanding, the Holders thereof shall cease to be Holders, and all rights and powers whatsoever with respect to the shares so called for redemption (except the right of the Holders to receive payment of the Redemption Price as herein provided without interest upon surrender of their certificates therefor and delivery of any required transfer instruments) shall terminate. At the close of business on the Redemption Date, each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock so redeemed (unless the Corporation defaults on its obligations to deliver cash) shall be, without any further action, entitled to receive payment of the Redemption Price in cash, without interest.

 

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The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be subject to the operation of any purchase, retirement, mandatory redemption (except as specified in this Section 5) or sinking fund.

 

The Holder of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed upon any exercise of the Corporation’s redemption right shall not be entitled to receive payment of the Redemption Price for such shares until such Holder shall cause to be delivered to the place specified in the notice given with respect to such redemption (i) the certificate(s) representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed (or, in the event such certificate(s) have been lost or destroyed, an affidavit of the Holder of loss or destruction reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation as well as other support as reasonably requested by the Corporation) and (ii) transfer instrument(s) reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation and sufficient to transfer such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to the Corporation free of any adverse interest. No interest shall accrue on the Redemption Price of any share of Series A Preferred Stock after its Redemption Date provided that funds sufficient for the redemption shall have been made available therefor and shall have been irrecoverably deposited or set aside.

 

Shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Corporation may thereafter be issued, but not as shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and the Corporation shall take such action to retire such shares and, upon their retirement, such shares will be restored to the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock.

 

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Section 6.      Conversion Rights. The Series A Preferred Stock will not be convertible into shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.     Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote ten (10) votes for each share of Series A Preferred Stock held as of the applicable record date on any matter that is submitted to a vote or to the consent of the stockholders of the Corporation. Except as provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall vote with the holders of the Company Common Stock on all matters together as one class (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the election of directors by the holders of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation voting as a separate class pursuant to Article IV, Section C.(4) of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (or any successor provision thereof), as amended, but including the election of all other directors).

 

Section 8.     Outstanding Shares. For purposes of this Certificate of Designations, all shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed outstanding except (i) from the date fixed for redemption pursuant to Section 5, all shares of Series A Preferred Stock that have been so called for redemption under Section 5 if funds necessary for payment of the Redemption Price have been irrevocably set apart; and (ii) from the date of registration of transfer, all shares of Series A Preferred Stock held of record by the Corporation.

 

Section 9.     Preemptive Rights. The Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any preemptive or subscription rights in respect of any securities of the Corporation.

 

Section 10.   Severability of Provisions. Whenever possible, each provision hereof shall be interpreted in a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision hereof is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating or otherwise adversely affecting the remaining provisions hereof. If a court of competent jurisdiction should determine that a provision hereof would be valid or enforceable if a period of time were extended or shortened or a particular percentage were increased or decreased, then such court may make such change as shall be necessary to render the provision in question effective and valid under applicable law.

 

Section 11.   Notices. Any notice to Holders or the Corporation required pursuant to this Certificate of Designations shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (i) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (ii) three (3) Business Days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with verification of receipt, and (iv) five (5) Business Days after having been sent by first class mail, postage prepaid. All notices to Holders shall be addressed to each Holder of record at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation.

 

SECOND: This Certificate of Designation shall become effective at 9:10 a.m. Eastern Time on June 30, 2020.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designations is executed on behalf of the Corporation by Joanne Hawkins, its Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, this 30th day of June, 2020.

 

  IAC HOLDINGS, INC.
   
   
  By: /s/ Joanne Hawkins
    Name: Joanne Hawkins
    Title: SVP and Deputy General Counsel

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.3

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
OF
IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

Article I

 

OFFICES

 

Section 1.                Principal Office. The registered office of IAC/InterActiveCorp (the “Corporation”) shall be located in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.

 

Section 2.                Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

Article II

 

STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 1.                Place of Meeting. Meetings of stockholders may be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by the Board of Directors. If no designation is made, the place of the meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation.

 

Section 2.                Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held at such date and time as may be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3.                Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called by the Chairman of the Board or a majority of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.                Notice. Written notice stating the date, time and place, if any, 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 case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior thereto, either personally or by mail, facsimile, telegraph or other means of electronic communication, addressed to each stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation; provided that notices to stockholders who share an address may be given in the manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be by facsimile, telegram, or other means of electronic communication, such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time provided in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such further notice shall be given as may be required by law. Meetings may be held without notice if all stockholders entitled to vote are present (unless any such stockholders are present for the purpose of objecting to the meeting as lawfully called or convened), or if notice is waived by those not present. Any previously scheduled meeting of the stockholders may be postponed, and (unless the Certificate of Incorporation otherwise provides) any special meeting of the stockholders may be canceled, by resolution of the Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the time previously scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.

 

 

 

Section 5.                Adjourned Meetings. The Chairman of the meeting or a majority of the voting power of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, whether or not there is a quorum. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, except as required by law, notice of the adjourned meeting need not be given if the time, place, if any, thereof and 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, are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, if the adjournment is for not more than thirty (30) days, and if no new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 6.                Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law, the holders of shares representing a majority of the voting power of the Corporation entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business; provided, however, that where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series shall constitute a quorum with respect to such vote. If a quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If at such adjourned meeting, a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

 

Section 7.                Voting. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to vote in person or by proxy each share of the class of capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder.

 

Section 8.                Procedure for Election of Directors; Required Vote. Election of directors at all meetings of the stockholders at which directors are to be elected shall be by ballot, and, subject to the rights of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, a plurality of the votes cast thereat shall elect directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these By-Laws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter shall be the act of the stockholders.

 

Section 9.                Inspectors of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls. The Board of Directors by resolution shall appoint one or more inspectors, which inspector or inspectors may include individuals who serve the Corporation in other capacities, including, without limitation, as officers, employees, agents or representatives, to act at the meetings of stockholders and make a written report thereof. One or more persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate has been appointed to act or is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before discharging the duties of an inspector, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of the inspector’s ability. The inspectors shall have the duties prescribed by law.

 

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The Chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce at the meeting the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting.

 

Section 10.              Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all of the shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, provided that prompt notice of such action shall be given to those stockholders who have not so consented in writing to such action without a meeting and who would have been entitled to notice of such meeting.

 

Article III

 

DIRECTORS

 

Section 1.                Number and Tenure. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors, the number thereof to be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Each director shall serve for a term of one year from the date of his election and until his successor is elected. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

Section 2.                Resignation or Removal. Any director may at any time resign by delivering to the Board of Directors his resignation in writing. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may at any time be removed effective immediately, with or without cause, by the vote, either in person or represented by proxy, of a majority of the voting power of shares of stock issued and outstanding of the class or classes that elected such director and entitled to vote at a special meeting held for such purpose or by the written consent of a majority of the voting power of shares of stock issued and outstanding of the class or classes that elected such director.

 

Section 3.                Vacancies. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining directors elected by the stockholders who vote on such directorship, though less than a quorum, or a majority of the voting power of shares of such stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on such directorship at a special meeting held for such purpose or by the written consent of a majority of the voting power of shares of such stock issued and outstanding. The directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their respective successors are duly elected.

 

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Section 4.                Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such dates, times and places as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board, and shall be held at least once each year.

 

Section 5.                Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the Chairman of the Board or a majority of the directors. The person or persons calling a special meeting of the Board of Directors may fix a place and time within or without the State of Delaware for holding such meeting.

 

Section 6.                Notice. Notice of any regular meeting or a special meeting shall be given to each director, either orally, by facsimile or other means of electronic communication or by hand delivery, addressed to each director at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. If notice be by facsimile or other means of electronic communication, such notice shall be deemed to be adequately delivered when the notice is transmitted at least twenty-four (24) hours before such meeting. If by telephone or by hand delivery, the notice shall be given at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time set for the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice of such meeting. A meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are present or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in accordance with Article IX of these By-Laws.

 

Section 7.                Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and, unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By- Laws, the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be an act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice, until a quorum shall be present. A director present at a meeting shall be counted in determining the presence of a quorum, regardless of whether a contract or transaction between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which such director is a director or officer or has a financial interest, is authorized or considered at such meeting.

 

Section 8.                Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic communication and such written consent or consents and copies of such communication or communications are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

 

Section 9.                Action by Conference Telephone. Members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of such Board of Directors or committee by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section 10.              Committees. The Board of Directors may from time to time designate committees of the Board of Directors, with such lawfully delegable powers and duties as it thereby confers, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and shall, for those committees and any others provided for herein, elect a director or directors to serve as the member or members, designating, if it desires, other directors as alternate members who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any committee and any alternate member in his place, the member or members of the committee present at the meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may by unanimous vote appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified member.

 

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Section 11.              Compensation of Directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

Article IV

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 1.                Number and Salaries. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a Chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”), a Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”), a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers and agents as may be deemed necessary by the Board of Directors. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person.

 

Section 2.                Election and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the stockholders’ annual meeting, and shall serve for a term of one (1) year and until a successor is elected by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any officer appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the Chairman, the CEO or by the Board of Directors. Each officer shall hold his office until his successor is appointed or until his earlier resignation, removal from office, or death. All officers elected by the Board of Directors shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the specific provisions of this Article IV. Such officers shall also have such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board of Directors or by any committee thereof. The Board or any committee thereof may from time to time elect, or the Chairman or the CEO may appoint, such other officers (including a President, a Chief Financial Officer and one or more Vice Presidents) and such agents, as may be necessary or desirable for the conduct of the business of the Corporation. Such other officers and agents shall have such duties and shall hold their offices for such terms as shall be provided in these By-Laws or as may be prescribed by the Board or such committee or by the Chairman or the CEO, as the case may be.

 

Section 3.                The Chairman. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Chairman shall be elected by the Board of Directors from their own number and shall preside as Chairman at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The Chairman shall be the Senior Executive of the Corporation (and, as such Senior Executive, an officer of the Corporation). The Chairman shall perform such duties and possess such powers as are customarily vested in the office of the Chairman of the Board or as may be vested in him by the Board of Directors. During time of any vacancy in the office of CEO or in the event of the absence of disability of the CEO, the Chairman shall have the duties and powers of the CEO unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors. In no event shall any third party having dealings with the Corporation be bound to inquire as to any facts required by the terms of this Section 3 for the exercise by the Chairman of the powers of the CEO. The Chairman shall be empowered to sign all certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation, and to do all acts that are authorized by the Board of Directors, and shall, in general, have such other duties and responsibilities as are assigned consistent with the authority of a Chairman of the Board of a corporation. In addition, the Board of Directors may designate by resolution one or more Vice Chairmen of the Board with such duties as may time to time be requested by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 4.                The Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors in consultation with the Chairman may elect a CEO. The CEO shall be responsible for the general management of the affairs of the Corporation and shall perform all duties incidental to his office. The CEO shall be empowered to sign all certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation, and to do all acts that are authorized by the Board of Directors, and shall, in general, have such other duties and responsibilities as are assigned consistent with the authority of a Chief Executive Officer of a corporation. The CEO may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the Chairman (in consultation with the Board of Directors) or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 5.                The President. The Board of Directors, the Chairman or the CEO may elect a President to have such duties and responsibilities as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Chairman, the CEO or the Board of Directors. The President shall be empowered to sign all certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation, and to do all acts which are authorized by the Chairman, the CEO or the Board of Directors, and shall, in general, have such other duties and responsibilities as are assigned consistent with the authority of a President of a corporation.

 

Section 6.                Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer (if any) shall act in an executive financial capacity. The Chief Financial Officer shall assist the Chairman of the Board, the CEO and the President in the general supervision of the Corporation’s financial policies and affairs. The Chief Financial Officer shall be empowered to sign all certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation, and to do all acts which are authorized by the Chairman, the CEO or the Board of Directors, and shall, in general, have such other duties and responsibilities as are assigned consistent with the authority of a Chief Financial Officer of a corporation.

 

Section 7.                Vice Presidents. The Board of Directors or the Chairman or the CEO may from time to time name one or more Vice Presidents that may include the designation of Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents all of whom shall perform such duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Chairman, the CEO or the Board of Directors.

 

Section 8.                The Secretary. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors (or, in the event of the absence of the Secretary from any such meeting, the Chairman of such meeting shall designate an officer of the Corporation to keep such minutes); the Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, all notices in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws or as required by law, shall be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation, and, in general, shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Chairman, the CEO or the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 9.                Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities, shall keep, or cause to be kept, correct and complete books and records of account, including full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation, shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors, and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Chairman, the CEO or the Board of Directors.

 

Article V

 

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

 

Section 1.                Signature By Officers. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman, the CEO or President, if any (or any Vice President), and by the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by the stockholder in the Corporation.

 

Section 2.                Facsimile Signatures. The signature of the Chairman, the CEO, President, Vice President, Treasurer or Secretary may be a facsimile. In case any officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the Corporation.

 

Section 3.                Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct that new certificate(s) be issued by the Corporation to replace any certificate(s) alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon its receipt of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate(s) of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of new certificate(s), the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate(s), or such owner’s legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate(s) alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

 

Section 4.                Transfer of Stock. Upon surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

 

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Section 5.                Closing of Transfer Books or Fixing of Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or 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 a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and, in the case of a meeting of stockholders, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any meeting of stockholders, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the time for such other action as hereinbefore described; provided, however, that if no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, 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, for determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of rights or to exercise any rights of change, conversion or exchange of stock or for any other purpose, the record date shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts a 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 order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action without a meeting (including by telegram, cablegram or other electronic communication as permitted by law), the Board of Directors may fix 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 be not more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the record date shall be the first date on which a consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in the manner prescribed by Article I, Section 10 hereof. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware with respect to the proposed action by consent of the stockholders without a meeting, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

 

Section 6.                Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof.

 

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Article VI

 

CONTRACTS, CHECKS, AND DEPOSITS

 

Section 1.                Contracts. When the execution of any contract or other instrument has been authorized by the Board of Directors without specification of the executing officers, the Chairman, the CEO, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer and the Secretary, may execute the same in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the corporate seal thereto.

 

Section 2.                Checks. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

 

Section 3.                Accounts. Bank accounts of the Corporation shall be opened, and deposits made thereto, by such officers or other persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

 

Article VII

 

DIVIDENDS

 

Section 1.                Declaration of Dividends. Subject to the provisions, if any, of the Certificate of Incorporation, dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or contractual rights, or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock.

 

Section 2.                Reserves. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

Article VIII

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

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

 

Article IX

 

WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, or a waiver by electronic communications by such person or persons whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be conducted at, nor the purpose of such meeting, need be specified in such waiver. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person 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.

 

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Article X

 

SEAL

 

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization, and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.

 

Article XI

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Except as expressly provided otherwise by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation, or other provisions of these By-Laws, these By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new By-Laws adopted at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by an affirmative vote of a majority of all directors.

 

Article XII

 

INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE

 

Section 1.                Indemnification. (A) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or a person of whom he is the legal representative is or was, at any time during which this By-Law is in effect (whether or not such person continues to serve in such capacity at the time any indemnification or payment of expenses pursuant hereto is sought or at the time any proceeding relating thereto exists or is brought), a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was at any such time serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Corporation (each such person, an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer or trustee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer or trustee and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that except as provided in paragraph (C) of this By-Law, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred in this By-Law shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition, such advances to be paid by the Corporation within twenty (20) days after the receipt by the Corporation of a statement or statements from the claimant requesting such advance or advances from time to time; provided, however, that if the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter, the “undertaking”) by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right of appeal (a “final disposition”) that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this By-Law or otherwise. The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this By-Law shall be contract rights that vest at the time of such person’s service to or at the request of the Corporation and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer or trustee and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators.

 

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(B)            To obtain indemnification under this By-Law, a claimant shall submit to the Corporation a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to the claimant and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent the claimant is entitled to indemnification. Upon written request by a claimant for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph (B), a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to the claimant’s entitlement thereto shall be made as follows: (1) if requested by the claimant, by Independent Counsel (as hereinafter defined), or (2) if no request is made by the claimant for a determination by Independent Counsel, (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined), even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no Disinterested Directors or the Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to the claimant, or (iv) if a quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by the stockholders of the Corporation. If it is so determined that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, payment to the claimant shall be made within ten (10) days after such determination.

 

(C)            If a claim under paragraph (A) of this By-Law is not paid in full by the Corporation within thirty (30) days after a written claim pursuant to paragraph (B) of this By-Law has been received by the Corporation (except in the case of a claim for advancement of expenses, for which the applicable period is twenty (20) days), the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including the Disinterested Directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including the Disinterested Directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

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(D)            If a determination shall have been made pursuant to paragraph (B) of this By-Law that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, the Corporation shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to paragraph (C) of this By-Law.

 

(E)            The Corporation shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to paragraph (C) of this By-Law that the procedures and presumptions of this By-Law are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in such proceeding that the Corporation is bound by all the provisions of this By-Law.

 

(F)            The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this By-Law (i) shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors or otherwise and (ii) cannot be terminated by the Corporation, the Board of Directors or the stockholders of the Corporation with respect to a person’s service prior to the date of such termination. Any amendment, modification, alteration or repeal of this By-Law that in any way diminishes, limits, restricts, adversely affects or eliminates any right of an indemnitee or his successors to indemnification, advancement of expenses or otherwise shall be prospective only and shall not in any way diminish, limit, restrict, adversely affect or eliminate any such right with respect to any actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission then or previously existing, or any action, suit or proceeding previously or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission.

 

(G)            The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman or the CEO, grant rights to indemnification, and rights to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, to any current or former employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this By-Law with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of current or former directors and officers of the Corporation.

 

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(H)            If any provision or provisions of this By-Law shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (1) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this By-Law (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this By-Law containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (2) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this By-Law (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this By-Law containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

(I)             For purposes of this By-Law:

 

  (i)               “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Corporation who is not and was not a party to the matter in respect of which indemnification is sought by the claimant.

 

  (ii)              “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, a member of a law firm, or an independent practitioner, selected by the Disinterested Directors, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and shall include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would not have a conflict of interest in representing either the Corporation or the claimant in an action to determine the claimant’s rights under this By-Law.

 

(J)             Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given to the Corporation under this By-Law shall be in writing and either delivered in person or sent by telecopy, telex, telegram, overnight mail or courier service, or certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Secretary of the Corporation and shall be effective only upon receipt by the Secretary.

 

Section 2.                Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any current or former director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation and any current or former director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including any person who serves or served in any such capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan maintained or sponsored by the Corporation, against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

 

TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

BY AND BETWEEN

 

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

AND

 

IAC HOLDINGS, INC.

 

DATED AS OF June 30, 2020

 

 

 

   
 

 

Table of Contents

 

  Page
   
ARTICLE I Definitions 1
   
Section 1.1 Defined Terms 1
Section 1.2 Interpretation; Schedules 3
   
ARTICLE II Agreement to Provide and Receive Services 3
   
Section 2.1 Provision of Services 3
Section 2.2 Shared Contracts 5
Section 2.3 Access 5
Section 2.4 Books and Records 5
   
ARTICLE III Services; Payment; Independent Contractor 6
   
Section 3.1 Service Quality 6
Section 3.2 Payment 7
Section 3.3 Sales Taxes 7
Section 3.4 Uses of Services 7
Section 3.5 No Violation of Laws 8
Section 3.6 Provision of Services 8
   
ARTICLE IV Term of Services 8
   
Section 4.1 Term 8
Section 4.2 Term Extensions 9
   
ARTICLE V Force Majeure 9
   
Section 5.1 Force Majeure Event 9
Section 5.2 Consequences of Force Majeure Event 10
   
ARTICLE VI Limitation of Liability; Indemnification 10
   
Section 6.1 Consequential and Other Damages 10
Section 6.2 Limitation of Liability 10
Section 6.3 Indemnity 10
Section 6.4 Notice of Claims 11
Section 6.5 Indemnification Procedures 11
Section 6.6 Obligation to Correct or Reperform 11

 

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ARTICLE VII Termination 11
   
Section 7.1 Termination 11
Section 7.2 Breach of Agreement 12
Section 7.3 Sums Due; Effect of Termination 12
Section 7.4 Survival 13
   
ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous 13
   
Section 8.1 Ownership of Intellectual Property and Work Product 13
Section 8.2 Incorporation of Transaction Agreement Provisions 14

 

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TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT, dated as of June 30, 2020, is entered into by and between IAC/InterActiveCorp , a Delaware corporation (“New Match”), and IAC Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New IAC”). New Match and New IAC are sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party.”

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, New Match and New IAC are parties to that certain Transaction Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2019, as amended on April 28, 2020 and June 22, 2020, by and among New Match, Match Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Match”), Valentine Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“New Match Merger Sub”) and New IAC (the “Transaction Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Transaction Agreement provides that, in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, the Parties shall enter into this Agreement to provide for certain services and other arrangements between New IAC and/or the other members of the New IAC Group, on the one hand, and New Match and/or the other members of the New Match Group, on the other hand, all as more fully described herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I

 

Definitions

 

Section 1.1      Defined Terms. For the purposes of this Agreement, (a) unless otherwise defined herein capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Transaction Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter specified:

 

Agreement” shall mean this Transition Services Agreement, including the Schedules hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).

 

Force Majeure Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

 

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IAC Business” shall mean any line of business that was carried out by any member of the IAC Group during the Reference Period other than the Match Business.

 

IAC Provider” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

IAC Services” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Intellectual Property” means any and all common law or statutory rights anywhere in the world arising under or associated with: (i) patents, patent applications, statutory invention registrations, registered designs, and similar or equivalent rights in inventions and designs, and all rights therein provided by international treaties and conventions; (ii) copyrights and any other equivalent rights in works of authorship (including rights in software as a work of authorship) and any other related rights of authors; (iii) trade secrets and industrial secret rights, and rights in know-how, data, and confidential or proprietary business or technical information that derives independent economic value, whether actual or potential, from not being known to other persons; and (iv) other similar or equivalent intellectual property rights anywhere in the world.

 

Match Business” shall mean any line of business that was carried out by the Match Group during the Reference Period.

 

Match Provider” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Match Services” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

New IAC” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

New Match” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

Omitted Services” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

 

Parties” and “Party” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

Pricing Addendum” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.

 

Provider” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Recipient” shall mean New Match or any of the other members of the New Match Group, in its capacity as a recipient of Services hereunder, as described on Schedule A, or New IAC or any of the other members of the New IAC Group, in its capacity as a recipient of Services hereunder, as described on Schedule B.

 

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Reference Period” shall mean the twelve (12)-month period preceding the date of the Transaction Agreement.

 

Sales Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.

 

Services” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Shared Contracts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

 

Term” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

 

Transaction Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

Section 1.2      Interpretation; Schedules. When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section or a Schedule, such reference shall be to a Section of, or a Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. 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. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term. Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein shall mean such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented. References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns and, in the case of an individual, to his or her heirs and estate, as applicable.

 

Article II

 

Agreement to Provide and Receive Services

 

Section 2.1      Provision of Services.

 

(a)            On the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, New IAC shall provide, or shall cause the other members of the New IAC Group (such members of the New IAC Group, together with New IAC, collectively referred to as the “IAC Providers”) to provide, to New Match (or another member of the New Match Group designated by New Match) the services listed on Schedule A (the “IAC Services”). On the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, New Match shall provide, or shall cause the other members of the New Match Group (such members of the New Match Group, together with New Match, collectively referred to as the “Match Providers” and, together with the IAC Providers, the “Providers”) to provide, to New IAC (or another member of the New IAC Group designated by New IAC) the services listed on Schedule B (the “Match Services” and, together with the IAC Services and any Omitted Services added to Schedule A or Schedule B pursuant to paragraph (b) below, the “Services”).

 

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(b)            In the event that New Match or New IAC desires to have the applicable Provider provide services that are not set out on Schedule A or Schedule B (as applicable) (other than because it was specifically agreed that such services would not be provided under this Agreement) but were provided by such Provider to the Match Business or the IAC Business (as applicable) during the Reference Period (“Omitted Services”), and such Recipient requests, within ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, that such Provider provide such Omitted Services, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to attempt to reach mutually agreed terms for the provision of such Omitted Service. If agreement is reached, the Parties shall promptly enter into an amendment to this Agreement amending Schedule A or Schedule B (as applicable) to reflect such Omitted Service and such Omitted Service shall be deemed to be part of this Agreement and the Services from and after the date of such amendment.

 

(c)            Each Service shall be provided to a Recipient in exchange for the fee set forth on Schedule A or Schedule B (as applicable) with respect to such Service (a “Fee”), which Fee shall be equal to the Provider’s calculation, based upon commercially reasonable metrics, of the actual cost, without mark-up, of providing the Service to the Match Business or the IAC Business (as applicable). Except to the extent included in the Fees or as otherwise set forth in Schedule A or Schedule B (as applicable), Recipient shall reimburse Provider for any reasonable incremental and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Provider’s personnel in connection with performing the Services. Except as set forth in Schedule A or Schedule B (as applicable), for any Service where the Fee for the Services is expressed as a specified dollar amount per month, if such Services are provided for only a portion of the month, including as a result of circumstances described in Section 3.1(a) or Article V, the Fees for such Services shall be prorated to reflect the number of days such Services were actually provided during such month on the basis of a thirty (30)-day month. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither New Match nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to compensate or reimburse any IAC Provider for any services rendered hereunder in connection with any matters (including return preparation, audit and participation in administrative or judicial proceedings) related to Taxes for which New IAC is responsible under the Tax Matters Agreement.

