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):  September 29, 2017

 

ANGI Homeservices Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-38220

 

82-1204801

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

14023 Denver West Parkway, Building 64
Golden, CO

 

80401

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (303) 963-7200

 

 

(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:

 

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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 o

 

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. o

 

 

 



 

Introductory Note

 

On September 29, 2017, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 1, 2017, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 26, 2017 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Angie’s List, Inc. (“Angie’s List”), IAC/InterActiveCorp (“IAC”), ANGI Homeservices Inc. (“ANGI Homeservices”) and Casa Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), ANGI Homeservices completed its previously announced acquisition of Angie’s List by way of the merger of Merger Sub with and into Angie’s List (the “Merger”), with Angie’s List surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of ANGI Homeservices.

 

Item 1.01      Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On September 29, 2017, prior to the closing of the Merger, ANGI Homeservices and IAC entered into each of the following agreements as contemplated by the Merger Agreement in connection with the implementation of the transactions contemplated thereby:  (i) a contribution agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”), (ii) an investor rights agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), (iii) a services agreement (the “Services Agreement”), (iv) a tax sharing agreement (the “Tax Sharing Agreement”) and (v) an employee matters agreement (the “Employee Matters Agreement”). Prior to the closing of the Merger, ANGI Homeservices and IAC Group, LLC, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of IAC (“IAC LLC”), entered into an intercompany note (the “Payoff Intercompany Note”) as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and following the closing of the Merger, ANGI Homeservices and IAC LLC entered into a second intercompany note (the “Working Capital Intercompany Note”, and, together with the Payoff Intercompany Note, the “Intercompany Notes”; the Intercompany Notes, the Contribution Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement, the Services Agreement, the Tax Sharing Agreement and the Employee Matters Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the “Ancillary Agreements”).

 

Summaries of certain material provisions of each of the Ancillary Agreements were previously disclosed under the heading “Ancillary Agreements” in the registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-219064) originally filed by ANGI Homeservices with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 29, 2017 (as amended through the date hereof, the “Registration Statement”), including the proxy statement/prospectus of Angie’s List and ANGI Homeservices dated as of August 30, 2017 and filed with the SEC on such date pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and each such summary contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.  Such summaries of the Ancillary Agreements do not purport to be complete and should be read in conjunction with, and are qualified in their entirety by, the full text of the Contribution Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement, the Services Agreement, the Tax Sharing Agreement, the Employee Matters Agreement, the Payoff Intercompany Note and the Working Capital Intercompany Note, which are filed as Exhibits 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.01      Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

As described in the Introductory Note to this Current Report on Form 8-K, on September 29, 2017, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, ANGI Homeservices completed the Merger, upon which Angie’s List became a wholly owned subsidiary of ANGI Homeservices.

 

Prior to the completion of the Merger, in accordance with the Merger Agreement and the Contribution Agreement and as further described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, IAC completed the separation of its HomeAdvisor business from IAC’s other businesses and caused the HomeAdvisor business, including its assets and liabilities and certain legal entities, to be transferred to ANGI Homeservices.  Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Contribution Agreement, ANGI Homeservices issued to IAC 414,753,515 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of ANGI Homeservices (the “Class B Common Stock”, and such number the “Issued Share Number”) in exchange for the contribution of the HomeAdvisor business and approximately $1.9 million in cash to fund the aggregate cash consideration payable in the Merger.  For further details regarding such contribution and the determination of the number of shares of Class B Common Stock issued in exchange for such contribution, see the sections entitled “The Merger Agreement—Determination of the Number of Class B Shares of ANGI Homeservices to Be Issued to IAC” and “Ancillary Agreements—Contribution Agreement” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.  As of immediately following the Merger, the shares of Class B Common Stock issued to IAC represent approximately 87.1% of the total outstanding shares, and

 

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approximately 98.5% of the total voting power, of ANGI Homeservices common stock.  Prior to the Merger, IAC was the sole stockholder of ANGI Homeservices.

 

At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of Angie’s List common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares owned or held in treasury by Angie’s List, which were automatically cancelled, retired and ceased to exist for no consideration) was converted into the right to receive, at the holder’s election, (i) in the case of a share of Angie’s List common stock with respect to which an election to receive a share of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of ANGI Homeservices (the “Class A Common Stock”) was properly made and not revoked or lost (or with respect to which no election regarding the consideration to be received in the Merger was properly made), one share of Class A Common Stock or (ii) in the case of a share of Angie’s List common stock with respect to which an election to receive cash was properly made and not revoked or lost, $8.50 in cash, without interest (the “Cash Consideration”).  The aggregate number of shares of Angie’s List common stock that properly elected to receive the Cash Consideration was 225,076, resulting in aggregate Cash Consideration of approximately $1.9 million, and all other shares of Angie’s List common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (of which there were approximately 61.3 million shares) were converted into the right to receive shares of Class A Common Stock.

 

From and after the Effective Time, Angie’s List common stock has been delisted from the NASDAQ Stock Market, has ceased to be publicly traded and will be deregistered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The shares of Class A Common Stock will trade on NASDAQ under the former Angie’s List ticker symbol, “ANGI,” beginning Monday, October 2, 2017.

 

The calculation of the Issued Share Number as set forth in the Merger Agreement reflected an assumption that 2.3 million shares of Class A Common Stock (on a treasury method basis) underlying Angie’s List equity awards assumed by ANGI Homeservices in connection with the Merger (“Assumed Awards”) would be forfeited between the closing of the Merger and the first anniversary of the closing of the Merger (the “Post-Merger Measurement Period”).  The Merger Agreement provides that, within two business days after September 29, 2018 (the first anniversary of the Merger), ANGI Homeservices and IAC will recalculate the number of shares of Class B Common Stock that ANGI Homeservices would have issued to IAC on September 29, 2017 pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement and the Contribution Agreement using the number of shares of Class A Common Stock (on a treasury method basis) underlying Assumed Awards that are actually forfeited during the Post-Merger Measurement Period in substitution for the 2.3 million shares assumed forfeited in the original calculation of the Issued Share Number.  If the actual number of shares of Class B Common Stock that would have been issued to IAC (i) is more than the Issued Share Number, then ANGI Homeservices will issue to IAC a number of additional shares of Class B Common Stock equal to such deficit, thereby increasing IAC’s proportionate beneficial ownership of ANGI Homeservices relative to the holders of shares of the Class A Common Stock or (ii) is less than the Issued Share Number, then a number of shares of Class B Common Stock beneficially owned by IAC equal to such excess will be cancelled, thereby reducing IAC’s proportionate beneficial ownership of ANGI Homeservices relative to the holders of the Class A Common Stock.

 

The foregoing description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement is only a summary, does not purport to be complete and should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is included as Annex B to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

On October 2, 2017, IAC and ANGI Homeservices issued a joint press release to announce the completion of the Merger.  A copy of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

On September 29, 2017, prior to the closing of the Merger, ANGI Homeservices and IAC LLC entered into the Payoff Intercompany Note, pursuant to which IAC LLC provided the funds necessary at the Effective Time to repay the outstanding balance under Angie’s List’s existing credit agreement, totaling approximately $61.5 million.  Following the closing of the Merger, ANGI Homeservices and IAC LLC entered into the Working Capital Intercompany Note pursuant to which IAC LLC provided ANGI Homeservices with $15 million for working capital purposes.

 

ANGI Homeservices and its subsidiaries may also request further advances under the Intercompany Notes or under additional agreements substantially in the form of the Intercompany Notes following the closing of the Merger

 

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to cover general corporate purposes such as the provision of working capital, which IAC or one of its subsidiaries in its discretion may agree to provide on the terms set forth in the Intercompany Notes.

 

Amounts owing under the Intercompany Notes may be advanced in dollars.  Amounts owing under additional agreements substantially in the form of the Intercompany Notes may be advanced in dollars, or if agreed to by the parties, in foreign currencies.  Any such amounts will bear interest at three-month LIBOR plus 3.25% per annum, or, in the case of amounts denominated in a foreign currency, the applicable foreign benchmark rate plus 3.25% per annum. If the applicable Intercompany Note is not paid when due, default interest at a rate of 2% per annum will also accrue. The Intercompany Notes mature on September 29, 2024.

 

Amounts owing under the Intercompany Notes may be voluntarily prepaid at par at any time, without premium or penalty.  Amounts owing under the Intercompany Notes will be mandatorily prepayable, without premium or penalty, upon a change of control.  If ANGI Homeservices or any of its subsidiaries incurs more than $25 million of debt for borrowed money, the net cash proceeds of such indebtedness must be used to prepay amounts owing under the Intercompany Notes.

 

The above description of the Intercompany Notes is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Intercompany Notes, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 2.6 and 2.7 and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 3.02                   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

As described above under Item 2.01 (which description is incorporated herein by reference), on September 29, 2017, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement and the Merger Agreement, ANGI Homeservices issued 414,753,515 shares of its Class B Common Stock to IAC.  Such issuance was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 3.03                   Material Modification to the Rights of Security Holders.

 

The information set forth in Item 5.03 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

Election of Directors

 

As of the Effective Time, the board of directors of ANGI Homeservices increased the size of the board of directors to ten members and appointed Joseph Levin, Thomas R. Evans, Alesia J. Haas, Angela R. Hicks Bowman, Mark Stein, Chris Terrill, Suzy Welch and Yilu Zhao to fill the vacancies created by such increase, with Glenn H. Schiffman and Gregg Winiarski continuing as directors, and Mr. Levin being appointed as the Non-Executive Chairman of the board of directors.

 

Biographical information for Messrs. Levin, Evans, Schiffman, Stein, Terrill, and Winiarski and Mmes. Haas, Hicks Bowman and Welch is contained under the heading “Board of Directors and Executive Officers of ANGI Homeservices Following the Merger” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which information is incorporated herein by reference.  Yilu Zhao, age 41, is a co-founder, partner and managing director of Zebra Global Capital, a Beijing-based private equity fund.  Prior to founding Zebra Global Capital in March 2016, Ms. Zhao served as Chief Financial Officer of Qunar.com, a leading online travel platform, from March 2014 to January 2016.  Before joining Qunar.com, Ms. Zhao served as an executive director at Goldman Sachs (IBD) from February 2008 to February 2014.  In addition, Ms. Zhao was also a staff reporter with The New York Times and was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for covering 9/11. Ms. Zhao received her Bachelor of Arts in History from Yale University, magna cum laude, and her law degree from Harvard Law School.

 

Compensation information for non-employee directors (i.e., directors who are not employed by (or otherwise providing services to) ANGI Homeservices or IAC (or any of its subsidiaries)) serving as of the Effective Time is contained under the heading “ANGI Homeservices Director Compensation” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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After due inquiry and investigation, the ANGI Homeservices board of directors determined that there were no material relationships between ANGI Homeservices, on the one hand, and each of Thomas R. Evans, Alesia J. Haas and Yilu Zhao (collectively, the “Independent Directors”), on the other hand, that would prevent any of the foregoing from being considered “independent” under the Marketplace Rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (the “Marketplace Rules”) and applicable SEC rules.  Therefore, the ANGI Homeservices board of directors has determined that the Independent Directors qualify as, and are determined to be, “independent” in accordance with the Marketplace Rules and applicable SEC rules.

 

Appointment of Executive Officers

 

As of the Effective Time, Chris Terrill was appointed Chief Executive Officer, Glenn H. Schiffman was appointed Chief Financial Officer, William B. Ridenour was appointed Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer, Craig Smith was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer and Allison Lowrie was appointed Chief Marketing Officer, of ANGI Homeservices, and Jeffrey W. Kip was appointed Chief Executive Officer, HomeAdvisor International.  Biographical information for Messrs. Terrill, Schiffman, Ridenour, Smith and Kip and Ms. Lowrie is contained under the heading “Board of Directors and Executive Officers of ANGI Homeservices Following the Merger” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which information is incorporated herein by reference.  The employment agreements between ANGI Homeservices, on the one hand, and each of Messrs. Ridenour and Smith and Ms. Lowrie, on the other hand, became effective as of the closing of the Merger.  A summary, which is incorporated by reference herein, of certain material provisions of the employment agreements with Messrs. Ridenour and Smith and Ms. Lowrie was previously disclosed under the heading “ANGI Homeservices Compensation Program Following the Transactions—Employment Agreements with William B. Ridenour, Craig Smith and Allison Lowrie” of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

 

Agreements with Directors

 

The employment agreement with Ms. Hicks Bowman is described under the heading “The Transactions—Interests of Angie’s List Directors and Executive Officers in the Transactions—ANGI Homeservices Employment Agreement with Ms. Hicks Bowman” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which summary is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Employment Agreement with Chris Terrill

 

On September 28, 2017, ANGI Homeservices entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Terrill. The employment agreement has a scheduled term ending on the third anniversary of the closing of the Merger and provides for automatic renewals for successive one-year terms absent written notice from ANGI Homeservices or Mr. Terill 90 days prior to the expiration of the then-current term.

 

The employment agreement provides that Mr. Terrill will be eligible to receive an annual base salary (currently $600,000), discretionary annual cash bonuses and such other employee benefits as may be determined by ANGI Homeservices from time to time.

 

Upon a termination of his employment without cause (as defined in the agreement) or his resignation for good reason (as defined in the agreement), subject to his execution and non-revocation of a release of claims in favor of ANGI Homeservices and compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in the employment agreement:  (i) ANGI Homeservices will continue to pay Mr. Terrill his annual base salary for one year following such termination or resignation, (ii) all ANGI Homeservices or IAC equity awards (including any cliff-vesting awards, which will be prorated as though such awards had an annual vesting schedule) held by him on the date of such termination or resignation that would have otherwise vested during the one-year period following such date will vest as of such date (subject to, in the case of performance-based awards, the satisfaction of the applicable performance conditions) and (iii) any then vested stock options or stock appreciation rights to acquire IAC or ANGI Homeservices stock will remain exercisable through the earlier of: (A) the scheduled expiration date of such stock option or stock appreciation right and (B) 18 months following Mr. Terrill’s termination of employment.

 

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Pursuant to his employment agreement, Mr. Terrill is bound by a covenant not to: (i) compete with ANGI Homeservices’ businesses during the term of his employment and for 12 months thereafter and (ii) solicit ANGI Homeservices’ employees or business partners during the term of his employment and for 18 months thereafter. In addition, Mr. Terrill has agreed not to use or disclose any confidential information of ANGI Homeservices or its affiliates.

 

In addition, Mr. Terrill has agreed: (i) not to exercise more than 50% of his ANGI Homeservices equity awards granted on February 11, 2015 in any calendar year and (ii) not to exercise his ANGI Homeservices equity awards granted on February 14, 2017 before January 1, 2020 (and not to exercise more than 33% of such awards before December 31, 2020). Upon the termination of his employment prior to the lapse of any of these restrictions, ANGI Homeservices shall waive such restrictions in the manner and within the timeframes specified in the employment agreement. Mr. Terrill has also agreed not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of shares of Class A Common Stock acquired upon the exercise or settlement of ANGI Homeservices equity awards until December 31, 2019 (or, if earlier, upon the termination of his employment without cause, his resignation for good reason or his death).

 

The description of Mr. Terrill’s employment agreement above does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Mr. Terrill’s employment agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Audit Committee

 

As of the Effective Time, the ANGI Homeservices board of directors established an audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) and appointed Thomas R. Evans, Alesia J. Haas and Yilu Zhao as the initial members of such committee, with Ms. Haas appointed to serve as the Chair of such committee.

 

The ANGI Homeservices board of directors determined that each of Thomas R. Evans, Alesia J. Haas and Yilu Zhao meets the independence standards under the Marketplace Rules for service on the Audit Committee and is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, and that Ms. Haas is an “audit committee financial expert,” as such term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K.

 

Compensation Committee and Section 16 Committee

 

As of the Effective Time, the ANGI Homeservices board of directors established a compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”) and a Section 16 committee (the “Section 16 Committee”). The board of directors appointed: (i) Thomas R. Evans, Alesia J. Haas and Suzy Welch as the initial members of the Compensation Committee, (ii) Mr. Evans and Ms. Haas as the initial members of the Section 16 Committee and (iii) Mr. Evans as the Chair of both committees.  The Section 16 Committee consists solely of members who satisfy the applicable independence and other requirements of the Marketplace Rules, the SEC and the Internal Revenue Service for compensation committee members.

 

2017 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan

 

On September 29, 2017, ANGI Homeservices adopted its 2017 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”), which is summarized under the heading “ANGI Homeservices Compensation Program Following the Transactions—ANGI Homeservices Inc. 2017 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and which summary is incorporated by reference herein.

 

The description of the 2017 Plan does not purport to be a complete description of the 2017 Plan and such description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2017 Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

Amendment and Restatement of Certificate of Incorporation

 

On September 29, 2017, ANGI Homeservices amended and restated its Certificate of Incorporation (as amended and restated, the “Charter”).  The Charter is in the same form as the form of amended and restated certificate

 

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of incorporation of ANGI Homeservices filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement.  The summary of certain provisions of the Charter under the heading “Description of ANGI Homeservices Capital Stock” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.  Such summary does not purport to be complete and should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Charter filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Amendment and Restatement of Bylaws

 

On September 29, 2017, ANGI Homeservices amended and restated its bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Bylaws”).  The Bylaws are in the same form as the form of amended and restated bylaws of ANGI Homeservices filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement.  The summary of certain provisions of the Bylaws under the heading “Description of ANGI Homeservices Capital Stock” in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.  Such summary does not purport to be complete and should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.2 hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.05                   Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

 

At the Effective Time, the ANGI Homeservices board of directors adopted the ANGI Homeservices Inc. Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”).  The Code of Ethics applies to all ANGI Homeservices directors, officers and employees, as well as to directors, officers and employees of each subsidiary of ANGI Homeservices.

 

The Code of Ethics addresses such individuals’ conduct with respect to, among other things:  (i) honest, lawful and ethical conduct, (ii) conflicts of interest, (iii) corporate opportunities, (iv) compliance with laws, rules and regulations, (v) insider trading; (vi) disclosure, financial reporting and accounting, (vii) confidentiality, (viii) waivers of the Code of Ethics, (ix) compliance procedures and (x) enforcement.

 

The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Code of Ethics, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 14.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.  A copy of the Code of Ethics is also posted on the “Investor Relations” section of ANGI Homeservices’ website (ir.angihomeservices.com).  ANGI Homeservices intends to disclose amendments to, or waivers of a provision of, the Code of Ethics by posting the same to such website.

 

Item 9.01                   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a)          Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.  The information required by this item with respect to Angie’s List (File No. 001-35339) is incorporated by reference to Item 8 of Angie’s List Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on February 21, 2017 and attached as Exhibit 99.2, and Item 1 of Angie’s List Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on July 27, 2017 and attached as Exhibit 99.3.  Those financial statements (including the schedules appearing therein) consist of: (i) the audited consolidated financial statements of Angie’s List as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, as well as the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP, with respect to such financial statements and (ii) the unaudited financial statements and related notes for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016.

 

(b)           Pro Forma Financial Information.  ANGI Homeservices intends to file the pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01(b) as an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K no later than 71 days after the required filing date for this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

(d)           Exhibits.  See Exhibit Index.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

2.1

 

Contribution Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2017, by and between ANGI Homeservices Inc. and IAC/InterActiveCorp*

 

 

 

2.2

 

Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2017, by and between ANGI Homeservices Inc. and IAC/InterActiveCorp

 

 

 

2.3

 

Services Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2017, by and between ANGI Homeservices Inc. and IAC/InterActiveCorp*

 

 

 

2.4

 

Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2017, by and between ANGI Homeservices Inc. and IAC/InterActiveCorp

 

 

 

2.5

 

Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2017, by and between ANGI Homeservices Inc. and IAC/InterActiveCorp*

 

 

 

2.6

 

Intercompany Note, dated as of September 29, 2017, by and between ANGI Homeservices Inc. and IAC Group, LLC*

 

 

 

2.7

 

Intercompany Note, dated as of September 29, 2017, by and between ANGI Homeservices Inc. and IAC Group, LLC*

 

 

 

2.8

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 1, 2017, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 26, 2017, by and among Angie’s List, Inc., IAC/InterActiveCorp, ANGI Homeservices Inc. and Casa Merger Sub, Inc. (included as Annex B to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ANGI Homeservices Inc.

 

 

 

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of ANGI Homeservices Inc.

 

 

 

10.1

 

ANGI Homeservices Inc. 2017 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan(1)

 

 

 

10.2

 

Employment Agreement between Chris Terrill and ANGI Homeservices Inc., dated as of September 28, 2017(1)

 

 

 

14.1

 

ANGI Homeservices Inc. Code of Conduct and Ethics

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm

 

 

 

99.1

 

Joint Press Release of IAC/InterActiveCorp and ANGI Homeservices Inc., dated October 2, 2017

 

 

 

99.2

 

Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of Angie’s List (incorporated by reference to Item 8 of Angie’s List’s (File No. 001-35339) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on February 21, 2017)

 

 

 

99.3

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (incorporated by reference to Item 1 of Angie’s List’s (File No. 001-35339) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on July 27, 2017)

 


* Annexes, schedules and/or exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. ANGI Homeservices agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted attachment to the SEC on a confidential basis upon request.

 

(1) Reflects management contract and compensatory plan.

 



 

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.