 

(d)            Each Recipient and Provider providing Services to it hereunder will use good-faith efforts to reasonably cooperate with each other in all matters relating to the provision and receipt of Services. Such cooperation shall include obtaining all consents, licenses or approvals necessary to permit each such Party to perform its obligations with respect to the other Party; provided, however, under no circumstances shall any Provider be required to make any payments (other than de minimis costs and expenses) to any third party in respect of any such consents, licenses or approvals. If, with respect to a Service, the Parties, despite their efforts, are unable to obtain such required consents, licenses or approvals, Provider will use commercially reasonable efforts to perform the Service in a manner that does not require such consent, license or approval.

 

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Section 2.2      Shared Contracts.

 

(a)            For the term of this Agreement, with respect to any Contract set forth on Schedule C (the “Shared Contracts”), the Parties agree to cause, subject to Section 2.1(d), the applicable members of the New IAC Group and the applicable members of the New Match Group to, to the extent reasonably requested by New Match or New IAC, respectively, to use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause the applicable third party counterparty thereto to enter into one or more replacement Contracts that would allow the applicable members of the New IAC Group and applicable members of the New Match Group to obtain substantially similar benefits and have substantially similar obligations as under such Shared Contract or (ii) seek to divide or otherwise amend any such Shared Contract in a manner that would allow the party that is not party to such Shared Contract to continue to obtain the benefits of and have the obligations under such Shared Contract (including by working with the applicable third party or third parties to such Contracts to accomplish the foregoing).

 

(b)            The Parties agree to take the actions specified in Schedule D with respect to the Contract set forth therein.

 

Section 2.3      Access. Each Party shall make available on a timely basis to the other Party all information and materials reasonably requested by the other Party to the extent reasonably necessary for the purposes of providing and receiving the Services. No Provider shall be liable for any delay or deficiency in the Services to the extent caused by the failure of such information or materials to be provided on a timely basis or inaccuracy or deficiency in such information or materials. A Recipient shall, upon reasonable notice, give the applicable Provider reasonable access, during regular business hours and at such other times as are reasonably required, to the relevant premises to the extent reasonably necessary for the purposes of providing Services.

 

Section 2.4      Books and Records. Each Party shall keep customary books and records of the Services provided. Upon Recipient’s reasonable request, each Provider shall make such books and records and documentation (in each case, solely to the extent relating to the Services provided to the applicable Recipient) available to an independent third party auditor of the such Recipient’s choosing and at such Recipient’s sole expense (i) upon reasonable prior written notice, during normal business hours, (ii) subject to the internal policies and procedures of the Provider generally applicable to third party auditors and other reasonably imposed security procedures and limitations and (iii) subject to compliance with the confidentiality obligations of the Parties under this Agreement and the Transaction Agreement. In recognition that audits are disruptive and should be avoided if possible, such independent third party audits shall be performed (x) in a manner that will not unreasonably interfere with the normal business operations of the Provider and otherwise with a minimum of disruption by such independent third party and (y) no more than once for each given Service.

 

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Article III

 

Services; Payment; Independent Contractor

 

Section 3.1      Service Quality.

 

(a)            Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, Provider shall provide Services and, with respect to Services provided by third parties, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Services to be provided, in a manner and quality that are consistent with the provision of such Services or other similar services to the IAC Business and the Match Business during the Reference Period, and in any event in compliance with applicable Law. Without limiting a Provider’s obligation to correct or reperform under Section 6.6, if the quality or performance of any Service provided by a Provider hereunder falls materially below the standard required by this Section 3.1(a), such substandard quality or performance shall be addressed through the dispute resolution process set forth in Article XII of the Transaction Agreement.

 

(b)            Each Recipient acknowledges that the applicable Provider is not in the business of providing the Services and is providing the Services to such Recipient solely for the purpose of facilitating the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. Each Provider shall act under this Agreement solely as an independent contractor and not as an agent, employee or joint venture counterparty of any Recipient. All employees and representatives providing the Services shall be under the direction, control and supervision of the applicable Provider (and not of the applicable Recipient), and such Provider shall have the sole right to exercise all authority with respect to such employees and representatives and in no event shall such employees and representatives be deemed to be employees or agents of such Recipient.

 

(c)            EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, NO PROVIDER MAKES ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, STATEMENTS, COVENANTS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.

 

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Section 3.2      Payment. Invoices shall be delivered within 15 calendar days after the end of each month by a Provider to the applicable Recipient for Services delivered during such month and for any other sums payable under Sections 2.1(c), 2.1(d), 3.3 and 7.3. Each such invoice shall set forth a brief description of such Services, the allocation of personnel costs related to providing such Services and the amounts charged therefor. Except as the applicable Provider and Recipient may agree or as set forth on Schedule A, Schedule B, or Schedule D, as applicable, unless subject to dispute in accordance with the last sentence of this Section 3.2, each invoice shall be payable in immediately available funds thirty (30) days after the date thereof. Any amount not paid within such thirty (30)-day period shall be subject to late charges, after Provider has provided written notice of late payment and Recipient has not cured such late payment within three (3) Business Days of such written notice, at the rate of prime rate (as published in The Wall Street Journal as of the date of payment) plus two percent (2%) (or the maximum legal rate, whichever is lower) from the due date until paid. All payments under this Agreement shall be made by electronic funds transfer of immediately available funds to the bank account specified by the Party receiving the payment. Recipient may dispute any material errors set forth in such invoice, and the Parties agree to work in good faith to resolve any such disputes for at least ten (10) Business Days, and if the Parties are not able to resolve such dispute within such ten (10)-Business Day period, it shall be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution process set forth in Article XII of the Transaction Agreement.

  

Section 3.3      Sales Taxes. Any federal, state, local or foreign sales, use, value added, goods and services, or other similar Taxes sustained, incurred, or levied with respect to the sale, performance, provision or delivery of Services (“Sales Taxes”) shall be payable by a Recipient to a Provider in accordance with Section 3.2. The amounts set forth for each Service on Schedule A or Schedule B (as applicable) do not include Sales Taxes, and such Taxes shall be separately stated on the relevant invoice to Recipient. Each Provider shall be solely responsible for payment of all such Sales Taxes to the applicable Governmental Authority on Services provided by such Provider. Each Provider shall timely prepare and file all Tax returns required to be filed by it with any Governmental Authority with respect to such Sales Taxes and, in the case of value-added taxes, timely provide Recipient with valid value-added tax invoices in accordance with applicable Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Recipient shall be obligated to pay Sales Taxes to the extent that such Recipient has provided valid exemption certificates or other applicable documentation that would eliminate or reduce the obligation to collect or pay such Sales Taxes.

 

Section 3.4      Uses of Services. No Recipient shall resell any Services to any Person whatsoever or permit the use of the Services by any Person other than in connection with such Recipient’s operation of its business substantially as conducted during the Reference Period.

 

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Section 3.5      No Violation of Laws. Neither Provider nor any third-party service provider shall be required to provide all or any part of any particular Service to the extent that providing such Service, would require Provider to violate any applicable Laws.

 

Section 3.6      Provision of Services. With respect to any Service, a Provider may, upon ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the applicable Recipient and upon such Recipient’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, (i) outsource such Service to a third-party provider; (ii) in-source such Service being provided by a third-party provider; (iii) replace a third-party provider of such Service with a new third-party provider; or (iv) terminate or renegotiate the material terms of an agreement pursuant to which a third-party provider shall provide such Service; provided, that (x) the terms (including pricing) pursuant to which such Service will be provided shall be on terms no less favorable to the Recipient than those set forth in Schedule A or Schedule B (as applicable) and (y) with respect to clauses (i) and (iii), (A) such third party is in the business of providing such Service, (B) such Provider shall remain liable for the performance by such third party of all of its obligations hereunder with respect to such Service, and (C) such Provider shall notify each third-party provider performing any Service for the Recipient of the confidentiality restrictions set forth herein and shall cause such third-party provider to comply with confidentiality restrictions at least as stringent as those set forth herein.

 

Article IV

 

Term of Services

 

Section 4.1      Term. The provision of each Service shall commence on the Closing Date and shall terminate on the last day that such Service, as set forth in Schedule A or Schedule B, is required to be provided (the period for which any Service is provided, including any extensions of the time period for the provision of such Service that may be agreed by the Parties hereto in writing consistent with Section 4.2, the “Term”), but in no event beyond twelve (12) months from the Closing Date; provided, that a Recipient may cancel any Service upon sixty (60) days’ prior written notice of cancellation; and provided, further, that, a Provider may (i) immediately terminate any individual Service provided to a Recipient in the event that the Recipient fails to make payments for such Service under Section 3.2 and has not cured such failure within thirty (30) days of written notice of such failure from the applicable Provider, or (ii) upon sixty (60) days written notice, terminate any Service provided to a Recipient at such time as the Provider no longer provides the same Service to itself for its own account; and provided, further, that, (x) Provider may not terminate the Contract set forth in Schedule D pursuant to the immediately foregoing clause (ii), (y) during the 60 day period prior to any termination pursuant to the foregoing clause (ii) with respect to a Service provided pursuant to a Contract with a third party, Provider agrees, upon the reasonable request of Recipient, to use commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Recipient with obtaining such underlying Service from such third party directly and (z) New Match may terminate any Service provided by an employee specified on Schedule B immediately upon such employee’s termination, resignation or death or disability. Upon termination of any Service pursuant to this Article IV, a Recipient’s obligation to pay Provider for such Service shall cease except (i) as set forth in Section 7.3, and (ii) that, to the extent that the Service is terminated before the end of the Service term, Recipient shall pay for (A) any liability or costs contracted for by Provider with third parties on behalf of Recipient in connection with such Service, and (B) any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket “wind-down costs” incurred by Provider resulting from such early termination, provided, however, that any such costs described in clauses (A) and (B) that are not set forth on Schedule A or Schedule B as applicable shall be made known by Provider to Recipient at Recipient’s request.

 

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Section 4.2      Term Extensions. To the extent a Recipient requires an extension to the Term of any Service outlined in Schedule A or Schedule B, such Recipient may, with at least thirty (30) days’ written notice to the applicable Provider prior to the end of the Term of such Service as set forth in Schedule A or Schedule B, extend the Term of such Service (x) for up to three (3) months or (y) as set forth in the Schedule A or Schedule B hereto, in each case, without additional cost (other than the fees that are to be charged for such Service pursuant to this Agreement during the extended term). Any terms, conditions or costs or fees to be paid by the Recipient for Services provided during an extended term will be on terms mutually acceptable to such Provider and Recipient. Unless the Parties mutually agree in writing, the full Term of any Service, as extended pursuant to this Section 4.2, shall not extend beyond twelve (12) months from the Closing Date.

 

Article V

 

Force Majeure

 

Section 5.1      Force Majeure Event. Neither Party shall be liable for any interruption, delay or failure to perform any obligation under this Agreement resulting from causes beyond its reasonable control (or beyond the reasonable control of any Person acting on its behalf), including any strikes, lockouts, acts of any government, riot, insurrection or other hostilities, acts of the public enemy or terrorism, embargo, fuel or energy shortage, fire, flood, earthquake, tsunami, or acts of God (any such event, a “Force Majeure Event”). In the event of a Force Majeure Event, each Party’s affected obligations hereunder shall be postponed for such time as its performance is suspended or delayed on account thereof. No Fees shall be incurred by a Recipient for Services that are suspended or delayed for the duration of such suspension or delay. A Recipient shall have the right, but not the obligation, to obtain replacement services for the duration of the Force Majeure Event from a third-party provider at its own cost.

 

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Section 5.2      Consequences of Force Majeure Event. A Provider shall notify the applicable Recipient upon learning of the occurrence of a Force Majeure Event. If the Force Majeure Event affects the provision of Services by such Provider hereunder, at the option of such Recipient, the Term of any affected Service shall be tolled until such Service is resumed in accordance with the standards set forth on Section 3.1(a). Upon the cessation of the Force Majeure Event, such Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to resume its performance of any affected Service in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 3.1(a) with the least possible delay. If any Service is interrupted or suspended for more than thirty (30) consecutive days, a Recipient may immediately terminate the affected Service, in whole or in part, upon written notice to the applicable Provider.

 

Article VI

 

Limitation of Liability; Indemnification

 

Section 6.1      Consequential and Other Damages. In no event shall either New Match or New IAC, or any of the members of the New Match Group or New IAC Group, or any of its or their shareholders, owners, officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives, be liable, whether in contract, in tort (including negligence and strict liability), breach of warranty or otherwise, for any special, indirect, incidental, punitive, exemplary, consequential or similar damages which in any way arise out of, relate to, or are a consequence of, its performance or nonperformance hereunder, or the provision of or failure to provide any Service hereunder, including with respect to loss of profits, business interruptions or claims of customers.

 

Section 6.2      Limitation of Liability. Except to the extent arising from such Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, in no event shall the aggregate damages for which each Party shall be liable in connection with or as a result of this Agreement or the Services exceed the aggregate amount of Fees paid or to be paid to such Party as a Provider under this Agreement with regard to those Services giving rise to such liability (or, in the event of a breach of the Agreement as a whole, with regard to all Services on Schedule A or Schedule B (as applicable)), with such amount to be calculated as of the end of the applicable Terms of such Services.

 

Section 6.3      Indemnity.

 

(a)            Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.1 and Section 6.2, New IAC shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless New Match and the other applicable members of the New Match Group from and against all Liabilities incurred by New Match and such other applicable members of the New Match Group arising out of or resulting from (i) any material breach or default in performance by New IAC of any obligation under this Agreement or (ii) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of New IAC, any of the other members of the New IAC Group or their respective employees, directors, officers or agents in connection with the performance of the Services to be performed by such party hereunder or in connection with the receipt of the Services to be received by such party hereunder.

 

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(b)            Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.1 and Section 6.2, New Match shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless New IAC and the other applicable members of the New IAC Group from and against all Liabilities incurred by New IAC and such other members of the New IAC Group arising out of or resulting from (i) any material breach or default in performance by New Match of any obligation under this Agreement or (ii) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of New Match, any of the other members of the New Match Group or their respective employees, directors, officers, agents in connection with the performance of the Services to be performed by such party hereunder or in connection with the receipt of the Services to be received by such party hereunder.

 

Section 6.4      Notice of Claims. Notice of any claim under this Article VI must be delivered in writing and received by the Party allegedly liable therefor within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of the action, service or event which gave rise to the claim or be forever barred. Such claim must describe the action or service and situation giving rise to the claim in reasonable detail and specify the amount of the Liabilities claimed. Any action based on any such claim must be commenced within one year of such date of expiration or earlier termination, or be forever barred.

 

Section 6.5      Indemnification Procedures. The indemnification procedures set forth in Sections 10.04 through 10.08 of the Transaction Agreement shall apply to indemnification claims under this Agreement mutatis mutandis.

 

Section 6.6      Obligation to Correct or Reperform. In the event of any breach of this Agreement by a Provider resulting from any error or defect in providing any Service, such Provider shall, at Recipient’s request and without the payment of any further Fees by the Recipient, use its commercially reasonable efforts to correct, or cause to be corrected, such error or defect in all material respects, or reperform, or cause to be reperformed, such Service in all material respects, as promptly as practicable.

 

Article VII

 

Termination

 

Section 7.1      Termination. This Agreement and the obligation to provide the Services contemplated hereunder shall terminate on the latest to occur of (a) the date on which no Services are required to be provided as indicated on Schedule A and Schedule B, (b) the date the Contract set forth on Schedule D has been terminated or expires and (c) the date on which this Agreement is terminated in whole pursuant to Section 7.2; provided that, in each case, no such termination shall relieve any Party of any liability for any breach of any provision of this Agreement prior to the date of such termination.

 

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Section 7.2      Breach of Agreement. Subject to Article VI, and without limiting a Party’s obligations under Section 4.1, if either Party shall cause or suffer to exist any material breach of any of its obligations under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any failure to perform any Service (except to the extent excused pursuant to Article V) or to make undisputed payments when due (and, upon resolution of any disputed amounts in accordance with the dispute resolution process set forth in Article XII of the Transaction Agreement) in accordance with Section 3.2, and such Party does not cure such breach within thirty (30) days after receiving written notice thereof from the non-breaching Party , the non-breaching Party may terminate this Agreement, in whole or in part, including the provision of Services pursuant hereto, immediately by providing written notice of termination. In addition, either Party may terminate this Agreement, effective immediately upon written notice, if the other Party commences a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect or seeks the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, or consents to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or takes any corporate action to authorize any of the foregoing.

 

Section 7.3      Sums Due; Effect of Termination. In the event of a termination of this Agreement, each Provider shall be entitled to the immediate payment of, and such Recipient shall within three (3) business days, pay to such Provider, all undisputed accrued amounts for Services, Sales Taxes and other amounts due from such Recipient to such Provider under this Agreement as of the date of termination and, upon resolution of any disputed amounts in accordance with Section 3.2 and, if applicable, Article XII of the Transaction Agreement, such disputed amounts. In the event of a termination of this Agreement or any Services, each Party shall promptly (i) return to the other Party any of the other Party’s equipment and return or use commercially reasonable efforts to destroy materials containing the other Party’s Information, in each case, to the extent such equipment or materials are in such Party’s possession or control and that are not required for use in connection with any non-terminated Services and (ii) assist with the transfer of records and migration of historical data in connection with the transition of any terminated Service from the hardware, software, network and telecommunications equipment and internet-related information technology infrastructure of such Party to such equipment and infrastructure of the other Party. Any costs and expenses incurred by a Provider in connection with the implementation of any such transfer shall be borne by the applicable Recipient.

 

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Section 7.4      Survival. Upon termination of any Service in accordance with this Agreement, Provider shall have no further obligation to provide such terminated Service. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Section 1.1, Articles VI and VIII and Section 7.3 and this Section 7.4 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

Article VIII

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 8.1      Ownership of Intellectual Property and Work Product.

 

(a)            Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or the Transaction Agreement, each of the Parties and their respective Affiliates shall retain all right, title and interest in and to their respective Intellectual Property and any and all improvements, modifications, derivative works, additions or enhancements thereof. No license or right, express or implied, is granted under this Agreement by either Party or such Party’s Affiliates in or to their respective Intellectual Property, except that, solely to the extent required for the provision or receipt of the Services in accordance with this Agreement, each Party (“Licensor”), for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates, hereby grants to the other (“Licensee”) (and the Licensee’s Affiliates) a non-exclusive, revocable (solely as expressly provided in this Agreement), non-transferable, non-sublicensable (except to third parties as required for the provision or receipt of Services, but not for their own independent use), royalty-free, worldwide license during the term of this Agreement to use such Intellectual Property of the Licensor in connection with this Agreement, but only to the extent and for the duration necessary for the Licensee to provide or receive the applicable Service under this Agreement. Upon the expiration of such term, or the earlier termination of such Service in accordance with this Agreement, the license to the relevant Intellectual Property shall terminate; provided, that all licenses granted hereunder shall terminate immediately upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof. Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement or an applicable Service, the Licensee shall cease use of the Licensor’s Intellectual Property and shall return or destroy at the Licensor’s request all Information or embodiments of Intellectual Property provided in connection with this Agreement. The foregoing license is subject to any licenses granted by others with respect to Intellectual Property not owned by the Parties or their respective Affiliates.

 

(b)            Each Provider acknowledges and agrees that it will acquire no right, title or interest (including any license rights or rights of use) to any work product resulting from the provision of Services hereunder for the Recipient’s exclusive use and such work product shall remain the exclusive property of the Recipient and (ii) each Recipient acknowledges and agrees that it will acquire no right, title or interest (other than a non-exclusive, worldwide right of use) to any work product resulting from the provision of Services hereunder that is not for the Recipient’s exclusive use and such work product shall remain the exclusive property, subject to license, of the Provider.

 

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Section 8.2      Incorporation of Transaction Agreement Provisions. Section 7.08 (Public Announcements), Section 11.08 (Confidentiality), Article XII (Dispute Resolution), 13.02 (Notices), Section 13.04 (Counterparts), Section 13.05 (Entire Agreement; Coordination), Section 13.06(a) (Construction), Section 13.06(c) (Construction), Section 13.07 (Signatures), Section 13.08 (Assignment), Section 13.09 (Third Party Beneficiaries), Section 13.11 (Governing Law; Jurisdiction), Section 13.13 (Severability), Section 13.14 (Waiver of Defaults; Conflicts) and Section 13.15 (Amendments) of the Transaction Agreement are incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer, in each case as of the date first above written.

 

  IAC/INTERACTIVECORP
     
     
  By: /s/ Gregg Winiarski
  Name: Gregg Winiarski
    Title:   EVP and General Counsel
     
     
  IAC HOLDINGS, INC.
     
     
  By: /s/ Joanne Hawkins
  Name: Joanne Hawkins
    Title:   SVP and Deputy General
  Counsel

 

[Signature Page to Transition Services Agreement]

 

   
 

 

Schedule A

 

IAC Services

 

[Omitted]

 

   
 

 

Schedule B

 

Match Services

 

[Omitted]

 

   
 

 

Schedule C

 

Shared Contracts

 

[Omitted]

 

   
 

 

Schedule D

 

[Omitted]

 

   

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of June 30, 2020,

 

by and between

 

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

and

 

IAC HOLDINGS, INC.

 

   
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
   
Section 1.         Definition of Terms 1
   
Section 2.         Allocation of Tax Liabilities 12
   
  Section 2.01 General Rule. 12
       
  Section 2.02 Allocation of United States Federal Income Tax and Federal Other Tax 12
       
  Section 2.03 Allocation of State Income and State Other Taxes 13
       
  Section 2.04 Allocation of Foreign Taxes 14
       
  Section 2.05 Certain Transaction and Other Taxes 15
       
Section 3.         Proration of Taxes for Straddle Periods 16
   
Section 4.         Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns. 17
   
  Section 4.01 General 17
       
  Section 4.02 IAC’s Responsibility 17
       
  Section 4.03 New IAC’s Responsibility 17
       
  Section 4.04 Tax Accounting Practices 17
       
  Section 4.05 Consolidated or Combined Tax Returns 18
       
  Section 4.06 Right to Review Tax Returns 18
       
  Section 4.07 New IAC Carrybacks and Claims for Refund 19
       
  Section 4.08 Apportionment of Earnings and Profits and Tax Attributes 20
       
Section 5.         Tax Payments 21
   
  Section 5.01 Payment of Taxes with Respect Tax Returns 21
       
  Section 5.02 Indemnification Payments 21
       
Section 6.         Tax Benefits 21
   
  Section 6.01 Tax Benefits 21

 

   
 

 

  Section 6.02 New IAC and IAC Income Tax Deductions in Respect of Certain Equity Awards and Incentive Compensation 23
       
Section 7.         Tax-Free Status 24
   
  Section 7.01 Restrictions on New IAC and IAC 24
       
  Section 7.02 Procedures Regarding Opinions and Rulings 27
       
  Section 7.03 Liability for Tax-Related Losses and Match Merger-Related Losses 29
       
  Section 7.04 Section 336(e) Election 31
       
Section 8.         Assistance and Cooperation 31
   
  Section 8.01 Assistance and Cooperation 31
       
  Section 8.02 Income Tax Return Information 32
       
  Section 8.03 Reliance by New IAC 32
       
  Section 8.04 Reliance by IAC 32
       
Section 9.         Tax Records 33
  Section 9.01 Retention of Tax Records 33
       
  Section 9.02 Access to Tax Records 33
       
Section 10.       Tax Contests 33
   
  Section 10.01 Notice 33
       
  Section 10.02 Control of Tax Contests 33
       
Section 11.       Effective Date; Termination of Prior Intercompany Tax Allocation Agreements 35
   
Section 12.       Survival of Obligations 36
   
Section 13.       Treatment of Payments; Tax Gross Up 36
   
  Section 13.01 Treatment of Tax Indemnity and Tax Benefit Payments 36
       
  Section 13.02 Tax Gross Up 36
       
  Section 13.03 Interest 36
       
Section 14.       Disagreements 37

 

   
 

 

Section 15.       Late Payments 37
   
Section 16.       Expenses 37
   
Section 17.       General Provisions 37
   
  Section 17.01 Addresses and Notices 37
       
  Section 17.02 Binding Effect 38
       
  Section 17.03 Waiver 38
       
  Section 17.04 Severability 38
       
  Section 17.05 Authority 38
       
  Section 17.06 Further Action 39
       
  Section 17.07 Integration 39
       
  Section 17.08 Construction 39
       
  Section 17.09 No Double Recovery 39
       
  Section 17.10 Counterparts 39
       
  Section 17.11 Governing Law 40
       
  Section 17.13 Amendment 40
       
  Section 17.14 New IAC Subsidiaries 40
       
  Section 17.15 Successors 40
       
  Section 17.16 Injunctions 40

 

   
 

 

This TAX MATTERS AGREEMENT, dated as of June 30, 2020 (this “Agreement”), is by and between IAC/InterActiveCorp, a Delaware corporation (“IAC”), and IAC Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of IAC (“New IAC”) (collectively, the “Companies” and each a “Company”). For purposes of this Agreement, IAC, as in existence immediately after the Match Merger Effective Time, is sometimes referred to as “New Match.”

 

WHEREAS, IAC, New IAC, Valentine Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned Subsidiary of IAC (“New Match Merger Sub”), and Match Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Match”), have entered into a Transaction Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2019, as amended as of April 28, 2020 and June 22, 2020 and as further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time through the date hereof (the “Transaction Agreement”), providing for the separation of the New IAC Group from the New Match Group;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreement, among other things, IAC has taken or will take the following actions: (a) contribute the New IAC Assets to New IAC and cause New IAC to assume the New IAC Liabilities, in actual or constructive exchange for the issuance by New IAC to IAC of New IAC Common Stock, New IAC Class B Common Stock, and New IAC Voting Preferred Stock (as described in Exhibit 1.01 to the Transaction Agreement) (such contribution, the “Contribution”) and (b) effect the Distribution;

 

WHEREAS, for Federal Income Tax purposes, it is intended that (a) the Distribution (together with the Contribution) shall qualify as a transaction that is generally tax-free pursuant to Sections 355(a), 361 and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code and (b) the Match Merger shall qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code;

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, IAC is the common parent of an affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code) of corporations, including New IAC and Match, which has elected to file consolidated Federal Income Tax Returns (the “IAC Affiliated Group”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the initial public offering by Match of Match Common Stock, IAC and Match entered into a Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 24, 2015 (such agreement, as it exists immediately prior to its termination pursuant to Section 11 hereof, the “Existing Tax Sharing Agreement”), setting forth their agreement with respect to certain Tax matters;

 

WHEREAS, as a result of the Distribution, New IAC and its subsidiaries will cease to be members of the IAC Affiliated Group (the “Deconsolidation”);

 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to provide for and agree upon the allocation between the Parties of liabilities for Taxes arising prior to, as a result of, and subsequent to the Distribution, and to provide for and agree upon other matters relating to Taxes;

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.          Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Agreement (including the recitals hereof), the following terms have the following meanings, and capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Transaction Agreement:

 

   
 

 

Adjustment Request” shall mean any formal or informal claim or request filed with any Tax Authority, or with any administrative agency or court, for the adjustment, refund, or credit of Taxes, including (a) any amended Tax Return claiming adjustment to the Taxes as reported on the Tax Return or, if applicable, as previously adjusted, (b) any claim for equitable recoupment or other offset, and (c) any claim for refund or credit of Taxes previously paid.

 

Affiliate” shall mean any entity that is directly or indirectly “controlled” by either the Person in question or an Affiliate of such Person. “Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The term Affiliate shall refer to Affiliates of a Person as determined immediately after the Distribution.

 

Agreement” shall mean this Tax Matters Agreement.

 

Business Day” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Built-in Change Loss” shall mean any Tax-Related Losses arising from Committed Acquisitions that, taken together (and giving effect to any “acquisitions” of IAC stock for purposes of Section 355(e) of the Code occurring at or before the Match Merger Effective Time and without giving effect to any other “acquisitions” of IAC stock for purposes of Section 355(e) of the Code occurring after the Match Merger Effective Time), would result in the “acquisition” of a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest in IAC as “part of a plan (or series of related transactions),” within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, that includes the Distribution.

 

Capital Stock” shall mean all classes or series of capital stock, including (a) common stock, (b) all options, warrants and other rights to acquire such capital stock and (c) all instruments properly treated as stock for Federal Income Tax purposes.

 

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Committed Acquisitions” shall mean all acquisitions of IAC Capital Stock pursuant to any obligation to issue, exchange, or repurchase IAC Capital Stock, or any right granted to any Person to acquire IAC Capital Stock, in each case pursuant to the terms, as in effect on the date hereof, of any binding agreement entered into by a member of the IAC Group prior to the Match Merger Effective Time (whether on account of any employee option plan, exchangeable debt instrument, hedging transaction or otherwise), as such terms may be adjusted to give effect to the transactions contemplated by Articles II and III of the Transaction Agreement.

 

Companies” and “Company” shall have the meaning provided in the first sentence of this Agreement.

 

Compensatory Equity Interests” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.02(a)(i).

 

Contribution” shall have the meaning provided in the Recitals.

 

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Deconsolidation” shall have the meaning provided in the Recitals.

 

Deconsolidation Date” shall mean the date on which the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time occurs (provided that, if the date on which the Match Merger Effective Time occurs is after the Deconsolidation Date, then, solely for purposes of the allocation of liability pursuant to Section 2, the Match Merger (and any other transactions occurring between the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time and the Match Merger Effective Time) shall be deemed to have occurred on the Deconsolidation Date).

 

DGCL” shall mean the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

Distribution” shall mean (i) the issuance of IAC Series 1 Mandatorily Exchangeable Preferred Stock and IAC Series 2 Mandatorily Exchangeable Preferred Stock pursuant to the Reclassification, (ii) the redemption of IAC Series 1 Mandatorily Exchangeable Preferred Stock in exchange for New IAC Common Stock and the redemption of IAC Series 2 Mandatorily Exchangeable Preferred Stock in exchange for New IAC Class B Common Stock, in each case, pursuant to the Mandatory Exchange, and (iii) the exchange of Subsidiary-Held IAC Securities for New IAC Voting Preferred Stock pursuant to the Subsidiary Exchange, taken together.

 

Employee Matters Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Federal Income Tax” shall mean any Tax imposed by Subtitle A of the Code, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Federal Other Tax” shall mean any Tax imposed by the federal government of the United States other than any Federal Income Taxes, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term for purposes of Sections 355(d) and (e) of the Code.

 

Final Determination” shall mean the final resolution of liability for any Tax, which resolution may be for a specific issue or adjustment or for a Tax Period, (a) by IRS Form 870 or 870-AD (or any successor forms thereto), on the date of acceptance by or on behalf of the taxpayer, or by a comparable form under the laws of a State, local, or foreign taxing jurisdiction, except that a Form 870 or 870-AD or comparable form shall not constitute a Final Determination to the extent that it reserves (whether by its terms or by operation of law) the right of the taxpayer to file a claim for refund or the right of the Tax Authority to assert a further deficiency in respect of such issue or adjustment or for such Tax Period (as the case may be); (b) by a decision, judgment, decree, or other order by a court of competent jurisdiction, which has become final and unappealable; (c) by a closing agreement or accepted offer in compromise under Section 7121 or 7122 of the Code, or a comparable agreement under the laws of a State, local, or foreign taxing jurisdiction; (d) by any allowance of a refund or credit in respect of an overpayment Tax, but only after the expiration of all Tax Periods during which such refund may be recovered (including by way of offset) by the jurisdiction imposing such Tax; or (e) by any other final disposition, including by reason of the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations or by mutual agreement of the Parties.

 

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Foreign Income Tax” shall mean any Tax imposed by any foreign country or any possession of the United States, or by any political subdivision of any foreign country or United States possession, which is an income tax as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.901-2, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Foreign Other Tax” shall mean any Tax imposed by any foreign country or any possession of the United States, or by any political subdivision of any foreign country or United States possession, other than any Foreign Income Taxes, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Foreign Tax” shall mean any Foreign Income Taxes or Foreign Other Taxes.

 

Former IAC Employee” shall have the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

 

Former Match Employee” shall have the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

 

Governmental Authority” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Group” shall mean the IAC Group, the Match Group, the New Match Group or the New IAC Group, or any combination thereof, as the context requires.

 

IAC” shall have the meaning provided in the first sentence of this Agreement, and references herein to IAC shall include any entity treated as a successor to IAC (including, after the Match Merger Effective Time, New Match).

 

IAC Adjustment” shall mean any proposed adjustment by a Tax Authority or claim for refund asserted in a Tax Contest to the extent IAC would be exclusively liable for any resulting Tax under this Agreement or exclusively entitled to receive any resulting Tax Benefit under this Agreement.

 

IAC Affiliated Group” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

IAC Filing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(e)(ii)(A).

 

IAC Employee” shall have the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

 

IAC Group” shall mean IAC and each Person that is a Subsidiary of IAC immediately prior to the Reclassification Effective Time (other than any member of the Match Group).

 

IAC Separate Return” shall mean any Separate Return of any member of the IAC Group that is not a member of the New IAC Group.

 

IAC Service Provider Option Deductions” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.02(a)(ii).

 

Income Tax” shall mean any Federal Income Tax, State Income Tax or Foreign Income Tax.

 

Information Liability” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(a).

 

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IRS” shall mean the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

 

Joint Adjustment” shall mean any proposed adjustment by a Tax Authority or claim for refund asserted in a Tax Contest that is not a New IAC Adjustment or an IAC Adjustment.

 

Joint Return” shall mean any Return of a member of the IAC Group, New Match Group or New IAC Group that is not a Separate Return.

 

Mandatory Exchange” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Mandatory Exchange Effective Time” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Match” shall have the meaning provided in the Recitals, and references herein to Match shall include any entity treated as a successor to Match, including, after the Match Merger Effective Time, New Match.

 

Match Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Match Employee” shall have the meaning set forth in the Employee Matters Agreement.

 

Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Sharing Payments” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a)(1)(A).

 

Match Foreign Combined Income Tax Sharing Payments” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a)(1)(A).

 

Match Group” shall mean Match and each Person that is a Subsidiary of Match prior to the Reclassification Effective Time.

 

Match Merger Effective Time” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Match Merger-Related Losses” shall mean (a) all federal, state, local and foreign Taxes imposed pursuant to any settlement, Final Determination, judgment or otherwise; (b) all accounting, legal and other professional fees, and court costs incurred in connection with such Taxes; and (c) all costs, expenses and damages associated with stockholder litigation or controversies and any amount paid by New Match (or any New Match Affiliate) or New IAC (or any New IAC Affiliate) in respect of the liability of shareholders, whether paid to shareholders or to the IRS or any other Governmental Authority, in each case, resulting from the failure of the Match Merger to qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

 

Match Merger Tax Representation Letter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(d)(ii)(A).

 

Match Stand-Alone Federal Other Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(c)(i)(A).

 

Match Stand-Alone Foreign Other Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(c)(i)(A).

 

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Match Stand-Alone State Other Taxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c)(i)(A).

 

Match State Combined Income Tax Sharing Payments” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a)(1)(A).

 

Merger Tax Opinion” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement

 

Merger Tax Representation Letter” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Mitigation Failure” shall mean a breach by IAC of the covenant contained in Section 7.01(e).

 

New IAC” shall have the meaning provided in the first sentence of this Agreement, and references herein to New IAC shall include any entity treated as a successor to New IAC.

 

New IAC Active Trade or Business” shall mean a trade or business actively conducted (as defined in Section 355(b)(2) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) immediately prior to and after the Distribution by New IAC and its “separate affiliated group” (as defined in Section 355(b)(3)(B) of the Code) that satisfies Section 355(b) of the Code with respect to the Distribution.

 

New IAC Adjustment” shall mean any proposed adjustment by a Tax Authority or claim for refund asserted in a Tax Contest to the extent New IAC would be exclusively liable for any resulting Tax under this Agreement or exclusively entitled to receive any resulting Tax Benefit under this Agreement.

 

New IAC Affiliated Group” shall mean the affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) of which New IAC is the common parent.

 

New IAC Assets” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

New IAC Carryback” shall mean any net operating loss, net capital loss, excess tax credit, or other similar Tax item of any member of the New IAC Group that is a carryback from one Tax Period to another prior Tax Period under the Code or other applicable Tax Law that is not made at the election of any member of the New IAC Group.

 

New IAC Class B Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

New IAC Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

New IAC Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return” shall mean any Federal Income Tax Return for the New IAC Affiliated Group.

 

New IAC Group” shall mean New IAC and each Person that is a Subsidiary of New IAC after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time.

 

New IAC Filing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.03(e)(i)(A).

 

New IAC Liabilities” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

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New IAC Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(d).

 

New IAC Proposed Acquisition Transaction” shall mean a Proposed Acquisition Transaction with respect to New IAC.

 

New IAC Separate Return” shall mean any Separate Return of New IAC or any member of the New IAC Group.

 

New IAC Voting Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

New Match” shall have the meaning provided in the second sentence of this Agreement, and references herein to New Match shall include (a) any entity treated as a successor to New Match and (b) any entity treated as a predecessor to New Match, including IAC.

 

New Match Active Trade or Business” shall mean a trade or business actively conducted (as defined in Section 355(b)(2) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) immediately prior to and after the Distribution by IAC and its “separate affiliated group” (as defined in Section 355(b)(3)(B) of the Code) that satisfies Section 355(b) of the Code with respect to the Distribution.

 

New Match Affiliated Group” shall mean the affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder) of which IAC or New Match is the common parent.

 

New Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return” shall mean any Federal Income Tax Return for the New Match Affiliated Group.

 

New Match Foreign Combined Income Tax Return” shall mean a consolidated, combined or unitary or other similar Foreign Income Tax Return or any Foreign Income Tax Return with respect to any profit and/or loss sharing group, group payment or similar group or fiscal unity that actually includes, by election or otherwise, one or more members of the New Match Group together with one or more members of the New IAC Group.

 

New Match Group” shall mean IAC and each Person that is a Subsidiary of IAC after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time.

 

New Match Proposed Acquisition Transaction” shall mean a Proposed Acquisition Transaction with respect to IAC.

 

New Match Separate Return” shall mean any Separate Return of New Match or any member of the New Match Group (other than any IAC Separate Return).

 

New Match State Combined Income Tax Return” shall mean a consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return with respect to State Income Taxes that actually includes, by election or otherwise, one or more members of the New Match Group and one or more members of the New IAC Group.

 

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New Match Tax Attribute” shall mean any net operating loss or excess interest expense carryforward of the IAC Group as of immediately following the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, other than any such item generated by a member of the Match Group, to the extent attributable to a Pre-Deconsolidation Period.

  

Notified Action” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

 

Option Value Allocation Ratio” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Other Tax” shall mean any Federal Other Tax, State Other Tax, or Foreign Other Tax.

 

Parties” shall mean the parties to this Agreement.

 

Past Practices” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(a).

 

Payment Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any New Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, the due date for any required installment of estimated Taxes determined under Section 6655 of the Code, the due date (determined without regard to extensions) for filing the Tax Return determined under Section 6072 of the Code, and the date the Tax Return is filed, and (b) with respect to any other Tax Return, the corresponding dates determined under applicable Tax Law.

 

Payor” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a).

 

Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or a Governmental Authority or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof, without regard to whether any entity is treated as disregarded for Federal Income Tax purposes.

 

Post-Deconsolidation Period” shall mean any Tax Period beginning after the Deconsolidation Date, and, in the case of any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period beginning the day after the Deconsolidation Date.

 

Pre-Deconsolidation Period” shall mean any Tax Period ending on or prior to the Deconsolidation Date, and, in the case of any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period ending on the Deconsolidation Date.

 

Prime Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Privilege” shall mean any privilege that may be asserted under applicable law, including, any privilege arising under or relating to the attorney-client relationship (including the attorney-client and work product privileges), the accountant-client privilege and any privilege relating to internal evaluation processes.

 

Proposed Acquisition Transaction” shall mean, with respect to a Company, a transaction or series of transactions (or any agreement, understanding or arrangement, within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 1.355-7, or any other Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, to enter into a transaction or series of transactions), whether such transaction is supported by the management or shareholders of such Company, is a hostile acquisition, or otherwise, as a result of which such Company would merge or consolidate with any other Person or as a result of which any Person or Persons would (directly or indirectly) acquire, or have the right to acquire, from such Company and/or one or more holders of outstanding shares of Capital Stock of such Company, a number of shares of Capital Stock of such Company that would, when combined with any other changes in ownership of Capital Stock of such Company pertinent for purposes of Section 355(e) of the Code, comprise 45% or more of (a) the value of all outstanding shares of stock of such Company as of the date of such transaction, or in the case of a series of transactions, the date of the last transaction of such series, or (b) the total combined voting power of all outstanding shares of voting stock of such Company as of the date of such transaction, or in the case of a series of transactions, the date of the last transaction of such series. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Proposed Acquisition Transaction shall not include (i) the adoption by such Company of a shareholder rights plan or (ii) issuances by such Company that satisfy Safe Harbor VIII (relating to acquisitions in connection with a person’s performance of services) or Safe Harbor IX (relating to acquisitions by a retirement plan of an employer) of Treasury Regulations Section 1.355-7(d). For purposes of determining whether a transaction constitutes an indirect acquisition, any recapitalization resulting in a shift of voting power or any redemption of shares of stock shall be treated as an indirect acquisition of shares of stock by the non-exchanging shareholders. This definition and the application thereof is intended to monitor compliance with Section 355(e) of the Code and shall be interpreted accordingly. Any clarification of, or change in, the statute or Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 355(e) of the Code shall be incorporated into this definition and its interpretation.

 

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PTEP” shall mean any earnings and profits of a foreign corporation that would be excluded from gross income pursuant to Section 959 of the Code.

 

Reclassification” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Reclassification Effective Time” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Required Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a).

 

Responsible Company” shall mean, with respect to any Tax Return, the Company having responsibility for filing such Tax Return.

 

Restriction Period” shall mean the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the two-year anniversary of the Distribution.

 

Retention Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.01.

 

Section 336(e) Election” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04.

 

Separate Return” shall mean (a) in the case of any Tax Return of any member of the New IAC Group (including any consolidated, combined or unitary return), any such Tax Return that does not include any member of the New Match Group, (b) in the case of any Tax Return of any member of the New Match Group (including any consolidated, combined or unitary return), any such Tax Return that does not include any member of the New IAC Group, and (c) in the case of any Tax Return of any member of the IAC Group (including any consolidated, combined or unitary return), any such Tax Return that does not include any member of the Match Group.

 

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Specified Committed Acquisitions” shall have the meaning set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.

 

State Income Tax” shall mean any Tax imposed by any State of the United States (or by any political subdivision of any such State) or the District of Columbia, or any city or municipality located therein, which is imposed on or measured by net income, including state and local franchise or similar Taxes measured by net income, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

State Other Tax” shall mean any Tax imposed by any State of the United States (or by any political subdivision of any such State) or the District of Columbia, or any city or municipality located therein, other than any State Income Taxes, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Straddle Period” shall mean any Tax Period that begins on or before and ends after the Deconsolidation Date.

 

Subsidiary Exchange” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Subsidiary-Held IAC Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

Tax” or “Taxes” shall mean any income, gross income, gross receipts, profits, capital stock, franchise, withholding, payroll, social security, workers compensation, unemployment, disability, property, ad valorem, stamp, excise, severance, occupation, service, sales, use, license, lease, transfer, import, export, value added, alternative minimum, estimated or other tax (including any fee, assessment, or other charge in the nature of or in lieu of any tax) imposed by any Governmental Authority or political subdivision thereof, and any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts in respect of the foregoing.

 

Tax Advisor” shall mean any Tax counsel or accountant of recognized national standing in the United States.

 

Tax Advisor Dispute” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.

 

Tax Attribute” shall mean a net operating loss, net capital loss, unused investment credit, unused foreign tax credit, excess charitable contribution, general business credit or any other Tax Item that could reduce a Tax.

 

Tax Authority” shall mean, with respect to any Tax, the Governmental Authority or political subdivision thereof that imposes such Tax, and the agency (if any) charged with the collection of such Tax for such entity or subdivision.

 

Tax Benefit” shall mean any reduction in liability for Tax as a result of any loss, deduction, refund, credit, or other item reducing Taxes otherwise payable.

 

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Tax Contest” shall mean an audit, review, examination, assessment or any other administrative or judicial proceeding with the purpose or effect of redetermining Taxes (including any administrative or judicial review of any claim for refund).

 

Tax-Free Status” shall mean, with respect to the Distribution (taken together with the Contribution), the qualification thereof (a) as a transaction described in Section 368(a)(1)(D) and Section 355(a) of the Code, (b) as a transaction in which the stock distributed thereby is “qualified property” for purposes of Sections 355(c)(2) and 361(c)(2) of the Code and (c) as a transaction in which IAC, New IAC, and the members of their respective Groups (as relevant) recognize no income or gain for Federal Income Tax purposes pursuant to Sections 355, 361 and 1032 of the Code, other than intercompany items or excess loss accounts taken into account pursuant to the Treasury Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 1502 of the Code.

 

Tax Item” shall mean, with respect to any Income Tax, any item of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit.

 

Tax Law” shall mean the law of any Governmental Authority or political subdivision thereof relating to any Tax.

 

Tax Opinion” shall mean each opinion of a Tax Advisor delivered to IAC or New IAC in connection with, and regarding the Federal Income Tax treatment of, the Distribution (taken together with the Contribution).

 

Tax Period” shall mean, with respect to any Tax, the period for which the Tax is reported as provided under the Code or other applicable Tax Law.

 

Tax Records” shall mean any Tax Returns, Tax Return workpapers, documentation relating to any Tax Contests, and any other books of account or records (whether or not in written, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms and whether or not stored on electronic or any other medium) required to be maintained under the Code or other applicable Tax Laws or under any record retention agreement with any Tax Authority.

 

Tax-Related Losses” shall mean (a) all federal, state, local and foreign Taxes imposed pursuant to any settlement, Final Determination, judgment or otherwise; (b) all accounting, legal and other professional fees, and court costs incurred in connection with such Taxes; and (c) all costs, expenses and damages associated with stockholder litigation or controversies and any amount paid by IAC (or any IAC Affiliate) or New IAC (or any New IAC Affiliate) in respect of the liability of shareholders, whether paid to shareholders or to the IRS or any other Governmental Authority, in each case, resulting from the failure of the Distribution (taken together with the Contribution) to have Tax-Free Status.

 

Tax Return” or “Return” shall mean any report of Taxes due, any claim for refund of Taxes paid, any information return with respect to Taxes, or any other similar report, statement, declaration, or document filed or required to be filed under the Code or other Tax Law, including any attachments, exhibits, or other materials submitted with any of the foregoing, and including any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing.

 

Transaction Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

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Transaction-Related Tax Contest” shall mean any Tax Contest in which the IRS, another Tax Authority or any other Person asserts a position that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect (a) the Tax-Free Status of the Distribution (taken together with the Contribution) or (b) the qualification of the Match Merger as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

  

Transactions” shall mean the Contribution, the Distribution and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement (including the transactions contemplated by Exhibit 1.01 to the Transaction Agreement, but excluding the Match Merger).

 

Treasury Regulations” shall mean the regulations promulgated from time to time under the Code as in effect for the relevant Tax Period.

 

Unqualified Tax Opinion” shall mean an unqualified opinion of a Tax Advisor on which IAC and New IAC may rely to the effect that a transaction will not (a) affect the Tax-Free Status of the Distribution (taken together with the Contribution) or (b) adversely affect any of the conclusions set forth in any Tax Opinion regarding the Tax-Free Status of the Distribution (taken together with the Contribution); provided, that any Tax opinion obtained in connection with a Proposed Acquisition Transaction with respect to New IAC or IAC entered into during the Restriction Period shall not qualify as an Unqualified Tax Opinion unless such Tax opinion concludes that such proposed acquisition will not be treated as “part of a plan (or series of related transactions),” within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, that includes the Distribution. Any such opinion must assume that the Distribution (taken together with the Contribution) would have qualified for Tax-Free Status if the transaction in question did not occur.

 

Section 2.          Allocation of Tax Liabilities.

 

Section 2.01     General Rule.

 

(a) New IAC Liability. New IAC shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the New Match Group from and against any liability for, Taxes that are allocated to New IAC under this Section 2.

 

(b) IAC Liability. IAC shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the New IAC Group from and against any liability for, Taxes that are allocated to IAC under this Section 2.

 

(c) Coordination with Transaction Agreement. The Parties shall make appropriate adjustments to the amounts otherwise allocated to New IAC or IAC pursuant to this Section 2 to account for any cash treated as a New Match Asset (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) pursuant to clause (ii)(E)(x) of the definition of such term.