 

 

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ GLENN H. SCHIFFMAN

 

Name:

Glenn H. Schiffman

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date: October 2, 2017

 


Exhibit 2.1

 

CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

and

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

Dated as of

 

September 29, 2017

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION

1

 

 

 

Section 1.01

Definitions

1

Section 1.02

Schedules

12

Section 1.03

Effective Time

12

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2 THE TRANSACTION

12

 

 

 

Section 2.01

Contribution

12

Section 2.02

Implementation

13

Section 2.03

Transfer of HomeAdvisor Assets; Assumption of HomeAdvisor Liabilities

13

Section 2.04

IAC Share Issuance

13

Section 2.05

HomeAdvisor Assets

14

Section 2.06

Deferred HomeAdvisor Assets

14

Section 2.07

Excluded Assets

14

Section 2.08

Liabilities

15

Section 2.09

Third Party Consents and Government Approvals

16

Section 2.10

Termination of InterCompany Arrangements; Preservation of Agreements

16

Section 2.11

Other Ancillary Agreements

17

Section 2.12

Resignations

17

Section 2.13

Cooperation

17

Section 2.14

Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties

17

Section 2.15

License of Intellectual Property Used in the HomeAdvisor Business but not Transferred

18

Section 2.16

License of Intellectual Property Used in the Remaining Business but not Retained

19

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3 DEFERRED SEPARATION TRANSACTIONS

20

 

 

 

Section 3.01

Deferred Transfer Assets

20

Section 3.02

Unreleased Liabilities

21

Section 3.03

No Additional Consideration

22

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS

22

 

 

 

Section 4.01

General Covenants

22

Section 4.02

Covenants of NewCo

22

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5 MUTUAL RELEASES; INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE

23

 

 

 

Section 5.01

Release of Pre-Transaction Claims

23

Section 5.02

Indemnification by NewCo

24

Section 5.03

Indemnification by IAC

26

Section 5.04

Procedures for Indemnification of Third Party Claims

27

Section 5.05

Procedures for Indemnification of Direct Claims

28

Section 5.06

Adjustments to Liabilities

28

Section 5.07

Payments

29

Section 5.08

Contribution

29

Section 5.09

Remedies Cumulative

29

 

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Section 5.10

Survival of Indemnities

29

Section 5.11

Shared Liabilities

29

Section 5.12

Insurance Matters

30

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6 EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY

31

 

 

 

Section 6.01

Agreement for Exchange of Information; Archives

31

Section 6.02

Ownership of Information

32

Section 6.03

Compensation for Providing Information

32

Section 6.04

Record Retention

32

Section 6.05

Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information

32

Section 6.06

Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation

32

Section 6.07

Confidentiality

33

Section 6.08

Protective Arrangements

34

Section 6.09

Disclosure of Third Party Information

35

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7 DISPUTE RESOLUTION

35

 

 

 

Section 7.01

Interpretation; Agreement to Resolve Disputes

35

Section 7.02

Dispute Resolution; Mediation

35

Section 7.03

Arbitration

36

Section 7.04

Costs

36

Section 7.05

Continuity of Service and Performance

36

Section 7.06

Specific Performance

36

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8 CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS

37

 

 

 

Section 8.01

Further Assurances

37

Section 8.02

Auditors and Audits; Annual and Quarterly Financial Statements and Accounting

38

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9 TERMINATION

39

 

 

 

Section 9.01

Termination

39

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10 MISCELLANEOUS

39

 

 

 

Section 10.01

Limitation of Liability

39

Section 10.02

Counterparts

39

Section 10.03

Entire Agreement; Coordination

40

Section 10.04

Construction

40

Section 10.05

Signatures

41

Section 10.06

Assignability

41

Section 10.07

Third Party Beneficiaries

41

Section 10.08

Payment Terms

42

Section 10.09

Governing Law

42

Section 10.10

Notices

42

Section 10.11

Severability

42

Section 10.12

Publicity

43

Section 10.13

Survival of Covenants

43

Section 10.14

Waivers of Default; Conflicts

43

 

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Section 10.15

Amendments

43

 

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CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

This Contribution Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2017 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and between IAC/InterActiveCorp, a Delaware corporation (“IAC”), and ANGI Homeservices Inc, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of IAC (“NewCo” and, together with IAC, the “Parties” and each a “Party”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, IAC, NewCo, Casa Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of NewCo (“Merger Sub”), and Angie’s List, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), have entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 1, 2017 (as amended and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), providing for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, with the Company surviving such merger (the “Merger”) as a wholly owned Subsidiary of NewCo;

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition to the Merger that, prior to the Merger Effective Time (as defined below), the Contribution (as defined below) and the IAC Share Issuance (as defined below) be consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Merger Agreement contemplates that IAC and NewCo will enter into this Agreement and a series of agreements as set forth in Section 2.11 of this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, it is appropriate and desirable to set forth the principal corporate transactions required to effect the Contribution and the IAC Share Issuance and to set forth certain other agreements that will, following such transactions, govern certain matters relating to the Contribution and the IAC Share Issuance and the relationship of IAC, NewCo and their respective Affiliates (as defined below); and

 

WHEREAS, it is intended that the Contribution and the IAC Share Issuance, taken together, will qualify as an exchange described in Section 351(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 1

 

INTERPRETATION

 

Section 1.01          Definitions.  The capitalized words and expressions and variations thereof used in this Agreement or in its schedules, unless a clearly inconsistent meaning is required under the context, shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Accounts Receivable”  means, in respect of any Person, (a) all trade accounts and notes receivable and other rights to payment from customers and all security for such accounts or rights to payment, including all trade accounts receivable representing amounts receivable in respect of goods shipped or products sold or otherwise disposed of or services rendered to customers, (b) all other accounts and notes receivable and all security for such accounts or notes, and (c) any claim, remedy or other right relating to any of the foregoing.

 



 

Action” means any demand, action, suit, countersuit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by any Person or any Governmental Authority or before any Governmental Authority or any arbitration or mediation tribunal.

 

Additional NewCo Class B Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a).

 

Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such first Person as of the date on which or at any time during the period for when such determination is being made.  For purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing; provided that (a) Expedia, Inc. and its controlled Affiliates shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of IAC or NewCo and (b) from and after the Contribution Effective Time, no member of the HomeAdvisor Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the IAC Group, and no member of the IAC Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the HomeAdvisor Group.

 

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Applicable Law” means any applicable law, statute, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority or any outstanding order, judgment, injunction, ruling or decree by any Governmental Authority.

 

Appurtenances” means, in respect of any Land, all privileges, rights, easements, servitudes, hereditaments and appurtenances and similar interests belonging to or for the benefit of such Land, including all easements and servitudes appurtenant to and for the benefit of any Land (a “Dominant Parcel”) for, and as the primary means of, access between, the Dominant Parcel and a public way, or for any other use upon which lawful use of the Dominant Parcel for the purposes for which it is presently being used is dependent, and all rights existing in and to any streets, alleys, passages and other rights-of-way included therein or adjacent thereto.

 

Asset-Related Claims” means, in respect of any Asset, all claims of the owner against Third Parties relating to such Asset, whether choate or inchoate, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, disclosed or non-disclosed.

 

Assets” means assets, properties, claims and rights (including goodwill), wherever located (including in the possession of owners or Third Parties or elsewhere), whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, in each case whether or not recorded or reflected or required to be recorded or reflected on the books and records or financial statements of a Person, including the following:

 

(a)                                 Real Property;

 

(b)                                 Tangible Personal Property;

 

(c)                                  Inventories;

 

(d)                                 Accounts Receivable;

 

(e)                                  Contractual Assets;

 

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(f)                                   Governmental Authorizations;

 

(g)                                  Business Records;

 

(h)                                 Intangible Property Rights;

 

(i)                                     Insurance Benefits;

 

(j)                                    Asset-Related Claims; and

 

(k)                                 Deposit Rights.

 

Bankruptcy Codehas the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(f).

 

Business Concern” means any corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated association or any other form of association.

 

Business Day” means any day excluding (a) Saturday, Sunday and any other day which, in New York City is a legal holiday or (b) a day on which banks are authorized by Applicable Law to close in New York City.

 

Business Records” means, in respect of any Person, all data and Records relating to such Person, including client and customer lists and Records, referral sources, research and development reports and Records, cost information, sales and pricing data, customer prospect lists, customer and vendor data, production reports and Records, service and warranty Records, equipment logs, operating guides and manuals, financial and accounting Records, personnel Records (subject to Applicable Law), creative materials, advertising materials, promotional materials, studies, reports, correspondence and other similar documents and records.

 

Claim Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(b).

 

Claimant Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

 

Company” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.07(a).

 

Consent” means any approval, consent, ratification, waiver or other authorization.

 

Contract” means any contract, agreement, lease, purchase and/or commitment, license, consensual obligation, promise or undertaking (whether written or oral and whether express or implied) that is legally binding on any Person or any part of its property under Applicable Law, including all claims or rights against any Person, choses in action and similar rights, whether accrued or contingent with respect to any such contract, agreement, lease, purchase and/or commitment, license, consensual obligation, promise or undertaking, but excluding this Agreement and any Other Ancillary Agreement save as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or in any Other Ancillary Agreement.

 

Contractual Asset” means, in respect of any Person, any Contract of, or relating to, such Person, any outstanding offer or solicitation made by, or to, such Person to enter into any Contract, and any promise or undertaking made by any other Person to such Person, whether or not legally binding.

 

Contribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).

 

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Contribution Effective Time” means the time of the consummation of the Contribution.

 

Control”  or “Controlled” means, with respect to any Intellectual Property, the right to grant a license to such Intellectual Property as provided for herein without: (i) violating the terms of any Contract or other arrangement with any other Person; (ii) requiring any consent, approvals or waivers from any other Person, or any breach or default by a licensee being deemed a breach or default affecting the rights of the licensor; or (iii) requiring the payment of any compensation to any other Person for which the grantee of the contemplated license has not agreed to reimburse the grantor.

 

Deferred Beneficiary” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).

 

Deferred Excluded Asset” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

 

Deferred HomeAdvisor Asset” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

 

Deferred Transactions” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(a).

 

Deferred Transfer Asset” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

 

Deposit Rights” means rights relating to deposits and prepaid expenses, claims for refunds and rights of set-off in respect thereof.

 

Disclosing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.08.

 

Dispute” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

 

Dispute Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

 

Dispute Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

 

EHS Liabilities” means any Liability arising from or under any Environmental Law or Occupational Health and Safety Law.

 

Employee Matters Agreement” means the Employee Matters Agreement between IAC and NewCo dated as of the date hereof.

 

Encumbrance” means, with respect to any asset, mortgages, liens, hypothecations, pledges, charges, security interests or encumbrances of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under Applicable Law.

 

Environmental Law” means any Applicable Law from any Governmental Authority (a) relating to the protection of the environment (including air, water, soil and natural resources) or (b) the use, storage, handling, release or disposal of Hazardous Substances.

 

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

 

Excluded Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(a).

 

Fiscal Year” means the 12-month accounting period of IAC or NewCo, as the context requires, ended on December 31 of a given year.

 

GAAP” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(d).

 

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Governmental Authority” means any court, arbitration panel, governmental or regulatory authority, agency, stock exchange, commission or body.

 

Governmental Authorization” means any Consent, license, certificate, franchise, registration or permit issued, granted, given or otherwise made available by, or under the authority of, any Governmental Authority or pursuant to any Applicable Law.

 

Ground Lease” means any long-term lease (including any emphyteotic lease) of Land in which most of the rights and benefits comprising ownership of the Land and the Improvements thereon or to be constructed thereon, if any, and the Appurtenances thereto for the benefit thereof, are transferred to the tenant for the term thereof.

 

Ground Lease Property” means, in respect of any Person, any Land, Improvement or Appurtenance of such Person that is subject to a Ground Lease.

 

Group” means the IAC Group or the HomeAdvisor Group, as the context requires.

 

HomeAdvisor Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05.

 

HomeAdvisor Business” means the businesses and operations that comprise the “HomeAdvisor” segment of IAC as described in IAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2016 and as operated and conducted since December 31, 2016, including entities or businesses acquired since such date (which include MyBuilder Limited and HomeStars Inc.), and which businesses consist of home services digital marketplaces operated in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

 

HomeAdvisor Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

 

HomeAdvisor Entities” means those Business Concerns which are identified on Schedule 2.05(b), which Business Concerns on and after the Contribution Effective Time form part of the HomeAdvisor Group.

 

HomeAdvisor Group” means NewCo, Merger Sub, the HomeAdvisor Entities and each other Person (other than any member of the IAC Group) that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of NewCo immediately after the Contribution Effective Time, and each Person that becomes a Subsidiary of NewCo after the Contribution Effective Time (including the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Merger Effective Time).

 

HomeAdvisor Group Balance Sheet” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(c).

 

HomeAdvisor Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.03.

 

HomeAdvisor Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08.

 

HomeAdvisor Releasors” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

 

HomeAdvisor Spin-Outhas the meaning set forth  in Section 2.15(d).

 

Hazardous Substance” means any substance to the extent presently listed, defined, designated or classified as hazardous, toxic or radioactive under any applicable Environmental Law, including petroleum and any derivative or by-products thereof.

 

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IAC” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

IAC Auditor” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(a).

 

IAC Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(b).

 

IAC Group” means IAC and its Subsidiaries, other than any member of the HomeAdvisor Group.

 

IAC Releasors” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(b).

 

IAC Share Issuance” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a).

 

IAC Share Issuance Number” has the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.

 

IAC Spin-Outhas the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(d).

 

Improvements” means, in respect of any Land, all buildings, structures, plants, fixtures and improvements located on such Land, including those under construction.

 

Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(a).

 

Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(b).

 

Information” means any information, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, in written, oral, electronic or other tangible or intangible forms, stored in any medium, including studies, reports, test procedures, research, records, books, contracts, instruments, surveys, discoveries, ideas, concepts, know-how, techniques, manufacturing techniques, manufacturing variables, designs, specifications, drawings, blueprints, diagrams, models, prototypes, samples, products, product plans, flow charts, data, computer data, disks, diskettes, tapes, computer programs or other software, marketing plans, customer information, customer services, supplier information, communications by or to attorneys (including attorney-client privileged communications), memos and other materials prepared by attorneys or under their direction (including attorney work product), and other technical, financial, employee or business information or data.

 

Insurance Benefits” means, in respect of any Asset or Liability, all insurance benefits, including rights to Insurance Proceeds, arising from or relating to such Asset or Liability.

 

Insurance Proceeds” means those monies (in each case, net of any costs or expenses incurred in the collection thereof and net of any applicable premium adjustments (including reserves and retrospectively rated premium adjustments)):

 

(a)                                 received by an insured from an insurance carrier; or

 

(b)                                 paid by an insurance carrier on behalf of the insured.

 

Intangible Property Rights” means, in respect of any Person, all intangible rights and property of such Person, including IT and IP Assets, Intellectual Property, going concern value and goodwill.

 

Intellectual Propertymeans any technology and intellectual property or other proprietary rights in any jurisdiction, including all (a) inventions, discoveries, patents (including all

 

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reissues, divisionals, provisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part, re-examinations, renewals, substitutions and extensions thereof), and patent applications, and other patent rights and any other Governmental Authority-issued indicia of invention ownership (including inventor’s certificates, petty patents and patent utility models) or any other industrial property rights however denominated, (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, slogans, brand names, trade names, Internet domain names and corporate names (whether or not registered), social media handles and other identifiers and indicia of origin, and all applications and registrations in connection therewith, (c) works of authorship and copyrights (whether or not published), and all applications and registrations in connection therewith, including without limitation audiovisual works, collective works, computer programs, compilations, databases, derivative works, literary works, mask works, and sound recordings, (d) intellectual property rights in Software Programs, (e) mask works and industrial designs, and all applications and registrations in connection therewith, (f) trade secrets and other confidential and proprietary information that derives value from being kept secret (including inventions, ideas, research and development information, know-how, formulas, compositions, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, technical data, designs, drawings, specifications, research records, test information, financial, marketing and business data, customer and supplier lists, algorithms and information, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and proposals, and databases and compilations, including any and all data and collections of data), and all rights therein, (g) rights of attribution and integrity and other moral rights of an author, in each case other than IT Assets, (h) all rights to enforce, defend, sue or recover and retain damages and costs and attorneys’ fees, whether accruing before, on or after the date hereof, for past, present and future infringement or misappropriation of any of the foregoing, including all rights to and claims for damages, restitution and injunctive relief, and (i) all rights to income, royalties, fees, damages and other payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto.

 

Intercompany Accounts” means all balances related to indebtedness, including any intercompany indebtedness, loan, guaranty, receivable, payable or other account between a member of the IAC Group, on the one hand, and a member of the HomeAdvisor Group, on the other hand.

 

Intercompany Note” means the Intercompany Note between IAC (or another member of the IAC Group) and NewCo (or another member of the HomeAdvisor Group) dated as of the date hereof.

 

Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(b).

 

Inventories” means, in respect of any Person, all inventories of such Person wherever located, including all finished goods, (whether or not held at any location or facility of such Person or in transit to or from such Person), work in process, raw materials, spare parts and all other materials and supplies to be used or consumed by the Person in production of finished goods.

 

Investor Rights Agreement” means the Investor Rights Agreement between IAC and NewCo dated as of the date hereof.

 

IT and IP Assets” means computers, computer software, firmware, middleware, servers, workstations, routers, hubs, switches, data communications lines, all tangible embodiments of Intellectual Property (including any medium on which a Person’s Intellectual Property may subsist), and all other information technology equipment and all associated documentation.

 

Land” means, in respect of any Person, all parcels and tracts of land in which the Person has an ownership interest.

 

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Liability” means, with respect to any Person, any and all losses, claims, charges, debts, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, damages, obligations, payments, costs and expenses, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, bonds, specialties, indemnities and similar obligations, exoneration covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, doings, omissions, variances, guarantees, make whole agreements and similar obligations, and other liabilities and requirements, including all contractual obligations, whether absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown, joint or several, whenever arising, and including those arising under any Applicable Law, Action, threatened or contemplated Action (including the costs and expenses of demands, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto and attorneys’ fees and any and all costs and expenses, whatsoever reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any such Actions or threatened or contemplated Actions) or Order of any Governmental Authority or any award of any arbitrator or mediator of any kind, and those arising under any contract, commitment or undertaking, in each case, whether or not recorded or reflected or otherwise disclosed or required to be recorded or reflected or otherwise disclosed, on the books and records or financial statements of any Person, including any Specified Financial Liability, EHS Liability or Liability for Taxes.

 

Licensed HomeAdvisor Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property (excluding Intellectual Property described in clause (h) or (i) of the definition thereof) that is: (i) owned by NewCo or any of its Affiliates immediately after the Contribution Effective Time; (ii) Controlled by NewCo or any of its Affiliates immediately after the Contribution Effective Time; and (iii) in use, held for use or contemplated to be used by any Remaining IAC Entity in the Remaining Business as conducted as of the Contribution Effective Time.

 

Licensed IAC Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property (excluding Intellectual Property described in clause (h) or (i) of the definition thereof) that is: (i) owned by IAC or any of its Affiliates immediately after the Contribution Effective Time; (ii) Controlled by IAC or any of its Affiliates immediately after the Contribution Effective Time; and (iii) in use, held for use or contemplated to be used by any HomeAdvisor Entity in the HomeAdvisor Business as conducted as of the Contribution Effective Time.

 

Merger” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

Merger Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

Merger Effective Time” means the date and time when the Merger becomes effective.

 

Merger Sub” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

NewCo” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

NewCo Auditor” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(a).

 

NewCo Class A Common Stock” means the Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of NewCo.

 

NewCo Class B Common Stock” means the Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Newco.

 

NewCo Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.02(d).

 

Non-HomeAdvisor Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

 

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Non-IAC Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(b).

 

Occupational Health and Safety Law” means any Applicable Law designed to provide safe and healthful working conditions and to reduce occupational safety and health hazards, and any program, whether governmental or private (such as those promulgated or sponsored by industry associations and insurance companies), designed to provide safe and healthful working conditions.

 

Order” means any order, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, assessment or arbitration award of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator.

 

Ordinary Course of Business” means any action taken by a Person that is in the ordinary course of the normal, day-to-day operations of such Person and is consistent with the past practices of such Person.

 

Other Ancillary Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(a).

 

Party” or “Parties” have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Person” means any individual, Business Concern or Governmental Authority.

 

Potential Contributor” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06(a).

 

Prime Rate” means the rate which JPMorgan Chase & Co. (or any successor thereto or other major money center commercial bank agreed to by the Parties hereto) announces from time to time as its prime lending rate, as in effect from time to time.

 

Providing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.08.

 

Real Property” means any Land and Improvements and all Appurtenances thereto and any Ground Lease Property.

 

Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

 

Regulation S-K” means Regulation S-K of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act.

 

Remaining Business” means all businesses of IAC other than the HomeAdvisor Business.

 

Remaining IAC Entity” means any Business Concern that is a member of the IAC Group on and after the Contribution Effective Time.

 

Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, any of such Person’s directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors, accountants or attorneys.

 

Requesting Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(a).

 

Responding Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

 

Response” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

 

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Responsible Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(c).

 

Responsible Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).

 

Retained Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08.

 

Retaining Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).

 

S-4 Registration Statement” means the registration statement on Form S-4 first publicly filed by NewCo with the SEC on June 29, 2017 (together with all amendments and supplements thereto) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the NewCo Class A Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger.

 

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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

 

Senior Party Representatives” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02(a).

 

Services Agreement” means the Services Agreement between IAC and NewCo dated as of the date hereof.

 

Shared Liability” of NewCo means any Liability from, relating to, arising out of, or derivative of any matter, claim or litigation, whether actual or potential, associated with any securities law litigation relating to any public disclosure (or absence of public disclosure) with respect to NewCo, the HomeAdvisor Business or the HomeAdvisor Entities made by IAC prior to the Contribution Effective Time, including the fees and expenses of outside counsel retained by IAC in connection with the defense and/or settlement of any such matter.  For purposes of this definition, the phrase “securities law litigation” shall include claims alleging any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in alleged violation of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any similar state law and any claims premised on, related to or derivative of such alleged statements, omissions or violations, whether payable to any current, past or future holders of IAC securities or any NewCo securities, to any of the co-defendants in such action or to any Governmental Authority.  Notwithstanding anything in Section 5.06 to the contrary, the amount of any Shared Liability shall be net of any insurance proceeds actually recovered by or on behalf of any member of any Group.

 

Software Programs” means any computer programs (whether in source code, object code or other form), including any and all software implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, and all documentation, including user manuals and training materials, related to any of the foregoing.

 

Specified Financial Liabilities” means, in respect of any Person, all liabilities, obligations, contingencies, instruments and other Liabilities of a financial nature with Third Parties of, or relating to, such Person, including any of the following:

 

(a)                                 foreign exchange contracts;

 

(b)                                 letters of credit;

 

(c)                                  guarantees of Third Party loans;

 

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(d)                                 surety bonds (excluding surety for workers’ compensation self-insurance);

 

(e)                                  interest support agreements on Third Party loans;

 

(f)                                   performance bonds or guarantees issued by Third Parties;

 

(g)                                  swaps or other derivatives contracts;

 

(h)                                 recourse arrangements on the sale of receivables or notes; and

 

(i)                                     indemnities for damages for any breach of, or any inaccuracy in, any representation or warranty or any breach of, or failure to perform or comply with, any covenant, undertaking or obligation.

 

Subsidiary” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, limited liability entity, joint venture or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which a majority of the total voting power of capital stock or other interests entitled (without the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof, is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

 

Tangible Personal Property” means, in respect of any Person, all machinery, equipment, tools, furniture, office equipment, supplies, materials, vehicles and other items of tangible personal or movable property (other than Inventories and IT Assets) of every kind and wherever located that are owned or leased by the Person, together with any express or implied warranty by the manufacturers, sellers or lessors of any item or component part thereof and all maintenance Records and other documents relating thereto.

 

Tax” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Tax Sharing Agreement.

 

Tax Sharing Agreement” means the Tax Sharing Agreement between IAC and NewCo dated as of the date hereof.

 

Third Party” means a Person (a) that is not a Party to this Agreement, other than a member of the HomeAdvisor Group or a member of the IAC Group and (b) that is not an Affiliate of a member of the HomeAdvisor Group or a member of the IAC Group.

 

Third Party Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(b).

 

Third Party Consent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.

 

Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

 

Transaction Expenses” means (a) all of the HomeAdvisor Group’s and the IAC Group’s (as such groups exist as of the Contribution Effective Time) fees and expenses of legal counsel, brokers, finders, consultants, experts, advisors and investment bankers incurred by or on behalf of, or to be paid by, any such Person in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, this Agreement or the Other Ancillary Agreements and, without duplication, (b) all of the HomeAdvisor Group’s and the IAC Group’s costs, damages, penalties, fines, amounts paid in settlement, Liabilities, losses, interest, expenses or fees, including court costs and attorneys’ and other professionals’ fees and expenses, incurred by or on behalf of, or to be paid by, any such Person in connection with any stockholder litigation against the Company, Newco or IAC and/or their respective directors or executive

 

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officers relating to or arising out of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, this Agreement or the Other Ancillary Agreements.

 

Transfer Impediment” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

 

Unreleased Group” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).

 

Unreleased Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).

 

Unreleased Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).

 

Unreleased Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).

 

Section 1.02                             Schedules.  The following schedules are attached to this Agreement and form a part hereof:

 

(a)                                 Schedule 2.05(a) Certain HomeAdvisor Assets (other than equity interests in HomeAdvisor Entities)

 

(b)                                 Schedule 2.05(b) HomeAdvisor Entities

 

(c)                                  Schedule 2.05(c) HomeAdvisor Group Balance Sheet

 

(d)                                 Schedule 2.07(a) Excluded Assets

 

(e)                                  Schedule 2.08(a) HomeAdvisor Liabilities

 

(f)                                   Schedule 2.08(b) Retained Liabilities

 

(g)                                  Schedule 2.10(a)  Intercompany Accounts That Will Not be Terminated

 

(h)                                 Schedule 5.02(c)  IAC Guarantees of HomeAdvisor Obligations

 

Section 1.03                             Effective Time.  This Agreement shall be effective as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

THE TRANSACTION

 

Section 2.01                             Contribution.  To the extent not already complete, IAC and NewCo agree to implement a separation of the HomeAdvisor Business and the Remaining Business and to cause the HomeAdvisor Business to be transferred to NewCo and the Remaining Business to be held by IAC and its Subsidiaries (other than through members of the HomeAdvisor Group) as of the Contribution Effective Time, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (the “Transaction”).  The Parties acknowledge that the Transaction is intended to result in (a) NewCo directly or indirectly, operating the HomeAdvisor Business, owning the HomeAdvisor Assets and assuming the HomeAdvisor Liabilities, and (b) IAC directly or indirectly (other than through members of the HomeAdvisor Group), operating the Remaining Business, owning the Assets other than the HomeAdvisor Assets and assuming the Liabilities other than the HomeAdvisor Liabilities, as set forth in this Article 2.

 

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Section 2.02                             Implementation.  The Transaction shall be completed in accordance with the agreed general principles, objectives and other provisions set forth in this Article 2 and shall be implemented in the following manner:

 

(a)                                 through the performance by the Parties of all other provisions of this Agreement;

 

(b)                                 through the transfer from time to time following the Contribution Effective Time of the Deferred Transfer Assets, if any, as described in Article 3; and

 

(c)                                  through the completion from time to time following the Contribution Effective Time of the Deferred Transactions, if any, as described in Section 8.01(a).

 

Section 2.03                             Transfer of HomeAdvisor Assets; Assumption of HomeAdvisor Liabilities.  On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in furtherance of the Transaction, with effect as of the Contribution Effective Time:

 

(a)                                 To the extent not already complete, IAC agrees to cause the HomeAdvisor Assets to be contributed, assigned, transferred, conveyed and delivered, directly or indirectly, to NewCo, and NewCo agrees to accept all of the HomeAdvisor Assets and all of the rights, title and interest in and to all of the HomeAdvisor Assets owned, directly or indirectly, by IAC (other than through members of the HomeAdvisor Group) and cash in an amount equal to the Cash Consideration (as defined in the Merger Agreement (which may be satisfied by way of delivery by IAC to the Exchange Agent pursuant to Section 2.3(a) of the Merger Agreement) (collectively, the “Contribution”), which, except with respect to Deferred HomeAdvisor Assets and Unreleased Liabilities, will result in NewCo owning, directly or indirectly, the HomeAdvisor Business.

 

(b)                                 NewCo agrees to accept, assume and faithfully perform, discharge and fulfill all of the HomeAdvisor Liabilities in accordance with their respective terms.

 

Section 2.04                             IAC Share Issuance.

 

(a)                                 In exchange for the Contribution, NewCo agrees to issue to IAC (or to any wholly owned Subsidiary of IAC as IAC may designate in writing) an aggregate number of newly issued shares of NewCo Class B Common Stock equal to the IAC Share Issuance Number (such newly issued shares, the “Additional NewCo Class B Shares” and such issuance, the “IAC Share Issuance”).

 

(b)                                 The Additional NewCo Class B Shares, when issued, shall be fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights.

 

(c)                                  IAC and NewCo shall not have any obligation to effect the Contribution and the IAC Share Issuance unless each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

(i)                                     each of the conditions to closing under the Merger Agreement set forth in Article 6 thereof (other than the condition set forth in Section 6.2(h) thereof in respect of the Contribution and the IAC Share Issuance) shall have been fulfilled or waived by the party (to the extent permitted by Applicable Law) for whose benefit such condition exists (other than those conditions that by their nature can only be satisfied at such closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; provided that such conditions are then capable of being satisfied) and the Company shall have confirmed to IAC in writing that it is prepared to consummate the Merger, subject only to the consummation of the Contribution and the IAC Share Issuance; and

 

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(ii)                                  each of the Other Ancillary Agreements shall have been duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto.

 

Section 2.05                             HomeAdvisor Assets.  For the purposes of this Agreement, “HomeAdvisor Assets” shall mean, without duplication, those Assets whether now existing or hereinafter acquired, used or contemplated to be used or held for use exclusively or primarily in the ownership, operation or conduct of the HomeAdvisor Business or relating exclusively or primarily to the HomeAdvisor Business or a HomeAdvisor Entity, including the following:

 

(a)                                 all Assets expressly identified in this Agreement or in any Other Ancillary Agreement or in any Schedule, Exhibit or Annex hereto or thereto, including those, if any, listed on Schedule 2.05(a), as Assets to be transferred to, or retained by, NewCo or another member of the HomeAdvisor Group;

 

(b)                                 the outstanding capital stock, units or other equity interests of the HomeAdvisor Entities, as listed on Schedule 2.05(b), and the other Assets owned by the HomeAdvisor Entities, NewCo or Merger Sub;

 

(c)                                  all Assets properly reflected on the balance sheet set forth on Schedule 2.05(c) (the “HomeAdvisor Group Balance Sheet”), excluding Assets disposed of by IAC or any other Subsidiary or entity controlled by IAC subsequent to the date of the HomeAdvisor Group Balance Sheet;

 

(d)                                 all Assets that have been written off, expensed or fully depreciated by IAC or any Subsidiary or entity controlled by IAC that, had they not been written off, expensed or fully depreciated, would have been reflected on the HomeAdvisor Group Balance Sheet in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”); and

 

(e)                                  all HomeAdvisor Assets transferred to NewCo or another member of the HomeAdvisor Group pursuant to Section 8.01(a); provided, however, that any such transfer shall take effect under Section 8.01(a) and not under this Section 2.05.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be excluded from the definition of HomeAdvisor Assets under this Section 2.05 Business Records to the extent they are included in or primarily relate to any Excluded Asset or Retained Liability or the Remaining Business or their transfer is prohibited by Applicable Law or by agreements between NewCo and IAC or any member of their respective Groups and Third Parties or otherwise would subject NewCo or IAC or any member of their respective Groups to liability for such transfer.  Access to such excluded Business Records shall be governed by Article 6.

 

Section 2.06                             Deferred HomeAdvisor Assets.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.05 or elsewhere in this Agreement, the HomeAdvisor Assets shall not include any Deferred HomeAdvisor Assets.  The transfer to NewCo or another member of the HomeAdvisor Group of any such Deferred HomeAdvisor Asset shall only be completed at the time, in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 3.

 

Section 2.07                             Excluded Assets.

 

(a)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.05 or 2.06 or elsewhere in this Agreement, the following Assets of IAC (or of any other relevant member of the IAC Group) that would otherwise be included among the HomeAdvisor Assets shall not be transferred to NewCo (or any other member of the HomeAdvisor Group), shall not form part of the HomeAdvisor

 

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Assets and shall remain the exclusive property of IAC (or the relevant member of the IAC Group) on and after the Contribution Effective Time (the “Excluded Assets”):

 

(i)                                     any Asset expressly identified on Schedule 2.07(a); and

 

(ii)                                  any Asset transferred to IAC or to any other relevant member of the IAC Group pursuant to Section 8.01; provided, however, that any such transfers shall take effect under Section 8.01 and not under this Section 2.07.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Excluded Assets shall not include Deferred Excluded Assets.  The transfer to IAC (or to the relevant member of the IAC Group) of any such Asset shall be completed at the time, in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 3.

 

Section 2.08                             Liabilities.  For the purposes of this Agreement, Liabilities shall be identified as “HomeAdvisor Liabilities,” or “Retained Liabilities” under the following principles:

 

(a)                                 any Liability which is expressly identified on Schedule 2.08(a) shall be a HomeAdvisor Liability;

 

(b)                                 any Liability which is expressly identified on Schedule 2.08(b) shall be a Retained Liability;

 

(c)                                  50% of any Shared Liability shall be a HomeAdvisor Liability and 50% shall be a Retained Liability;

 

(d)                                 any Transaction Expense shall be a HomeAdvisor Liability;

 

(e)                                  (i) any Liability of any HomeAdvisor Entity as of the date of the Merger Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, without limitation of the other provisions hereof) and (ii) any Liability relating to, arising out of, or resulting from the operation or conduct of, the HomeAdvisor Business (as conducted at any time prior to, on or after the Contribution Effective Time) or relating to a HomeAdvisor Asset or a Deferred HomeAdvisor Asset, whether arising or accruing prior to, on or after the Contribution Effective Time and whether the facts on which it is based occurred on, prior to or after the Contribution Effective Time and whether or not reflected on the HomeAdvisor Group Balance Sheet, shall be a HomeAdvisor Liability, unless, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), it is expressly identified in this Agreement (including on any Schedule hereto) or in any Other Ancillary Agreement as a Liability to be assumed or retained by IAC (or any other member of the IAC Group), in which case it shall be a Retained Liability;

 

(f)                                   any Liability relating to a HomeAdvisor Asset or a Deferred HomeAdvisor Asset and whether arising or accruing prior to, on or after the Contribution Effective Time and whether the facts on which it is based occurred on, prior to or after the Contribution Effective Time and whether or not reflected on the HomeAdvisor Group Balance Sheet, shall be a HomeAdvisor Liability, unless it is expressly identified in this Agreement (including on any Schedule hereto) or in any Other Ancillary Agreement as a Liability to be assumed or retained by IAC (or any other member of the IAC Group), in which case it shall be a Retained Liability;

 

(g)                                  any Liability which is reflected or otherwise disclosed as a liability or obligation of the HomeAdvisor Group on the HomeAdvisor Group Balance Sheet shall be a HomeAdvisor Liability, unless it is expressly identified in this Agreement (including on any Schedule hereto) or in any Other

 

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Ancillary Agreement as a Liability to be assumed or retained by IAC (or any other member of the IAC Group), in which case it shall be a Retained Liability;

 

(h)                                 any Liability of a Remaining IAC Entity, whether arising or accruing prior to, on or after the Contribution Effective Time and whether the facts on which it is based occurred on, prior to or after the Contribution Effective Time, shall be a Retained Liability, unless it is determined to be a HomeAdvisor Liability pursuant to clause (a), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) above, in which case it shall be a HomeAdvisor Liability as set forth thereunder;

 

(i)                                     any Liability relating to, arising out of, or resulting from the ownership, operation or conduct of, a Remaining Business (as conducted at any time prior to, on or after the Contribution Effective Time) or relating to an Excluded Asset and whether arising or accruing prior to, on or after the Contribution Effective Time and whether the facts on which it is based occurred on, prior to or after the Contribution Effective Time, shall be a Retained Liability, unless it is determined to be a HomeAdvisor Liability pursuant to clause (a), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) above, in which case it shall be a HomeAdvisor Liability as set forth thereunder; and

 

(j)                                    any Liability of NewCo or any other member of the HomeAdvisor Group under this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement shall be a HomeAdvisor Liability and any Liability of IAC or any other member of the IAC Group under this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement shall be a Retained Liability.

 

Section 2.09                             Third Party Consents and Government Approvals.  To the extent that the Transaction or any transaction contemplated thereby requires a Consent from any Third Party (a “Third Party Consent”) or any Governmental Authorization, the Parties will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such Third Party Consents and Governmental Authorizations prior to the Contribution Effective Time.  If the Parties fail to obtain any such Third Party Consent or Governmental Authorization prior to the Contribution Effective Time, the matter shall be dealt with in the manner set forth in Article 3.

 

Section 2.10                             Termination of InterCompany Arrangements; Preservation of Agreements.

 

(a)                                 Effective as of not later than immediately prior to the Contribution Effective Time, except as set forth on Schedule 2.10(a), IAC shall take all necessary action to cause all Intercompany Accounts in respect of intercompany financing or cash management activities then existing to be settled by way of capital contribution (including a contribution in respect of existing shares or in exchange for newly issued shares), dividend (in cash or in kind) or other repayment.  At any time prior to the Contribution Effective Time, the HomeAdvisor Entities shall be permitted to, and IAC shall be permitted to cause the HomeAdvisor Entities to, distribute to IAC and/or any wholly owned Subsidiary of IAC, by way of dividend or otherwise, any and all cash that constitutes Excluded Assets.

 

(b)                                 Except as provided in Section 2.10(a), the Parties each agree that all written agreements, arrangements, commitments and understandings between any member or members of the HomeAdvisor Group, on the one hand, and any member or members of the IAC Group, on the other hand, that are expressly identified on Schedule 2.10(b), unless otherwise terminated by the relevant parties thereto, shall remain in effect in accordance with their terms from and after the Contribution Effective Time, with ordinary course receivables and payables to be settled at such times as is consistent with past practice (and in any event no later than 90 days after the Contribution Effective Time).

 

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Section 2.11                             Other Ancillary Agreements.

 

(a)                                 On or prior to the Contribution Effective Time, IAC and NewCo shall execute and deliver or, as applicable, cause the appropriate members of their respective Groups to execute and deliver, each of the following agreements (collectively, the “Other Ancillary Agreements”):

 

(i)                                     the Employee Matters Agreement;

 

(ii)                                  the Tax Sharing Agreement;

 

(iii)                               the Investor Rights Agreement;

 

(iv)                              the Services Agreement;

 

(v)                                 the Intercompany Note; and

 

(vi)                              such other agreements and instruments as may be required by any of the foregoing agreements to be executed and delivered pursuant to such agreements.

 

(b)                                 From time to time following the Contribution Effective Time, members of the HomeAdvisor Group may request IAC to provide, or to cause another member (or members) of the IAC Group to provide, one or more intercompany loans to  a member (or members) of the HomeAdvisor Group. In the event IAC determines, in its discretion, to make or to cause to be made any such loan, such loan shall be made by way of (and the applicable parties shall enter into) an intercompany note in substantially the form attached as Exhibit H to the Merger Agreement, or in such other form or on such other terms as IAC and NewCo may agree.

 

Section 2.12                             Resignations.

 

(a)                                 IAC agrees to cause each Person who is a director or an officer of any HomeAdvisor Entity and who will not be or become a director or officer of that same HomeAdvisor Entity at the Contribution Effective Time to resign from such position with effect as of the Contribution Effective Time.

 

(b)                                 NewCo agrees to cause each Person (i) who is a director or an officer of a Remaining IAC Entity and (ii) who will become an employee of any HomeAdvisor Entity at the Contribution Effective Time to resign from such position with effect as of the Contribution Effective Time.

 

(c)                                  Each of NewCo and IAC agrees to obtain all such letters of resignation or other evidence of such resignations as may be necessary or desirable in performing their respective obligations under this Section 2.12.

 

Section 2.13                             Cooperation.  The Parties shall cooperate in all aspects of the Transaction and shall sign all such documents and perform all such other acts as may be necessary or desirable to give full effect to the Transaction; and each of NewCo and IAC shall cause each other member of its respective Group to do likewise.

 

Section 2.14                             Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties.

 

(a)                                 Each of NewCo and IAC (on behalf of itself and each other member of its respective Group) understands and agrees that, except as expressly set forth herein or in any Other Ancillary Agreement, no Party to this Agreement, any Other Ancillary Agreement or any other agreement

 

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or document contemplated by this Agreement, any Other Ancillary Agreement or otherwise, makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, regarding any of the HomeAdvisor Assets, HomeAdvisor Entities, HomeAdvisor Business, Excluded Assets, HomeAdvisor Liabilities or Retained Liabilities including any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, or any representation or warranty regarding any Consents or Governmental Authorizations required in connection therewith or their transfer, regarding the value or freedom from Encumbrances of, or any other matter concerning, any HomeAdvisor Asset or Excluded Asset, or regarding the absence of any defense or right of setoff or freedom from counterclaim with respect to any claim or other HomeAdvisor Asset or Excluded Asset, including any Account Receivable of any Party, or as to the legal sufficiency of any assignment, document or instrument delivered hereunder to convey title to any HomeAdvisor Asset or Excluded Asset upon the execution, delivery and filing hereof or thereof.

 

(b)                                 Except as may expressly be set forth herein or in any Other Ancillary Agreement, all HomeAdvisor Assets and Excluded Assets are being transferred on an “as is, where is” basis, at the risk of the respective transferees without any warranty whatsoever on the part of the transferor, formal or implicit, legal, statutory or conventional (and, in the case of any Real Property, by means of a quitclaim or similar form deed or conveyance).

 

Section 2.15                             License of Intellectual Property Used in the HomeAdvisor Business but not Transferred.

 

(a)                                 IAC, on behalf of itself and the IAC Group, hereby grants to NewCo and the other members of the HomeAdvisor Group a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid-up, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable (as set forth in Section 2.15(b)) license under all of the IAC Group’s rights in any Licensed IAC Intellectual Property, whether contained in the Excluded Assets or Deferred Transfer Assets to: (i) make, have made, import, use, offer to sell, sell and otherwise commercialize any products and services; and (ii) use, copy, distribute, modify, make, improve, disclose, display, sublicense and otherwise exploit in any manner any technology, products and services in connection with the operation of the businesses of NewCo or any other member of the HomeAdvisor Group.

 

(b)                                The licenses granted to NewCo and the other members of the HomeAdvisor Group under this Section 2.15 may not be: (i) sublicensed, except in connection with the license of the HomeAdvisor Group’s own Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of their businesses; or (ii) assigned or transferred, in whole or in part, except (subject to Section 2.15(d)) in connection with a change of control of a member of the HomeAdvisor Group, or the transfer or sale of any business unit, division or a member of the HomeAdvisor Group (by means of a reorganization, asset sale, stock sale, merger or otherwise) of the HomeAdvisor Group.  NewCo and any other member of the HomeAdvisor Group may permit their suppliers, contractors and consultants to exercise any or all of the rights and licenses granted to NewCo and the other members of the HomeAdvisor Group under this Section 2.15 solely on behalf of, for the benefit of and at the direction of NewCo and the other members of the HomeAdvisor Group.

 

(c)                                 The licenses granted under this Section 2.15 are perpetual, non-terminable, irrevocable and shall survive the Transaction. The IAC Group’s sole and exclusive remedy for breach by NewCo or any other member of the HomeAdvisor Group of the licenses granted hereunder will be to bring a claim to recover monetary damages and to seek injunctive or equitable relief, but not to terminate the licenses granted to NewCo or any other member of the HomeAdvisor Group hereunder.

 

(d)                                The rights and licenses granted to any Subsidiary of NewCo under this Section 2.15 shall apply only while such entity is and remains a member of the HomeAdvisor Group.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a transaction whereby an entity that was a Subsidiary of NewCo engaged in a line of business ceases to be a member of the HomeAdvisor Group (each, a “HomeAdvisor Spin-Out”), such entity may retain, by way of a sublicense, any licenses granted or sublicensed to it hereunder, but only with respect to the line of business in which it is engaged at the time of such HomeAdvisor Spin-Out and natural extensions thereof. In the event that such entity resulting from the HomeAdvisor Spin-Out is acquired by a third Person, such sublicense will not extend to any products, business or operations of such third Person.

 

(e)                                 From time to time following the Contribution Effective Time and provided that IAC then beneficially owns shares in NewCo representing not less than a majority of the outstanding equity interests in NewCo, upon reasonable request by NewCo and at NewCo’s expense, IAC shall deliver to NewCo copies of the tangible embodiments of the Licensed IAC Intellectual Property.

 

(f)                                   All rights and licenses granted under this Section 2.15 are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), licenses of rights to “intellectual property” as defined under Section 101(35A) of the Bankruptcy Code.  The Parties and their Affiliates shall retain and may fully exercise all of their respective rights and elections under the Bankruptcy Code

 

Section 2.16                             License of Intellectual Property Used in the Remaining Business but not Retained.

 

(a)                                 NewCo, on behalf of itself and the HomeAdvisor Group, hereby grants to IAC and the other members of the IAC Group a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid-up, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable (as set forth in Section 2.16(b)) license under all of the HomeAdvisor Group’s rights in any Licensed HomeAdvisor Intellectual Property, whether contained in the HomeAdvisor Assets or Deferred Transfer Assets to: (i) make, have made, import, use, offer to sell, sell and otherwise commercialize any products and services; and (ii) use, copy, distribute, modify, make, improve, disclose, display, sublicense and otherwise exploit in any manner any technology, products and services in connection with the operation of the businesses of IAC or any other member of the IAC Group.

 

(b)                                The licenses granted to IAC and the other members of the IAC Group under this Section 2.16 may not be: (i) sublicensed, except in connection with the license of the IAC Group’s own Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of their businesses; or (ii) assigned or transferred, in whole or in part, except (subject to Section 2.16(d))  in connection with a change of control of a member of the IAC Group, or the transfer or sale of any business unit, division or a member of the IAC Group (by means of a reorganization, asset sale, stock sale, merger or otherwise) of the IAC Group.  IAC and any other member of the IAC Group may permit their suppliers, contractors and consultants to exercise any or all of the rights and licenses granted to IAC and the other members of the IAC Group under this Section 2.16 solely on behalf of, for the benefit of and at the direction of IAC and the other members of the IAC Group.

 

(c)                                 The licenses granted under this Section 2.16 are perpetual, non-terminable, irrevocable and shall survive this Transaction. The HomeAdvisor Group’s sole and exclusive remedy for breach by IAC or any other member of the IAC Group of the licenses granted hereunder will be to bring a claim to recover monetary damages and to seek injunctive or equitable relief, but not to terminate the licenses granted to IAC or any other member of the IAC Group hereunder.

 

(d)                                The rights and licenses granted to any Subsidiary of IAC under this Section 2.16 shall apply only while such entity is and remains a member of the IAC Group.  Notwithstanding the

 

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foregoing, in the event of a transaction whereby an entity that was a Subsidiary of IAC engaged in a line of business ceases to be a member of the IAC Group (each, an “IAC Spin-Out”), such entity may retain, by way of a sublicense, any licenses granted or sublicensed to it hereunder, but only with respect to the line of business in which it is engaged at the time of such IAC Spin-Out and natural extensions thereof. In the event that such entity resulting from the IAC Spin-Out is acquired by a third Person, such sublicense will not extend to any products, business or operations of such third Person.