 

Section 2.02     Allocation of United States Federal Income Tax and Federal Other Tax. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.05, Federal Income Tax and Federal Other Tax shall be allocated as follows:

 

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(a) Allocation of Tax Relating to New Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Returns. With respect to any New Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return (i) for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period, (A) New IAC shall be responsible for any and all Federal Income Taxes due or required to be reported on any such Tax Return (including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination) reduced by any amounts in respect of such Federal Income Taxes for which Match is or would be responsible with respect to such period pursuant to the Existing Tax Sharing Agreement (without giving effect to the termination thereof pursuant to Section 11 hereof) (“Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Sharing Payments”), and (B) IAC shall be responsible for any and all Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Sharing Payments (including any increase thereof as a result of a Final Determination); and (ii) for any Post-Deconsolidation Period, IAC shall be responsible for any and all Federal Income Taxes due or required to be reported on any such Tax Return (including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination). For purposes of calculating Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Sharing Payments, (x) Section 2(c)(iv) of the Existing Tax Sharing Agreement shall not apply and (y) with respect to any increase or decrease in the Tax liability reflected on any New Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period (or portion thereof) that ends prior to the date of the IPO (as defined in the Existing Tax Sharing Agreement) as a result of a Final Determination with respect to such New Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return for such Tax Period, the portion of such increase or decrease that is allocable to IAC hereunder shall be the amount of such increase or decrease for which the members of the Match Group would have been liable on a hypothetical stand-alone basis.

 

(b)  Allocation of Tax Relating to Federal Separate Income Tax Returns. (i) New IAC shall be responsible for any and all Federal Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any (A) New IAC Separate Return or (B) IAC Separate Return for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period; and (ii) IAC shall be responsible for any and all Federal Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any (A) New Match Separate Return or (B) IAC Separate Return for any Post-Deconsolidation Period; in each case, including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination.

 

(c)  Allocation of Federal Other Tax. (i) New IAC shall be responsible for any and all Federal Other Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any (A) Joint Return for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period, other than any such Federal Other Taxes for which any member of the Match Group would have been liable on a hypothetical stand-alone basis (“Match Stand-Alone Federal Other Taxes”), (B) New IAC Separate Return or (C) IAC Separate Return for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period; and (ii) IAC shall be responsible for any and all (A) Match Stand-Alone Federal Other Taxes and (B) Federal Other Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any (1) Joint Return for any Post-Deconsolidation Period, (2) New Match Separate Return or (3) IAC Separate Return for any Post-Deconsolidation Period; in each case, including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination.

 

Section 2.03     Allocation of State Income and State Other Taxes. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.05, State Income Tax and State Other Tax shall be allocated as follows:

 

(a)  Allocation of Tax Relating to New Match State Combined Income Tax Returns. With respect to any New Match State Combined Income Tax Return (i) for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period, (A) New IAC shall be responsible for any and all State Income Taxes due or required to be reported on any such Tax Return (including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination) reduced by any amounts in respect of such State Income Taxes for which Match is or would be responsible with respect to such period pursuant to the Existing Tax Sharing Agreement (without giving effect to the termination thereof pursuant to Section 11 hereof) (“Match State Combined Income Tax Sharing Payments”), and (B) IAC shall be responsible for any and all Match State Combined Income Tax Sharing Payments (including any increase thereof as a result of a Final Determination); and (ii) for any Post-Deconsolidation Period, IAC shall be responsible for any and all State Income Taxes due or required to be reported on any such Tax Return (including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination). For purposes of calculating Match State Combined Income Tax Sharing Payments, (x) Section 2(c)(iv) of the Existing Tax Sharing Agreement shall not apply and (y) with respect to any increase or decrease in the Tax liability reflected on any New Match State Combined Income Tax Return for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period (or portion thereof) that ends prior to the date of the IPO (as defined in the Existing Tax Sharing Agreement) as a result of a Final Determination with respect to such New Match State Combined Income Tax Return for such Tax Period, the portion of such increase or decrease that is allocable to IAC hereunder shall be the amount of such increase or decrease for which the members of the Match Group would have been liable on a hypothetical stand-alone basis.

 

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(b)  Allocation of Tax Relating to State Separate Income Tax Returns. (i) New IAC shall be responsible for any and all State Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any (A) New IAC Separate Return or (B) IAC Separate Return for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period; and (ii) IAC shall be responsible for any and all State Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any (A) New Match Separate Return or (B) IAC Separate Return for any Post-Deconsolidation Period; in each case, including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination.

 

(c) Allocation of State Other Tax. (i) New IAC shall be responsible for any and all State Other Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any (A) Joint Return for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period, other than any such State Other Taxes for which any member of the Match Group would have been liable on a hypothetical stand-alone basis (“Match Stand-Alone State Other Taxes”), (B) New IAC Separate Return or (C) IAC Separate Return for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period; and (ii) IAC shall be responsible for any and all (A) Match Stand-Alone State Other Taxes and (B) State Other Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any (1) Joint Return for any Post-Deconsolidation Period, (2) New Match Separate Return or (3) IAC Separate Return for any Post-Deconsolidation Period; in each case, including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination.

 

Section 2.04     Allocation of Foreign Taxes. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.05, Foreign Income Tax and Foreign Other Tax shall be allocated as follows:

 

(a)  Allocation of Tax Relating to New Match Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns. With respect to any New Match Foreign Combined Income Tax Return (i) for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period, (A) New IAC shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Income Taxes due or required to be reported on any such Tax Return (including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination) reduced by any amounts in respect of such Foreign Income Taxes for which Match is or would be responsible with respect to such period pursuant to the Existing Tax Sharing Agreement (without giving effect to the termination thereof pursuant to Section 11 hereof) (“Match Foreign Combined Income Tax Sharing Payments”), and (B) IAC shall be responsible for any and all Match Foreign Combined Income Tax Sharing Payments (including any increase thereof as a result of a Final Determination); and (ii) for any Post-Deconsolidation Period, IAC shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Income Taxes due or required to be reported on any such Tax Return (including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination). For purposes of calculating Match Foreign Combined Income Tax Sharing Payments, (x) Section 2(c)(iv) of the Existing Tax Sharing Agreement shall not apply and (y) with respect to any increase or decrease in the Tax liability reflected on any New Match Foreign Combined Income Tax Return for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period (or portion thereof) that ends prior to the date of the IPO (as defined in the Existing Tax Sharing Agreement) as a result of a Final Determination with respect to such New Match Foreign Combined Income Tax Return for such Tax Period, the portion of such increase or decrease that is allocable to IAC hereunder shall be the amount of such increase or decrease for which the members of the Match Group would have been liable on a hypothetical stand-alone basis.

 

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(b) Allocation of Tax Relating to Foreign Separate Income Tax Returns. (i) New IAC shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any (A) New IAC Separate Return or (B) IAC Separate Return for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period; and (ii) IAC shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Income Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any (A) New Match Separate Return or (B) IAC Separate Return for any Post-Deconsolidation Period; in each case, including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination.

 

(c) Allocation of Foreign Other Tax. (i) New IAC shall be responsible for any and all Foreign Other Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any (A) Joint Return for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period, other than any such Foreign Other Taxes for which any member of the Match Group would have been liable on a hypothetical stand-alone basis (“Match Stand-Alone Foreign Other Taxes”), (B) New IAC Separate Return or (C) IAC Separate Return for any Pre-Deconsolidation Period; and (ii) IAC shall be responsible for any and all (A) Match Stand-Alone Foreign Other Taxes and (B) Foreign Other Taxes due with respect to or required to be reported on any (1) Joint Return for any Post-Deconsolidation Period, (2) New Match Separate Return or (3) IAC Separate Return for any Post-Deconsolidation Period; in each case, including any increase in such Tax as a result of a Final Determination.

 

Section 2.05     Certain Transaction and Other Taxes

 

(a) New IAC Liability. New IAC shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the New Match Group from and against any liability for:

 

(i)   any stamp, sales and use, gross receipts, value-added, goods and services or other similar transfer Taxes (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Income Taxes) imposed by any Tax Authority on any member of the New IAC Group or the New Match Group on the transfers occurring pursuant to any transactions contemplated by Article I or II of the Transaction Agreement;

 

(ii)  any Tax (other than Tax-Related Losses or Match Merger-Related Losses) resulting from a breach by IAC (prior to the Match Merger Effective Time) or New IAC of any covenant made by such Party in this Agreement, the Transaction Agreement, or any Ancillary Agreement; and

 

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(iii) any Tax-Related Losses or Match Merger-Related Losses, in each case, for which New IAC is responsible pursuant to Section 7.03.

 

The amounts for which New IAC is liable pursuant to Section 2.05(a)(i) and (ii) shall include all accounting, legal, and other professional fees and court costs incurred in connection with the relevant Taxes.

 

(b)  IAC Liability. IAC shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the New IAC Group from and against any liability for:

 

(i)  any Tax (other than Tax-Related Losses or Match Merger-Related Losses) resulting from a breach by New Match of any covenant made by IAC or Match in this Agreement, the Transaction Agreement, or any Ancillary Agreement; and

 

(ii)  any Tax-Related Losses or Match Merger-Related Losses, in each case, for which New Match is responsible pursuant to Section 7.03.

 

The amounts for which IAC is liable pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i) shall include all accounting, legal, and other professional fees and court costs incurred in connection with the relevant Taxes.

 

Section 3.          Proration of Taxes for Straddle Periods.

 

(a)  General Method of Proration. In the case of any Straddle Period, Tax Items shall be apportioned between Pre-Deconsolidation Periods and Post-Deconsolidation Periods in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b). With respect to the New Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return for the taxable year that includes the Distribution, New IAC may direct IAC to make a ratable allocation election under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(2)(ii) with respect to New IAC, provided, that such election (i) would not reduce the New Match Tax Attributes to amounts less than the amounts set forth on Schedule 2 hereto and (ii) would not reasonably be expected to result in an adverse Tax consequence that is material to any member of the New Match Group, which adverse Tax consequence would not have been reasonably expected to occur in the absence of such ratable allocation election. Subject to the foregoing proviso clause, if so directed, IAC shall, and shall cause each member of the New Match Affiliated Group to, take all actions necessary to give effect to such election.

 

(b)  Extraordinary Item. In determining the apportionment of Tax Items between Pre-Deconsolidation Periods and Post-Deconsolidation Periods, any Tax Items relating to the Transactions or the Match Merger shall be treated as extraordinary items described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(2)(ii)(C) and shall (to the extent arising on or prior to the Deconsolidation Date) be allocated to the Pre-Deconsolidation Period, and any Taxes related to such items shall be treated under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-76(b)(2)(iv) as relating to such extraordinary item and shall (to the extent arising on or prior to the Deconsolidation Date) be allocated to the Pre-Deconsolidation Period.

 

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Section 4.          Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns.

 

Section 4.01     General. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4, Tax Returns shall be prepared and filed when due (taking into account extensions) by the Person obligated to file such Tax Returns under the Code or applicable Tax Law. The Companies shall, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, provide assistance and cooperation to one another in accordance with Section 8 with respect to the preparation and filing of Tax Returns (including by providing information required to be provided pursuant to Section 8).

 

Section 4.02     IAC’s Responsibility. Subject to Section 4.06, IAC has the exclusive obligation and right to prepare and file, or to cause to be prepared and filed:

 

(a)  New Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Returns for any Tax Periods ending before, on or after the Deconsolidation Date;

 

(b)  New Match State Combined Income Tax Returns, New Match Foreign Combined Income Tax Returns and any other Joint Returns required to be filed by IAC or any member of the New Match Group (determined in accordance with Section 4.05), in each case, for any Tax Periods ending before, on or after the Deconsolidation Date; and

 

(c)  New Match Separate Returns and IAC Separate Returns, in each case, for any Tax Periods ending before, on or after the Deconsolidation Date.

 

Section 4.03     New IAC’s Responsibility. New IAC shall prepare and file, or shall cause to be prepared and filed, all Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect to members of the New IAC Group other than those Tax Returns that IAC is required or entitled to prepare and file under Section 4.02. The Tax Returns required to be prepared and filed by New IAC under this Section 4.03 shall include any (a) New IAC Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return and (b) New IAC Separate Return.

 

Section 4.04     Tax Accounting Practices.

 

(a)  General Rule. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.04(b), with respect to any Tax Return for any Tax Period that includes a Pre-Deconsolidation Period, such Tax Return shall be prepared in accordance with past practices, accounting methods, elections or conventions (“Past Practices”) used with respect to the Tax Returns in question (including, with respect to the decision whether any Affiliate shall join in the filing of any Joint Return), except to the extent not permitted by applicable Tax Laws.

 

(b)  Reporting of Transactions. Except to the extent otherwise required (x) by a change in applicable law or (y) as a result of a Final Determination, neither New IAC nor IAC shall (and neither shall permit or cause any member of its respective Group (including, with respect to IAC, any member of the New Match Group) to) take any position that is inconsistent with the treatment of the Distribution (together with the Contribution) as having Tax-Free Status (or analogous status under state or local law) or the Match Merger qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code (or analogous status under state or local law).

 

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Section 4.05     Consolidated or Combined Tax Returns. IAC and New IAC will elect and join, and will cause their respective Affiliates to elect and join, in filing any New Match State Combined Income Tax Returns and any Joint Returns, in each case, (x) required to be filed in accordance with Section 4.04(a) or by applicable Law or (y) that IAC and New IAC otherwise agree to file.

 

Section 4.06     Right to Review Tax Returns.

 

(a)  General. The Company that has responsibility for preparing and filing any material Tax Return under this Agreement shall make such Tax Return (or the relevant portions thereof) and related workpapers available for review by the other Company to the extent the other Company (i) is or would reasonably be expected to be liable for Taxes reflected on such Tax Return, (ii) is or would reasonably be expected to be liable for any additional Taxes owing as a result of adjustments to the amount of such Taxes reported on such Tax Return, (iii) has or would reasonably be expected to have a claim for Tax Benefits under this Agreement in respect of items reflected on such Tax Return, or (iv) reasonably requires such documents to confirm compliance with the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that, except for portions of such Tax Returns reflecting the items or otherwise containing the information described in the preceding clauses (iii) or (iv), (x) IAC shall not be required to make available any New Match Separate Tax Return for any Tax Period that begins after the Deconsolidation Date for review by New IAC and (y) New IAC shall not be required to make available any New IAC Separate Tax Return for any Tax Period that begins after the Deconsolidation Date for review by IAC. The Company that has responsibility for preparing and filing such Tax Return under this Agreement shall use reasonable efforts to make such Tax Return (or the relevant portions thereof) and related workpapers available for review as required under this paragraph sufficiently in advance of (but in any event at least thirty (30) days (or, in the case of Tax Returns that are not Income Tax Returns, such shorter period as is reasonable taking into account the Tax Period and the nature of the relevant Tax Return or other relevant circumstances) prior to) the due date for filing of such Tax Return to provide the requesting Party with a meaningful opportunity to review and comment on such Tax Return and shall consider such comments in good faith. The Parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve any material disagreement arising out of the review of such Tax Return and, failing such resolution, any material disagreement shall be resolved in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 as promptly as practicable.

 

(b)  Pre-Deconsolidation Tax Returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein:

 

(i)    With respect to any (x) Tax Return required to be prepared by IAC pursuant to Section 4.02(a) or (b) or (y) IAC Separate Return required to be prepared by IAC pursuant to Section 4.02(c), in each case, with respect to any Tax Period that includes a Pre-Deconsolidation Period (each, a “Pre-Deconsolidation Tax Return”), IAC shall deliver to New IAC for its review, comment, and approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed) a copy of such Pre-Deconsolidation Tax Return at least thirty (30) days (or, in the case of Tax Returns that are not Income Tax Returns, such shorter period as is reasonable taking into account the Tax Period and the nature of the relevant Tax Return or other relevant circumstances) prior to the due date thereof (taking into account any extensions). IAC shall revise such Pre-Deconsolidation Tax Return to reflect any comments received from New IAC not later than fifteen (15) days (or, in the case of Tax Returns that are not Income Tax Returns, such shorter period as is reasonable taking into account the Tax Period and the nature of the relevant Tax Return or other relevant circumstances) before the due date thereof (taking into account any extensions) to the extent (i) such comments (A) relate to New IAC, any other member of the New IAC Group or any member of the IAC Group, or (B) otherwise affect Taxes for which New IAC is responsible under Section 2, (ii) there is at least a “more likely than not” basis for such positions and (iii) such comments would not reasonably be expected to result in an adverse Tax consequence that is material to any member of the New Match Group. In the event of any disagreement with respect to any such Pre-Deconsolidation Tax Return, IAC and New IAC shall cooperate in good faith to resolve such disagreement and, if IAC and New IAC are unable to reach resolution, they shall promptly cause a jointly retained nationally recognized independent accounting firm selected jointly by IAC and New IAC (the “Independent Accounting Firm”) to resolve such disagreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement within a reasonable time, taking into account the deadline for filing such Pre-Deconsolidation Tax Return. IAC shall revise such Pre-Deconsolidation Tax Return to reflect any agreement reached between IAC and New IAC and, if applicable, any such resolution of the Independent Accounting Firm, and shall deliver a revised Pre-Deconsolidation Tax Return to New IAC at least five (5) days before the due date therefor (taking into account extensions) (or such shorter period as is reasonable taking into account the Tax Period and the nature of the relevant Pre-Deconsolidation Tax Return). Any determination of the Independent Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 4.06(b)(i) shall be binding upon the Parties without further adjustment. The costs, fees, and expenses of the Independent Accounting Firm shall be borne equally by IAC and New IAC.

 

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(ii)  Except to the extent otherwise required pursuant to a Final Determination, neither IAC nor New IAC shall (nor shall either permit any of its Affiliates to) amend or revoke any Tax Return for any Tax Period that includes any Pre-Deconsolidation Period (or any notification or election relating thereto) without the prior written consent of the other Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed). At New IAC’s request and at New IAC’s cost and expense, unless the filing of such amended Tax Return would reduce any New Match Tax Attribute or would reasonably be expected to result in an adverse Tax consequence that is material to any member of the New Match Group, IAC shall file, or cause to be filed, amended Pre-Deconsolidation Tax Returns (which Tax Returns shall be prepared in a manner consistent with Section 4.06(b)(i)).

 

(c)  Execution of Returns Prepared by Other Party. In the case of any Tax Return that is required to be prepared by one Company under this Agreement and that is required by law to be signed by another Company (or by its authorized representative), the Company that is legally required to sign such Tax Return shall not be required to sign such Tax Return under this Agreement unless there is at least a “more likely than not” basis (or comparable standard under state, local or foreign law) for the Tax treatment of each material item reported on the Tax Return.

 

Section 4.07     New IAC Carrybacks and Claims for Refund. New IAC shall cause the members of the New IAC Group to carry forward, where permitted by applicable Law, any item of loss, deduction or credit which arises in any Tax Period ending after the Deconsolidation Date. If such item is not permitted by applicable Law to be carried forward into any Tax Period beginning after the Deconsolidation Date, at New IAC’s cost and expense, an Adjustment Request with respect to a Joint Return shall be filed to claim in any Tax Period that ends on or before or includes the Deconsolidation Date with respect to any Joint Return any New IAC Carryback arising in a Post-Deconsolidation Period, and such Adjustment Request shall be prepared and filed by the Responsible Company with respect to the Tax Return to be adjusted, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.

  

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Section 4.08     Apportionment of Earnings and Profits and Tax Attributes.

 

(a) If the IAC Affiliated Group has a Tax Attribute, the portion, if any, of such Tax Attribute apportioned to New IAC or any member of the New IAC Group and treated as a carryover to the first Post-Deconsolidation Period of New IAC (or such member) shall be determined by New IAC in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.1502-21, 1.1502-21T, 1.1502-22, 1.1502-79 and, if applicable, 1.1502-79A; provided that New IAC shall not make any election with respect to the apportionment of Tax Attributes that would reduce the New Match Tax Attributes to amounts less than the amounts set forth on Schedule 2 hereto.

 

(b) New IAC shall be entitled to determine the portion, if any, of any Tax Attribute, other than those described in Section 4.08(a), with respect to any consolidated, combined or unitary State or Foreign Income Tax, in each case, arising in respect of a Joint Return which shall be apportioned to New IAC or any member of the New IAC Group, in accordance with applicable law.

 

(c) New IAC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to determine or cause its designee to determine the portion, if any, of any Tax Attribute that (absent a Final Determination to the contrary) shall be apportioned to New IAC or any member of the New IAC Group in accordance with this Section 4.08 and applicable law and the amount of Tax basis and earnings and profits (including, for the avoidance of doubt, PTEP) to be apportioned to New IAC or any member of the New IAC Group in accordance with this Section 4.08 and applicable law, and shall provide written notice of the calculation thereof to IAC for its review and comment as soon as reasonably practicable after New IAC or its designee prepares such calculation. In the event of any disagreement regarding the accuracy or compliance with applicable law of any such calculation, IAC and New IAC shall cooperate in good faith to resolve such disagreement and, if IAC and New IAC are unable to reach resolution, they shall promptly cause the Independent Accounting Firm to resolve such disagreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement within a reasonable time. New IAC shall revise such written notice to reflect any agreement reached between IAC and New IAC and, if applicable, any such resolution of the Independent Accounting Firm, and shall deliver a revised written notice to New IAC at least five (5) days before the due date (taking into account extensions) for the applicable Tax Return. Any determination of the Independent Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 4.08(c) shall be binding upon the Parties without further adjustment. The costs, fees, and expenses of the Independent Accounting Firm shall be borne equally by IAC and New IAC.

 

(d) Any written notice delivered by New IAC pursuant to Section 4.08(c) shall be binding on IAC and each member of the New Match Group and on New IAC and each member of the New IAC Group. Except to the extent otherwise required by a change in applicable law or pursuant to a Final Determination, neither IAC nor New IAC shall take any position (whether on a Tax Return or otherwise) that is inconsistent with the information contained in any such written notice.

 

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Section 5.          Tax Payments.

 

Section 5.01     Payment of Taxes with Respect to Tax Returns. Subject to Section 5.02, (a) the Responsible Company with respect to any Tax Return shall pay any Tax required to be paid to the applicable Tax Authority on or before the relevant Payment Date, and (b) in the case of any adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination with respect to any Tax Return, the Responsible Company shall pay to the applicable Tax Authority when due any additional Tax due with respect to such Tax Return required to be paid as a result of such adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination.

 

Section 5.02     Indemnification Payments.

 

(a)  If any Company (the “Payor”) is required pursuant to Section 5.01 (or otherwise under applicable Tax Law) to pay to a Tax Authority a Tax for which another Company (the “Required Party”) is liable, in whole or in part, under this Agreement, the Required Party shall reimburse the Payor within 15 days of delivery by the Payor to the Required Party of an invoice for the amount due from the Required Party, accompanied by evidence of payment and a statement detailing the Taxes paid and describing in reasonable detail the particulars relating thereto. If the amount to be paid by the Required Party pursuant to this Section 5.02 is in excess of $5 million, then the Required Party shall pay the Payor no later than the later of (i) seven Business Days after delivery by the Payor to the Required Party of an invoice for the amount due, accompanied by a statement detailing the Taxes required to be paid and describing in reasonable detail the particulars relating thereto and (ii) three Business Days prior to the due date for the payment of such Tax.

 

(b)  All indemnification payments under this Agreement shall be made by IAC directly to New IAC and by New IAC directly to IAC; provided, however, that if the Companies mutually agree with respect to any such indemnification payment, (i) any member of the New Match Group may make such indemnification payment to any member of the New IAC Group and (ii) any member of the New IAC Group may make such indemnification payment to any member of the New Match Group.

 

Section 6.          Tax Benefits.

 

Section 6.01     Tax Benefits.

 

(a)  Except as set forth below, (i) New IAC shall be entitled to any refund (and any interest thereon received from the applicable Tax Authority) of Income Taxes and Other Taxes for which New IAC is liable hereunder, (ii) IAC shall be entitled to any refund (and any interest thereon received from the applicable Tax Authority) of Income Taxes and Other Taxes for which IAC is liable hereunder, and (iii) a Company receiving a refund to which another Company is entitled hereunder in whole or in part shall pay over such refund (or portion thereof), net of cost (including Taxes) resulting therefrom, to such other Company within 30 days after such refund is received; it being understood that, with respect to any refund (or any interest thereon received from the applicable Tax Authority) of Taxes for which both Companies are liable under Section 7.03(c), each Company shall be entitled to the portion of such refund (or interest thereon) that reflects its proportionate liability for such Taxes.

 

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(b)  If (i) a member of the New Match Group actually realizes in cash any Tax Benefit as a result of an adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination or reporting required by clause (x) or clause (y) of Section 4.04(b), in each case, that increases Taxes for which a member of the New IAC Group is liable hereunder (or reduces any Tax Attribute of a member of the New IAC Group) and such Tax Benefit would not have arisen but for such adjustment or reporting (determined on a “with and without” basis), or (ii) a member of the New IAC Group actually realizes in cash any Tax Benefit as a result of an adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination or reporting required by clause (x) or clause (y) of Section 4.04(b), in each case, that increases Taxes for which a member of the New Match Group is liable hereunder (or reduces any Tax Attribute of a member of the New Match Group) and such Tax Benefit would not have arisen but for such adjustment or reporting (determined on a “with and without” basis), then, IAC or New IAC, as the case may be, shall make a payment to New IAC or IAC, as appropriate, within 30 days following such actual realization of the Tax Benefit, in an amount equal to such Tax Benefit actually realized in cash (including any Tax Benefit actually realized as a result of the payment); provided, however, that no Company (or any Affiliates of any Company) shall be obligated to make a payment otherwise required pursuant to this Section 6.01(b) to the extent making such payment would place such Company (or any of its Affiliates) in a less favorable net after-Tax position than such Company (or such Affiliate) would have been in if the relevant Tax Benefit had not been realized. If a Company or one of its Affiliates pays over any amount pursuant to the preceding sentence and such Tax Benefit is subsequently disallowed or adjusted, the Parties shall promptly make appropriate payments (including in respect of any interest paid or imposed by any Tax Authority) to reflect such disallowance or adjustment.