 

(e)                                 From time to time following the Contribution Effective Time and provided that IAC then beneficially owns shares in NewCo representing not less than a majority of the outstanding equity interests in NewCo, upon reasonable request by IAC, NewCo shall deliver to IAC copies of all tangible embodiments of the Licensed HomeAdvisor Intellectual Property.

 

(f)                                  All rights and licenses granted under this Section 2.16 are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, for purposes of Section 365(n) of the Bankruptcy Code, licenses of rights to “intellectual property” as defined under Section 101(35A) of the Bankruptcy Code.  The Parties and their Affiliates shall retain and may fully exercise all of their respective rights and elections under the Bankruptcy Code.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

DEFERRED SEPARATION TRANSACTIONS

 

Section 3.01                             Deferred Transfer Assets.

 

(a)                                 If the transfer to any member of the HomeAdvisor Group of any Asset that would otherwise constitute a HomeAdvisor Asset (a “Deferred HomeAdvisor Asset”) or the transfer to any member of the IAC Group of any Asset that would otherwise constitute an Excluded Asset (a “Deferred Excluded Asset,” and together with a Deferred HomeAdvisor Asset, a “Deferred Transfer Asset”) cannot be accomplished without giving rise to a violation of Applicable Law, or without obtaining a Third Party Consent or a Governmental Authorization (collectively, a “Transfer Impediment”) and any such Third Party Consent or Governmental Authorization has not been obtained prior to the Contribution Effective Time, then such Asset shall be dealt with in the manner described in this Section 3.01.

 

(b)                                 Pending removal of such Transfer Impediment, the Person holding the Deferred Transfer Asset (the “Retaining Person”) shall hold such Deferred Transfer Asset for the use and benefit, insofar as reasonably possible, of the Party to whom the transfer of such Asset could not be made at the Contribution Effective Time (the “Deferred Beneficiary”).  The Retaining Person shall use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve such Asset and its right, title and interest therein and take all such other action as may reasonably be requested by the Deferred Beneficiary (in each case, at such Deferred Beneficiary’s expense) in order to place such Deferred Beneficiary, insofar as reasonably possible, in the same position as it would be in if such Asset had been transferred to it or retained by it with effect as of the Contribution Effective Time and so that, subject to the standard of care set forth above, all the benefits and burdens relating to such Deferred Transfer Asset, including possession, use, risk of loss, potential for gain, enforcement of rights against third parties and dominion, control and command over such Asset, are to inure from and after the Contribution Effective Time to such Deferred Beneficiary and the members of its Group.  The provisions set forth in this Article 3 contain all the obligations of the Retaining Person vis-à-vis the Deferred Beneficiary with respect to the Deferred Transfer Asset and the Retaining Person shall not be bound vis-à-vis the Deferred Beneficiary by any other obligations under Applicable Law.

 

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shall be required to make any unreasonable payment or assume any material obligations therefor.  As and when any Transfer Impediment is removed, the relevant Deferred Transfer Asset shall forthwith be transferred to its Deferred Beneficiary at no additional cost and in a manner and on terms consistent with the relevant provisions of this Agreement and the Other Ancillary Agreements, including Section 2.14(b) hereof, and any such transfer shall take effect as of the date of its actual transfer.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision of Applicable Law, a Retaining Person shall not be obligated, in connection with the foregoing, to expend any money in respect of a Deferred Transfer Asset unless the necessary funds are advanced by the Deferred Beneficiary of such Deferred Transfer Asset, other than reasonable attorneys’ fees and recording or similar fees, all of which shall be promptly reimbursed by the Deferred Beneficiary of such Deferred Transfer Asset.

 

Section 3.02                             Unreleased Liabilities.

 

(a)                                 If at any time on or after the Contribution Effective Time, any member of the HomeAdvisor Group or the IAC Group shall remain obligated to any Third Party in respect of any Liability of the other Party or its Group (such other Party with respect such Unreleased Liability and such Unreleased Person, the “Responsible Party”), the following provisions shall apply.  The Liabilities referred to in this Section 3.02 are hereinafter referred to as the “Unreleased Liabilities,” the Person remaining obligated for such Liability in a manner contrary to what is intended under this Agreement is hereinafter referred to as the “Unreleased Person,” such Unreleased Person’s Party, the “Unreleased Party” and such Unreleased Person’s Group, the “Unreleased Group”.

 

(b)                                 Each Unreleased Person shall remain obligated to Third Parties for such Unreleased Liability as provided in the relevant Contract, Applicable Law or other source of such Unreleased Liability and shall pay and perform such Unreleased Liability as and when required, in accordance with its terms.

 

(c)                                  Each Responsible Party shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each HomeAdvisor Indemnified Party or IAC Indemnified Party, as the context requires, that is an Unreleased Person from and against any Liabilities arising in respect of each Unreleased Liability of such Unreleased Person that is a Liability of such Responsible Party.  Each Responsible Party shall take, and shall cause the members of its Group (the “Responsible Group”) to take, such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the applicable Unreleased Party in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement in order to place the applicable Unreleased Group, insofar as reasonably possible, in the same position as it would be in if such Unreleased Liability had been fully contributed, assigned, transferred, conveyed, and delivered to, and accepted and assumed or retained, as applicable, by such Responsible Party (or any relevant member of the Responsible Group) with effect as of the Contribution Effective Time and so that all the benefits and burdens relating to such Unreleased Liability, including possession, use, risk of loss, potential for gain, and dominion, control and command over such Unreleased Liability, are to inure from and after the Contribution Effective Time to the member or members of the Responsible Group.

 

(d)                                 Each Responsible Party shall continue on and after the Contribution Effective Time to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Unreleased Persons to be released from their respective Unreleased Liabilities.

 

(e)                                  If, as and when it becomes possible to delegate, novate or extinguish any Unreleased Liability in favor of an Unreleased Person, the relevant Parties shall promptly sign all such documents and perform all such other acts, and shall cause each member of their respective Groups, as applicable, to sign all such documents and perform all such other acts, as may be necessary or desirable to

 

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give effect to such delegation, novation, extinction or other release without payment of any further consideration by the Unreleased Person.

 

Section 3.03                             No Additional Consideration.  For the avoidance of doubt, the transfer or assumption of any Assets or Liabilities under this Article 3 shall be effected without any additional consideration by any Party hereunder.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01                             General Covenants.  Each Party covenants with and in favor of the other Parties that it shall, subject, in the case of IAC, to Article 9:

 

(a)                                 do and perform all such acts and things, and execute and deliver all such agreements, assurances, notices and other documents and instruments as may reasonably be required of it to facilitate the carrying out of the intent and purpose of this Agreement;

 

(b)                                 cooperate with and assist the other Party, both before and after the Contribution Effective Time, in dealing with transitional matters relating to or arising from the Transaction, the IAC Share Issuance, this Agreement or the Other Ancillary Agreements; and

 

(c)                                  cooperate in preparing and filing all documentation (i) to effect all necessary applications, notices, petitions, filings and other documents; and (ii) to obtain as promptly as reasonably practicable all Consents and Governmental Authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any Third Party and/or any Governmental Authority in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Section 4.02                             Covenants of NewCo.  In addition to the covenants of NewCo provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, NewCo covenants and agrees with, and in favor of, IAC that it shall:

 

(a)                                 use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all such action as may be necessary or desirable under applicable state securities and blue sky laws of the United States (and any comparable laws under any foreign jurisdictions) in connection with the Transaction and the IAC Share Issuance;

 

(b)                                 perform and, as applicable, cause each member of the HomeAdvisor Group to perform each of its and their respective obligations under each Other Ancillary Agreement.

 

Nothing in this Section 4.02 shall be deemed, by itself, to shift Liability for any portion of any registration statement or prospectus filed with the SEC by NewCo, including the S-4 Registration Statement and the corresponding proxy statement/prospectus, to IAC.

 

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ARTICLE 5

 

MUTUAL RELEASES; INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE

 

Section 5.01                             Release of Pre-Transaction Claims.

 

(a)                                 Except as provided in Section 5.01(c), effective as of the Contribution Effective Time, NewCo does hereby, on behalf of itself and each other member of the HomeAdvisor Group, their respective Affiliates (other than any member of the IAC Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Contribution Effective Time have been stockholders (other than any member of the IAC Group), directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the HomeAdvisor Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such) (the “HomeAdvisor Releasors”), unequivocally, unconditionally and irrevocably release and discharge members of the IAC Group, their respective Affiliates (other than any member of the HomeAdvisor Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Contribution Effective Time have been stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the IAC Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, trustees, administrators, successors and assigns (the “Non-HomeAdvisor Parties”), from any and all Actions, causes of action, choses in action, cases, claims, suits, debts, dues, damages, judgments and liabilities, of any nature whatsoever, in law, at equity or otherwise, whether direct, derivative or otherwise, which have been asserted against a Non-HomeAdvisor Party or which, whether currently known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, fixed or contingent, and whether or not concealed or hidden, the HomeAdvisor Releasors ever could have asserted or ever could assert, in any capacity, whether as partner, employer, agent or otherwise, either for itself or as an assignee, heir, executor, trustee, administrator, successor or otherwise for or on behalf of any other Person, against the Non-HomeAdvisor Parties, relating to any claims or transactions or occurrences whatsoever, up to but excluding the Contribution Effective Time, including in connection with the Transaction and all activities to implement the Transaction (“HomeAdvisor Claims”); and the HomeAdvisor Releasors hereby unequivocally, unconditionally and irrevocably agree not to initiate proceedings with respect to, or institute, assert or threaten to assert, any HomeAdvisor Claim.

 

(b)                                 Except as provided in Section 5.01(c), effective as of the Contribution Effective Time, IAC does hereby, on behalf of itself and each other member of the IAC Group, their respective Affiliates (other than any member of the HomeAdvisor Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Contribution Effective Time have been stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the IAC Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such) (the “IAC Releasors”), unequivocally, unconditionally and irrevocably release and discharge NewCo, the other members of the HomeAdvisor Group, their respective Affiliates (other than any member of the IAC Group), successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the Contribution Effective Time have been stockholders (other than any member of the IAC Group), directors, officers, agents or employees of the HomeAdvisor Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, trustees, administrators, successors and assigns (the “Non-IAC Parties”), from any and all Actions, causes of action, choses in action, cases, claims, suits, debts, dues, damages, judgments and liabilities, of any nature whatsoever, in law, at equity or otherwise, whether direct, derivative or otherwise, which have been asserted against a Non-IAC Party or which, whether currently known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, fixed or contingent, and whether or not concealed or hidden, the IAC Releasors ever could have asserted or ever could assert, in any capacity, whether as partner, employer, agent or otherwise, either for itself or as an assignee, heir, executor, trustee, administrator, successor or otherwise for or on behalf of any other Person, against the Non-IAC Parties, relating to any claims or transactions or occurrences whatsoever, up to but excluding the Effective Time including in connection with the Transaction, the Merger and all activities to implement the Transaction and the Merger (“IAC Claims”); and the IAC Releasors hereby unequivocally, unconditionally and

 

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irrevocably agree not to initiate proceedings with respect to, or institute, assert or threaten to assert, any IAC Claim.

 

(c)                                  Nothing contained in Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b) shall impair any right of any Person to enforce this Agreement, any Other Ancillary Agreement, the Merger Agreement or, any agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding that is contemplated by Section 2.11 or any other agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding that is entered into after the Contribution Effective Time among any member of the HomeAdvisor Group, on the one hand, and any member of the IAC Group, on the other hand, nor shall anything contained in the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) be interpreted as terminating as of the Contribution Effective Time any rights under any such agreements, contracts, commitments or understandings.  For purposes of clarification, nothing contained in Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b) shall release any Person from:

 

(i)                                     any Liability provided in or resulting from this Agreement, any of the Other Ancillary Agreements or the Merger Agreement ;

 

(ii)                                  any Liability provided in or resulting from any other agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding that is entered into after the Contribution Effective Time between any member of the HomeAdvisor Group on the one hand, and any member of the IAC Group on the other hand;

 

(iii)                               any Liability that the Parties may have with respect to indemnification or this Article 5 for Third Party Claims;

 

(iv)                              any Liability for unpaid Intercompany Accounts; or

 

(v)                                 any Liability the release of which would result in the release of any Person other than a Person released pursuant to this Section 5.01.

 

In addition, nothing contained in Section 5.01(a) or Section 5.01(b) hereof shall release any member of the HomeAdvisor Group from honoring its existing obligations to indemnify any director, officer or employee of the IAC Group who was a director, officer or employee of such member of the HomeAdvisor Group on or prior to the Contribution Effective Time, to the extent that such director, officer or employee becomes a named defendant in any litigation involving such company and was entitled to such indemnification pursuant to obligations existing on or prior to the Contribution Effective Time.

 

(d)                                 NewCo shall not make, and shall not permit any other member of the HomeAdvisor Group to make, any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or any indemnification, against IAC or any member of the IAC Group or any other Person released pursuant to Section 5.01(a), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 5.01(a).

 

(e)                                  IAC shall not make, and shall not permit any other member of the IAC Group to make, any claim or demand, or commence any Action asserting any claim or demand, including any claim of contribution or any indemnification, against NewCo or any other member of the HomeAdvisor Group or any other Person released pursuant to Section 5.01(b), with respect to any Liabilities released pursuant to Section 5.01(b).

 

Section 5.02                             Indemnification by NewCo.  Except as provided in Section 5.04 and Section 5.05 and subject to Section 10.01, NewCo shall, and shall cause the other members of the

 

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HomeAdvisor Group to, fully indemnify, defend and hold harmless IAC, each other member of the IAC Group and each of its respective current and former directors, officers and employees, and each of the heirs, executors, trustees, administrators, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “IAC Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all Liabilities of the IAC Indemnified Parties relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following items (without duplication):

 

(a)                                 the operation or conduct of the HomeAdvisor Business, any HomeAdvisor Asset and any HomeAdvisor Liability, including any failure of NewCo or any other member of the HomeAdvisor Group to pay, perform or otherwise discharge promptly any HomeAdvisor Liability in accordance with its respective terms, whether prior to or after the Contribution Effective Time or the date of this Agreement, or, subject to Article 3, any Deferred HomeAdvisor Asset;

 

(b)                                 any breach of, or failure to perform or comply with, any covenant, undertaking or obligation of, this Agreement, any of the Other Ancillary Agreements or the Merger Agreement, by NewCo or any other member of the HomeAdvisor Group, subject to any limitation on liability set forth in any Other Ancillary Agreement for any such breach or failure to perform or comply with any covenant, undertaking or obligation under such Other Ancillary Agreement;

 

(c)                                  any obligation (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any penalty fees and interest) of any Remaining IAC Entity under any guarantee, bonding arrangement, letter of credit or letter of comfort identified on Schedule 5.02(c);

 

(d)                                 any use by any member of the HomeAdvisor Group allowed by this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement after the Contribution Effective Time of the Intellectual Property owned by, or licensed by a Third Party to, a member of the IAC Group; and

 

(e)                                  any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with respect to all information (i) contained in the S-4 Registration Statement or any preliminary, final or supplemental prospectus (including any preliminary, final or supplemental proxy statement/prospectus) forming a part of the S-4 Registration Statement or any filing by NewCo prior to the Contribution Effective Time under Rule 425 promulgated under the Securities Act (other than information provided by IAC to NewCo with respect to the IAC Remaining Entities or their Representatives specifically for inclusion in the S-4 Registration Statement,  any preliminary, final or supplemental prospectus (including any preliminary, final or supplemental proxy statement/prospectus) forming a part of the S-4 Registration Statement or any filing by NewCo prior to the Contribution Effective Time under Rule 425 promulgated under the Securities Act), (ii) contained in any public filings made by NewCo with the SEC following the Contribution Effective Time or (iii) provided by NewCo to IAC specifically for inclusion in IAC’s annual or quarterly or current reports following the Contribution Effective Time to the extent (A) such information pertains to (x) a member of the HomeAdvisor Group or (y) the HomeAdvisor Business or the business of any Person that becomes a member of the HomeAdvisor Group following the Contribution Effective Time or (B) IAC has provided prior written notice to NewCo that such information will be included in one or more annual or quarterly or current reports, specifying how such information will be presented, and the information is included in such annual or quarterly or current reports; provided that this sub-clause (B) shall not apply to the extent that any such Liability arises out of or results from, or in connection with, any action or inaction of any Remaining IAC Entity, including as a result of any misstatement or omission by any member of the IAC Group of any information provided by NewCo.

 

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Section 5.03                             Indemnification by IAC.  Except as provided in Section 5.04 and Section 5.05 and subject to Section 10.01, IAC shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless NewCo, each other member of the HomeAdvisor Group and each of their respective current and former directors, officers and employees, and each of the heirs, executors, trustees, administrators, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “HomeAdvisor Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all Liabilities of the HomeAdvisor Indemnified Parties relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following items (without duplication):

 

(a)                                 the operation or conduct of the Remaining Business or any Retained Liability, including any failure of IAC or any other member of the IAC Group to pay, perform or otherwise discharge promptly any Retained Liability in accordance with its respective terms, whether prior to or after the Contribution Effective Time or the date of this Agreement;

 

(b)                                 any breach of, or failure to perform or comply with, any covenant, undertaking or obligation of, this Agreement or any of the Other Ancillary Agreements, by IAC or any other member of the IAC Group, subject to any limitation on liability set forth in any Other Ancillary Agreement for any such breach or failure to perform or comply with any covenant, undertaking or obligation under such Other Ancillary Agreement;

 

(c)                                  any obligation of any HomeAdvisor Entity under any guarantee, bonding arrangement, letter of credit or letter of comfort existing at the Contribution Effective Time and given by any of the HomeAdvisor Entities for the benefit of any Remaining IAC Entity and not related to the HomeAdvisor Business;

 

(d)                                 any failure of IAC or any other member of the IAC Group to comply with any applicable bulk sales law;

 

(e)                                  any use by any member of the IAC Group allowed by this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement after the Contribution Effective Time of the Intellectual Property owned by, or licensed by a Third Party to, a member of the HomeAdvisor Group; and

 

(f)                                   any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with respect to all information (i) contained in the S-4 Registration Statement, or any preliminary, final or supplemental prospectus (including any preliminary, final or supplemental proxy statement/prospectus) forming a part of the S-4 Registration Statement or any filing by NewCo prior to the Contribution Effective Time under Rule 425 promulgated under the Securities Act provided by IAC specifically for inclusion therein to the extent such information pertains to (x) a member of the IAC Group or (y) the Remaining Business and (ii) provided by IAC to NewCo specifically for inclusion in NewCo’s annual or quarterly or current reports following the Contribution Effective Time to the extent (A) such information pertains to (x) a Remaining IAC Entity or (y) the Remaining Business or (B) NewCo has provided prior written notice to IAC that such information will be included in one or more annual or quarterly or current reports, specifying how such information will be presented, and the information is included in such annual or quarterly or current reports; provided that this sub-clause (B) shall not apply to the extent that any such Liability arises out of or results from, or in connection with, any action or inaction of any member of the HomeAdvisor Group, including as a result of any misstatement or omission by any member of the HomeAdvisor Group of any information provided by IAC.

 

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Section 5.04                             Procedures for Indemnification of Third Party Claims.

 

(a)                                 All claims for indemnification relating to a Third Party Claim by any indemnified party (an “Indemnified Party”) hereunder shall be asserted and resolved as set forth in this Section 5.04.

 

(b)                                 In the event that any written claim or demand for which an indemnifying party (an “Indemnifying Party”) may have liability to any Indemnified Party hereunder is asserted against or sought to be collected from any Indemnified Party by a Third Party (a “Third Party Claim”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly, but in no event more than ten (10) days following such Indemnified Party’s receipt of a Third Party Claim, notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of such Third Party Claim, the amount or the estimated amount of damages sought thereunder to the extent then ascertainable (which estimate shall not be conclusive of the final amount of such Third Party Claim), any other remedy sought thereunder, any relevant time constraints relating thereto and, to the extent practicable, and any other material details pertaining thereto (a “Claim Notice”); provided, however, that the failure to timely give a Claim Notice shall affect the rights of an Indemnified Party hereunder only to the extent that such failure has a material prejudicial effect on the defenses or other rights available to the Indemnifying Party with respect to such Third Party Claim.  The Indemnifying Party shall have thirty (30) days (or such lesser number of days set forth in the Claim Notice as may be required by a court proceeding in the event of a litigated matter) after receipt of the Claim Notice (the “Notice Period”) to notify the Indemnified Party whether it desires to defend the Indemnified Party against such Third Party Claim; provided that in the event a Claim Notice in respect of indemnification sought pursuant to Section 5.02(d) so specifies, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to require the Indemnifying Party, and in such event the Indemnifying Party shall be required, to defend the Indemnified Party against such Third Party Claim at the Indemnifying Party’s expense.

 

(c)                                  In the event that the Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party within the Notice Period that it desires to defend the Indemnified Party against a Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to defend the Indemnified Party by appropriate proceedings and shall have the sole power to direct and control such defense, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party at the Indemnifying Party’s expense.  Once the Indemnifying Party has duly assumed the defense of a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall have the right, but not the obligation, to participate in any such defense and to employ separate counsel of its choosing.  The Indemnified Party shall participate in any such defense at its expense, provided that such expense shall be the responsibility of the Indemnifying Party if (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party are both named parties to the proceedings and the Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them (in which case the Indemnifying Party shall not be responsible for expenses in respect of more than one counsel for the Indemnified Party in any single jurisdiction), or (ii) the Indemnified Party assumes the defense of a Third Party Claim after the Indemnifying Party has failed to diligently defend a Third Party Claim it has assumed the defense of, as provided in the first sentence of this Section 5.04(c).  The Indemnifying Party shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, settle, compromise or offer to settle or compromise any Third Party Claim on a basis that would result in (i) the imposition of a consent order, injunction or decree that would restrict the future activity or conduct of the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates, (ii) a finding or admission of a violation of Applicable Law or violation of the rights of any Person by the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates or (iii) a finding or admission that would have an adverse effect on other claims made or threatened against the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates.

 

(d)                                 If the Indemnifying Party (i) elects not to defend the Indemnified Party against a Third Party Claim, whether by not giving the Indemnified Party timely notice of its desire to so defend or otherwise or (ii) after assuming the defense of a Third Party Claim or after receiving a Claim Notice

 

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specified in the proviso to the last sentence of Section 5.04(b), fails to take reasonable steps necessary to defend diligently such Third Party Claim within ten (10) days after receiving written notice from the Indemnified Party to the effect that the Indemnifying Party has so failed, the Indemnified Party shall have the right but not the obligation to assume its own defense; it being understood that the Indemnified Party’s right to indemnification for a Third Party Claim shall not be adversely affected by assuming the defense of such Third Party Claim.  The Indemnified Party shall not settle a Third Party Claim without the consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(e)                                  The Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall cooperate in order to ensure the proper and adequate defense of a Third Party Claim, including by providing access to each other’s relevant business records and other documents, and employees; it being understood that the reasonable costs and expenses of the Indemnified Party relating thereto shall be Liabilities, subject to indemnification.