 

(c)  No later than 30 days after a Tax Benefit described in Section 6.01(b) is actually realized in cash by a member of the New IAC Group or a member of the New Match Group, New IAC (if a member of the New IAC Group actually realizes such Tax Benefit) or IAC (if a member of the New Match Group actually realizes such Tax Benefit) shall provide the other Company with a written calculation of the amount payable to such other Company by New IAC or IAC pursuant to this Section 6. In the event that New IAC or IAC disagrees with any such calculation described in this Section 6.01(c), New IAC or IAC shall so notify the other Company in writing within 30 days of receiving the written calculation set forth above in this Section 6.01(c). New IAC and IAC shall endeavor in good faith to resolve such disagreement, and, failing that, the amount payable under this Section 6 shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 as promptly as practicable.

 

(d)  New IAC shall be entitled to any refund that is attributable to, and would not have arisen but for, a New IAC Carryback pursuant to Section 4.07. Any such payment of such refund made by IAC to New IAC pursuant to this Section 6.01(d) shall be recalculated in light of any Final Determination (or any other facts that may arise or come to light after such payment is made, such as a carryback of a New Match Group Tax Attribute to a Tax Period in respect of which such refund is received) that would affect the amount to which New IAC is entitled, and an appropriate adjusting payment shall be made by New IAC to IAC such that the aggregate amount paid pursuant to this Section 6.01(d) equals such recalculated amount.

 

(e)  If (i) as a result of an adjustment pursuant to a Final Determination, any New Match Tax Attribute is utilized to reduce Taxes for a Pre-Deconsolidation Period for which a member of the New IAC Group would otherwise be liable hereunder, (ii) such reduction in Taxes would not have arisen but for such adjustment (determined on a “with and without” basis), and (iii) the amount of Taxes payable by any member of the New Match Group for a Post-Deconsolidation Period exceeds the amount of Taxes that otherwise would have been payable by such member of the New Match Group for such Post-Deconsolidation Period absent such utilization (determined on a “with and without” basis), then New IAC shall indemnify and hold the members of the New Match Group harmless from and against any such excess Tax liability, as, if, and when such Taxes are actually incurred.

 

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Section 6.02     New IAC and IAC Income Tax Deductions in Respect of Certain Equity Awards and Incentive Compensation.

 

(a) Allocation of Deductions.

 

(i) To the extent permitted by applicable law, Income Tax deductions arising by reason of exercises of options or vesting or settlement of restricted stock units, in each case, following the Distribution, with respect to New IAC stock or IAC stock (such options and restricted stock units, collectively, “Compensatory Equity Interests”) held by any Person shall be claimed (A) in the case of an IAC Employee or Former IAC Employee, solely by the New IAC Group, (B) in the case of a Match Employee or Former Match Employee, solely by the New Match Group, and (C) in the case of a non-employee director (solely with respect to Compensatory Equity Interests received in his or her capacity as a director), by the Company for which the director serves as a director following the Distribution (provided, that in the case of any director who serves on the board of directors of both New IAC and IAC, each Company shall be entitled only to the deductions arising in respect of such Compensatory Equity Interests denominated in its own stock).

 

(ii) To the extent that, notwithstanding the allocation set forth in Section 6.02(a)(i), (A) the New IAC Group is not entitled to claim any Income Tax deductions arising by reason of exercises of IAC Service Provider Options (“IAC Service Provider Option Deductions”), (B) IAC, or any member of the New Match Group, is entitled to claim such IAC Service Provider Option Deductions, and (C) IAC (or such member of the New Match Group) actually realizes in cash any Tax Benefit as a result of such IAC Service Provider Option Deduction (and such Tax Benefit would not have arisen but for such IAC Service Provider Option Deduction, determined on a “with and without” basis), then, IAC shall claim such Income Tax deduction and shall make a payment to New IAC within 30 days following the actual realization of such Tax Benefit, in an amount equal to the Tax Benefit actually realized in cash. If IAC pays over any amount pursuant to the preceding sentence and such Tax Benefit is subsequently disallowed or adjusted, the Parties shall promptly make appropriate payments (including in respect of any interest paid or imposed by any Tax Authority) to reflect such disallowance or adjustment.

 

(b) Withholding and Reporting. Each Company entitled to claim the Tax deductions described in Section 6.02(a)(i) with respect to Compensatory Equity Interests shall be responsible for all applicable Taxes (including, but not limited to, withholding and excise Taxes) and shall satisfy, or shall cause to be satisfied, all applicable Tax reporting obligations with respect to such Compensatory Equity Interests; provided, however, that the issuing corporation shall promptly remit to the applicable Company that is entitled to claim the relevant Tax deductions described in Section 6.02(a)(i) an amount of cash equal to any withholding or other Taxes for which the holder of the Compensatory Equity Interest is responsible under the terms of the relevant plan or grant (regardless of whether such amounts (x) are collected from the holder of the Compensatory Equity Interest by way of cash payment or “sell-to-cover” exercises or (y) reduce the number of shares to be issued as a result of “net settlement”).

 

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Section 7.     Tax-Free Status.

 

Section 7.01          Restrictions on New IAC and IAC.

 

(a)  Each of New IAC and IAC agrees that it will not take or fail to take, and will not cause or permit any of its respective Affiliates to take or fail to take, any action where such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with or cause to be untrue any covenant or representation of such Party in this Agreement, the Transaction Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements. Each of New IAC and IAC agrees that it will not take or fail to take, and will not cause or permit any of its respective Affiliates to take or fail to take, any action where such action or failure to act would, or could reasonably be expected to, prevent (i) Tax-Free Status or (ii) the qualification of the Match Merger as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a).

 

(b)  New IAC agrees that, from the date hereof until the first day after the Restriction Period, it will (and will cause its “separate affiliated group” (as defined in Section 355(b)(3)(B) of the Code) to) (i) maintain the active conduct (as defined in Section 355(b)(2) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) of a New IAC Active Trade or Business and (ii) not engage in any transaction that would result in it ceasing to be engaged in such New IAC Active Trade or Business for purposes of Section 355(b)(2) of the Code.

 

(c)  IAC agrees that, from the date hereof until the first day after the Restriction Period, it will (and will cause its “separate affiliated group” (as defined in Section 355(b)(3)(B) of the Code) to) (i) maintain the active conduct (as defined in Section 355(b)(2) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) of a New Match Active Trade or Business and (ii) not engage in any transaction that would result in it ceasing to be engaged in such New Match Active Trade or Business for purposes of Section 355(b)(2) of the Code.

 

(d)

 

(i)  New IAC agrees that, from the date hereof until the first day after the Restriction Period, it will not:

 

(A) enter into any New IAC Proposed Acquisition Transaction or, to the extent New IAC has the right to prohibit any New IAC Proposed Acquisition Transaction, permit any New IAC Proposed Acquisition Transaction to occur (whether by (1) redeeming rights under a shareholder rights plan, (2) finding a tender offer to be a “permitted offer” under any such plan or otherwise causing any such plan to be inapplicable or neutralized with respect to any New IAC Proposed Acquisition Transaction, or (3) approving any New IAC Proposed Acquisition Transaction, whether for purposes of Section 203 of the DGCL or any similar corporate statute, any “fair price” or other provision of New IAC’s charter or bylaws or otherwise),

 

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(B) merge or consolidate with any other Person or liquidate or partially liquidate,

 

(C) redeem or otherwise repurchase (directly or through a New IAC Affiliate) any New IAC Capital Stock, or rights to acquire New IAC Capital Stock, except to the extent such repurchases satisfy Section 4.05(1)(b) of Revenue Procedure 96-30 (as in effect prior to the amendment by Revenue Procedure 2003-48),

 

(D) amend its certificate of incorporation (or other organizational documents), or take any other action, whether through a stockholder vote or otherwise, affecting the voting rights of New IAC Capital Stock (including, without limitation, through the conversion of one class of New IAC Capital Stock into another class of New IAC Capital Stock), or

 

(E) take any other action or actions (including any action or transaction that would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with any Tax Opinion) that, in the aggregate (and taking into account any other transactions described in this subparagraph (d)(i)), would be reasonably likely to have the effect of causing or permitting one or more persons to acquire, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest in New IAC or otherwise jeopardize the Tax-Free Status of the Distribution,

 

unless, in each case, prior to taking any such action set forth in the foregoing clauses (A) through (E), (x) New IAC shall have requested that IAC obtain a private letter ruling (or, if applicable, a supplemental private letter ruling) from the IRS and/or any other applicable Tax Authority in accordance with Section 7.02(b) and (c) to the effect that such transaction will not affect the Tax-Free Status of the Distribution (taken together with the Contribution), and IAC shall have received such a private letter ruling in form and substance satisfactory to IAC in its reasonable discretion (and in determining whether a private letter ruling is satisfactory, IAC may consider, among other factors, the appropriateness of any underlying assumptions and management’s representations made in connection with such private letter ruling), (y) New IAC shall have provided IAC with an Unqualified Tax Opinion in form and substance satisfactory to IAC in its reasonable discretion (and in determining whether an opinion is satisfactory, IAC may consider, among other factors, the appropriateness of any underlying assumptions and management’s representations if used as a basis for the opinion) or (z) IAC shall have waived the requirement to obtain such private letter ruling or Unqualified Tax Opinion.

 

(ii) IAC agrees that except for any Committed Acquisitions, from the date hereof until the first day after the Restriction Period, it will not:

 

(A) enter into any New Match Proposed Acquisition Transaction or, to the extent IAC has the right to prohibit any New Match Proposed Acquisition Transaction, permit any New Match Proposed Acquisition Transaction to occur (whether by (1) redeeming rights under a shareholder rights plan, (2) finding a tender offer to be a “permitted offer” under any such plan or otherwise causing any such plan to be inapplicable or neutralized with respect to any New Match Proposed Acquisition Transaction, or (3) approving any New Match Proposed Acquisition Transaction, whether for purposes of Section 203 of the DGCL or any similar corporate statute, any “fair price” or other provision of IAC’s charter or bylaws or otherwise),

 

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(B) merge or consolidate with any other Person (other than the Match Merger) or liquidate or partially liquidate,

 

(C) redeem or otherwise repurchase (directly or through an IAC Affiliate) any IAC Capital Stock, or rights to acquire IAC Capital Stock, except to the extent such repurchases satisfy Section 4.05(1)(b) of Revenue Procedure 96-30 (as in effect prior to the amendment by Revenue Procedure 2003-48),

 

(D) amend its certificate of incorporation (or other organizational documents), or take any other action, whether through a stockholder vote or otherwise, affecting the voting rights of IAC Capital Stock (including, without limitation, through the conversion of one class of IAC Capital Stock into another class of IAC Capital Stock), or

 

(E) take any other action or actions (including any action or transaction that would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with any Tax Opinion) that, in the aggregate (and taking into account any other transactions described in this subparagraph (d)(ii)), would be reasonably likely to have the effect of causing or permitting one or more persons to acquire, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest in IAC or otherwise jeopardize the Tax-Free Status of the Distribution,

 

unless, in each case, prior to taking any such action set forth in the foregoing clauses (A) through (E), (x) IAC shall have obtained a private letter ruling (or, if applicable, a supplemental private letter ruling) from the IRS and/or any other applicable Tax Authority in accordance with Section 7.02(b) and (c) to the effect that such transaction will not affect the Tax-Free Status of the Distribution (taken together with the Contribution), and IAC, shall have received such a private letter ruling in form and substance satisfactory to New IAC in its reasonable discretion (and in determining whether a private letter ruling is satisfactory, New IAC may consider, among other factors, the appropriateness of any underlying assumptions and management’s representations made in connection with such private letter ruling), (y) IAC shall have provided New IAC with an Unqualified Tax Opinion in form and substance satisfactory to New IAC in its reasonable discretion (and in determining whether an opinion is satisfactory, New IAC may consider, among other factors, the appropriateness of any underlying assumptions (other than assumptions pursuant to Section 7.02(d)) and management’s representations if used as a basis for the opinion) or (z) New IAC shall have waived the requirement to obtain such private letter ruling or Unqualified Tax Opinion.

 

(iii)  Nothing in Section 7.01(a) shall prohibit IAC or any IAC Affiliate from undertaking a Committed Acquisition in accordance with its terms. The requirements in Section 7.01(d)(ii) shall not apply to a Committed Acquisition, but any Committed Acquisition shall be taken into account for purposes of determining compliance with Section 7.01(d)(ii) with respect to an acquisition that is not a Committed Acquisition.

 

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(e)  If there is a change in Law (including IRS published guidance on which taxpayers may rely) occurring after the date of the Transaction Agreement that adversely affects the tax treatment of a Specified Committed Acquisition for purposes of Section 355(e) of the Code, IAC agrees that (i) reasonably in advance of effecting, or causing any member of the New Match Group to effect, such Specified Committed Acquisition, IAC shall (A) provide New IAC written notice of such Specified Committed Acquisition and (B) consult with New IAC, including by providing any information that New IAC may reasonably request with respect to such Specified Committed Acquisition and the impact thereof on the Tax-Free Status of the Distribution at New IAC’s cost and expense and (ii) to the extent that (A) New IAC notifies in writing IAC of its determination, based on the information provided pursuant to clause (i) (and any other relevant information available at such time), that cash settlement of the relevant right or obligation under such Specified Committed Acquisition is reasonably required to avoid a Built-in Change Loss and (B) IAC or the applicable IAC Affiliate is permitted to do so under the terms of such right or obligation, IAC shall settle or extinguish (or cause to be settled or extinguished) such right or obligation by using cash (and not shares of IAC Capital Stock), unless New IAC otherwise consents in writing.

 

Section 7.02     Procedures Regarding Opinions and Rulings.

 

(a)  If New IAC or IAC (such Company, the “Requesting Company”) notifies IAC or New IAC, respectively (such company, the “Consenting Company”) that it desires to take one of the actions described in clauses (A) through (E) of Section 7.01(d)(i) or (ii), as applicable (a “Notified Action”), the Consenting Company and the Requesting Company shall reasonably cooperate to attempt to obtain the private letter ruling or Unqualified Tax Opinion referred to in Section 7.01(d)(i) or (ii), as applicable, unless the Consenting Company shall have waived the requirement to obtain such private letter ruling or Unqualified Tax Opinion.

 

(b)  Rulings or Unqualified Tax Opinions at the Requesting Company’s Request. At the reasonable request of the Requesting Company pursuant to Section 7.01(d)(i) or (ii), as applicable, the Consenting Company shall cooperate with the Requesting Company and the Companies shall use reasonable best efforts to seek to obtain, as expeditiously as possible, a private letter ruling from the IRS (or if applicable, a supplemental private letter ruling) or an Unqualified Tax Opinion for the purpose of permitting the Requesting Company to take the Notified Action. Further, in no event shall any request for a private letter ruling be filed under this Section 7.02(b) unless the Requesting Company represents that (i) it has reviewed the request for such private letter ruling, and (ii) all information and representations, if any, relating to any member of the relevant Company Group, contained in the related documents are (subject to any qualifications therein) true, correct and complete; provided, that the Consenting Company shall not be required to make (or cause any of its Affiliates to make) any representation or covenant that is inconsistent with historical facts or as to future matters or events over which it has no control). The Requesting Company shall be responsible for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Company (or the members of its Group) in obtaining a private letter ruling or Unqualified Tax Opinion requested by the Requesting Company and shall reimburse such other Company within 15 Business Days after receiving an invoice from such other Company therefor.

 

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(c)  Ruling Process Control. In connection with obtaining a private letter ruling pursuant to Section 7.02(b), the Requesting Company (i) shall have control over the process of obtaining such private letter ruling, (ii) shall keep the Consenting Company informed in a timely manner of all material actions taken or proposed to be taken by the Requesting Company in connection therewith; (iii) (A) reasonably in advance of the submission of any related private letter ruling documents provide the Consenting Company with a draft copy thereof, (B) reasonably consider the Consenting Company’s comments on such draft copy, and (C) provide the Consenting Company with a final copy; and (iv) shall provide the Consenting Company with notice reasonably in advance of, and the Consenting Company shall have the right to attend, any formally scheduled meetings with the IRS (subject to the approval of the IRS) that relate to such private letter ruling. The Consenting Company shall execute and deliver to the Requesting Company any power of attorney or other similar document reasonably requested by the Requesting Company in connection with the process of obtaining a private letter ruling. Subject to Section 7.02(b), neither IAC, New IAC nor any of their respective directly or indirectly controlled Affiliates shall seek any guidance from the IRS or any other Tax Authority (whether written, verbal or otherwise) at any time concerning any Transaction that is the subject of a Tax Opinion (including the impact of any transaction on any of the foregoing) without the other Company’s prior written consent.

 

(d)  New IAC hereby represents, and for purposes of this Agreement, IAC and its Subsidiaries may assume, that: (i) as of immediately after the consummation of the Match Merger and the IAC Class M Equity Offering, the aggregate percentage of IAC Capital Stock (not taking into account overlapping share ownership), by vote and value, that may not be accorded safe harbor treatment pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.355-7(d) does not exceed the percentage(s) set forth on Schedule 3 hereto (which shall be delivered by New IAC to IAC as promptly as reasonably practicable following the Match Merger Effective Time), and (ii) Compensatory Equity Interests denominated in IAC stock immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time were issued to persons in connection with the performance of services as an employee, director or independent contractor for IAC or its subsidiaries. In the event New IAC determines in good faith that any information described on Schedule 3 is inaccurate, it shall promptly provide IAC with a revised Schedule 3, together with supporting information in reasonable detail and, following IAC’s receipt of such revised Schedule 3, IAC and its Subsidiaries may no longer assume, on a prospective basis, that any information set forth on the earlier Schedule 3 remains accurate, but may assume that the information set forth on the revised Schedule 3 is accurate. New IAC covenants that, in connection with matters relevant to Section 355(e) of the Code, upon reasonable request by IAC, it will, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its employees and other relevant persons (“New IAC Persons”) to, promptly provide written information to IAC and its representatives regarding the existence (or absence) of any “agreement, understanding, arrangement or substantial negotiations” (as those terms are defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.355-7(h)) during the two-year period preceding the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time regarding any acquisition of IAC Capital Stock between such New IAC Persons, on the one hand, and any Person or Persons identified by IAC to New IAC, on the other hand; provided, that IAC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such information also from the Person or Persons so identified by IAC. For purposes of this Agreement, provided IAC complied with its obligation pursuant to this Section 7.02(d), IAC may rely on the accuracy of the information provided by New IAC pursuant to this Section 7.02(d) absent actual knowledge to the contrary.

 

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Section 7.03     Liability for Tax-Related Losses and Match Merger-Related Losses.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Transaction Agreement to the contrary, subject to Section 7.03(c), IAC shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless New IAC and its Affiliates and each of their officers, directors and employees from and against, 100% of any Tax-Related Losses that are attributable to or result from any one or more of the following: (i) the acquisition, after the Match Merger Effective Time, of all or a portion of IAC’s Capital Stock (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, shares of IAC Class M Common Stock issued pursuant to the Match Merger or pursuant to the IAC Class M Equity Offering) and/or its or its subsidiaries’ assets by any means whatsoever by any Person, (ii) any action or failure to act by IAC or any IAC Affiliate (including any member of the New Match Group) after the Match Merger Effective Time (including, without limitation, any amendment to IAC’s certificate of incorporation (or other organizational documents), whether through a stockholder vote or otherwise) affecting the voting rights of IAC Capital Stock (including, without limitation, through the conversion of one class of IAC Capital Stock into another class of IAC Capital Stock), and (iii) any act or failure to act or breach of any covenant by IAC or any IAC Affiliate (including any member of the New Match Group), in each case, after the Match Merger Effective Time and described in Section 7.01 (regardless whether such act or failure to act is covered by a private letter ruling, Unqualified Tax Opinion or waiver described in clause (x), (y) or (z) of Section 7.01(d)(ii)); provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, IAC shall not be responsible for, and shall bear no liability under this Agreement for (A) any Built-in Change Loss not attributable to a Mitigation Failure or (B) any Tax-Related Losses attributable to or resulting from any acquisition, after the Match Merger Effective Time, of IAC Capital Stock that would not have been incurred had the representation made, or any information provided by New IAC to IAC, in each case, pursuant to Section 7.02(d) and on which IAC was entitled to rely at the time of the relevant acquisition been accurate (together with any Built-in Change Loss not attributable to a Mitigation Failure, the “Information Liability”).

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Transaction Agreement to the contrary, subject to Section 7.03(c), New IAC shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless IAC and its Affiliates and each of their officers, directors and employees from and against, 100% of any Tax-Related Losses that are attributable to or result from any one or more of the following: (i) the acquisition, after the Distribution, of all or a portion of New IAC’s Capital Stock and/or its or its subsidiaries’ assets by any means whatsoever by any Person, (ii) any action or failure to act by New IAC or any New IAC Affiliate (including any member of the New IAC Group) after the Distribution (including, without limitation, any amendment to New IAC’s certificate of incorporation (or other organizational documents), whether through a stockholder vote or otherwise) affecting the voting rights of New IAC Capital Stock (including, without limitation, through the conversion of one class of New IAC Capital Stock into another class of New IAC Capital Stock), (iii) any act or failure to act or breach of any covenant by New IAC or any New IAC Affiliate (including any member of the New IAC Group), in each case, described in Section 7.01 (regardless whether such act or failure to act is covered by a private letter ruling, Unqualified Tax Opinion or waiver described in clause (x), (y) or (z) of Section 7.01(d)(i)), and (iv) the Information Liability.

 

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(c) To the extent that any Tax-Related Loss is subject to indemnity under both Sections 7.03(a) and (b), responsibility for such Tax-Related Loss shall be shared by IAC and New IAC, as applicable, according to relative fault.

 

(d) Non-Fault-Based Tax-Related Losses and Match Merger-Related Losses. New IAC shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the New Match Group from and against any liability for any (i) Tax-Related Losses, except to the extent such Tax-Related Loss is a Tax-Related Loss for which IAC is responsible pursuant to Section 7.03(a) or 7.03(c), and any (ii) Match Merger-Related Losses, except to the extent attributable to or resulting from (A) the inaccuracy of any representation (or breach of any covenant) made by Match in Part I of the Merger Tax Representation Letter delivered by Match pursuant to Section 7.13(c) of the Transaction Agreement (the “Match Merger Tax Representation Letter”) or (B) any act or failure to act by IAC or any IAC Affiliate (including any member of the New Match Group) after the Match Merger Effective Time described in Section 7.01 (it being understood that, in the case of any Match Merger-Related Losses described in Section 7.03(d)(ii)(A) or (B), IAC shall be liable for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the New IAC Group from and against, any liability for such Match Merger-Related Losses).

 

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Transaction Agreement to the contrary:

 

(i)  IAC shall pay New IAC the amount for which IAC has an indemnification obligation under this Section 7.03: (A) in the case of Tax-Related Losses described in clause (a) of the definition of Tax-Related Losses, no later than the later of (x) seven Business Days after delivery by New IAC to IAC of an invoice for the amount of such Tax-Related Losses or (y) three Business Days prior to the date New IAC files, or causes to be filed, the applicable Tax Return for the year of the relevant transaction, as applicable (the “New IAC Filing Date”) (provided, that if such Tax-Related Losses arise pursuant to a Final Determination described in clause (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of “Final Determination,” then IAC shall pay New IAC no later than the later of (x) seven Business Days after delivery by New IAC to IAC of an invoice for the amount of such Tax-Related Losses or (y) three Business Days prior to the date for making payment with respect to such Final Determination) and (B) in the case of Tax-Related Losses described in clause (b) or (c) of the definition of Tax-Related Losses, no later than the later of (x) seven Business Days after delivery by New IAC to IAC of an invoice for the amount of such Tax-Related Losses or (y) two Business Days after the date New IAC pays such Tax-Related Losses.

 

(ii) New IAC shall pay IAC the amount for which New IAC has an indemnification obligation under this Section 7.03: (A) in the case of Tax-Related Losses described in clause (a) of the definition of Tax-Related Losses, no later than the later of (x) seven Business Days after delivery by IAC to New IAC of an invoice for the amount of such Tax-Related Losses or (y) three Business Days prior to the date IAC files, or causes to be filed, the applicable Tax Return for the year of the relevant transaction, as applicable (the “IAC Filing Date”) (provided, that if such Tax-Related Losses arise pursuant to a Final Determination described in clause (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of “Final Determination,” then New IAC shall pay IAC no later the later of (x) seven Business Days after delivery by IAC to New IAC of an invoice for the amount of such Tax-Related Losses or (y) three Business Days prior to the date for making payment with respect to such Final Determination); and (B) in the case of Tax-Related Losses described in clause (b) or (c) of the definition of Tax-Related Losses, no later than the later of (x) seven Business Days after delivery by IAC to New IAC of an invoice for the amount of such Tax-Related Losses or (y) two Business Days after the date IAC pays such Tax-Related Losses.

 

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The principles of this Section 7.03(e) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to payments in respect of Match Merger-Related Losses.

 

Section 7.04     Section 336(e) Election. If IAC and New IAC determine that one or more protective elections under Section 336(e) of the Code (each, a “Section 336(e) Election”) shall be made with respect to the Distribution, IAC and New IAC shall join in the making of such election and shall take any action reasonably necessary to give effect to any such election (including making any other related election). If a Section 336(e) Election is made with respect to the Distribution, then this Agreement shall be amended in such a manner as is determined by IAC and New IAC in good faith to take into account such Section 336(e) Election(s), including by requiring that, in the event (i) the Contribution or the Distribution fails to have Tax-Free Status and (ii) a Company (or such Company’s Group) that does not have exclusive responsibility pursuant to this Agreement for Tax-Related Losses arising from such failure actually realizes in cash a Tax Benefit from the step-up in Tax basis resulting from the relevant Section 336(e) Election(s), such Company shall pay over to the Company that has exclusive responsibility pursuant to this Agreement for such Tax-Related Losses any such Tax Benefits realized (provided, that, if such Tax-Related Losses are Taxes for which more than one Company is liable under Section 7.03(c), the Company that actually realizes in cash the Tax Benefit resulting from the relevant Section 336(e) Election shall pay over to the other Company responsible for such Taxes the percentage of any such Tax Benefits realized that corresponds to such other Company’s percentage share of such Tax-Related Losses).

 

Section 8.          Assistance and Cooperation.

 

Section 8.01     Assistance and Cooperation.

 

(a) Each of the Companies shall provide (and shall cause its Affiliates to provide) the other Companies and their respective agents, including accounting firms and legal counsel, with such cooperation or information as they may reasonably request in connection with (i) preparing and filing Tax Returns, (ii) determining the liability for and amount of any Taxes due (including estimated Taxes) or the right to and amount of any refund of Taxes, (iii) examinations of Tax Returns, and (iv) any administrative or judicial proceeding in respect of Taxes assessed or proposed to be assessed. Such cooperation shall include making available, upon reasonable notice, all information and documents in their possession relating to the other Company and its Affiliates as provided in Section 9. Each of the Companies shall also make available to the other Company, as reasonably requested and available, personnel (including employees and agents of the Company or its Affiliates) responsible for preparing, maintaining, and interpreting information and documents relevant to Taxes.

 

(b) Any information or documents provided under this Section 8 or Section 9 shall be kept confidential by the Company receiving the information or documents, except as may otherwise be necessary in connection with the filing of Tax Returns or in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings relating to Taxes. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other agreement, in no event shall any of the Companies or any of their respective Affiliates be required to provide the other Companies or any of their respective Affiliates or any other Person access to or copies of any information if such action could reasonably be expected to result in the waiver of any Privilege. In addition, in the event that any of the Companies determine that the provision of any information to the other Companies or their respective Affiliates could be commercially detrimental, violate any law or agreement or waive any Privilege, the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to permit compliance with their obligations under this Section 8 or Section 9 in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence.

 

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Section 8.02     Income Tax Return Information. New IAC and IAC acknowledge that time is of the essence in relation to any request for information, assistance or cooperation made by IAC or New IAC pursuant to Section 8.01 or this Section 8.02. New IAC and IAC acknowledge that failure to comply with the deadlines set forth herein or reasonable deadlines otherwise set by IAC or New IAC could cause irreparable harm. Each Company shall provide to each of the other Company information and documents relating to its Group required by such other Company to prepare its Tax Returns. Any information or documents required by the Company that is responsible to prepare such Tax Returns under this Agreement shall be provided in such form as the preparing Company reasonably requests and in sufficient time for such Tax Returns to be filed on a timely basis; provided, that, this Section 8.02 shall not apply to information governed by Section 4.08.

 

Section 8.03      Reliance by New IAC. If any member of the New Match Group supplies information to a member of the New IAC Group in connection with a Tax liability and an officer of a member of the New IAC Group signs a statement or other document under penalties of perjury in reliance upon the accuracy of such information, then, upon the written request of New IAC identifying the information being so relied upon, the Chief Financial Officer of IAC (or any officer of IAC as designated by the Chief Financial Officer of IAC) shall certify in writing that to his or her knowledge (based upon consultation with appropriate employees) the information so supplied is accurate and complete. IAC agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each member of the New IAC Group and its directors, officers and employees from and against any fine, penalty, or other cost or expense of any kind attributable to a member of the New Match Group having supplied, pursuant to this Section 8, a member of the New IAC Group with inaccurate or incomplete information in connection with a Tax liability; provided, that, this Section 8.04 shall not apply to information governed by Section 4.08.

 

Section 8.04     Reliance by IAC. If any member of the New IAC Group supplies information to a member of the New Match Group in connection with a Tax liability and an officer of a member of the New Match Group signs a statement or other document under penalties of perjury in reliance upon the accuracy of such information, then upon the written request of IAC identifying the information being so relied upon, the Chief Financial Officer of New IAC (or any officer of New IAC as designated by the Chief Financial Officer of New IAC) shall certify in writing that to his or her knowledge (based upon consultation with appropriate employees) the information so supplied is accurate and complete. New IAC agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each member of the New Match Group and its directors, officers and employees from and against any fine, penalty, or other cost or expense of any kind attributable to a member of the New IAC Group having supplied, pursuant to this Section 8, a member of the New Match Group with inaccurate or incomplete information in connection with a Tax liability; provided, that, this Section 8.04 shall not apply to information governed by Section 4.08.

 

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Section 9.          Tax Records.

 

Section 9.01     Retention of Tax Records. IAC and New IAC, respectively, shall preserve and keep all Tax Records exclusively relating to the assets and activities of the New Match Group and the New IAC Group, respectively, for the Pre-Deconsolidation Period, and IAC shall preserve and keep all other Tax Records relating to Taxes of the Groups for the Pre-Deconsolidation Period, for so long as the contents thereof may become material in the administration of any matter under the Code or other applicable Tax Law, but in any event until the later of (a) the expiration of any applicable statutes of limitations, or (b) seven years after the Deconsolidation Date (such later date, the “Retention Date”). After the Retention Date, each Company may dispose of such Tax Records upon 90 days’ prior written notice to the other Company. If, prior to the Retention Date, a Company reasonably determines that any Tax Records that it would otherwise be required to preserve and keep under this Section 9 are no longer material in the administration of any matter under the Code or other applicable Tax Law and the other Company agrees, then such first Company may dispose of such Tax Records upon 90 days’ prior notice to the other Company. Any notice of an intent to dispose given pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall include a list of the Tax Records to be disposed of describing in reasonable detail the files, books, or other records being disposed. The notified Company shall have the opportunity, at its cost and expense, to copy or remove, within such 90-day period, all or any part of such Tax Records.

 

Section 9.02     Access to Tax Records. The Companies and their respective Affiliates shall make available to each other for inspection and copying during normal business hours upon reasonable notice all Tax Records for Pre-Deconsolidation Periods to the extent reasonably required by the other Company in connection with the preparation of financial accounting statements, audits, litigation, or the resolution of items under this Agreement.

 

Section 10.     Tax Contests.

 

Section 10.01     Notice. Each of the Companies shall provide prompt notice to the other of any written communication from a Tax Authority regarding any pending or threatened Tax audit, assessment or proceeding or other Tax Contest for which it may be entitled to indemnification by the other Company hereunder. Such notice shall include copies of the pertinent portion of any written communication from a Tax Authority and contain factual information (to the extent known) describing any asserted Tax liability in reasonable detail. The failure of one Company to notify the other of such communication in accordance with the immediately preceding sentences shall not relieve the other Company of any liability or obligation to pay such Tax or make indemnification payments under this Agreement, except to the extent that the failure timely to provide such notification actually prejudices the ability of such other Company to contest such Tax liability or increases the amount of such Tax liability.

 

Section 10.02     Control of Tax Contests.

 

(a) Separate Company Taxes and Joint Returns with Respect to Other Taxes. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any (i) Separate Return or (ii) Joint Return with respect to Other Taxes, the Company having liability for the Tax shall have exclusive control over the Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of such Tax liability, subject to Section 10.02(e).

 

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(b) New Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return and New Match State Combined Income Tax Return. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any New Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return or New Match State Combined Income Tax Return, IAC shall have exclusive control over the Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of such Tax liability, subject to Section 10.02(e).

 

(c) New Match Foreign Combined Income Tax Return. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any New Match Foreign Combined Income Tax Return, IAC shall have exclusive control over the Tax Contest, including exclusive authority with respect to any settlement of such Tax liability, subject to Section 10.02(e).

 

(d) Other Joint Returns. In the case of any Tax Contest with respect to any Joint Return (other than any New Match Federal Consolidated Income Tax Return, New Match State Combined Income Tax Return, New Match Foreign Combined Income Tax Return, or Joint Return with respect to Other Taxes), (i) IAC shall control the defense or prosecution of the portion of the Tax Contest, if any, directly and exclusively related to any New Match Adjustment, including settlement of any such New Match Adjustment, (ii) New IAC shall control the defense or prosecution of the portion of the Tax Contest, if any, directly and exclusively related to any New IAC Adjustment, including settlement of any such New IAC Adjustment, and (iii) the Companies shall jointly control the defense or prosecution of Joint Adjustments and any and all administrative matters not directly and exclusively related to any New Match Adjustment or New IAC Adjustment. In the event of any disagreement regarding any matter described in clause (iii), the provisions of Section 14 shall apply.

 

(e) Transaction-Related and Certain Other Tax Contests.

 

(i) In the event of any Transaction-Related Tax Contest or other Tax Contest as a result of which New IAC could reasonably be expected to become exclusively liable for any Tax or Tax-Related Losses (or as a result of which New IAC could reasonably be expected to become liable for a portion of any Tax or Tax-Related Losses and such portion of such Tax Contest is separable from the remaining portion of such Tax Contest) and which IAC has the right to administer and control pursuant to Section 10.02(a), (b) or (c), New IAC shall have the right to elect to assume control of such Tax Contest (or such separable portion of such Tax Contest), in which case the provisions of Section 10.02(e)(iv) shall apply.

 

(ii) In the event of any Transaction-Related Tax Contest or other Tax Contest as a result of which New IAC could reasonably be expected to become liable for a portion of any Tax or Tax-Related Losses (and such portion of such Tax Contest is not separable from the remaining portion of such Tax Contest), and which IAC has the right to administer and control pursuant to Section 10.02(a), (b) or (c), (A) if New IAC is reasonably expected to bear the greater Tax liability in connection with such Tax Contest, New IAC shall have the right to elect to assume control of such Tax Contest, in which case the provisions of Section 10.02(e)(iv) shall apply and (B) if IAC is reasonably expected to bear the greater Tax liability in connection with such Tax Contest (or if New IAC does not elect to assume control of a Tax Contest it is entitled to elect to control pursuant to clause (A) hereof), (1) IAC shall consult with New IAC reasonably in advance of taking any significant action in connection with such Tax Contest, (2) IAC shall consult with New IAC and offer New IAC a reasonable opportunity to comment before submitting any written materials prepared or furnished in connection with such Tax Contest, (3) IAC shall defend such Tax Contest diligently and in good faith, (4) New IAC shall be entitled to participate in such Tax Contest and receive copies of any written materials relating to such Tax Contest received from the relevant Tax Authority, and (5) IAC shall not settle, compromise or abandon any such Tax Contest without obtaining the prior written consent of New IAC, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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(iii) In the event of any Transaction-Related Tax Contest which IAC has the right to administer and control pursuant to Section 10.02(a), (b) or (c) and which is not described in Section 10.02(e)(i) or (ii), (A) IAC shall consult with New IAC reasonably in advance of taking any significant action in connection with such Tax Contest, (B) IAC shall consult with New IAC and offer New IAC a reasonable opportunity to comment before submitting any written materials prepared or furnished in connection with such Tax Contest, (C) IAC shall defend such Tax Contest diligently and in good faith, (D) New IAC shall be entitled to participate in such Tax Contest and receive copies of any written materials relating to such Tax Contest received from the relevant Tax Authority, and (E) IAC shall not settle, compromise or abandon any such Tax Contest without obtaining the prior written consent of New IAC, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(iv) In the event of any Transaction-Related Tax Contest or other Tax Contest (x) as a result of which IAC could reasonably be expected to become liable for any Tax or Tax-Related Losses and which New IAC has the right to administer and control pursuant to Section 10.02(a) or (y) with respect to which New IAC assumes control pursuant to Section 10.02(e)(i) or (e)(ii), (A) New IAC shall consult with IAC reasonably in advance of taking any significant action in connection with such Tax Contest, (B) New IAC shall consult with IAC and offer IAC a reasonable opportunity to comment before submitting any written materials prepared or furnished in connection with such Tax Contest, (C) New IAC shall defend such Tax Contest diligently and in good faith, (D) IAC shall be entitled to participate in such Tax Contest and receive copies of any written materials relating to such Tax Contest received from the relevant Tax Authority, and (E) New IAC shall not settle, compromise or abandon any such Tax Contest without obtaining the prior written consent of IAC, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(f) Power of Attorney. IAC shall (and shall cause each member of the New Match Group to) execute and deliver to New IAC (or such member of the New IAC Group as New IAC shall designate) any power of attorney or other similar document reasonably requested by New IAC (or such designee) in connection with any Tax Contest controlled by New IAC described in this Section 10. New IAC shall (and shall cause each member of the New IAC Group to) execute and deliver to IAC (or such member of the New Match Group as IAC shall designate) any power of attorney or other similar document reasonably requested by IAC (or such designee) in connection with any Tax Contest controlled by IAC described in this Section 10.

 

Section 11.     Effective Date; Termination of Prior Intercompany Tax Allocation Agreements. This Agreement shall be effective as of the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time. As of the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, (a) all prior intercompany Tax allocation agreements or arrangements solely between or among IAC and/or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and New IAC and/or members of the New IAC Group, on the other hand, including the Existing Tax Sharing Agreement shall be terminated, and (b) amounts due under such agreements or arrangements as of the date on which the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time occurs shall be settled. Subject to clause (b) of the preceding sentence, upon such termination and settlement, no further payments by or to IAC or such Subsidiaries or by or to New IAC or such members of the New IAC Group, with respect to such agreements or arrangements shall be made, and all other rights and obligations resulting from such agreements or arrangements shall cease at such time.

 

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Section 12.     Survival of Obligations. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement shall be unconditional and absolute and shall remain in effect without limitation as to time.

 

Section 13.     Treatment of Payments; Tax Gross Up.

 

Section 13.01     Treatment of Tax Indemnity and Tax Benefit Payments. In the absence of any change in Tax treatment under the Code or other applicable Tax Law, for all Income Tax purposes, the Companies agree to treat, and to cause their respective Affiliates to treat, (a) any indemnity payment required by this Agreement or by the Transaction Agreement to be made (i) by IAC to New IAC as a contribution by IAC to New IAC occurring immediately prior to the Distribution and (ii) by New IAC to IAC as reasonably determined by IAC and New IAC (including (A) as a payment in satisfaction by New IAC (or a member of the New IAC Group) of its own liability, (B) as an adjustment to the amount of cash transferred by IAC to New IAC pursuant to the Contribution, or (C) as a distribution by New IAC to IAC occurring immediately prior to the Distribution and transfer to creditors described in Section 361(b)(3)); and (b) any payment of interest or State Income Taxes by or to a Tax Authority, as taxable or deductible, as the case may be, to the Company entitled under this Agreement to retain such payment or required under this Agreement to make such payment. The Parties shall cooperate in good faith to minimize or eliminate, to the extent permissible under applicable law, any Tax that would otherwise be imposed with respect to any payment required by this Agreement or by the Transaction Agreement (or maximize the ability to obtain a credit for, or refund of, any such Tax).

 

Section 13.02     Tax Gross Up. If notwithstanding the manner in which payments described in Section 13.01(a) were reported, there is a Tax liability or an adjustment to a Tax liability of a Company as a result of its receipt of a payment pursuant to this Agreement or Article X of the Transaction Agreement, such payment shall be appropriately adjusted so that the amount of such payment, reduced by the amount of all Income Taxes payable with respect to the receipt thereof (but taking into account all correlative Tax Benefits resulting from the payment of such Income Taxes), shall equal the amount of the payment that the Company receiving such payment would otherwise be entitled to receive.

 

Section 13.03     Interest. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, to the extent one Company makes a payment of interest to another Company under this Agreement with respect to the period from (a) the date that the payor was required to make a payment to the payee to (b) the date that the payor actually made such payment, the interest payment shall be treated as interest expense to the payor (deductible to the extent provided by law) and as interest income by the payee (includible in income to the extent provided by law). The amount of the payment shall not be adjusted to take into account any associated Tax Benefit to the payor or increase in Tax to the payee.

 

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Section 14.     Disagreements. The Companies desire that collaboration will continue among them. Accordingly, they will try, and they will cause their respective Group members to try, to resolve in good faith all disagreements regarding their respective rights and obligations under this Agreement, including any amendments hereto. In furtherance thereof, in the event of any dispute or disagreement (a “Tax Advisor Dispute”) between any member of the New IAC Group and any member of the New Match Group as to the interpretation of any provision of this Agreement or the performance of obligations hereunder, representatives of the Tax departments of the Companies shall negotiate in good faith to resolve the Tax Advisor Dispute. If such good faith negotiations do not resolve the Tax Advisor Dispute, then such Tax Advisor Dispute shall be resolved pursuant to the procedures set forth in Article XII of the Transaction Agreement; provided, that each of the mediators or arbitrators selected in accordance with Article XII of the Transaction Agreement must be Tax Advisors. Nothing in this Section 14 will prevent either Company from seeking injunctive relief if any delay resulting from the efforts to resolve the Tax Advisor Dispute through the procedures set forth in Article XII of the Transaction Agreement could result in serious and irreparable injury to such Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Transaction Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, New IAC and IAC are the only members of their respective Groups (including, for this purpose, the members of the New Match Group) entitled to commence a dispute resolution procedure under this Agreement, and each of New IAC and IAC will cause its respective Group members (including, for this purpose, the members of the New Match Group) not to commence any dispute resolution procedure other than through such Party as provided in this Section 14.

 

Section 15.     Late Payments. Any amount owed by one Party to another Party under this Agreement that is not paid when due shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate plus 2% (or the maximum legal rate, whichever is lower), calculated for the actual number of days elapsed, accrued from the date on which such payment was due up to the date of the actual receipt of payment.

 

Section 16.     Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party and its Affiliates shall bear their own expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of Tax Returns, Tax Contests, and other matters related to Taxes under the provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 17.     General Provisions.

 

Section 17.01     Addresses and Notices. All notices or other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given or made when delivered in person or successfully transmitted by electronic mail or facsimile, addressed as follows:

 

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If to New IAC, to:

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp
555 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011

Attention:  Senior Vice President, Tax
E-mail:  David.Flynn@iac.com 

with a copy to:

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp
555 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011

Attention:  General Counsel

E-mail:  Gregg.Winiarski@iac.com

   

If to IAC, to:

 

Match Group, Inc.
8750 North Central Expressway, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75231

Attention:  Senior Vice President, Taxes
E-mail:  Shan.Luton@match.com

with a copy to:

 

Match Group, Inc.
8750 North Central Expressway, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75231

Attention:  Chief Legal Officer
E-mail:  Jared.Sine@match.com 

 

or to such other address(es) as shall be furnished in writing by any such Company to the other Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section 17.01.

 

Section 17.02     Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 17.03     Waiver. Waiver by a Party of any default by another Party of any provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver by the waiving Party of any subsequent or other default, nor shall it prejudice the rights of any other Party. No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right, power or hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

Section 17.04     Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances or in jurisdictions other than those as to which it has been held invalid or unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated thereby, so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner adverse to either Party. Upon such determination, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon such a suitable and equitable provision to effect the original intent of the Parties.

 

Section 17.05     Authority. New IAC represents on behalf of itself and each other member of the IAC Group and IAC represents on behalf of itself and each other member of the IAC Group and the New Match Group, as follows:

 

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(a)  each such Person has all requisite corporate or other power and authority and has taken all corporate or other action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement; and

 

(b)  this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of it enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Section 17.06     Further Action. Prior to, on, and after the Reclassification Effective Time, each Party hereto shall cooperate with the other Party, at the expense of the requesting Party, to execute and deliver, or use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be executed and delivered, all instruments, including the execution and delivery to the other Parties and their Affiliates and representatives of such powers of attorney or other authorizing documentation as is reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with Tax Contests (or portions thereof) under the control of such other Parties in accordance with Section 10, and to make all filings with any Governmental Authority, and to take all such other actions as such Party may reasonably be requested to take by the other Party from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, in order to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 17.07     Integration. This Agreement, together with each of the exhibits and schedules appended hereto and the specific agreements contemplated hereby, contain the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all previous agreements, oral or written, negotiations, discussions, writings, understandings, commitments and conversations with respect to such subject matter, and there are no agreements or understandings among the Parties other than those set forth herein and in the Transaction Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements. This Agreement, the Transaction Agreement, and the other Ancillary Agreements together govern the arrangements in connection with the Transactions and would not have been entered independently. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Transaction Agreement, or any other agreements relating to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, with respect to matters addressed herein, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.

 

Section 17.08     Construction. The language in all parts of this Agreement shall in all cases be construed according to its fair meaning and shall not be strictly construed for or against any Party. The captions, titles and headings included in this Agreement are for convenience only, and do not affect this Agreement’s construction or interpretation. Unless otherwise indicated, all “Section” references in this Agreement are to sections of this Agreement.

 

Section 17.09     No Double Recovery. No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to provide an indemnity or other recovery for any costs, damages, or other amounts for which the damaged Party has been fully compensated under any other provision of this Agreement or under any other agreement or action at law or equity. Unless expressly required in this Agreement, a Party shall not be required to exhaust all remedies available under other agreements or at law or equity before recovering under the remedies provided in this Agreement.

 

Section 17.10     Counterparts. Each Party acknowledges that it and the other Party may execute this Agreement by facsimile, stamp or mechanical signature. Each Party expressly adopts and confirms each facsimile, stamp or mechanical signature made in its respective name as if it were a manual signature, agrees that it will not assert that any such signature is not adequate to bind such Party to the same extent as if it were signed manually and agrees that at the reasonable request of the other Party at any time it will as promptly as reasonably practicable cause this Agreement to be manually executed (any such execution to be as of the data of the initial date hereof). This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each Party and delivered to the other Party.

 

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Section 17.11     Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, irrespective of the choice of laws principles of the State of Delaware, as to all matters, including matters of validity, construction, effect, enforceability, performance and remedies.

 

Section 17.12     Amendment. No provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed waived, amended, supplemented or modified by a Party, unless such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification is in writing and signed by the authorized representative of the Party against whom it is sought to enforce such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification.

 

Section 17.13     Subsidiaries. If, at any time, either IAC or New IAC acquires or creates one or more subsidiaries that are includable in the New Match Group or the New IAC Group, respectively, they shall be subject to this Agreement and all references to the New Match Group or the New IAC Group, as applicable, herein shall thereafter include a reference to such subsidiaries.

 

Section 17.14     Successors. This Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of any successor by merger, acquisition of assets, or otherwise, to any of the Parties (including but not limited to any successor of New IAC or IAC succeeding to the Tax Attributes of either under Section 381 of the Code), to the same extent as if such successor had been an original Party to this Agreement.

 

Section 17.15     Injunctions. The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur 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 the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware or, if the Chancery Court declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, in any state or federal court within the State of Delaware, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.

 

  IAC/InterActiveCorp
     
     
  By: /s/ Gregg Winiarski
  Name: Gregg Winiarski
  Title: EVP and General Counsel
     
     
  IAC Holdings, Inc.
   
     
  By: /s/ Joanne Hawkins
  Name: Joanne Hawkins
  Title: SVP and Deputy General Counsel

 

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Schedule 1

 

[Omitted]

 

   
 

Schedule 2

 

[Omitted]

 

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Schedule 3

 

[Omitted]

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

Amended and Restated

 

EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

and

 

Match Group, Inc.

 

and

 

IAC HOLDINGS, INC.