 

(f)                                   The Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid production of confidential information (consistent with Applicable Law), and to cause all communications among employees, counsel and others representing either party to a Third Party Claim to be made so as to preserve any applicable attorney-client or work-product privileges.

 

Section 5.05                             Procedures for Indemnification of Direct Claims.  Any claim for indemnification made directly by the Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying Party that does not result from a Third Party Claim shall be asserted by written notice from the Indemnified Party to the Indemnifying Party specifically claiming indemnification hereunder.  Such Indemnifying Party shall have a period of 45 days after the receipt of such notice within which to respond thereto.  If such Indemnifying Party does not respond within such 45-day period, such Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have accepted responsibility to make payment and shall have no further right to contest the validity of such claim.  If such Indemnifying Party does respond within such 45-day period and rejects such claim in whole or in part, such Indemnified Party shall be free to pursue resolution as provided in Article 7.

 

Section 5.06                             Adjustments to Liabilities.

 

(a)                                 If an Indemnified Party receives any payment from an Indemnifying Party in respect of any Liabilities and the Indemnified Party could have recovered all or a part of such Liabilities from a Third Party (a “Potential Contributor”) based on the underlying claim or demand asserted against such Indemnifying Party, such Indemnified Party shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, assign such of its rights to proceed against the Potential Contributor as are necessary to permit such Indemnifying Party to recover from the Potential Contributor the amount of such payment.

 

(b)                                 If notwithstanding Section 5.07 an Indemnified Party receives an amount from a Third Party in respect of a Liability that is the subject of indemnification hereunder after all or a portion of such Liability has been paid by an Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Agreement, the Indemnified Party shall promptly remit to the Indemnifying Party the excess (if any) of (i) the amount paid by the Indemnifying Party in respect of such Liability, plus the amount received from the Third Party in respect thereof, over (ii) the full amount of the Liability.

 

(c)                                  An insurer who would otherwise be obligated to pay any claim shall not be relieved of the responsibility with respect thereto or, solely by virtue of the indemnification provisions hereof, have any subrogation rights with respect thereto, it being expressly understood and agreed that no insurer or any other Third Party shall be entitled to a “wind-fall” (i.e., a benefit they would not be entitled to receive in the absence of the indemnification provisions) by virtue of the indemnification provisions hereof.

 

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Section 5.07                             Payments.  The Indemnifying Party shall pay all amounts payable pursuant to this Article 5 by wire transfer of immediately available funds, promptly following receipt from an Indemnified Party of a bill, together with all accompanying reasonably detailed backup documentation, for a Liability that is the subject of indemnification hereunder, unless the Indemnifying Party in good faith disputes the Liability, in which event it shall so notify the Indemnified Party.  In any event, the Indemnifying Party shall pay to the Indemnified Party, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the amount of any Liability for which it is liable hereunder no later than three (3) days following any final determination of such Liability and the Indemnifying Party’s liability therefor.  A “final determination” shall exist when (a) the parties to the dispute have reached an agreement in writing, (b) a court of competent jurisdiction shall have entered a final and non-appealable order or judgment, or (c) an arbitration or like panel shall have rendered a final non-appealable determination with respect to disputes the parties have agreed to submit thereto.

 

Section 5.08                             Contribution.  If the indemnification provided for in this Article 5 shall, for any reason, be unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the Indemnified Party hereunder in respect of any Liability, then each Indemnifying Party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Liability, in such proportion as shall be sufficient to place the Indemnified Party in the same position as if such Indemnified Party were indemnified hereunder, the Parties intending that their respective contributions hereunder be as close as possible to the indemnification under Section 5.02 and Section 5.03.  If the contribution provided for in the previous sentence shall, for any reason, be unavailable or insufficient to put the Indemnified Party in the same position as if it were indemnified under Section 5.02 or Section 5.03, as the case may be, then the Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Liability, in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by and the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and the Indemnified Party on the other hand with respect to the matter giving rise to the Liability.

 

Section 5.09                             Remedies Cumulative.  The remedies provided in this Article 5 shall be cumulative and, subject to the provisions of Article 7, shall not preclude assertion by any Indemnified Party of any other rights or the seeking of any and all other remedies against any Indemnifying Party.

 

Section 5.10                             Survival of Indemnities.  The rights and obligations of NewCo, IAC and their respective Indemnified Parties under this Article 5 shall survive the distribution, sale or other transfer by any Party of any Assets or the delegation or assignment by it of any Liabilities.

 

Section 5.11                             Shared Liabilities.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement:

 

(a)                                 In order to facilitate the defense of any Shared Liability, each of NewCo and IAC agrees that (i) NewCo and IAC shall cooperate in the defense of any Shared Liability; (ii) each of NewCo and IAC shall be responsible for the costs of its own in-house counsel and other internal personnel in the defense of any Shared Liability; (iii) IAC shall be entitled to control the defense and/or settlement of any Shared Liability, although NewCo shall be entitled to observe with counsel of its own selection and at its own expense; provided, however, that after the Contribution Effective Time IAC shall not settle all or any portion of any Shared Liability unless any remaining Liability of NewCo and its Affiliates and their respective current and former officers and directors relating to the Shared Liability will be fully released as a result of such settlement.

 

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of insurance and to cooperate with one another as necessary to permit each other to access or obtain the benefits under those policies; provided, however, that nothing hereunder shall be construed to prevent either Party or any other Person from asserting claims for insurance benefits or accepting insurance benefits provided by the policies.  Each of NewCo and IAC agrees to exchange information upon reasonable request of the other Party regarding requests that they have made for insurance benefits, notices of claims, occurrences and circumstances that they have submitted to the insurance companies or other entities managing the policies, responses they have received from those insurance companies or entities, including any payments they have received from the insurance companies and any agreements by the insurance companies to make payments, and any other information that the Parties may need to determine the status of the insurance policies and the continued availability of benefits thereunder.

 

(c)                                  If NewCo or IAC receives notice or otherwise learns of the assertion by any person or entity (including a Governmental Authority) of a Shared Liability, that Party shall give the other Parties written notice of such Shared Liability, providing notice of such Shared Liability in reasonable detail.  The failure to give notice under this paragraph (c) shall not relieve any Party of its Liability for any Shared Liability except to the extent the Party is actually prejudiced by the failure to give such notice.  The Parties shall be deemed to be on notice of any Shared Liability pending prior to the Contribution Effective Time.

 

Section 5.12                             Insurance Matters.

 

(a)                                 NewCo does hereby, for itself and each other member of the HomeAdvisor Group, agree that no member of the IAC Group or any IAC Indemnified Party shall have any liability whatsoever as a result of the insurance policies and practices of IAC and its Affiliates as in effect at any time prior to the Contribution Effective Time, including as a result of the level or scope of any such insurance, the creditworthiness of any insurance carrier, the terms and conditions of any policy, the adequacy or timeliness of any notice to any insurance carrier with respect to any claim or potential claim or otherwise; provided this Section 5.12(a) shall not negate IAC’s agreement under Section 5.01(a).

 

(b)                                 IAC agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the interest and rights of NewCo and the other members of the HomeAdvisor Group as of the Contribution Effective Time as insureds or beneficiaries or in any other capacity under occurrence-based insurance policies and programs (and under claims-made policies and programs to the extent a claim has been submitted prior to the Contribution Effective Time) of IAC or any other member of the IAC Group in respect of periods prior to the Contribution Effective Time to survive the Contribution Effective Time for the period for which such interests and rights would have survived without regard to the transactions contemplated hereby to the extent permitted by such policies, and IAC shall continue to administer such policies and programs on behalf of NewCo and the other relevant members of the HomeAdvisor Group, subject to NewCo’s reimbursement to IAC and the other relevant members of the IAC Group for the actual out-of-pocket costs of such ongoing administration and the internal costs (based on the proportion of the amount of time actually spent on such matter to such employee’s normal working time) of any employee or agent of IAC of any other relevant member of the IAC Group who will be required to spend at least ten percent of his or her normal working time over any ten (10) Business Days working with respect to any such matter on behalf of NewCo or another member of the HomeAdvisor Group.  Any proceeds received by IAC or any other member of the IAC Group after the Contribution Effective Time under such policies and programs in respect of NewCo or other members of the HomeAdvisor Group shall be for the benefit of NewCo and such other members.

 

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(c)                                  This Agreement is not intended as an attempted assignment of any policy of insurance or as a contract of insurance and shall not be construed to waive any right or remedy of any member of the IAC Group in respect of any insurance policy or any other contract or policy of insurance.

 

(d)                                 Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to restrict any member of the HomeAdvisor Group from acquiring at its own expense any other insurance policy in respect of any Liabilities or covering any period.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY

 

Section 6.01                             Agreement for Exchange of Information; Archives.

 

(a)                                 Without limiting any rights or obligations under any Other Ancillary Agreement between the Parties and/or any other member of their respective Groups relating to confidentiality, each Party agrees to provide, and to cause its Representatives, its Group members and its respective Group members’ Representatives to provide, to the other Group and any member thereof (a “Requesting Party”), at any time before, on or after the Contribution Effective Time, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04 and as soon as reasonably practicable after written request therefor, any Information within the possession or under the control of such Party or one of such Persons which the Requesting Party reasonably needs (i) to comply with reporting, disclosure, filing or other requirements imposed on the Requesting Party (including under applicable securities laws) by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Requesting Party, (ii) for use in any other judicial, regulatory, administrative or other proceeding or in order to satisfy audit, accounting, claims, regulatory, litigation or similar requirements of the Requesting Party, in each case other than claims or allegations that one Party to this Agreement or any of its Group members has or brings against the other Party or any of its Group members, or (iii) subject to the foregoing clause (ii) above, to comply with its obligations under this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that any Party determines that any such provision of Information could be commercially detrimental, violate any Applicable Law or agreement, or waive any attorney-client privilege, the Parties shall take all reasonable measures to permit the compliance with such obligations in a manner that avoids any such harm or consequence.

 

(b)                                 After the Contribution Effective Time, NewCo and the other members of the HomeAdvisor Group shall have access during regular business hours (as in effect from time to time), and upon reasonable advance notice, to the documents and objects of historical significance that relate to the HomeAdvisor Business, the HomeAdvisor Assets, NewCo or the HomeAdvisor Entities and that are located in archives retained or maintained by IAC or any other member of the IAC Group.  NewCo and the other members of the HomeAdvisor Group may obtain copies (but not originals) of documents for bona fide business purposes and may obtain objects for exhibition purposes for commercially reasonable periods of time if required for bona fide business purposes, provided that NewCo shall cause any such objects to be returned promptly, at NewCo’s expense, in the same condition in which they were delivered to NewCo or to any member of the HomeAdvisor Group and the other members of the HomeAdvisor Group shall comply with any rules, procedures or other requirements, and shall be subject to any restrictions.  In any event, the foregoing shall not be deemed to restrict the access of IAC or any other member of the IAC Group to any such documents or objects.  Nothing herein shall be deemed to impose any Liability on IAC or any other member of the IAC Group if documents or objects referred to in this Section 6.01 are not maintained or preserved by IAC or any other member of the IAC Group.  Alternatively, IAC, acting reasonably, may request from NewCo and any other member of the HomeAdvisor Group that they provide IAC with reasonable advance notice, with a list of the requested Information that relates to the HomeAdvisor Business, HomeAdvisor Assets, NewCo or the

 

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HomeAdvisor Entities and IAC shall use, and shall cause the other members of the IAC Group that are in possession of the Information requested to use, commercially reasonable efforts to locate all requested Information that is owned or possessed by IAC or any of its Group members or Representatives.  IAC will make available all such Information for inspection by NewCo or any other relevant member of the HomeAdvisor Group during normal business hours at the place of business reasonably designated by IAC.  Subject to such confidentiality or security obligations as IAC or the other relevant members of its Group may reasonably deem necessary, NewCo and the other relevant members of the HomeAdvisor Group may have all requested Information duplicated.  Alternatively, IAC or the other relevant members of the IAC Group may choose to deliver to NewCo, at NewCo’s expense, all requested Information in the form reasonably requested by NewCo or the HomeAdvisor Group.  At IAC’s request, NewCo shall cause such Information when no longer needed to be returned to IAC at NewCo’s expense.

 

(c)                                  NewCo shall make available and shall cause the HomeAdvisor Group to make available to the IAC Group at least the level of access provided by the IAC Group under Section 6.01(b) to NewCo.

 

Section 6.02                             Ownership of Information.  Any Information owned by either NewCo or IAC (or any of their respective Group members) that is provided to a Requesting Party pursuant to Section 6.01 shall be deemed to remain the property of the providing party.  Unless specifically set forth herein or in any Other Ancillary Agreement, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as granting or conferring rights of license or otherwise in any such Information.

 

Section 6.03                             Compensation for Providing Information.  The Party requesting Information agrees to reimburse the providing Party for the reasonable out-of-pocket costs, if any, of creating, gathering and copying such Information, to the extent that such costs are incurred for the benefit of the Requesting Party.  Except as may be otherwise specifically provided elsewhere in this Agreement, in the Other Ancillary Agreements, or in any other agreement between the Parties, such costs shall be computed in accordance with the providing Party’s standard methodology and procedures.

 

Section 6.04                             Record Retention.  To facilitate the possible exchange of Information pursuant to this Article 6 and other provisions of this Agreement after the Contribution Effective Time, each of NewCo and IAC agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to retain, and to cause the members of their respective Group to retain, all Information in their respective possession or control at the Contribution Effective Time in accordance with the policies of the IAC Group as in effect at the Contribution Effective Time or such other policies as may be reasonably adopted by the appropriate Party after the Contribution Effective Time.  Prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Contribution Effective Time, neither NewCo nor IAC will destroy, or permit any member of their respective Groups to destroy, any Information which the other Party or any member of its Group may have the right to obtain pursuant to this Agreement without first using commercially reasonable efforts to notify such other Party of the proposed destruction and giving such other Party the opportunity to take possession of such Information prior to such destruction.

 

Section 6.05                             Other Agreements Providing for Exchange of Information.  The rights and obligations granted or created under this Article 6 are subject to any specific limitations, qualifications or additional provisions on the sharing, exchange, retention or confidential treatment of Information set forth in any Other Ancillary Agreement.

 

Section 6.06                             Production of Witnesses; Records; Cooperation.

 

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Group to use commercially reasonable efforts to, make available to a requesting Party or any member of the Group to which such Requesting Party belongs, upon written request, its then former and current Representatives (and the former and current Representatives of its respective Group members) as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its control (or that of its respective Group members) or which it (or its respective Group members) otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such person (giving consideration to business demands of such Representatives) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with any Action in which the Requesting Party may from time to time be involved, regardless of whether such Action is a matter with respect to which indemnification may be sought hereunder.  The Requesting Party shall bear all costs and expenses in connection therewith.

 

(b)                                 If either NewCo or IAC, being entitled to do so under this Agreement, chooses to defend or to seek to settle or compromise any Third Party Claim, the other Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make available to such Party, upon written request, its then former and current Representatives and those of its respective Group members as witnesses and any books, records or other documents within its control (or that of its respective Group members) or which it (or its respective Group members) otherwise has the ability to make available, to the extent that any such Person (giving consideration to business demands of such Representatives) or books, records or other documents may reasonably be required in connection with such defense, settlement or compromise, as the case may be, and shall otherwise cooperate in such defense, settlement or compromise, as the case may be.

 

(c)                                  Without limiting the foregoing, each of NewCo and IAC shall cooperate and consult, and shall cause their respective Group members to cooperate and consult, to the extent reasonably necessary with respect to any Actions (except in the case of an Action by one Party or another member of its respective Group against the other Party or another member of its respective Group).

 

(d)                                 The obligation of the Parties to provide witnesses pursuant to this Section 6.06 is intended to be interpreted in a manner so as to facilitate cooperation and shall include the obligation to provide as witnesses inventors and other employees without regard to whether the witness or the employer of the witness could assert a possible business conflict (subject to the limitation set forth in the first sentence of Section 6.06(a) regarding Third Party Claims).

 

(e)                                  In connection with any matter contemplated by this Section 6.06(e), the relevant Parties will enter into, and shall cause all other relevant members of their respective Groups to enter into, a mutually acceptable joint defense agreement so as to maintain to the extent practicable any applicable attorney-client privilege or work-product privileges of any member of any Group.

 

Section 6.07                             Confidentiality.

 

(a)                                 Subject to Section 6.08, each of NewCo and IAC shall hold, and shall cause its respective Group members, Affiliates (whether now an Affiliate or hereafter becoming an Affiliate) and Representatives to hold, in strict confidence, with at least a commercially reasonable degree of care, all confidential and proprietary Information concerning the other Group (or any member thereof) that is either in such company’s possession (including Information in its possession prior to the date hereof) or furnished by either Group (or any member thereof) or by any of its respective Affiliates (whether now an Affiliate or hereafter becoming an Affiliate) or respective Representatives at any time pursuant to this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (any such Information referred to herein as “Confidential Information”), and shall not use, and shall cause the other members of its respective Group, and its respective Affiliates and Representatives not to use, any such Confidential Information other than for such purposes as shall be expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include Information that is

 

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or was (i) in the public domain other than by the breach of this Agreement or by breach of any other agreement relating to confidentiality between or among the relevant Parties and/or their respective Group members, their respective Affiliates or Representatives, (ii) with respect to Confidential Information regarding the IAC Group, lawfully acquired by a member of the HomeAdvisor Group from a Third Party not bound by a confidentiality obligation and, with respect to Confidential Information regarding the HomeAdvisor Group, lawfully acquired by a member of the IAC Group from a Third Party not bound by a confidentiality obligation, or (iii) with respect to Confidential Information regarding the IAC Group, independently generated or developed by Persons who do not and did not have access to, or descriptions of, any such confidential or proprietary Information of IAC (or any member of the IAC Group) and, with respect to Confidential Information regarding the HomeAdvisor Group, independently generated or developed by Persons who do not and did not have access to, or descriptions of, any such confidential or proprietary Information of the HomeAdvisor Business (or any member of the HomeAdvisor Group).

 

(b)                                 Each of NewCo and IAC shall maintain, and shall cause its respective Group members to maintain, policies and procedures, and develop such further policies and procedures as will from time to time become necessary or appropriate, to ensure compliance with Section 6.07(a).

 

(c)                                  Each of NewCo and IAC agrees not to release or disclose, or permit to be released or disclosed, any Confidential Information to any other Person, except its Representatives who need to know such Confidential Information (who shall be advised of their obligations hereunder with respect to such Confidential Information), except in compliance with Section 6.08.  Without limiting the foregoing, when any Information furnished by either NewCo or IAC to the other Party after the Contribution Effective Time pursuant to this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement is no longer needed for the purposes contemplated by this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement, the Party to which such Information was furnished will promptly, after request of the furnishing Party and at the election of the Party receiving such request, destroy or return to the furnishing Party all such Information in a printed or otherwise tangible form (including all copies thereof and all notes, extracts or summaries based thereon), and destroy all Information in an electronic or otherwise intangible form and certify to the furnishing Party that it has destroyed such Information (and such copies thereof and such notes, extracts or summaries based thereon).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of NewCo and IAC agrees that to the extent some Information to be destroyed or returned is retained as data or records for the purpose of business continuity planning or is otherwise not accessible in the Ordinary Course of Business, such data or records shall be destroyed in the Ordinary Course of Business in accordance, if applicable, with the business continuity plan of the applicable Party.

 

Section 6.08                             Protective Arrangements.  In the event that any Party or any member of its Group or any Affiliate of such Party or any of their respective Representatives either determines that it is required to disclose any Confidential Information (the “Disclosing Party”) pursuant to Applicable Law or receives any demand under lawful process or from any Governmental Authority to disclose or provide Confidential Information of the other Party (or any member of the Group to which such other Party belongs) (the “Providing Party”), the Disclosing Party shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, promptly notify the Providing Party prior to the Disclosing Party disclosing or providing such Confidential Information and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Providing Party so that the Providing Party may seek any reasonable protective arrangements or other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with this Section 6.08.  All expenses reasonably incurred by the Disclosing Party in seeking a protective order or other remedy will be borne by the Providing Party.  Subject to the foregoing, the Disclosing Party may thereafter disclose or provide such Confidential Information to the extent (but only to the extent) required by such Applicable Law (as so advised by legal counsel) or by lawful process or by such Governmental Authority and shall promptly provide the Providing Party with a copy of the Confidential Information so disclosed, in the same form and format as disclosed, together with a list of all Persons to whom such Confidential Information was disclosed.

 

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Section 6.09                             Disclosure of Third Party Information.  NewCo acknowledges that it and the other members of the HomeAdvisor Group may have in their possession confidential or proprietary Information of Third Parties that was received under confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements with such Third Party while they were part of the IAC Group.  NewCo will hold, and will cause the other members of the HomeAdvisor Group and their respective Representatives to hold, in strict confidence the confidential and proprietary Information of Third Parties to which it or any other member of the HomeAdvisor Group has access, in accordance with the terms of any agreements entered into prior to the Contribution Effective Time between one or more members of the IAC Group and such Third Parties.

 

ARTICLE 7

 

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

Section 7.01                             Interpretation; Agreement to Resolve Disputes.  Except as otherwise specifically provided in any Other Ancillary Agreement, the procedures for discussion, negotiation and dispute resolution set forth in this Article 7 shall apply to all disputes, controversies or claims (whether sounding in contract, tort or otherwise) that may arise out of or relate to, or arise under or in connection with this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including all actions taken in furtherance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby on or prior to the date hereof), or the commercial or economic relationship of the Parties relating hereto or thereto, between or among any member of the HomeAdvisor Group on the one hand and the IAC Group on the other hand.  Each of NewCo and IAC agrees on behalf of itself and each member of its respective Group that the procedures set forth in this Article 7 shall be the sole and exclusive procedures in connection with any dispute, controversy or claim relating to any of the foregoing matters and irrevocably waives any right to commence any Action in or before any Governmental Authority, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law.

 

Section 7.02                             Dispute Resolution; Mediation.

 

(a)                                 Either Party (a “Claimant Party”) may commence the dispute resolution process of this Section 7.02 by giving the other Party with whom there is such a controversy, claim or dispute written notice (a “Dispute Notice”) of any controversy, claim or dispute of whatever nature arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach, termination, enforceability or validity thereof (a “Dispute”) which has not been resolved in the normal course of business.  NewCo and IAC shall attempt in good faith to resolve any Dispute by negotiation among their respective executives (“Senior Party Representatives”) who have authority to settle the Dispute and who are at a higher level of management than the persons who have direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.  Within 30 days after delivery of the Dispute Notice, the receiving Party (the “Responding Party” and, together with the Claimant Party, the “Dispute Parties”) shall submit to the other Dispute Party a written response (the “Response”).  The Dispute Notice and the Response shall include (i) a statement setting forth the position of the Dispute Party giving such notice and a summary of arguments supporting such position and (ii) the name and title of such Dispute Party’s Senior Party Representative and any other persons who will accompany the Senior Party Representative at the meeting at which NewCo and IAC will attempt to settle the Dispute.  Within 30 days after the delivery of the Dispute Notice, the Senior Party Representatives of NewCo and IAC shall meet at a mutually acceptable time and place, and thereafter as often as they reasonably deem necessary, to attempt to resolve the Dispute.  NewCo and IAC shall cooperate in good faith with respect to any reasonable requests for exchanges of information regarding the Dispute or a Response thereto.