 

Dated as of

 

June 30, 2020

 

   
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
   
ARTICLE I   DEFINITIONS 1
   
ARTICLE II   GENERAL PRINCIPLES 6
2.1   Employment of Match Employees 6
2.2   Assumption and Retention of Liabilities; Related Assets 6
2.3   Match Participation in IAC Benefit Plans 7
2.4   Commercially Reasonable Efforts 7
2.5   Regulatory Compliance 7
   
ARTICLE III   401(K) Plan Matters 7
   
ARTICLE IV   HEALTH AND WELFARE PLANS 8
4.1    H&W Continuation Period 8
4.2    Establishment of Health and Welfare Plans 9
4.3    Retention of Sponsorship and Liabilities 10
4.4    Flexible Benefit Plan 10
4.5    Workers’ Compensation Liabilities 10
4.6    Payroll Taxes and Reporting of Compensation 11
   
ARTICLE V    EXECUTIVE BENEFITS AND OTHER BENEFITS 11
5.1    Assumption of Obligations 11
5.2    Severance 11
5.3    Certain Equity Award Matters 12
   
ARTICLE VI   EQUITY AWARD ADJUSTMENTS 12
6.1    IAC Long-Term Incentive Plans 12
(a)   Currently Outstanding IAC Options 12
(b)   Newly Granted IAC Options 13
(c)   IAC RSU Awards 13
(d)   Foreign Grants/Awards 13
6.2   Match Long-Term Incentive Plans 14
6.3   Miscellaneous Option and Other Award Terms 14
6.4   Waiting Period for Exercisability of Options and Settlement of RSU Awards 14
6.5   Treatment of Specified RSU Awards 15
   
ARTICLE VII   GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE 15
7.1   Sharing of Participant Information 15
7.2   Reasonable Efforts/Cooperation 15
7.3   No Third-Party Beneficiaries 15
7.4   Audit Rights With Respect to Information Provided 16
7.5   Fiduciary Matters 16
7.6   Consent of Third Parties 16

 

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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS 17
8.1   Effectiveness 17
8.2   Effect If Mandatory Exchange Effective Time Does Not Occur 17
8.3   Relationship of Parties 17
8.4   Affiliates 17
8.5   Notices 17
8.6   Incorporation of Transaction Agreement Provisions 18

 

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Amended and restated
EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

 

This Amended and Restated Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2020, entered into by and between IAC/InterActiveCorp, a Delaware corporation, Match Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and IAC Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“New IAC”), amends and restates the Employee Matters Agreement, by and between IAC and Match, dated as of November 24, 2015, as amended effective as of April 13, 2016 (“Prior EMA”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, IAC and Match entered into the Prior EMA in connection with the initial public offering of Match.

 

WHEREAS, IAC, New IAC, Valentine Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned Subsidiary of IAC (“New Match Merger Sub”) and Match have entered into a Transaction Agreement pursuant to which the Parties have set out the terms on which, and the conditions subject to which, they wish to implement the Separation Transactions (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) (such agreement, as amended, restated or modified from time to time, the “Transaction Agreement”).

 

WHEREAS, in connection therewith, IAC, New IAC and Match have agreed to enter into this Agreement to amend and restate the Prior EMA and to allocate between them assets, liabilities and responsibilities with respect to certain employee compensation, pension and benefit plans, programs and arrangements and certain employment matters.

 

WHEREAS, this Agreement shall become effective immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time and shall supersede the Prior EMA at such time, subject to the consummation of the Separation Transactions.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, covenants and other provisions set forth in this Agreement, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

 

Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, capitalized words and expressions and variations thereof used in this Agreement have the meanings set forth below. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

1.1           “Affiliate” has the meaning given that term in the Transaction Agreement.

 

1.2            “Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Employee Matters Agreement, including all the Schedules hereto.

 

1.3            “Ancillary Agreements” has the meaning given that term in the Transaction Agreement.

 

   
 

 

1.4            “Approved Leave of Absence” means an absence from active service pursuant to an approved leave policy with a guaranteed right of reinstatement.

 

1.5            “Auditing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a).

 

1.6            “Benefits Participation End Date” means December 31, 2020 or such earlier date as Match shall identify to IAC upon at least 120 days’ advance written notice.

 

1.7            “Benefit Plan” means, with respect to an entity or any of its Subsidiaries, (a) each “employee welfare benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) and all other employee or director benefits arrangements, policies or payroll practices (including, without limitation, severance pay, sick leave, vacation pay, salary continuation, disability, retirement, deferred compensation, bonus, stock option or other equity-based compensation, hospitalization, medical insurance or life insurance) sponsored or maintained by such entity or by any of its Subsidiaries (or to which such entity or any of its Subsidiaries contributes or is required to contribute) and (b) all “employee pension benefit plans” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), occupational pension plan or arrangement or other pension arrangements sponsored, maintained or contributed to by such entity or any of its Subsidiaries (or to which such entity or any of its Subsidiaries contributes or is required to contribute). For the avoidance of doubt, “Benefit Plans” includes Health and Welfare Plans and Executive Benefit Plans. When immediately preceded by “IAC,” Benefit Plan means any Benefit Plan sponsored, maintained or contributed to by IAC or an IAC Entity or any Benefit Plan with respect to which IAC or an IAC Entity is a party. When immediately preceded by “Match,” Benefit Plan means any Benefit Plan sponsored, maintained or contributed to by Match or any Match Entity or any Benefit Plan with respect to which Match or a Match Entity is a party.

 

1.8            “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor federal income tax law. Reference to a specific Code provision also includes any proposed, temporary or final regulation in force under that provision.

 

1.9            “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. Reference to a specific provision of ERISA also includes any proposed, temporary or final regulation in force under that provision.

 

1.10          “Former IAC Employee” means (a) any individual who as of immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time is a former employee of the IAC Group or the Match Group, and whose last employment with the IAC Group or Match Group was with an IAC Entity, or (b) any individual who is an IAC Employee as of immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time who ceases to be an employee of the IAC Group following the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time.

 

1.11          “Former Match Employee” means (a) any individual who as of immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time is a former employee of the IAC Group or the Match Group, and whose last employment with the IAC Group or Match Group was with a Match Entity, or (b) any individual who is a Match Employee as of immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time who ceases to be an employee of the Match Group following the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time.

 

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1.12          “Health and Welfare Plans” means any plan, fund or program which was established or is maintained for the purpose of providing for its participants or their beneficiaries, through the purchase of insurance or otherwise, medical (including PPO, EPO and HDHP coverages), dental, prescription, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, life and AD&D, employee assistance, group legal services, wellness, cafeteria (including premium payment, health flexible spending account and dependent care flexible spending account components), travel reimbursement, transportation, or other benefits in the event of sickness, accident, disability, death or unemployment, or vacation benefits, apprenticeship or other training programs or day care centers, scholarship funds, or prepaid legal services, including any such plan, fund or program as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA.

 

1.13          “IAC” means, (a) during any period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, IAC/InterActiveCorp, a Delaware corporation, and (b) from and after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, New IAC.

 

1.14          “IAC 401(k) Plan” means the IAC/InterActiveCorp Retirement Savings Plan as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provision of this Agreement.

 

1.15          “IAC Common Stock” means, (a) during the period prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of IAC, and (b) from and after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of New IAC.

 

1.16          “IAC Disclosure Letter” has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

1.17          “IAC Employee” means (a) any individual, including IAC Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Levin, who, immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, is either actively employed by, or then on Approved Leave of Absence from, any IAC Entity, and (b) any individual who becomes an employee of any IAC Entity after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time.

 

1.18          “IAC Entities” has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

1.19          “IAC Executive Benefit Plans” means the executive benefit and nonqualified plans, programs, agreements, and arrangements established, sponsored, maintained, or agreed upon, by any IAC Entity for the benefit of employees and former employees of any IAC Entity. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “IAC Executive Benefit Plans” shall not include any Health and Welfare Plans or the IAC Long-Term Incentive Plans.

 

1.20          “IAC Flexible Benefit Plan” means the flexible benefit plan maintained by IAC as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provision of this Agreement.

 

1.21          “IAC Incentive Plans” means any of the annual or short term incentive plans of IAC, all as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.

 

1.22          “IAC Long-Term Incentive Plans” means any of the IAC/InterActiveCorp 2018 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan, the IAC/InterActiveCorp 2013 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan, the IAC/InterActiveCorp 2008 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan, or the IAC/InterActiveCorp 2005 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan, each as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.

 

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1.23          “IAC Post-Separation Value” shall equal:

 

A minus (B times C)

 

where

 

“A” equals the IAC Pre-Separation Value

“B” equals the Match Post-Separation Value

“C” equals the Reclassification Exchange Ratio

 

1.24          “IAC Pre-Separation Value” means the closing per share price of IAC Common Stock (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) as listed on the NASDAQ as of 4:00 P.M. New York City time on the last full trading session preceding the occurrence of the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time.

 

1.25          “IAC Ratio” means 3.2727, (a) the IAC Pre-Separation Value divided by (b) IAC Post-Separation Value.

 

1.26          “Liability” has the meaning given that term in the Transaction Agreement.

 

1.27          “Match” means, (a) during any period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, Match Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (b) from and after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, the corporate entity known, immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, as IAC/InterActiveCorp, a Delaware corporation.

 

1.28          “Match 401(k) Plan Trust” means a trust relating to the Match 401(k) Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) and be exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code.

 

1.29          “Match 401(k) Plan” means a 401(k) plan established by Match.

 

1.30          “Match Common Stock” means, (a) during the period prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Match, and (b) from and after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, New Match Common Stock, as defined in the Transaction Agreement.

 

1.31          “Match Employee” means (a) any individual who, immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, is either actively employed by, or then on Approved Leave of Absence from, a Match Entity, and (b) any individual who becomes an employee of any Match Entity from and after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, “Match Employee” shall not include IAC Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Levin, notwithstanding his service as Executive Chairman of Match.

 

1.32          “Match Entities” has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

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1.33          “Match Executive Benefit Plans” means the executive benefit and nonqualified plans, programs, and arrangements established, sponsored, maintained, or agreed upon, by any Match Entity for the benefit of employees and former employees of any Match Entity. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Match Executive Benefit Plans” shall not include any Health and Welfare Plans or the Match Long-Term Incentive Plans.

 

1.34          “Match Long-Term Incentive Plans” means any of the IAC/InterActiveCorp 2020 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), the Match Group, Inc. 2017 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan or the Match Group, Inc. 2015 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan, each as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.

 

1.35          “Match Post-Separation Value” means the closing per share price of Match Common Stock as listed on the NASDAQ as of 4:00 P.M. New York City time on the last full trading session prior to the occurrence of the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time minus $3.00.

 

1.36          “Match Ratio” means 3.1081, (a) the IAC Pre-Separation Value divided by (b) Match Post-Separation Value.

 

1.37          “Medical Plan” when immediately preceded by “IAC,” means the Benefit Plan under which medical benefits are provided to IAC Employees established and maintained by IAC. When immediately preceded by “Match,” Medical Plan means the Benefit Plan under which medical benefits are provided to Match Employees to be established by Match pursuant to Article IV.

 

1.38          “New IAC” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

1.39          “Non-parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b).

 

1.40          “Option” when immediately preceded by “IAC” means an option (either nonqualified or incentive) to purchase shares of IAC Common Stock pursuant to an IAC Long-Term Incentive Plan. When immediately preceded by “Match,” Option means an option (either nonqualified or incentive) to purchase shares of Match Common Stock pursuant to a Match Long-Term Incentive Plan.

 

1.41          “Participating Company” means (a) IAC and (b) any other Person (other than an individual) that participates in a plan sponsored by any IAC Entity.

 

1.42          “Parties” means IAC, Match and New IAC, and “Party” means any of IAC, Match and New IAC.

 

1.43          “Person” has the meaning given that term in the Transaction Agreement.

 

1.44          “Reclassification Exchange Ratio” has the meaning given that term in the Transaction Agreement.

 

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1.45          “RSU Award” (a) when immediately preceded by “IAC,” means an award of restricted stock units issued under an IAC Long-Term Incentive Plan representing a general unsecured promise by IAC to pay the value of shares of IAC Common Stock in cash or shares of IAC Common Stock and, (b) when immediately preceded by “Match,” means an award of restricted stock units issued under a Match Long-Term Incentive Plan representing a general unsecured promise by Match to pay the value of shares of Match Common Stock in cash or shares of Match Common Stock.

 

1.46          “Separation Transactions” has the meaning given that term in the Transaction Agreement.

 

1.47          “Subsidiary” has the meaning given that term in the Transaction Agreement.

 

1.48          “Transaction Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

1.49          “U.S.” means the 50 United States of America and the District of Columbia.

 

ARTICLE II
GENERAL PRINCIPLES

 

2.1            Employment of Match Employees. All Match Employees shall continue to be employees of Match or another Match Entity, as the case may be, immediately after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time. To the extent that any individual is both a Match Employee and an IAC Employee immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, the Parties shall agree in writing whether such individual shall continue as solely a Match Employee, solely an IAC Employee or as a dual employee, and the rights and obligations in respect of such individual under this Agreement and the Transaction Agreement shall be allocated among the parties based on such agreement as to such employee’s status and, for a person continuing as a dual employee, as the Parties may otherwise agree in writing. Not later than the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, the employment of all IAC Employees shall be transferred to an entity that will be a member of the New IAC Group following the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time.

 

2.2           Assumption and Retention of Liabilities; Related Assets.

 

(a)           As of the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the IAC Entities shall assume or retain and IAC hereby agrees to pay, perform, fulfill and discharge, in due course in full (i) all Liabilities under all IAC Benefit Plans with respect to all IAC Employees, Former IAC Employees and their dependents and beneficiaries, (ii) all Liabilities with respect to the employment or termination of employment of all IAC Employees and Former IAC Employees, in each case to the extent arising in connection with or as a result of employment with or the performance of services to any IAC Entity, and (iii) any other Liabilities expressly assigned to IAC under this Agreement. All assets held in trust to fund the IAC Benefit Plans and all insurance policies funding the IAC Benefit Plans shall be New IAC Assets (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), except to the extent specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement.

 

(b)           From and after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, Match and the Match Entities shall assume or retain, as applicable, and Match hereby agrees to pay, perform, fulfill and discharge, in due course in full, (i) all Liabilities under all Match Benefit Plans, (ii) all Liabilities with respect to the employment or termination of employment of all Match Employees and Former Match Employees, in each case to the extent arising in connection with or as a result of employment with or the performance of services to any Match Entity, and (iii) any other Liabilities expressly assigned to Match or any Match Entity under this Agreement.

 

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(c)           From and after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, IAC shall retain all rights and obligations that it had with respect to each of the IAC Subsidiary Equity Plans and the IAC/ANGI EMA (each as defined in Section 5.02(c) of the IAC Disclosure Letter) immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time.

 

2.3            Match Participation in IAC Benefit Plans. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, effective as of the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, Match and each other Match Entity shall cease to be a Participating Company in any IAC Benefit Plan, and IAC and Match shall take all necessary action to effectuate such cessation as a Participating Company.

 

2.4            Commercially Reasonable Efforts. IAC and Match shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (a) enter into any necessary agreements and adopt any necessary amendments to any applicable benefit plans to accomplish the assumptions and transfers contemplated by this Agreement; and (b) provide for the maintenance of the necessary participant records, the appointment of the trustees and the engagement of recordkeepers, investment managers, providers, insurers, and other third parties reasonably necessary to maintaining and administering the IAC Benefit Plans and the Match Benefit Plans.

 

2.5            Regulatory Compliance. IAC and Match shall, in connection with the actions taken pursuant to this Agreement, reasonably cooperate in making any and all appropriate filings required under the Code, ERISA and any applicable securities laws, implementing all appropriate communications with participants, transferring appropriate records and taking all such other actions as the requesting party may reasonably determine to be necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions of this Agreement in a timely manner.

 

ARTICLE III
401(K) Plan Matters

 

3.1            From November 24, 2015 and continuing until the Benefits Participation End Date, Match adopts, and shall participate in as an Adopting Employer (as defined in the IAC 401(k) Plan), the IAC 401(k) Plan for the benefit of Match Employees and Former Match Employees, and IAC consents to such adoption and maintenance, in accordance with the terms of the IAC 401(k) Plan. Each of the Parties agrees and acknowledges that until the Benefits Participation End Date, Match shall make timely direct contributions (including matching contributions) to the IAC 401(k) Plan on behalf of such Match participating employees in accordance with the terms of the IAC 401(k) Plan and in accordance with (and no less promptly than) the timing of contributions made by IAC prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time.

 

3.2            Each of the Parties agrees that, within six months following the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, the trustee of the IAC 401(k) Plan shall (a) sell all shares of Match Common Stock held in the accounts of IAC Employees and Former IAC Employees, and (b) sell all shares of IAC Common Stock held in the accounts of Match Employees and Former Match Employees.

 

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3.3            On and after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time and until the completion of the sales contemplated by Section 3.2, shares of Match Common Stock shall be held in a Match Common Stock Fund under the IAC 401(k) Plan and shares of IAC Common Stock shall be held in an IAC Common Stock Fund under the IAC 401(k) Plan. Following the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, (a) IAC Employees and Former IAC Employees shall not be permitted to acquire shares of Match Common Stock under the IAC 401(k) Plan, and (b) Match Employees and Former Match Employees shall not be permitted to acquire shares of IAC Common Stock under the IAC 401(k) Plan.

 

3.4            Effective as of the date immediately following the Benefits Participation End Date, Match shall establish the Match 401(k) Plan and the Match 401(k) Plan Trust. As soon as practical following the establishment of the Match 401(k) Plan and the Match 401(k) Plan Trust, IAC shall cause the accounts of the Match Employees and Former Match Employees in the IAC 401(k) Plan to be transferred to the Match 401(k) Plan and the Match 401(k) Plan Trust in cash or such other assets as mutually agreed by IAC and Match, and Match shall cause the Match 401(k) Plan to assume and be solely responsible for all Liabilities under the IAC 401(k) Plan to or relating to Match Employees and Former Match Employees whose accounts are transferred from the IAC 401(k) Plan. IAC and Match agree to cooperate in making all appropriate filings and taking all reasonable actions required to implement the provisions of this Section 3.1; provided that Match acknowledges that it will be responsible for complying with any requirements and applying for any determination letters with respect to the Match 401(k) Plan.

 

3.5            IAC and Match shall each separately assume sole responsibility for ensuring that its respective savings plan(s) are maintained in compliance with applicable laws with respect to holding shares of their respective common stock and common stock of the other entity.

 

ARTICLE IV
HEALTH AND WELFARE PLANS

 

4.1            H&W Continuation Period.

 

(a)           IAC will cause the IAC Health and Welfare Plans in effect at the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time (“IAC H&W Plans”) to provide coverage to Match Employees and Former Match Employees (and, in each case, their beneficiaries and dependents) from and after November 24, 2015 until the Benefits Participation End Date (such period, the “H&W Continuation Period”). Coverage following the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time shall be on the same basis as immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time and in accordance with the terms of IAC’s Health and Welfare Plans. Following the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, Match shall pay to IAC fees in respect of IAC covering such Match Employees and Former Match Employees under the IAC Health and Welfare Plans, such fees to be based on the per-employee budgeted rates set forth on Schedule A to this Agreement. The fees contemplated by this Section 4.1(a) shall be payable in advance each month (i.e., not later than the first day of any month during which coverage applies) during the H&W Continuation Period and shall be based on the prior month’s enrollment, with appropriate, subsequent adjustments in each succeeding month to reflect actual enrollment, consistent with the practices in effect prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time. In addition, Match shall be subject to the same policies with respect to “catch up” premium payments and “premium holidays” applicable to other IAC companies participating in the IAC H&W Plans, consistent with the practices in effect prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time. In the event that Match fails to pay in a timely manner the fees contemplated by this Section 4.1(a), IAC shall have no obligation to continue, and may cease, to provide the coverage contemplated by this Section 4.1(a) to the Match Employees and Former Match Employees commencing on the fifteenth day that any such fees are past due.

 

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(b)          Following each calendar year during the H&W Continuation Period, but not later than one hundred eighty days thereafter, IAC shall calculate in good faith the total costs and expenses of the IAC Health and Welfare Plans for such calendar year (including without limitation claims paid and costs and expenses associated with the administration of the IAC Health and Welfare Plans (as determined by IAC in its good faith discretion) and IAC’s good faith estimate of claims incurred in such calendar year but not reported (such estimate to be prepared based on historical claims reporting patterns and history) (the “Annual H&W Expenses”), and IAC promptly shall provide to Match the Annual H&W Expenses following such calculation. To the extent Annual H&W Expenses (i) exceed the aggregate fees paid by IAC and Match in respect of coverage during the applicable calendar year of IAC Employees and Former IAC Employees and Match Employees and Former Match Employees, Match shall be required to pay to IAC by wire transfer its ratable portion (calculated on the basis of the number of Match Employees relative to the total number of IAC Employees and Match Employees taken together) of the fees deficit, and (ii) are less than the Annual H&W Expenses, IAC shall pay to Match its ratable portion (calculated on the basis of the number of Match Employees relative to the total number of IAC Employees and Match Employees taken together) of the excess fees collected, any such payments pursuant to clause (i) or clause (ii) to be made no later than July 15 following the applicable calendar year. Any calculations made by IAC pursuant to this Section 4.1(b) shall be final and binding upon Match and the calculations contemplated by this Section 4.1(b) shall be adjusted to take into account any calendar year in which participation by Match Employees and Former Match Employees in the IAC Health and Welfare Plans is for less than the full calendar year.

 

4.2            Establishment of Health and Welfare Plans.

 

  (a)           Effective as of the date following the Benefits Participation End Date, Match shall adopt Health and Welfare Plans for the benefit of Match Employees and Former Match Employees, and Match shall be responsible for all Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from health and welfare coverage or claims incurred by or on behalf of Match Employees and Former Match Employees or their covered dependents under the Match Health and Welfare Plans after the Benefits Participation End Date.

 

  (b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.2:

 

(i)             with respect to any Match Employee who becomes entitled to receive long-term disability benefits under the terms of the IAC Health and Welfare Plans prior to the Benefits Participation End Date, such Match Employee shall continue to receive long-term disability benefits under the IAC Health and Welfare Plans after the Benefits Participation End Date in accordance with the terms of the IAC Health and Welfare Plans; and

 

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(ii)            with respect to any Match Employee who is receiving short-term disability benefits under the IAC Health and Welfare Plans as of the Benefits Participation End Date, Match shall be responsible, as of the first day following the Benefits Participation End Date, for providing to such Match Employee short term disability benefits and long-term disability benefits under the Match Health and Welfare Plans.

 

4.3            Retention of Sponsorship and Liabilities. Following the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, IAC shall retain:

 

  (a)           sponsorship of all IAC Health and Welfare Plans and any trust or other funding arrangement established or maintained with respect to such plans, including any assets held as of the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time with respect to such plans; and

 

  (b)           all Liabilities under the IAC Health and Welfare Plans, subject to the obligations of Match described in Section 4.1.

 

IAC shall not assume any Liability under any Match Health and Welfare Plan, and all such claims shall be satisfied pursuant to Section 4.2(a).

 

4.4           Flexible Benefit Plan. IAC will continue to maintain on behalf of Match Employees the health care reimbursement program, the transit and parking reimbursement program and the dependent care reimbursement program of the IAC Flexible Benefit Plan (all of such accounts, “IAC Flexible Benefit Plan”) for claims incurred on or prior to the Benefits Participation End Date on the same basis as immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time and in accordance with the terms of the IAC Flexible Benefit Plan. Following the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, until such time as Match ceases to participate in the IAC Flexible Benefit Plan and has satisfied all of its obligations thereunder, Match shall pay to IAC the amounts claimed by Match Employees under the IAC Flexible Benefit Plan in addition to Match’s share of the administrative cost of the IAC Flexible Benefit Plan (based on IAC historical allocations), such amounts to be paid by Match on a one-month lagging basis (i.e., claims made and administrative costs incurred during a particular month shall be billed in the immediately succeeding month); provided, that Match shall remit payment to IAC no later than the fifth business day following delivery by IAC of an invoice to Match. Match Employees shall not participate in the IAC Flexible Benefit Plan after the Benefits Participation End Date.

 

4.5            Workers’ Compensation Liabilities. All workers’ compensation Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from any claim by an IAC Employee, Former IAC Employee, Match Employee and Former Match Employee that results from an accident occurring, or from an occupational disease which becomes manifest, on or before the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time shall be retained by IAC; provided, however, that Match promptly shall reimburse IAC for any such Liabilities relating to Match Employees or Former Match Employees borne by IAC following November 24, 2015. All workers’ compensation Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from any claim by an IAC Employee or Former IAC Employee shall be retained by IAC. All workers’ compensation Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from any claim by a Match Employee or Former Match Employee that results from an accident occurring, or from an occupational disease which becomes manifest, on or after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time shall be retained by Match. For purposes of this Agreement, a compensable injury shall be deemed to be sustained upon the occurrence of the event giving rise to eligibility for workers’ compensation benefits or at the time that an occupational disease becomes manifest, as the case may be. IAC, Match and the other Match Entities shall cooperate with respect to any notification to appropriate governmental agencies of the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time and the issuance of new, or the transfer of existing, workers’ compensation insurance policies and claims handling contracts.