 

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hereinabove provided, NewCo and IAC shall make a good faith attempt to settle the Dispute by mediation pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.02 before resorting to arbitration contemplated by this Section 7.02 or any other dispute resolution procedure that may be agreed by NewCo and IAC.

 

(c)                                  All negotiations, conferences and discussions pursuant to this Section 7.02 shall be confidential and shall be treated as compromise and settlement negotiations.  Nothing said or disclosed, nor any document produced, in the course of such negotiations, conferences and discussions that is not otherwise independently discoverable shall be offered or received as evidence or used for impeachment or for any other purpose in any current or future arbitration.

 

(d)                                 Unless NewCo and IAC agree otherwise, the mediation shall be conducted in accordance with the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution Model Procedure for Mediation of Business Disputes in effect on the date of this Agreement by a mediator selected by NewCo and IAC.

 

(e)                                  Within 30 days after the mediator has been selected as provided above, NewCo, IAC and their respective attorneys shall meet with the mediator for one mediation session of at least four hours, it being agreed that each representative of NewCo and IAC attending such mediation session shall be a Senior Party Representative with authority to settle the Dispute.  If the Dispute cannot be settled at such mediation session or at any mutually agreed continuation thereof, either NewCo or IAC may give the other and the mediator a written notice declaring the mediation process at an end.

 

Section 7.03                             Arbitration.  If the Dispute has not been resolved by the dispute resolution process described in Section 7.02, NewCo and IAC agree that any such Dispute shall be settled by binding arbitration before JAMS, Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware pursuant to the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures.  Any arbitrator(s) selected to resolve the Dispute shall be bound exclusively by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its choice of law rules.  Any decisions of award of the arbitrator(s) will be final and binding upon NewCo and IAC and may be entered as a judgment by the Dispute Parties hereto.  Any rights to appeal or review such award by any court or tribunal are hereby waived to the extent permitted by Applicable Law.

 

Section 7.04                             Costs.  The costs of any mediation or arbitration pursuant to this Article 7 shall be shared equally among the Dispute Parties.

 

Section 7.05                             Continuity of Service and Performance.  Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the Dispute Parties will continue to provide service and honor all other commitments under this Agreement and each Other Ancillary Agreement during the course of dispute resolution pursuant to the provisions of this Article 7 with respect to all matters not subject to such dispute, controversy or claim.

 

Section 7.06                             Specific Performance.  The Parties acknowledge and agree that the Parties would be irreparably damaged if any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise breached and that any non-performance or breach of this Agreement by any Party could not be adequately compensated by monetary damages alone and that the Parties would not have any adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, in addition to any other right or remedy to which any Party may be entitled, at law or in equity (including monetary damages) (but subject to Section 2.15(c) and Section 2.16(c)), notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, such Party shall be entitled to enforce any provision of this Agreement by a decree of specific performance and to temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of any of the provisions of this Agreement, without posting any bond or other undertaking. The Parties agree that they will not contest the appropriateness of specific performance as a remedy.

 

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ARTICLE 8

 

CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS

 

Section 8.01                             Further Assurances.

 

(a)                                 Each Party covenants with and in favor of the other Party as follows:

 

(i)                                     prior to, on and after the Contribution Effective Time, each of NewCo and IAC shall, and shall cause the other relevant members of its Group to, cooperate with the other Party, and without any further consideration, but at the expense of the requesting Party, to execute, acknowledge and deliver, or use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be executed and delivered, all instruments, assurances or documents, including instruments of conveyance, assignments and transfers, and to make all filings with, and to obtain all consents, approvals or authorizations of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person under any permit, license, agreement, indenture or other instrument (including any Consents or Governmental Authorizations), and to take all such other actions as such Party may reasonably be requested to take by the requesting Party (or any member of its Group) from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Other Ancillary Agreements, in order to give effect to the provisions, obligations and purposes of this Agreement and the Other Ancillary Agreements and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; and

 

(ii)                                  to the extent that IAC or NewCo discovers at any time following the Contribution Effective Time any Asset that was intended to be transferred to NewCo or any other member of the HomeAdvisor Group pursuant to this Agreement was not so transferred at the Contribution Effective Time, IAC shall, or shall cause the other relevant members of the IAC Group to promptly, assign and transfer to NewCo or another member of the HomeAdvisor Group reasonably designated by NewCo such Asset and all right, title and interest therein in a manner and on the terms consistent with the relevant provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 2.14(b).  Similarly, to the extent that IAC or NewCo discovers at any time following the Contribution Effective Time any Asset that was intended to be retained by IAC or any other member of the IAC Group was not so retained at the Contribution Effective Time, NewCo shall, or shall cause the other relevant members of its Group promptly to, assign and transfer to IAC or any other member of the IAC Group reasonably designated by IAC such Asset and all right, title and interest therein in a manner and on the terms consistent with the relevant provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 2.14(b).  For the avoidance of doubt, the transfer of any Assets under this Article 8 being referred to as “Deferred Transactions”.

 

(b)                                 On or prior to the Contribution Effective Time, NewCo or IAC, as applicable, in its capacity as direct and indirect parent company of the members of the HomeAdvisor Group then owned by it, shall approve or ratify any action of any member of the HomeAdvisor Group as may be necessary or desirable to give effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Other Ancillary Agreements.

 

(c)                                  Prior to the Contribution Effective Time, if either NewCo or IAC identifies any commercial or other service that is needed to assure a smooth and orderly transition of the businesses in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and that is not otherwise governed by the provisions of this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement, NewCo and IAC will cooperate in determining whether there is a mutually acceptable arms’ length basis on which such service can be provided.

 

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Section 8.02                             Auditors and Audits; Annual and Quarterly Financial Statements and Accounting.  Each Party agrees that following the Contribution Effective Time and until the 90th day following the filing of IAC’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for IAC’s Fiscal Year during which IAC ceased to be required to present consolidated financial statements including NewCo:

 

(a)                                 Date of NewCo Auditor’s Opinions.  NewCo shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enable its auditors (the “NewCo Auditor”) to complete their audit such that they will date their opinion on NewCo’s audited annual financial statements on the same date that the IAC’s auditors (the “IAC Auditor”) date their opinion on IAC’s audited annual financial statements (except to the extent an earlier date is necessary to comply with SEC rules), and to enable IAC to meet its timetable for the printing, filing and public dissemination of IAC’s annual financial statements.

 

(b)                                 Annual Financial Statements.  Each of NewCo and IAC shall provide to the other on a timely basis all Information reasonably required to meet such Party’s schedule for the preparation, printing, filing, and public dissemination of its annual financial statements and for management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures in accordance with Item 307 of Regulation S-K and NewCo shall provide to IAC on a timely basis all Information reasonably required to meet IAC’s schedule for its report on internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Item 308 of Regulation S-K and its auditor’s audit of its internal control over financial reporting and management’s assessment thereof in accordance with 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the SEC’s and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s rules and auditing standards thereunder (such assessments and audit being referred to as the “Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments”).  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of IAC and NewCo will provide all required financial and other Information with respect to their respective companies and their Subsidiaries to their respective auditors in a sufficient and reasonable time and in sufficient detail to permit their respective auditors to take all steps and perform all reviews necessary to provide sufficient assistance to the IAC Auditor and the NewCo Auditor with respect to respective Information to be included or contained in the annual financial statements of either company and to permit the IAC Auditor and IAC’s management to complete the Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments.

 

(c)                                  Access to Personnel and Books and Records.

 

(i)                                     NewCo shall authorize the NewCo Auditor to make available to the IAC Auditor both the personnel who performed or are performing the annual audits of NewCo and work papers related to the annual audits of NewCo, in all cases within a reasonable time prior to the NewCo Auditor’s opinion date, so that the IAC Auditor is able to perform the procedures it considers necessary to take responsibility for the work of the NewCo Auditor as it relates to the IAC Auditor’s report on IAC’s financial statements, all within sufficient time to enable IAC to meet its timetable for the printing, filing and public dissemination of IAC’s annual financial statements;

 

(ii)                                  IAC shall authorize the IAC Auditor to make available to the NewCo Auditor both the personnel who performed or are performing the annual audits of IAC and work papers related to the annual audits of IAC, in all cases within a reasonable time prior to the IAC Auditor’s opinion date, so that the NewCo Auditor is able to perform the procedures it considers necessary to take responsibility for the work of the IAC Auditor as it relates to the NewCo Auditor’s report on NewCo’s financial statements, all within sufficient time to enable NewCo to meet its timetable for the printing, filing and public dissemination of its annual financial statements.

 

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(iii)                               NewCo shall make available to the IAC Auditor and IAC’s management its personnel and books and records in a reasonable time prior to the IAC Auditor’s opinion date and IAC’s management’s assessment date so that the IAC Auditor and IAC’s management are able to perform the procedures they consider necessary to conduct the Internal Control Audit and Management Assessments.

 

(d)                                 NewCo Reports.  NewCo will deliver to IAC a substantially final draft, as soon as the same is prepared, of each report to be filed subsequent to the Merger Effective Time with the SEC that includes NewCo’s audited year-end financial statements or NewCo’s quarterly unaudited financial statements (the “NewCo Reports”); provided, however, that NewCo may continue to revise the NewCo Reports prior to the filing thereof, which changes will be delivered to IAC as soon as reasonably practicable; provided, further, that the respective personnel of IAC and NewCo will actively consult with each other regarding any changes which NewCo may consider making to the NewCo Reports and related disclosures prior to the anticipated filing with the SEC, with particular focus on any changes which would have an effect upon IAC’s financial statements or related disclosures.

 

Nothing in this Section 8.02 shall require any Party to violate any agreement with any Third Party regarding the confidentiality of confidential and proprietary Information relating to that Third Party or its business; provided, however, that in the event that a Party is required under this Section 8.02 to disclose any such Information, such Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to obtain such Third Party Consent to the disclosure of such Information.

 

ARTICLE 9

 

TERMINATION

 

Section 9.01                             Termination.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, if the Merger Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms, this Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time by and in the sole discretion of IAC without the prior approval of any Person, including NewCo.  In the event of such termination, this Agreement shall become void and no Party, or any of its officers and directors shall have any liability to any Person by reason of this Agreement.  Subject to the first sentence of this Section 9.01, after the Contribution Effective Time, this Agreement may not be terminated except by an agreement in writing signed by each of IAC and NewCo.

 

ARTICLE 10

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 10.01                      Limitation of Liability.  In no event shall any member of the HomeAdvisor Group or the IAC Group be liable to any member of the other Group for any special, consequential, indirect, collateral, incidental or punitive damages or lost profits or failure to realize expected savings or other commercial or economic loss of any kind, however caused and on any theory of liability (including negligence) arising in any way out of this Agreement, whether or not such Person has been advised of the possibility of any such damages; provided, however, that the foregoing limitations shall not limit either Party’s indemnification obligations for Liabilities with respect to Third Party Claims as set forth in Article 5.  The provisions of Article 7 shall be the Parties’ sole recourse for any breach hereof or any breach of the Other Ancillary Agreements.

 

Section 10.02                      Counterparts.  This Agreement and each Other Ancillary Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement,

 

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and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties thereto and delivered to the other parties.

 

Section 10.03                      Entire Agreement; Coordination.  The Merger Agreement, this Agreement, the Other Ancillary Agreements, and the Schedules, Exhibits and Annexes hereto and thereto and the specific agreements contemplated hereby or thereby 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.  No agreements or understandings exist between NewCo and IAC other than those set forth or referred to herein or therein.  In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Other Ancillary Agreements with respect to matters addressed in the Other Ancillary Agreements, the provisions of the Other Ancillary Agreements shall control.  For the avoidance of doubt, the allocation of Taxes, indemnification for Taxes, control of Tax proceedings, exchange of Tax information and the retention of Tax records shall be governed exclusively by the Tax Sharing Agreement.

 

Section 10.04                      Construction.  In this Agreement and each of the Other Ancillary Agreements, unless a clear contrary intention appears:

 

(a)                                 the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;

 

(b)                                 reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Agreement or the relevant Other Ancillary Agreement, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity or individually;

 

(c)                                  reference to any gender includes each other gender;

 

(d)                                 reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended, modified, supplemented or restated, and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof subject to compliance with the requirements set forth herein or in the relevant Other Ancillary Agreement;

 

(e)                                  reference to any Applicable Law means such Applicable Law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and reference to any section or other provision of any Applicable Law means that provision of such Applicable Law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of such  or other provision;

 

(f)                                   “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement or to the relevant Other Ancillary Agreement as a whole and not to any particular article,  or other provision hereof or thereof;

 

(g)                                  “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including, without limiting the generality of, any description preceding such term;

 

(h)                                 the Table of Contents and headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation hereof or thereof;

 

(i)                                     with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding;”

 

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(j)                                    references to documents, instruments or agreements shall be deemed to refer as well to all addenda, exhibits, schedules or amendments thereto; and

 

(k)                                 references to the “other,” “other party” or the “other Group” refer to NewCo, IAC, the HomeAdvisor Group or certain members thereof or the IAC Group or certain members thereof, as the context requires.

 

Section 10.05                      Signatures.  Each of NewCo and IAC acknowledges that it and the other Party (and the other members of their respective Groups) may execute certain of the Other Ancillary Agreements by facsimile, stamp or mechanical signature.  Each of NewCo and IAC expressly adopts and confirms each such facsimile, stamp or mechanical signature made in its respective name (or that of the applicable member of its Group) 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 each such Other Ancillary Agreement to be manually executed (any such execution to be as of the date of the initial date thereof).

 

Section 10.06                      Assignability.

 

(a)                                 Except as set forth in any Other Ancillary Agreement, this Agreement and each Other Ancillary Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and thereto, respectively, and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that except as contemplated by Section 2.15(b), Section 2.16(b), paragraph (b) below or as specifically provided in any Other Ancillary Agreement, no Party hereto or thereto may assign its respective rights or delegate its respective obligations under this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement without the express prior written consent of the other parties hereto or thereto

 

(b)                                 In the event IAC desires to effect a spin-off, split-off or similar transaction (however effected) in which the equity interests of a Subsidiary of IAC holding the IAC Group’s equity interest in NewCo are distributed or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, to the holders of one or more classes of IAC’s capital stock, then, upon IAC’s written request, NewCo, IAC and such Subsidiary of IAC shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to effect (i) the assignment by IAC of its rights hereunder to such Subsidiary of IAC and (ii) the acceptance of such rights and assumption of IAC’s obligations hereunder by such Subsidiary of IAC (in each case of clauses (i) and (ii) effective prior to or substantially concurrently with the consummation of such transaction), and (iii) the acknowledgement by NewCo that IAC shall thereafter have no liability hereunder (except for any liability arising from any breach by IAC or relating to any actions or events occurring, in each case, on or prior to the date of the spin-off, split-off or similar transaction).

 

Section 10.07                      Third Party Beneficiaries.  Except for (i) the indemnification rights under this Agreement of any NewCo Indemnified Party or any IAC Indemnified Party in their respective capacities as such and (ii) the release under Section 5.01 of any Person provided therein and (iii) as specifically provided in any Other Ancillary Agreement:

 

(a)                                 the provisions of this Agreement and each Other Ancillary Agreement are solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and are not intended to confer upon any Person, except the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, any rights or remedies hereunder; and

 

(b)                                 there are no third party beneficiaries of this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement; and neither this Agreement nor any Other Ancillary Agreement shall provide any Third Party

 

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with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, claim of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement.

 

Section 10.08                      Payment Terms.

 

(a)                                 Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement or in any Other Ancillary Agreement, any amount to be paid or reimbursed by one Party to the other under this Agreement shall be paid or reimbursed hereunder within thirty (30) days after presentation of an invoice or a written demand therefor and setting forth, or accompanied by, reasonable documentation or other reasonable explanation supporting such amount.

 

(b)                                 Except as expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement or in any Other Ancillary Agreement, any amount not paid when due pursuant to this Agreement (and any amount billed or otherwise invoiced or demanded and properly payable that is not paid within thirty (30) days of such bill, invoice or other demand) 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 10.09                      Governing Law.  Except as set forth in Sections 7.01 through 7.03, this Agreement and each Other Ancillary 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 10.10                      Notices.  All notices or other communications under this Agreement and, unless expressly provided therein, each Ancillary Agreement, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given when delivered in person or successfully transmitted by electronic mail or facsimile,  addressed as follows:

 

if to IAC:

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp
555 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011
Attention:  General Counsel
Fax:
                       (212) 632-9551

Email:

 

if to NewCo:

 

ANGI Homeservices Inc.
14023 Denver West Parkway
Building 64
Golden, CO  80401
Attention:  Chief Financial Officer
Fax:
                      
Email:

 

Section 10.11                      Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement or any Other Ancillary 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 thereof, or the

 

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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 or thereby, as the case may be, is not affected in any manner adverse to either party hereto or any party thereto.  Upon such determination, the relevant 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 10.12                      Publicity.  Prior to the Merger Effective Time, IAC shall be responsible for issuing any press releases or otherwise making public statements with respect to this Agreement, the Transaction, the Merger, or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and NewCo shall not make such statements without the prior written consent of IAC.  Prior to the Merger Effective Time, NewCo and IAC shall each consult with the other prior to making any filings with any Governmental Authority with respect thereto.

 

Section 10.13                      Survival of Covenants.  Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement, any covenants, representations or warranties contained in this Agreement and each Other Ancillary Agreement shall survive the Transaction and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 10.14                      Waivers of Default; Conflicts.

 

(a)                                 No waiver by any Party of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the Party so waiving.  Waiver by any Party of any default by the other Party of any provision of this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver by the waiving Party of any subsequent or other default, nor shall it prejudice the rights of the other Party.  No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

(b)                                 Each of NewCo and IAC acknowledges that each of the Parties and each member of their respective Group are all currently represented by members of IAC’s legal department and IAC’s outside counsel.  IAC (on behalf of itself and every member of its Group), on the one hand, and NewCo (on behalf of itself and every member of its Group), on the other hand, waives any conflict with respect to such common representation that may arise before, at or after the Contribution Effective Time.

 

Section 10.15                      Amendments.   This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written instrument signed by the Parties which, unless the Merger Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms or the Merger Effective Time shall have occurred, shall not become effective unless the Company has provided its prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.

 

 

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Name: Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President and
General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Name: Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Title: Vice President and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Contribution Agreement]

 


Exhibit 2.2

 

INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

and

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

Dated as of

 

September 29, 2017

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I INTERPRETATION

1

 

 

 

Section 1.1

Definitions

1

Section 1.2

Effective Time

8

 

 

 

ARTICLE II REGISTRATION RIGHTS

8

 

 

 

Section 2.1

Requested Registration

8

Section 2.2

NewCo Registration

10

Section 2.3

Registration on Form S-3

12

Section 2.4

Registration in Connection with Spin-Off

12

Section 2.5

Expenses of Registration

12

Section 2.6

Registration Procedures

13

Section 2.7

Indemnification

14

Section 2.8

Rule 144 Reporting

18

Section 2.9

Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights

18

Section 2.10

Termination of Registration Rights

18

 

 

 

ARTICLE III ANTI-DILUTION

18

 

 

 

Section 3.1

Anti-Dilution Rights

18

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV BOARD MATTERS

21

 

 

 

Section 4.1

Board Size; Initial Composition

21

Section 4.2

Election and Appointment of IAC Directors

21

Section 4.3

Election and Appointment of ANGI Directors

22

Section 4.4

Fees and Expenses; Indemnification

23

Section 4.5

Board Committees

23

 

 

 

ARTICLE V OTHER AGREEMENTS

24

 

 

 

Section 5.1

Future Transactions

24

Section 5.2

DGCL Section 253 Transaction

24

Section 5.3

Controlled Company Status

24

Section 5.4

Amendments to the NewCo Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

24

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS

25

 

 

 

Section 6.1

Termination

25

Section 6.2

Counterparts

25

Section 6.3

Entire Agreement; Coordination

25

 

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Section 6.4

Construction

25

Section 6.5

Signatures

26

Section 6.6

Assignability

26

Section 6.7

Third Party Beneficiaries

27

Section 6.8

Specific Performance

27

Section 6.9

Governing Law

28

Section 6.10

Notices

28

Section 6.11

Severability

28

Section 6.12

Waivers of Default; Conflicts

28

Section 6.13

Amendment

29

 

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INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Investor Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 29, 2017, is made by and between IAC/InterActiveCorp, a Delaware corporation (“IAC”), and ANGI Homeservices Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NewCo” and, together with IAC, the “Parties” and each a “Party”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, IAC, NewCo, Casa Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of NewCo (“Merger Sub”), and Angie’s List, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), have entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 1, 2017 (as amended and as may be further amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), providing for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, with the Company surviving such merger (the “Merger”) as a wholly owned Subsidiary of NewCo;

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition to the Merger that, prior to the date and time when the Merger becomes effective (the “Merger Effective Time”), the Contribution and the IAC Share Issuance be consummated in accordance with the terms of that certain Contribution Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, between IAC and NewCo (as may be amended from time to time, the “Contribution Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Merger Agreement contemplates that IAC and NewCo will enter into this Agreement and a series of agreements as set forth in Section 2.11 of the Contribution Agreement (together with the Contribution Agreement, the “Other Ancillary Agreements”); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the Other Ancillary Agreements, the Parties intend that NewCo grant to IAC certain rights, as provided for in this Agreement, from and after the Merger Effective Time;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth herein, the Parties agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

INTERPRETATION

 

Section 1.1                                    Definitions.  The capitalized words and expressions and variations thereof used in this Agreement, unless a clearly inconsistent meaning is required under the context, shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(a)                                 Additional Issuance” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).

 

(b)                                 Additional Issuance Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c).

 



 

(c)                                  Affiliate” of any Person shall mean any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such first Person as of the date on which or at any time during the period for when such determination is being made.  For purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing; provided that Expedia, Inc. and its controlled Affiliates shall not be deemed to be Affiliates of IAC or NewCo.

 

(d)                                 Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

(e)                                  ANGI Director” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b).

 

(f)                                   ANGI Nominee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

 

(g)                                  ANGI Replacement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b).

 

(h)                                 Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of NewCo.

 

(i)                                     Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the banks in New York are authorized by law or executive order to remain closed.

 

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

 

(k)                                 Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

(l)                                     Contribution” shall have the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

 

(m)                             Contribution Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

(n)                                 Contribution Effective Time” shall mean the time of the consummation of the Contribution.

 

(o)                                 Demand Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

(p)                                 Election Meeting” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).

 

(q)                                 Equity Interest” shall mean, with respect to the IAC Group, as of any date of determination, the percentage represented by the quotient of, without duplication, (i) the number of shares of NewCo Common Stock owned (whether of record or book-entry through a brokerage account held in the name of IAC or any member of the IAC Group) by IAC or any member of the IAC Group divided by (ii) the number of shares of NewCo Common Stock outstanding.