 

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4.6           Payroll Taxes and Reporting of Compensation. IAC and Match shall, and shall cause the other IAC Entities and the other Match Entities to, respectively, take such action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to minimize Liabilities related to payroll taxes after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time. IAC and Match shall, and shall cause the other IAC Entities and the other Match Entities to, respectively, each bear its responsibility for payroll tax obligations and for the proper reporting to the appropriate governmental authorities of compensation earned by their respective employees after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, including compensation related to the exercise of Options.

 

ARTICLE V
EXECUTIVE BENEFITS AND OTHER BENEFITS

 

5.1           Assumption of Obligations. Except as provided in this Agreement, effective as of November 24, 2015, Match shall assume and be solely responsible for all Liabilities to or relating to Match Employees and Former Match Employees under all IAC Executive Benefit Plans and Match Executive Benefit Plans. For the avoidance of doubt, IAC shall retain all Liabilities under the IAC Executive Benefit Plans for all IAC Employees and Former IAC Employees. The Parties hereto agree that none of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, including, without limitation, this Agreement, constitutes a “change in control,” “change of control” or similar term, as applicable, within the meaning of any Benefit Plan, any IAC Long-Term Incentive Plan or any Match Long-Term Incentive Plan.

 

5.2            Severance. (a) A Match Employee shall not be deemed to have terminated employment for purposes of determining eligibility for severance benefits in connection with or in anticipation of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. Match shall be solely responsible for all Liabilities in respect of all costs arising out of payments and benefits relating to the termination or alleged termination of any Match Employee or Former Match Employee’s employment that occurs prior to, as a result of, in connection with or following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, including any amounts required to be paid (including any payroll or other taxes), and the costs of providing benefits, under any applicable severance, separation, redundancy, termination or similar plan, program, practice, contract, agreement, law or regulation (such benefits to include any medical or other welfare benefits, outplacement benefits, accrued vacation, and taxes).

 

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(b)           An IAC Employee shall not be deemed to have terminated employment for purposes of determining eligibility for severance benefits in connection with or in anticipation of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. IAC shall be solely responsible for all Liabilities in respect of all costs arising out of payments and benefits relating to the termination or alleged termination of any IAC Employee or Former IAC Employee’s employment that occurs prior to, as a result of, in connection with or following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, including any amounts required to be paid (including any payroll or other taxes), and the costs of providing benefits, under any applicable severance, separation, redundancy, termination or similar plan, program, practice, contract, agreement, law or regulation (such benefits to include any medical or other welfare benefits, outplacement benefits, accrued vacation, and taxes).

 

5.3           Certain Equity Award Matters. Match shall reimburse IAC for the cost of any IAC RSU Awards or IAC Options held by Match Employees or Former Match Employees that vest (in the case of IAC RSU Awards) or are exercised (in the case of IAC Options) on or after November 24, 2015 with such cost equal to the taxable income that arises from the applicable vesting or exercise event, net of withholding taxes (payment for which Match shall be solely responsible) (the “IAC Award Cost”). No later than five Business Days following invoice therefor, Match shall pay to IAC the IAC Award Cost in cash. Allocation of economic responsibility for the Match Options resulting from the conversion contemplated by Section 6.1(a) of this Agreement is set forth in the Transaction Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VI 

EQUITY AWARD ADJUSTMENTS

 

6.1           IAC Long-Term Incentive Plans. IAC and Match shall take all actions necessary or appropriate so that each outstanding IAC Option and IAC RSU Award granted under any IAC Long-Term Incentive Plan held by any individual shall be adjusted as set forth in this ARTICLE VI. The adjustments set forth below shall be the sole adjustments made with respect to IAC Options and IAC RSU Awards in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement.

 

(a)            Currently Outstanding IAC Options. As determined by the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the IAC Board of Directors (the “IAC Committee”) pursuant to its authority under the applicable IAC Long-Term Incentive Plan, each IAC Option that is outstanding (x) on December 19, 2019 and (y) as of immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time shall be converted into both an IAC Option and a Match Option and shall otherwise be subject to the same terms and conditions after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time as the terms and conditions applicable to such IAC Option immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time; provided, however, that from and after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time:

 

(i)             (A) the number of shares of IAC Common Stock subject to such IAC Option shall be equal to the same number of shares of IAC Common Stock subject to such IAC Option immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, and (B) the per share exercise price of such IAC Option, rounded up to the nearest one one hundredth of a cent (i.e to the fourth decimal place), shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the per share exercise price of such IAC Option immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time by (2) the IAC Ratio; and

 

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(ii)            (A) the number of shares of Match Common Stock subject to such Match Option, rounded down to the nearest whole share, shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying (1) the number of shares of IAC Common Stock subject to such IAC Option immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time by (2) the Reclassification Exchange Ratio, and (B) the per share exercise price of such Match Option, rounded up to the nearest one one hundredth of a cent (i.e. to the fourth decimal place), shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the per share exercise price of such IAC Option immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time by (2) the Match Ratio.

 

(b)           Newly Granted IAC Options. As determined by the IAC Committee pursuant to its authority under the applicable IAC Long-Term Incentive Plan, each IAC Option that is (x) granted after December 19, 2019 and (y) outstanding as of immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time shall be subject to the same terms and conditions after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time as the terms and conditions applicable to such IAC Option immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time; provided, however, that from and after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time (i) the number of shares of IAC Common Stock subject to such IAC Option, rounded down to the nearest whole share, shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying (A) the number of shares of IAC Common Stock subject to such IAC Option immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time by (B) the IAC Ratio and (ii) the per share exercise price of such IAC Option, rounded up to the nearest one one hundredth of a cent (i.e. to the fourth decimal place), shall equal the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the per share exercise price of such IAC Option immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time by (B) the IAC Ratio

 

(c)           IAC RSU Awards. As determined by the IAC Committee pursuant to its authority under the applicable IAC Long-Term Incentive Plan, each IAC RSU Award shall be subject to the same terms and conditions immediately after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time as the terms and conditions applicable to such IAC RSU Award immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time; provided, however, that from and after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, (i) the number of shares of IAC Common Stock covered by each IAC RSU Award, rounded to the nearest whole share, shall be equal to the product of (A) the number of shares of IAC Common Stock covered by such IAC RSU Award immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time and (B) the IAC Ratio, and (ii) for any IAC RSU Awards subject to performance conditions, the performance conditions shall be equitably adjusted, as determined by the IAC Committee, to reflect the impact of the Separation Transactions.

 

(d)          Foreign Grants/Awards.

 

(i)             To the extent that any of the IAC Options or IAC RSU Awards are granted to non-U.S. employees under any domestic or foreign equity-based incentive program sponsored by an IAC Entity, IAC and Match shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to preserve, at and after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, the value and tax treatment accorded to such IAC Options and such IAC RSU Awards granted to non-U.S. employees under any domestic or foreign equity-based incentive program sponsored by an IAC Entity.

 

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(ii)           To the extent that any of the Match Options or Match RSU Awards are granted to non-U.S. employees under any domestic or foreign equity-based incentive program sponsored by a Match Entity, IAC and Match shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to preserve, at and after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, the value and tax treatment accorded to such Match Options and such Match RSU Awards granted to non-U.S. employees under any domestic or foreign equity-based incentive program sponsored by a Match Entity.

 

6.2            Match Long-Term Incentive Plans. As determined by the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Match Board of Directors pursuant to its authority under the applicable Match Long-Term Incentive Plan, each equity award (“Match Equity Award”) corresponding to shares of Match Common Stock shall be adjusted as set forth in Section 2.03(g) of the Transaction Agreement.

 

6.3           Miscellaneous Option and Other Award Terms. IAC Options and IAC RSU Awards adjusted pursuant to Section 6.1, regardless of by whom held, shall be settled by IAC pursuant to the terms of the applicable IAC Long-Term Incentive Plan, and Match Equity Awards (including IAC Options that convert into Match Options pursuant to Section 6.1), regardless of by whom held, shall be settled by Match pursuant to the terms of the applicable Match Long-Term Incentive Plan. It is intended that, to the extent of the issuance of Match Options in connection with the adjustment provisions of Section 6.1, the applicable Match Long-Term Incentive Plan shall be considered a successor to each of the IAC Long-Term Incentive Plans and Match shall be considered to have assumed the obligations of the applicable IAC Long-Term Incentive Plan to make the adjustment of the IAC Options and IAC Awards as set forth in Section 6.1. The Mandatory Exchange Effective Time shall not constitute a termination of employment for any IAC Employee for purposes of any Match Option and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, with respect to grants adjusted pursuant to Section 6.1, employment with IAC shall be treated as employment with Match with respect to Match Options held by IAC Employees. The Mandatory Exchange Effective Time shall not constitute a termination of employment for any Match Employee for purposes of any IAC Option and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, with respect to grants adjusted pursuant to Section 6.1, employment with Match shall be treated as employment with IAC with respect to IAC Options held by Match Employees. Termination of employment following the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time from (i) all IAC Entities shall be treated as a termination of employment with respect to any Match Options held by an IAC Employee and (ii) all Match Entities shall be treated as a termination of employment with respect to any IAC Options held by a Match Employee.

 

6.4           Waiting Period for Exercisability of Options and Settlement of RSU Awards. The IAC Options and Match Options shall not be exercisable during a period beginning on a date prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time reasonably determined by IAC, and continuing until the IAC Post-Separation Value and the Match Post-Separation Value are determined, or such longer period as IAC, with respect to IAC Options, and Match, with respect to Match Options, reasonably determines is necessary to implement the provisions of this Article VI. The IAC RSU Awards and Match RSU Awards shall not be settled during a period beginning on a date prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time determined by IAC in its sole discretion, and continuing until the IAC Post-Separation Value and the Match Post-Separation Value are determined immediately after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, or such longer period as IAC, with respect to IAC RSU Awards, and Match, with respect to Match RSU Awards, determines is necessary to implement the provisions of this Article VI.

 

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6.5           Treatment of Specified RSU Awards. The Parties agree to the treatment set forth on Schedule B to this Agreement of the restricted stock units set forth on Schedule B to this Agreement.

 

 

ARTICLE VII
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

 

7.1           Sharing of Participant Information. IAC and Match shall share, and IAC shall cause each other IAC Entity to share, and Match shall cause each other Match Entity to share with each other and their respective agents and vendors (without obtaining releases) all participant information necessary for the efficient and accurate administration of each of the Match Benefit Plans and the IAC Benefit Plans. IAC and Match and their respective authorized agents shall, subject to applicable laws and the entry into such agreements as shall be reasonably necessary or appropriate to comply with all applicable data protection laws, be given reasonable and timely access to, and may make copies of, all information relating to the subjects of this Agreement in the custody of the other Party, to the extent necessary for such administration. Until the Benefits Participation End Date and for such reasonable period thereafter as is reasonably necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purposes and intent of this Agreement, all participant information shall be provided in a manner and medium as may be mutually agreed to by IAC and Match.

 

7.2           Reasonable Efforts/Cooperation. Each of the Parties hereto will use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each of the Parties hereto shall cooperate fully on any issue relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for which the other Party seeks a determination letter or private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, an advisory opinion from the Department of Labor or any other filing (including, but not limited to, securities filings (remedial or otherwise)), consent or approval with respect to or by a governmental agency or authority in any jurisdiction in the U.S. or abroad.

 

7.3           No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of the Parties and is not intended to confer upon any other Persons any rights or remedies hereunder. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude IAC or any other IAC Entity, at any time after the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, from amending, merging, modifying, terminating, eliminating, reducing, or otherwise altering in any respect any IAC Benefit Plan, any benefit under any Benefit Plan or any trust, insurance policy or funding vehicle related to any IAC Benefit Plan. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude Match or any other Match Entity, at any time Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, from amending, merging, modifying, terminating, eliminating, reducing, or otherwise altering in any respect any Match Benefit Plan, any benefit under any Benefit Plan or any trust, insurance policy or funding vehicle related to any Match Benefit Plan.

 

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7.4           Audit Rights With Respect to Information Provided.

 

(a)           Each of IAC and Match, and their duly authorized representatives, shall have the right to conduct reasonable audits (but not in excess of one audit per fiscal quarter) with respect to all information required to be provided to it by the other Party under this Agreement. The Party conducting the audit (the “Auditing Party”) may adopt reasonable procedures and guidelines for conducting audits and the selection of audit representatives under this Section 7.4. The Auditing Party shall have the right to make copies of any records at its expense, subject to any restrictions imposed by applicable laws and to any confidentiality provisions set forth in the Transaction Agreement, which are incorporated by reference herein. The Party being audited shall provide the Auditing Party’s representatives with reasonable access during normal business hours to its operations, computer systems and paper and electronic files, and provide workspace to its representatives. After any audit is completed, the Party being audited shall have the right to review a draft of the audit findings and to comment on those findings in writing within thirty business days after receiving such draft.

 

(b)           The Auditing Party’s audit rights under this Section 7.4 shall include the right to audit, or participate in an audit facilitated by the Party being audited, of any Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Party being audited and to require the other Party to request any benefit providers and third parties with whom the Party being audited has a relationship, or agents of such Party, to agree to such an audit to the extent any such Persons are affected by or addressed in this Agreement (collectively, the “Non-parties”). The Party being audited shall, upon written request from the Auditing Party, provide an individual (at the Auditing Party’s expense) to supervise any audit of a Non-party. The Auditing Party shall be responsible for supplying, at the Auditing Party’s expense, additional personnel sufficient to complete the audit in a reasonably timely manner. The responsibility of the Party being audited shall be limited to providing, at the Auditing Party’s expense, a single individual at each audited site for purposes of facilitating the audit.

 

7.5            Fiduciary Matters. It is acknowledged that actions required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement may be subject to fiduciary duties or standards of conduct under ERISA or other applicable law, and no Party shall be deemed to be in violation of this Agreement if it fails to comply with any provisions hereof based upon its good faith determination that to do so would violate such a fiduciary duty or standard. Each Party shall be responsible for taking such actions as are deemed necessary and appropriate to comply with its own fiduciary responsibilities and shall fully release and indemnify the other Party for any Liabilities caused by the failure to satisfy any such responsibility.

 

7.6            Consent of Third Parties. If any provision of this Agreement is dependent on the consent of any third party (such as a vendor) and such consent is withheld, the Parties hereto shall use commercially reasonable efforts to implement the applicable provisions of this Agreement to the full extent practicable. If any provision of this Agreement cannot be implemented due to the failure of such third party to consent, the Parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to implement the provision in a mutually satisfactory manner. The phrase “commercially reasonable efforts” as used herein shall not be construed to require any Party to incur any non-routine or unreasonable expense or Liability or to waive any right.

 

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ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS

 

8.1            Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective immediately prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time and shall supersede the Prior EMA at such time, subject to the consummation of the Separation Transactions.

 

8.2            Effect If Mandatory Exchange Effective Time Does Not Occur. If the Transaction Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, then this Agreement shall terminate and all actions and events that are, under this Agreement, to be taken or occur effective immediately prior to or as of the Mandatory Exchange Effective Time, or otherwise in connection with the Separation Transactions, shall not be taken or occur and the Prior EMA shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms, except to the extent specifically agreed by IAC and Match.

 

8.3           Relationship of Parties. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed by the Parties or any third party as creating the relationship of principal and agent, partnership or joint venture between the Parties, it being understood and agreed that no provision contained herein, and no act of the Parties, shall be deemed to create any relationship between the Parties other than the relationship set forth herein.

 

8.4           Affiliates. Each of IAC and Match shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set forth in this Agreement to be performed by another IAC Entity or a Match Entity, respectively.

 

8.5            Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given to a Party when (a) delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally recognized overnight courier service (costs prepaid); (b) sent by facsimile with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment; or (c) received or rejected by the addressee, if sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, in each case to the following addresses and facsimile numbers and marked to the attention of the person (by name or title) designated below (or to such other address, facsimile number or person as a Party may designate by notice to the other Parties):

 

(a)       if to IAC:

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp

555 West 18th Street

New York, NY 10011

Attention:     General Counsel

Email:             Gregg.Winiarski@iac.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Attention:    Andrew J. Nussbaum, Esq.
                       Jenna Levine, Esq.
Email:             ajnussbaum@wlrk.com
                        jelevine@wlrk.com

 

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(b)       if to Match:

 

Match Group, Inc.

8750 North Central Expressway

Suite 1400

Dallas, TX 75231

Attention:     Chief Legal Officer

Email:              Jared.Sine@match.com

 

with a copy to:

Debevoise & Plimpton
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention:     Jeffrey J. Rosen
                       William D. Regner
Email:             jrosen@debevoise.com
                       wdregner@debevoise.com

 

8.6           Incorporation of Transaction Agreement Provisions. The following provisions of the Transaction Agreement are hereby incorporated herein by reference, and unless otherwise expressly specified herein, such provisions shall apply as if fully set forth herein mutatis mutandis (references in this Section 8.6 to an “Article” or “Section” shall mean Articles or Sections of the Transaction Agreement, and references in the material incorporated herein by reference shall be references to the Transaction Agreement): Section 7.03 (relating to Required Efforts); Article X (relating to Indemnification); Article XI (relating to Exchange of Information; Confidentiality); Article XII (relating to Dispute Resolution); and Article XIII (relating to Miscellaneous).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Amended and Restated Employee Matters Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

  IAC/INTERACTIVECORP
 
  By: /s/ Gregg Winiarski
    Name:  Gregg Winiarski
    Title:     EVP and General Counsel
     
     
  Match Group, Inc.
   
  By: /s/ Jared Sine
    Name:  Jared Sine
    Title:    Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
     
     
  IAC HOLDINGS, INC.
 
  By: /s/ Joanne Hawkins
    Name:  Joanne Hawkins
    Title:     SVP and Deputy General Counsel

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT]

 

   
 

 

Schedule A

 

[Omitted] 

 

   
 

 

Schedule B

 

[Omitted]

 

   

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K of IAC/InterActiveCorp of our report dated March 20, 2020 with respect to the combined financial statements of IAC Holdings, Inc. as of December 31, 2019, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, included in the Registration Statement (Form S-1 No. 333-239204) and related Prospectus of IAC Holdings, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2020.

 

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

 

New York, New York

July 1, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 23.2 

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K of IAC/InterActiveCorp of our report dated March 7, 2019, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Care.com, Inc. as of December 29, 2018 and for the two years ended December 29, 2018, included in the Registration Statement (Form S-1 No. File No. 333-239204) and related Prospectus of IAC Holdings, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2020.

 

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

 

Boston, Massachusetts

July 1, 2020

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 23.3

 

Consent of Independent Auditors

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K of IAC/InterActiveCorp of our report dated March 20, 2020, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Care.com, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2019, included in the Registration Statement (Form S-1 No. 333-239204) and related Prospectus of IAC Holdings, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2020.

 

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

 

Boston, Massachusetts

July 1, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

IAC and Match Group Complete Full Separation

 

NEW YORK and DALLAS, July 1, 2020—IAC (NASDAQ: IAC) and Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) today announced the successful completion of the separation of Match Group from the remaining businesses of IAC. As a result of the separation, Match Group’s dual class voting structure has been eliminated and the interest in Match Group formerly held by IAC is now held directly by IAC’s shareholders. Starting today, “new” IAC will trade under the symbol “IAC” and “new” Match Group under the symbol “MTCH.”

 

In the quarter century since Barry Diller took the helm of IAC—then a collection of television stations called Silver King Communications worth $250 million—the company has grown into 10 separate publicly-traded businesses, including Match Group. IAC and its progeny are collectively worth nearly $60 billion today.

 

The transaction allows a smaller, more nimble IAC to shape a new generation of category leaders—from both the seeds existing within IAC’s portfolio and the pursuit of entirely new opportunities.

 

Match Group’s combination of category leadership, growth, and cash flow is virtually unrivaled; as a standalone company Match Group now benefits from increased strategic flexibility, enhanced trading liquidity and the eligibility for index inclusion. With a market cap of $30 billion, Match Group is the largest business IAC has separated in its 25-year history. Since Match Group’s initial public offering in 2015, the company has more than doubled subscribers and revenue. Match Group’s flagship product, Tinder, is the highest grossing non-gaming app worldwide, with a global presence.

 

“This is just the largest transaction at the core of our strategy throughout these 25 years,” said Barry Diller, Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC. “Be opportunistic, be balance sheet conservative, build up enterprises and when they deserve independence let them have it. Be a conglomerate and an anti-conglomerate, a business model that has been unique to us.”

 

“Back to work again,” said Joey Levin, CEO of IAC and Executive Chairman of Match Group, “this is the fun part.”

 

Said Match Group CEO Shar Dubey, “This is a momentous occasion for Match Group, as we are the largest IAC success story to date. Our team is phenomenal, and we are ready to continue growing our businesses, investing in new bets, and expanding our footprint in new markets. We have a proven track record here, and we look forward to taking it to the next level.”

 

As of today, IAC and Match Group each stand on their own as distinct and thriving companies, both well positioned for future growth and organized to continue building.

 

 

 

 

Details

 

Upon close of the transaction, IAC shareholders received one share of “new” IAC common stock and 2.1584 shares of “new” Match Group common stock for each share of IAC common stock held immediately prior to the transaction. In addition, IAC received $838 million of cash representing $3 per share of Match Group common stock previously held by IAC and the aggregate cash consideration not elected by Match Group public shareholders. IAC expects to receive an additional $1.4 billion in proceeds from the sale of shares of New Match common stock, which is expected to close later today.

 

Pre-transaction shareholders of Match Group (other than IAC) received one share of “new” Match Group common stock plus either (i) $3.00 per share in cash or (ii) 0.0337 of a share of “new” Match Group common stock worth $3.00, based on a Match Group stock price of $88.9466 calculated in accordance with the transaction agreement, for each share of Match Group common stock held immediately prior to the transaction.

 

About IAC

 

IAC (NASDAQ: IAC) builds companies. We are guided by curiosity, a questioning of the status quo, and a desire to invent or acquire new products and brands. From the single seed that started as IAC over two decades ago have emerged 10 public companies and generations of exceptional leaders. We will always evolve, but our basic principles of financially-disciplined opportunism will never change. IAC today operates Vimeo, Dotdash and Care.com, among many others, and also has majority ownership ANGI Homeservices, which includes HomeAdvisor, Angie’s List and Handy. The Company is headquartered in New York City and has business operations and satellite offices worldwide.

 

About Match Group

 

Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH), through its portfolio companies, is a leading provider of dating products available globally. Our portfolio of brands includes Tinder®, Match®, Meetic®, OkCupid®, Hinge®, Pairs™, PlentyOfFish®, and OurTime®, as well as a number of other brands, each designed to increase our users’ likelihood of finding a meaningful connection. Through our portfolio companies and their trusted brands, we provide tailored products to meet the varying preferences of our users. Our products are available in over 40 languages to users all over the world.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Certain statements and information in this communication may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements relating to IAC’s and Match’s anticipated financial performance, objectives, plans and strategies, and all statements (other than statements of historical facts) that address activities, events or developments that IAC and Match intend, expect, project, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future. These statements are often characterized by terminology such as “believe,” “hope,” “may,” “anticipate,” “should,” “intend,” “plan,” “will,” “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “positioned,” “strategy” and similar expressions, and are based on assumptions and assessments made by IAC’s and Match’s management in light of their experience and their perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments, and other factors they believe to be appropriate. IAC and Match undertake no duty to update or revise any such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Whether actual results will conform to expectations and predictions is subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including: risks and uncertainties discussed in the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other reports that IAC and Match have filed with the SEC; competition; Match’s ability to maintain user rates on its higher-monetizing dating products; the companies’ ability to attract users to their products and services through cost-effective marketing and related efforts; changes in the companies’ relationship with (or policies implemented by) Google; foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; the companies’ ability to distribute their products through third parties and offset related fees; the integrity and scalability of the companies’ systems and infrastructure (and those of third parties) and the companies’ ability to adapt their systems and infrastructure to changes in a timely and cost-effective manner; the companies’ ability to protect their systems from cyberattacks and to protect personal and confidential user information; risks relating to certain of the companies’ international operations and acquisitions; the impact of the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, or any subsequent or similar epidemic or pandemic; the risks inherent in separating Match from IAC, including uncertainties related to, among other things, the costs of the separation, whether the parties will be able to realize expected benefits of the separation on the anticipated timeline or at all, any litigation arising out of or relating to the proposed transaction, the expected tax treatment of the transaction, and the impact of the transaction on the businesses of IAC and Match; and other circumstances beyond IAC’s and Match’s control. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. For more details on factors that could affect these expectations, please see IAC’s and Match’s filings with the SEC, including the joint proxy statement/prospectus.

 

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Contact Us

 

IAC Investor Relations
Mark Schneider
(212) 314-7400

 

Match Group Investor Relations
Lance Barton
(212) 314-7400

 

IAC Corporate Communications
Valerie Combs
(212) 314-7361

 

Match Group Corporate Communications
Justine Sacco
(212) 314-7400

 

SOURCE IAC; Match Group

 

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