 

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(r)                                    Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar successor federal statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

 

(s)                                   Excluded Issuance” shall mean any issuance of NewCo Common Stock (i) in a Sale Transaction, or (ii) to an employee or independent contractor in connection with the performance of services by such Person, which NewCo Common Stock is “substantially nonvested” within the meaning of Section 83 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and with respect to which no election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code is made (“Restricted Stock”); provided that, for purposes of this definition and Section 3.1 of this Agreement, any stock covered by the provisions of clause (ii) shall be deemed to have been issued for purposes of Section 3.1 of this Agreement on the date (the “Lapse Date”) on which it becomes “substantially vested” within the meaning of Section 83 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(t)                                    Fair Market Value” for a security publicly traded in the over-the-counter market, interdealer quotation system or on a recognized stock exchange shall be the average closing price of such security for the three (3) trading days ending on the applicable day (or, if such day is not a trading day, the trading day immediately preceding the applicable day), and for all other securities or property “Fair Market Value” shall be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm or valuation firm which has not been engaged by NewCo or IAC or their respective Affiliates for the prior three (3) years, which firm shall be mutually agreed upon by NewCo and IAC; provided that, if NewCo and IAC cannot agree on such an investment banking firm or valuation firm within ten (10) Business Days, such investment banking firm or valuation firm shall be selected by a panel designated in accordance with the rules of JAMS, Inc.  The fees, costs and expenses of JAMS, Inc. and the investment banking firm or valuation firm so selected shall be borne equally by NewCo and IAC.

 

(u)                                 Governmental Authority” shall mean any court, arbitration panel, governmental or regulatory authority, agency, stock exchange, commission or body.

 

(v)                                 Group” shall mean the IAC Group or the HomeAdvisor Group, as the context requires.

 

(w)                               HomeAdvisor Entities” shall mean the entities set forth on Schedule 2.05(b) to the Contribution Agreement.

 

(x)                                 HomeAdvisor Group” shall mean NewCo, Merger Sub, the HomeAdvisor Entities and each other Person (other than any member of the IAC Group) that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of NewCo immediately after the Contribution Effective Time, and each Person that becomes a Subsidiary of NewCo after the Contribution Effective Time (including the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Merger Effective Time).

 

(y)                                 IAC” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

(z)                                  IAC Additional Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).

 

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(aa)                          IAC Covered Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a).

 

(bb)                          IAC Director” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).

 

(cc)                            IAC Group” shall mean IAC and its Subsidiaries, other than any member of the HomeAdvisor Group.

 

(dd)                          IAC Nominee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).

 

(ee)                            IAC Ownership Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c).

 

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

 

(gg)                            IAC Replacement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(e).

 

(hh)                          IAC Share Issuance” shall have the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

 

(ii)                                  Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(c).

 

(jj)                                Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(c).

 

(kk)                          Initial Governance Period” shall mean the period beginning at the Merger Effective Time and ending on the date prior to the date on which the 2020 annual meeting of NewCo stockholders is held (without regard to any adjournments or postponements of such meeting).

 

(ll)                                  Issuance Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).

 

(mm)                  Issue Price” shall mean the price per share equal to (i) in connection with an underwritten offering of NewCo Common Stock, the price at which the stock is offered to the public or other investors as reflected in the final prospectus for such offering, (ii) in connection with other sales of NewCo Common Stock for cash, the cash price paid therefor, (iii) in connection with the vesting of Restricted Stock (as defined in the definition of “Excluded Issuance” above), the Fair Market Value of the stock on the Lapse Date (as defined in the definition of “Excluded Issuance” above), (iv) in connection with the issuance of NewCo Common Stock as consideration in an acquisition by NewCo or any of its Subsidiaries, the average of the Fair Market Value of the stock for the five (5) trading days ending on the third (3rd) trading day immediately preceding (A) the date upon which definitive agreements with respect to such acquisition were entered into to the extent the number shares of NewCo Common Stock to be issued in such transaction is fixed on that date, or (B) such later date on which the consideration, or remaining portion thereof, issuable in such transaction becomes fixed, (v) in connection with a compensatory issuance of shares of NewCo Common Stock (other than Restricted Stock), the Fair Market Value of the NewCo Common Stock upon issuance, and (vi) in all other cases, including, without limitation, in connection with the issuance of NewCo Common Stock pursuant to an option, warrant or convertible security (other than in connection with issuances described in clause (v) above), the Fair Market Value of the NewCo Common Stock on the date of issuance.

 

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(nn)                          Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

(oo)                          Merger Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

(pp)                          Merger Effective Time” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

(qq)                          Merger Sub” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

(rr)                                NASDAQ” shall mean the Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

(ss)                              NewCo” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

(tt)                                NewCo Class A Common Stock” shall mean the Class A common stock of NewCo, par value $0.001 per share.

 

(uu)                          NewCo Class B Common Stock” shall mean the Class B common stock of NewCo, par value $0.001 per share.

 

(vv)                          NewCo Class C Common Stock” shall mean the Class C common stock of NewCo, par value $0.001 per share.

 

(ww)                      NewCo Common Stock” shall mean common stock of NewCo, including the NewCo Class A Common Stock, the NewCo Class B Common Stock, the NewCo Class C Common Stock and any other equity interest treated as common stock of NewCo for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

(xx)                          NewCo Covered Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(b).

 

(yy)                          NewCo Non-voting Stock” shall mean NewCo Class C Common Stock and any other class of NewCo Common Stock that is not NewCo Voting Stock.

 

(zz)                            NewCo Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

 

(aaa)                   NewCo Voting Stock” shall mean the NewCo Class A Common Stock and the NewCo Class B Common Stock, and any other class of common stock or other equity interest in NewCo treated as voting stock of NewCo for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  For the avoidance of doubt, NewCo Voting Stock does not include the NewCo Class C Common Stock.

 

(bbb)                   Other Ancillary Agreements” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

(ccc)                      Party” or “Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

(ddd)                   Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or department or agency of a government.

 

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(eee)                      Piggyback Demand” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a)(B).

 

(fff)                         Purchase Election Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).

 

(ggg)                      register,” “registered” and “registration” shall refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement.

 

(hhh)                   Registrable Securities” shall mean (i) any and all shares of NewCo Common Stock held or acquired by IAC or another member of the IAC Group and (ii) any other shares of NewCo Common Stock issued or issuable with respect to shares described in clause (i) by way of a share dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar transaction; provided, however, that Registrable Securities shall not include any shares of NewCo Common Stock described in clause (i) or (ii) above if (A) a Registration Statement covering such Registrable Security has been declared effective by the SEC and such Registrable Security has been disposed of by IAC or another member of the IAC Group pursuant to such effective Registration Statement, or (B) such shares are sold under circumstances in which all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 (or any similar provisions in force) under the Securities Act are met or are eligible for sale under such Rule 144 without any volume limitations; provided, further, that any security that has ceased to be a Registrable Security shall not thereafter become a Registrable Security and any security that is issued or distributed in respect of securities that have ceased to be Registrable Securities is not a Registrable Security.

 

(iii)                               Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses incurred in effecting any registration pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, all registration, qualification, and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow fees, fees and disbursements of counsel for NewCo, state securities law fees and expenses, fees of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., expenses of any regular or special audits incident to or required by any such registration, fees of transfer agents and registrars and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for IAC and one local counsel for IAC per foreign jurisdiction, but excluding Selling Expenses, fees and disbursements of other counsel for IAC and the compensation of regular employees of NewCo, which shall be paid in any event by NewCo.

 

(jjj)                            Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of NewCo filed or to be filed with the SEC under the rules and regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, including the related prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, and including pre- and post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

(kkk)                   Rule 144” shall mean Rule 144 as promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the SEC.

 

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(lll)                               Rule 145” shall mean Rule 145 as promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule that may be promulgated by the SEC.

 

(mmm)       Sale Transaction” shall mean the consummation of a merger, consolidation, business combination, amalgamation or other similar transaction between NewCo and another entity (other than (i) a Subsidiary of NewCo or (ii) IAC or any Subsidiary of IAC) in which NewCo is acquired by such other entity or a Person who controls such entity, or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of NewCo to another entity, other than (x) a Subsidiary of NewCo or (y) IAC or a Subsidiary of IAC.

 

(nnn)                   SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

 

(ooo)                   Section 2.1(g) Sale Number” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(g).

 

(ppp)                   Section 2.2(c) Sale Number” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c).

 

(qqq)                   Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar successor federal statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

 

(rrr)                            Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities.

 

(sss)                         Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability entity, joint venture or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which a majority of the total voting power of capital stock or other interests entitled (without the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof, is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

 

(ttt)                            Total Equity Interests” means the number of shares of outstanding NewCo Common Stock.

 

(uuu)                   Total Voting Power” shall mean the Voting Power possessed by all outstanding shares of NewCo Voting Stock.

 

(vvv)                   Underwritten Offering” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(f).

 

(www)             Voting Interest” shall mean, with respect to any Person or group of Persons, the percentage equal to the quotient of (a) the Voting Power possessed by the shares of NewCo Voting Stock held by such Person or group of Persons divided by (b) the Total Voting Power.

 

(xxx)                   Voting Power” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term for purposes of Section 368(c) of the Code.

 

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Section 1.2                                    Effective Time.  This Agreement shall be effective as of the Merger Effective Time.

 

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

Section 2.1                                    Requested Registration.

 

(a)                                 Request for Registration.  Subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 2.1, if NewCo shall receive from IAC a written demand (a “Demand Notice”) signed by an authorized officer of IAC requesting that NewCo effect the registration of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities, NewCo shall, as soon as practicable, use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration under and in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act and to permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Registrable Securities as is specified in such Demand Notice (such registration, an “IAC Registration”).  The Demand Notice shall state the aggregate number of shares of Registrable Securities intended to be registered and the intended methods of disposition thereof (including whether the offering is to be an Underwritten Offering) and the registration procedures to be undertaken by NewCo in connection therewith.

 

(b)                                 Filing of Registration Statement.  Subject to the provisions of this Section 2.1, promptly upon receipt of a Demand Notice, NewCo will file the applicable Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable and will use its best efforts to, in accordance with the terms set forth in the Demand Notice, effect within one hundred eighty (180) days of the filing of such Registration Statement the registration under the Securities Act (including, without limitation, appropriate qualification under applicable “blue sky” or other securities laws) of the Registrable Securities that NewCo has been required to register pursuant to this Section 2.1.

 

(c)                                  Limitations on Requested Registration.  NewCo shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any IAC Registration pursuant to this Section 2.1:

 

(i)                                     in any twelve (12)-month period, after NewCo has initiated two (2) IAC Registrations (counting for these purposes only Registration Statements that have been publicly filed with the SEC (with the initially filed Registration Statement and any subsequent amendments thereto counting as a single Registration Statement)); or

 

(ii)                                  if IAC proposes to dispose of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made under Section 2.3.

 

(d)                                 Deferral.  If (i) in the reasonable good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, the filing or the effectiveness or availability of a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities (A) would be materially detrimental to NewCo due to the early disclosure of information relating to the business, financial condition or results of operation of NewCo that NewCo is not otherwise then obligated to disclose or (B) would put at material risk a then-contemplated primary offering by NewCo of NewCo Common Stock pursuant to a NewCo initiated registration statement (whether previously filed or proposed to be filed), (ii) the Board

 

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of Directors concludes, as a result, that it is in the best interests of NewCo to defer the filing or suspend the effectiveness or availability of such Registration Statement at such time, and (iii) NewCo furnishes to IAC a certificate signed by the Chairperson of the Audit Committee of NewCo stating that, in the reasonable good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, it would be materially detrimental to NewCo for such Registration Statement to be filed or to be declared effective or available in the near future and that it is, therefore, in the best interests of NewCo to defer the filing or suspend the effectiveness or availability of such Registration Statement, then NewCo shall have the right, by written notice to IAC, to defer such filing or suspend the effectiveness or availability of such Registration Statement for a period of not more than seventy-five (75) days after receipt of the Demand Notice (or such shorter period that the Board of Directors concludes in good faith is necessary); provided, however, that NewCo shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than twice in any twelve (12)-month period.

 

(e)                                  Withdrawal of Request.  IAC may withdraw its request for registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 at any time.  If IAC does withdraw its request for registration, NewCo shall cease all efforts to secure registration and such registration nonetheless shall be deemed an IAC Registration for purposes of Section 2.1(c)(i) unless (i) the withdrawal is made following deferral pursuant to Section 2.1(d), (ii)  IAC shall have learned that there has been a material adverse change in the business or prospects of NewCo since the date of the applicable Demand Notice and IAC has withdrawn its request for registration with reasonable promptness after learning of such material adverse change, or (iii) IAC shall have paid or reimbursed NewCo for all of the Registration Expenses incurred by NewCo in connection with the withdrawn registration.

 

(f)                                   Underwriting.  If IAC intends to distribute any Registrable Securities covered by its request by means of an underwriting (an “Underwritten Offering”), it shall so advise NewCo as a part of its request made pursuant to this Section 2.1.  In such event, the right of IAC to include all or any portion of its Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering shall be conditioned upon IAC’s participation in such underwriting on the terms and subject to the applicable provisions herein.  In the case of an IAC Registration involving an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, IAC shall select the underwriters, provided that the managing underwriter shall be a nationally recognized investment banking firm.  IAC shall determine the pricing of the Registrable Securities offered pursuant to any such Registration Statement in connection with an IAC Registration, the applicable underwriting discount and other financial terms (including the material terms of the applicable underwriting agreement, such agreement to be reasonably satisfactory to NewCo and to contain such representations and warranties by NewCo, indemnification/contribution provisions and such other terms as are generally prevailing in agreements of that type) and determine the timing of any such registration and sale, subject to this Section 2.1, and IAC shall be solely responsible for all such discounts and fees payable to such underwriters in such Underwritten Offering (except with respect to any securities sold by NewCo or another security holder of NewCo in such IAC Registration).  If NewCo shall request inclusion in any IAC Registration of securities being sold for its own account, or if any other security holder of NewCo shall request inclusion in any IAC Registration pursuant to this Section 2.1 and the distribution is to be made by means of an Underwritten Offering, IAC may, in its sole discretion, offer to include such securities in the Underwritten Offering and such offer shall be conditioned upon the participation of NewCo or such other Person in such underwriting

 

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and the inclusion of NewCo’s and/or such other Person’s securities of NewCo on the terms and subject to the applicable provisions of this Article II.

 

(g)                                  Underwriter Cutback.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.1, if the managing underwriter of any IAC Registration involving an Underwritten Offering advises IAC in writing that the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering, when added to the number of other securities to be offered in the Underwritten Offering as permitted by IAC pursuant to Section 2.1(f), would materially adversely impact the purchase price obtained for the securities to be included or the total proceeds contemplated in such Underwritten Offering, then the following securities shall be included in such IAC Registration, to the extent of the total number of securities that IAC is so advised can be sold in (or during the time of) such offering without so materially adversely affecting such offering (the “Section 2.1(g) Sale Number”):  (i) first, all Registrable Securities IAC proposed to register in the applicable Demand Notice; (ii) second, to the extent the number of securities to be registered pursuant to the foregoing clause (i) is less than the Section 2.1(g) Sale Number, the number of securities proposed to be registered by NewCo; and (iii) third, to the extent the number of securities to be registered pursuant to the foregoing clause (i), when added to the securities to be registered pursuant to the foregoing clause (ii), is less than the Section 2.1(g) Sale Number, the number of securities proposed to be registered by any other security holder of NewCo.

 

(h)                                 Exclusion from Underwriting.  If a security holder of NewCo who has requested inclusion in an IAC Registration involving an Underwritten Offering as provided in Section 2.1(f) does not agree to the terms of any such Underwritten Offering, such Person shall be excluded therefrom by written notice from NewCo, the managing underwriter or IAC.  The securities so excluded shall also be withdrawn from such registration (to the extent previously included).

 

Section 2.2                                    NewCo Registration.

 

(a)                                 NewCo Registration.  If NewCo shall determine to register the disposition of any securities issued or to be issued by it, either for its own account or the account of a security holder or holders (a “NewCo Registration”), other than (i) a registration pursuant to Section 2.1, Section 2.3 or Section 2.4, (ii) a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans, (iii) a registration relating solely to the offer and sale of debt securities (including debt securities convertible into equity securities), or (iv) a registration relating solely to a corporate reorganization or other Rule 145 transaction, NewCo shall:

 

(A)                               promptly give written notice of the proposed registration to IAC; and

 

(B)                               use its reasonable best efforts to include in such NewCo Registration, except as set forth in Section 2.2(c) and Section 2.2(d), and in any Underwritten Offering involved therein, all such Registrable Securities specified in any written request or requests made by IAC (each, a “Piggyback Demand”) and received by NewCo within twenty (20) days after such written notice from NewCo is delivered to IAC.  Such

 

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Piggyback Demand may specify that IAC desires to include in such registration all or any portion of the Registrable Securities.

 

(b)                                 Underwriting.  If the NewCo Registration is intended to be made by means of an Underwritten Offering, NewCo shall so advise IAC as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(A).  In such event, the right of IAC to participate in such Underwritten Offering shall be conditioned upon IAC’s participation in such underwriting on the terms and subject to the applicable provisions herein.  If IAC proposes to distribute its Registrable Securities through such Underwritten Offering it shall (together with NewCo and any other security holders of NewCo permitted to participate in such Underwritten Offering) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form (including any customary “lock-up” arrangements) with the representative of the underwriter or underwriters selected by NewCo, provided that the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement shall be subject to IAC’s written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld).

 

(c)                                  Underwriter Cutback.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.2, if the managing underwriter of any NewCo Registration involving an Underwritten Offering advises NewCo in writing that the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering, when added to the number of other securities to be offered in the Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(B) (and any securities held by any other security holder of NewCo as permitted by NewCo), would materially adversely impact the purchase price obtained for the securities to be included or the total proceeds contemplated in such Underwritten Offering, then the following securities shall be included in such NewCo Registration, to the extent of the total number of securities that NewCo is so advised can be sold in (or during the time of) such offering without so materially adversely affecting such offering (the “Section 2.2(c) Sale Number”):  (i) first, all securities proposed to be registered by NewCo; (ii) second, to the extent the number of securities proposed to be registered pursuant to the foregoing clause (i) is less than the Section 2.2(c) Sale Number, the number of Registrable Securities proposed to be registered by IAC; and (iii) third, to the extent the number of securities to be registered pursuant to the foregoing clause (i), when added to the securities to be registered pursuant to the foregoing clause (ii), is less than the Section 2.2(c) Sale Number, the number of securities proposed to be registered by any other security holder of NewCo.

 

(d)                                 Exclusion from Underwriting.  If a security holder of NewCo who has requested inclusion in such NewCo Registration involving an Underwritten Offering does not agree to the terms of any such Underwritten Offering, such Person shall be excluded therefrom by written notice from NewCo, the managing underwriter or IAC.  The securities so excluded shall also be withdrawn from such registration (to the extent previously included).

 

(e)                                  Right to Terminate Registration.  NewCo shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any NewCo Registration prior to the applicable Registration Statement having been declared or ordered effective by the SEC whether or not IAC has elected to include Registrable Securities in such registration.  IAC shall also have the right to withdraw its request for inclusion of its Registrable Securities in a NewCo Registration at any time.

 

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Section 2.3                                    Registration on Form S-3.

 

(a)                                 Request for Form S-3 Registration.  After the Merger Effective Time, NewCo shall use its reasonable best efforts to qualify for the use of Form S-3 pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act or any successor form under a successor rule, as applicable.  After NewCo has qualified for the use of Form S-3, in addition to the rights contained in the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.3 and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 2.3, if NewCo shall receive from IAC a written request that NewCo effect any registration on Form S-3 or any similar short form Registration Statement with respect to all or any portion of the Registrable Securities (which request shall state the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be disposed of and the intended methods of disposition of such shares by IAC), NewCo shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration under and in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act and to permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Registrable Securities as shall be specified in such request.  At any time a Form S-3 shall be effective and remain effective, IAC shall be permitted to effect an unlimited number of (i) non-Underwritten Offerings or (ii) shelf take-downs off the Form S-3 (which may be Underwritten Offerings), including any underwritten “block trades,” in each case, without notice to, or inclusion of, any other securities held by NewCo or any other Person, and in each case, limited to the Registrable Securities.

 

(b)                                 Deferral.  The provisions of Section 2.1(d) shall apply to any registration pursuant to this Section 2.3.

 

(c)                                  Underwriting.  If IAC requests registration under this Section 2.3 intending to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by its request by means of an Underwritten Offering, the provisions of Section 2.1(f), Section 2.1(g) and Section 2.1(h) shall apply to such registration.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, registrations effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be counted as requested for registration or registrations effected pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

Section 2.4                                    Registration in Connection with Spin-Off.  In addition to the other rights provided for herein, NewCo agrees that if any Registrable Securities require registration with or approval of any Governmental Authority before such Registrable Securities may be distributed to IAC stockholders, whether by dividend, recapitalization, exchange, redemption or other extraordinary transaction, or sold by such IAC stockholders thereafter without restriction under applicable law, NewCo shall cause such Registrable Securities to be duly registered or approved, as the case may be.  In addition, NewCo shall use its reasonable best efforts to list any shares of NewCo Class A Common Stock required to be delivered upon any conversion, exchange or transfer of shares of the NewCo Class B Common Stock prior to such delivery, on each national securities exchange or interdealer quotation system on which the outstanding NewCo Class A Common Stock is listed at the time of such delivery.

 

Section 2.5                                    Expenses of Registration.  Except as contemplated by Section 2.1(f), all Registration Expenses incurred in connection with registrations pursuant to Section 2.1, Section 2.2, Section 2.3 or Section 2.4 hereof shall be borne by NewCo; provided, however, that NewCo shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 2.1, Section 2.3 or Section 2.4 if the registration request is subsequently

 

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withdrawn at the request of IAC (unless (i) the withdrawal is made following deferral pursuant to Section 2.1(d), or (ii) the withdrawal is based on the reasonable determination of IAC that there has been, since the date of the applicable Demand Notice, a material adverse change in the business or prospects of NewCo).  All Selling Expenses relating to securities registered on behalf of IAC and any other holders of securities shall be borne by IAC and such other holders of securities included in such registration pro rata in proportion to the number of securities to be registered by a holder versus the total number of securities to be included in such registration by the Company and all participating holders.

 

Section 2.6                                    Registration Procedures.  IAC agrees to furnish to NewCo such information regarding IAC and the distribution proposed by IAC as NewCo may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Article II.  In the case of each registration effected by NewCo pursuant to this Article II, NewCo shall keep IAC promptly informed in writing as to the initiation of each registration and as to the completion thereof.  At its expense, NewCo shall use its reasonable best efforts to:

 

(a)                                 keep the relevant registration effective for a period ending on the earlier of the date that is one-hundred and twenty (120) days from the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement or such time as IAC has completed the distribution described in such Registration Statement;

 

(b)                                 prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement for the period set forth in Section 2.6(a);

 

(c)                                  furnish such number of prospectuses, including any preliminary prospectuses, and other documents incident thereto, including any amendment of or supplement to the prospectus, as IAC may from time to time reasonably request;

 

(d)                                 register and qualify the securities covered by such Registration Statement under such other securities laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by IAC;

 

(e)                                  notify IAC at any time when a prospectus relating to a Registration Statement registering the offering of Registrable Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or incomplete in light of the circumstances then existing, and following such notification promptly (and in any event within five (5) days thereafter) prepare and furnish to IAC a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Registrable Securities covered by such prospectus, such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or incomplete in light of the circumstances then existing;

 

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(f)                                   furnish, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale, if such securities are being sold through an Underwritten Offering, (i) an opinion, dated as of such date, of the counsel representing NewCo for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters in an Underwritten Offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any and (ii) a “comfort” letter dated as of such date, from the independent certified public accountants of NewCo, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an Underwritten Offering, addressed to the underwriters;

 

(g)                                  provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities registered pursuant to such Registration Statement and a CUSIP number for all such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of such registration;

 

(h)                                 comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months, but not more than eighteen (18) months, beginning with the first (1st) month after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act;

 

(i)                                     cause all such Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, shares of NewCo Class B Common Stock) to be listed on each over-the-counter market, interdealer quotation system or securities exchange on which securities issued by NewCo are then listed; and

 

(j)                                    in connection with any Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.3 hereof, enter into an underwriting agreement in form reasonably necessary to effect the offer and sale of securities issued by NewCo; provided, however, that such underwriting agreement contains reasonable and customary provisions, and provided further, however, that IAC shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such an agreement.

 

Section 2.7                                    Indemnification.

 

(a)                                 NewCo shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold harmless IAC and each of its Affiliates (other than NewCo and its Subsidiaries), officers, directors, employees and partners, legal counsel, and accountants (each, an “IAC Covered Person”) against any losses, claims, actions, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and other professional advisors), joint or several, to which such IAC Covered Person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state “blue sky” securities law, any equivalent non-U.S. securities laws or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, actions, damages, liabilities or expenses arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus, freewriting prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), offering circular, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein, (ii) any omission (or alleged omission) of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii)

 

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any violation (or alleged violation) by NewCo of the Securities Act, any similar federal or state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to NewCo and relating to any action or inaction required of NewCo in connection with any registration of securities, and NewCo will reimburse such IAC Covered Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such IAC Covered Person in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such loss, claim, action, damage or liability; provided, however, that NewCo shall not be so liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, action, loss, damage or liability arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission, action or violation made or incorporated by reference in any such Registration Statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus, freewriting prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), offering circular, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information prepared and furnished to NewCo by such IAC Covered Person or prepared on behalf of NewCo by such IAC Covered Person expressly for use therein; provided further, however, that, except as provided in the penultimate sentence of Section 2.7(c) of this Agreement,  the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.7(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any loss, action, claim, damage or liability if such settlement is effected without the consent of NewCo (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).  This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability NewCo may otherwise have.

 

(b)                                 IAC shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify and hold harmless NewCo and each of its Affiliates (other than IAC and its Subsidiaries), officers, directors, employees and partners, legal counsel, and accountants (each, a “NewCo Covered Person”) against any losses, claims, actions, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and other professional advisors), joint or several, to which such NewCo Covered Person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state “blue sky” securities law, any equivalent non-U.S. securities laws or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, actions, damages, liabilities or expenses arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus, freewriting prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), offering circular, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein, (ii) any omission (or alleged omission) of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any violation (or alleged violation) by IAC of the Securities Act, any similar federal or state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to IAC and relating to any action or inaction required of IAC in connection with any registration of securities, and IAC will reimburse such NewCo Covered Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such NewCo Covered Person in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such loss, claim, action, damage or liability; provided, however, that IAC shall not be so liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, action, loss, damage or liability arises out of or is based on any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission, action or violation made or incorporated by reference in any such Registration Statement, prospectus, preliminary prospectus, freewriting prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), offering circular, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein in reliance

 

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upon, and in conformity with, written information prepared and furnished to IAC or prepared on behalf of IAC by such NewCo Covered Person expressly for use therein; provided further, however, that, except as provided in the penultimate sentence of Section 2.7(c) of this Agreement, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 2.7(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any loss, action, claim, damage or liability if such settlement is effected without the consent of IAC (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided further, however, that in no event shall the amount that IAC shall be required to pay or contribute pursuant to this Section 2.7(b) exceed an amount equal to the net proceeds (after deducting any Selling Expenses paid by IAC) actually received by IAC in the sale of Registrable Securities that give rise to such obligation to pay or contribute, except in the case of intentional misrepresentation by IAC or such IAC Covered Person.  This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability IAC may otherwise have.

 

(c)                                  Each Party entitled to indemnification under this Section 2.7 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give written notice to the Party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought; provided that any failure or delay to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by reason of such failure or delay.  In case a claim or an action that is subject or potentially subject to indemnification hereunder is brought against an Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in and shall have the right, exercisable by giving written notice to the Indemnified Party as promptly as practicable after receipt of written notice from such Indemnified Party of such claim or action, to assume, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, the defense of any such claim or action; provided, however, that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or any action resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at the Indemnified Party’s expense (and with counsel of its own choice); provided, further, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall be obligated to reimburse the Indemnified Party for any fees, costs or expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with such defense if (A) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees, costs and expenses, (B) the Indemnifying Party has failed to assume the defense of such claim or action within a reasonable time after receipt of notice of such claim or action, (C) having assumed the defense of such claim or action, the Indemnifying Party fails to employ counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party or to pursue the defense of such claim or action in a reasonably vigorous manner, (D) the use of counsel chosen by the Indemnifying Party to represent the Indemnified Party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest or (E) the Indemnified Party has reasonably concluded that there may be one or more legal or equitable defenses available to it and/or any other Indemnified Party that is or are different from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying Party.  Subject to the third proviso in the foregoing sentence, no Indemnifying Party shall, in connection with any one claim or action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general circumstances or allegations, be liable for the fees, costs and expenses of more than one firm of attorneys (in addition to one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction) for all Indemnified Parties.  The Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to settle a claim or action for which any Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.7 without the consent of the Indemnified Party, and the Indemnifying Party shall not consent to the

 

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entry of any judgment or enter into or agree to any settlement relating to such claim or action unless such judgment or settlement does not impose any admission of wrongdoing or ongoing obligations on any Indemnified Party and includes as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff therein to such Indemnified Party, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such Indemnified Party, of a full and final release from all liability in respect of such claim or action.  Except in the case of a judgment or settlement effected in the circumstances described in clause (B) or (D) of the third proviso to the first sentence of this Section 2.7(c), the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable hereunder for any amount paid or payable incurred pursuant to or in connection with any judgment entered or settlement effected with the consent of an Indemnified Party unless the Indemnifying Party has also consented to such judgment or settlement (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).  Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with defense of such claim and action resulting therefrom.

 

(d)                                 If the indemnification provided for in this Section 2.7 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to, or unenforceable by, an Indemnified Party in respect of any loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense referred to herein, then the applicable Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and of the Indemnified Party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and of the Indemnified Party, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Party, whether the violation of the Securities Act or any other federal or state securities law or rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to NewCo and relating to any action or inaction required of NewCo in connection with any registration of securities was perpetrated by the Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Party, and the Parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement, omission or violation.  The Parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant hereto were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method or allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 2.7(d).  No Indemnified Party guilty or liable of fraudulent misrepresentation within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act shall be entitled to contribution from any Person that was not guilty of such fraudulent representation.

 

(e)                                  The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party or an officer, director or Affiliate of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of securities and any termination of this Agreement, but only with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities made before the termination date.

 

(f)                                   Disputes, controversies and claims under this Section 2.7 shall be subject to the terms of Article 7 and Sections 10.01 and 10.09 of the Contribution Agreement.

 

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Section 2.8                                    Rule 144 Reporting.  With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC that may permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, NewCo agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to:

 

(a)                                 make and keep public information regarding NewCo available as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, at all times from and after ninety (90) days following the Merger Effective Time;

 

(b)                                 file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of NewCo under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements; and

 

(c)                                  so long as any member of the IAC Group owns any Registrable Securities, furnish to IAC promptly upon written request a written statement by NewCo as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time from and after ninety (90) days following the Merger Effective Time), and of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of NewCo, and such other reports and documents so filed as IAC may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing any member of the IAC Group to sell any such securities without registration.

 

Section 2.9                                    Limitations on Subsequent Registration Rights.  From and after the date of this Agreement, NewCo shall not, without the prior written consent of IAC, enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of NewCo giving such holder or prospective holder any registration rights the terms of which are pari passu with or senior to the registration rights granted to IAC pursuant to this Article II.  For these purposes, as to Form S-3 registration rights, pari passu and seniority shall refer to priority in underwriter cut-backs.

 

Section 2.10                             Termination of Registration Rights.  The right of IAC to request registration or inclusion in any registration pursuant to Section 2.1, Section 2.2 or Section 2.3 and the limitations on NewCo with respect to the granting of subsequent registration rights pursuant to Section 2.9 shall terminate on such date on which IAC and any other members of the IAC Group cease to hold Registrable Securities.

 

ARTICLE III


ANTI-DILUTION

 

Section 3.1                                    Anti-Dilution Rights.

 

(a)                                 In the event that, after the Merger Effective Time, NewCo issues or proposes to issue (other than to a member of the IAC Group and other than pursuant to an Excluded Issuance) any shares of NewCo Common Stock, including shares of NewCo Common Stock issued upon exercise, conversion or exchange of options, warrants and convertible securities (excluding shares of NewCo Class A Common Stock issued upon conversion of shares of NewCo Class B Common Stock) (each such issuance, an “Additional Issuance”), IAC shall

 

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have the right (but not the obligation) to purchase or to cause one or more other members of the IAC Group to purchase for cash at a price per share equal to the Issue Price:

 

(i)                                     in the case of an Additional Issuance of NewCo Voting Stock, up to a number of shares of the class of the NewCo Voting Stock to be issued in the Additional Issuance and/or one (1) or more other classes of NewCo Voting Stock then authorized as is necessary for the IAC Group to maintain (after giving effect to the Additional Issuance and any issuance of NewCo Voting Stock to the IAC Group pursuant to this Section 3.1(a)(i)) ownership of NewCo Voting Stock resulting in the IAC Group’s Voting Interest and Equity Interest being equal to the IAC Group’s Voting Interest and Equity Interest immediately prior to the Additional Issuance; provided that if, in light of the classes of NewCo Voting Stock and the number of shares thereof then authorized and the relative number of outstanding shares of each class of NewCo Common Stock then held by members of the IAC Group and other Persons, it is not possible for IAC to so maintain the IAC Group’s Voting Interest and Equity Interest through such a purchase, then IAC may determine, in its sole discretion, to purchase (or to cause one or more other members of the IAC Group to purchase) up to such number of shares of such class(es) of NewCo Common Stock then authorized (including any class of stock proposed to be issued in the Additional Issuance if not yet authorized) as it shall determine so long as such purchase would not result in the IAC Group’s Voting Interest or, subject to Section 3.1(a)(ii), Equity Interest exceeding the IAC Group’s Voting Interest or Equity Interest, respectively, immediately prior to the Additional Issuance; or

 

(ii)                                  in the case of an Additional Issuance of NewCo Non-voting Stock, up to a number of shares of such class or classes of NewCo Non-voting Stock as is necessary for the IAC Group to maintain (after giving effect to the Additional Issuance and any issuance of NewCo Non-voting Stock to the IAC Group pursuant to this Section 3.1(a)(ii)) ownership of (A) NewCo Common Stock resulting in the IAC Group’s Equity Interest being equal to the IAC Group’s Equity Interest immediately prior to the Additional Issuance and (B) at least 80.1% of the issued and outstanding shares of each class of NewCo Non-voting Stock, without regard to whether the IAC Group owned any shares of such class of NewCo Non-voting Stock before such Additional Issuance(s).

 

(b)                                 NewCo shall give immediate written notice (an “Issuance Notice”) to IAC upon NewCo (x) having received notice of an intended exercise, conversion or exchange of options, warrants or convertible securities (other than a notice requesting conversion of shares of NewCo Class B Common Stock into shares of NewCo Class A Common Stock) or (y) otherwise intending to issue to a third party (other than to a member of the IAC Group) any shares of NewCo Common Stock or any option, warrant, convertible security or other instrument convertible or exchangeable into shares of NewCo Common Stock; provided, however, that NewCo shall not be required to give notice to IAC pursuant to this Section 3.1(b) unless the Additional Issuance resulting from the actions in clause (x) or (y) represents in excess of one-half of one percent (0.5%) of the Total Equity Interests before giving effect to such Additional Issuance; provided, further, however, that, if such Additional Issuance, taken together with any

 

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prior Additional Issuance(s) with respect to which IAC was not entitled to receive notice pursuant to the previous proviso, exceeds one-half of one  percent (0.5%) of the Total Equity Interests after giving effect to the contemplated Additional Issuance and such previous Additional Issuance(s), NewCo shall then be required to provide immediate written notice to IAC of such Additional Issuance and all such previous Additional Issuances for which IAC has not received notice. The Issuance Notice shall specify: (i) the class of NewCo Common Stock to be issued (or that has been issued), (ii) if such shares are of a class not previously issued, a description of the rights of such shares, (iii) the number of shares proposed to be issued (or that have been issued), (iv) the Issue Price (if known) per share, and (v) the anticipated effective date of the Additional Issuance (which, in the case of issuance described in clause (y), shall be a date that is no earlier than the date that is twenty (20) Business Days after the date of the Issuance Notice) and the effective date of any previously completed Additional Issuance for which IAC has become eligible to receive notice pursuant to the second proviso of this Section 3.1(b).  IAC may exercise its rights to purchase NewCo Common Stock pursuant to this Section 3.1 by sending an irrevocable written notice to NewCo (a “Purchase Election Notice”) not later than fifteen (15) Business Days after receipt of an Issuance Notice (or, if later, two (2) Business Days following the determination of the Issue Price) from NewCo that it elects to purchase or to cause one or more members of the IAC Group to purchase all or a portion of such NewCo Common Stock (the “IAC Additional Shares”).

 

(c)                                  If a Purchase Election Notice is sent on or prior to the date on which shares of NewCo Common Stock are being issued pursuant to an Additional Issuance (or the date on which the Additional Issuance is deemed effective, if earlier) (such date, the “Additional Issuance Date”), but subject to the occurrence of the Additional Issuance, (i) the closing of the purchase of the IAC Additional Shares shall occur on the later of (A) the Additional Issuance Date and (B) the date on which all necessary approvals from Governmental Authorities relating to the IAC Additional Shares have been received (the “IAC Ownership Date”), (ii) IAC (or such member of the IAC Group designated by IAC), as of the IAC Ownership Date, shall be considered the owner of the IAC Additional Shares purchased pursuant to this Section 3.1 and (iii) as of the IAC Ownership Date, IAC (or such member of the IAC Group designated by IAC) shall possess all incidents, benefits and burdens of ownership of such NewCo Common Stock, including the right to appreciation in value, the risk of depreciation in value, the right to vote the shares, the right to dividends with respect to the shares, and the right to sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of such shares, in each case, as of immediately prior to the Additional Issuance.  At the closing of the purchase and sale on the IAC Ownership Date, NewCo shall deliver to IAC (or such member of the IAC Group designated by IAC), against payment therefor, certificates or book-entry shares (issued in the name of IAC or a member of the IAC Group) representing the shares of NewCo Common Stock being purchased pursuant to this Section 3.1 and shall cause the IAC Additional Shares to be recorded in the stock transfer books of NewCo.

 

(d)                                 If a Purchase Election Notice is sent after the Additional Issuance Date, the closing of the purchase of IAC Additional Shares shall occur on the later of the date that is ten (10) Business Days after the delivery of the Purchase Election Notice by IAC and the date that is five (5) Business Days after receipt of any necessary approvals from Governmental Authorities.

 

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ARTICLE IV

BOARD MATTERS

 

Section 4.1                                    Board Size; Initial Composition.  As of the Merger Effective Time, the size of the Board of Directors shall be ten (10) directors consisting of the following persons:

 

(a)                                 six (6) directors designated by IAC (each such director, and any subsequent IAC Nominee (as defined below) serving on the Board of Directors, an “IAC Director”);

 

(b)                                 two (2) directors designated by the Company, which two directors shall initially be Thomas R. Evans and Angie R. Hicks Bowman, or any successor thereto appointed or nominated in accordance with Section 4.3 (each, an “ANGI Director”); and

 

(c)                                  two (2) independent directors (as defined below) designated by IAC.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, an independent director will be an individual who qualifies as “independent” pursuant to the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act.

 

Section 4.2                                    Election and Appointment of IAC Directors.

 

(a)                                 From and after the Merger Effective Time, in connection with each annual or special meeting of stockholders of NewCo at which directors are to be elected (each such annual or special meeting, an “Election Meeting”), IAC shall have the right to nominate (it being understood that such nomination may include any nomination of any incumbent IAC Director (or an IAC Replacement) by the Board of Directors) a number of nominees (each, an “IAC Nominee”) as follows:

 

(i)                                     a number (rounded up to the nearest whole number) of directors constituting a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, if the IAC Group’s Equity Interest or Voting Interest is greater than or equal to fifty percent (50%);

 

(ii)                                  a number (rounded up to the nearest whole number) of directors equal to (A) the total size of the Board of Directors, multiplied by (B) the IAC Group’s Equity Interest or Voting Interest, whichever is greater, so long as the IAC Group’s Equity Interest or Voting Interest is greater than ten percent (10%) but less than fifty percent (50%); and

 

(iii)                               no directors, if the IAC Group’s Equity Interest and Voting Interest are both less than ten percent (10%).

 

(b)                                 IAC shall give written notice to the Board of Directors of each IAC Nominee no later than the date that is sixty (60) days prior to the first (1st) anniversary of the date that NewCo’s annual proxy statement for the prior year was first mailed to NewCo’s stockholders; provided that, if IAC fails to give such notice in a timely manner, then IAC shall

 

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be deemed to have nominated the incumbent IAC Directors in a timely manner (unless the number of incumbent IAC Directors is less than the number of IAC Nominees IAC is entitled to nominate pursuant to clause (a) above, in which case NewCo and IAC shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to mutually agree on a nominee or nominees to satisfy the requirements of clause (a) above).

 

(c)                                  Subject to Section 4.2(e), NewCo and the Board of Directors shall cause each IAC Nominee nominated in accordance with Section 4.2(a) to be included in management’s slate of nominees for election as a director at each Election Meeting and to recommend that NewCo’s stockholders vote in favor of the election of each IAC Nominee.

 

(d)                                 NewCo shall use reasonable best efforts to, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Board of Directors to, cause the election of each IAC Nominee to the Board of Directors at each Election Meeting (including supporting the IAC Nominee for election in a manner no less rigorous and favorable than the manner in which NewCo supports the other nominees).

 

(e)                                  If any IAC Nominee (i) is unable to serve as a nominee for appointment as of the Merger Effective Time or for election as a director or to serve as a director, for any reason, thereafter (ii) ceases to continue as a director (upon death, resignation or otherwise) or fails to be elected at an Election Meeting solely as a result of such IAC Nominee failing to receive a plurality of the votes cast, or (iii) is to be substituted by IAC (with the relevant IAC Nominees’ consent and resignation) for election at an Election Meeting, IAC shall have the right to submit the name of a replacement for each such IAC Nominee (each an “IAC Replacement”) and who shall serve as the nominee for election as director or serve as director in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.2.  An IAC Nominee shall, at the time of nomination and at all times thereafter until such individual’s service on the Board of Directors ceases, meet any applicable requirements or qualifications under applicable law or applicable stock exchange rules.

 

Section 4.3                                    Election and Appointment of ANGI Directors.

 

(a)                                 During the Initial Governance Period, (i) in connection with each Election Meeting, the Board of Directors shall nominate the ANGI Directors (or, if applicable, an ANGI Replacement) (each, an “ANGI Nominee”) for election in accordance with the Bylaws of NewCo and (ii) IAC shall, and shall cause any member of the IAC Group to, (A) cause their respective shares of NewCo capital stock to be present for quorum purposes at any Election Meeting and shall vote or cause to be voted all shares of NewCo capital stock beneficially owned by IAC or any member of the IAC Group in favor of the ANGI Nominees and (B) not vote any shares of NewCo capital stock beneficially owned by IAC or any member of the IAC Group in favor of removal of any ANGI Director, other than for cause.

 

(b)                                 If, prior to expiration of the Initial Governance Period, either ANGI Director (i) is unable or unwilling to serve as a nominee for appointment as of the Merger Effective Time or for election as a director or to serve as a director, for any reason, thereafter, or (ii) ceases to continue as a director (upon death, resignation or otherwise), or fails to be elected at an Election Meeting solely as a result of such ANGI Nominee failing to receive a plurality of the votes cast (other than as a result of a breach by IAC of Section 4.3(a) hereof), the Board of

 

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Directors shall select a replacement for such ANGI Director (an “ANGI Replacement”), which ANGI Replacement at such time (i) (A) must qualify to serve as an independent director of NewCo if such replaced ANGI Director qualified to serve as an independent director of NewCo at the time he or she ceased to be able or willing to serve or ceased to continue as a director of NewCo, as the case may be, or (B) must, in all other cases, qualify to serve as an independent director of IAC (were such individual to be appointed at such time to the Board of Directors of IAC), and (ii) must be reasonably acceptable to the remaining ANGI Director (if any), and who shall serve as the nominee for election as director or serve as director in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.3.  An ANGI Nominee shall, at the time of nomination and at all times thereafter until such individual’s service on the Board of Directors ceases, meet any applicable requirements or qualifications under applicable law or applicable stock exchange rules.

 

(c)                                  If both ANGI Directors (i) are unable or unwilling to serve as nominees for appointment as of the Merger Effective Time or for election as directors or to serve as directors, for any reason, thereafter, or (ii) cease to continue as directors (upon death, resignation or otherwise) or fail to be elected at an Election Meeting solely as a result of such ANGI Nominees failing to receive a plurality of the votes cast (other than as a result of a breach by IAC of Section 4.3(a) hereof), then the provisions set forth in Section 4.1(b), Section 4.3(a), Section 4.3(b), Section 4.5(a) and Section 4.5(b) shall be void and of no further force an effect.

 

Section 4.4                                    Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.  Each IAC Nominee and ANGI Nominee elected to the Board of Directors will be entitled to compensation and other benefits consistent with the compensation and benefits paid or made available to the other directors serving on the Board of Directors who are not executive officers or employees of NewCo, and NewCo will reimburse each IAC Nominee and ANGI Nominee for his or her reasonable expenses, consistent with NewCo’s policy for such reimbursement in effect from time to time, incurred by attending meetings of the Board of Directors and/or any committee of the Board of Directors.  NewCo shall indemnify, or provide for the indemnification of, including, subject to applicable law, any rights to the advancement of fees and expenses, to the IAC Nominee and ANGI Nominees and provide the IAC Nominees and ANGI Nominees with director and officer insurance to the same extent it indemnifies and provides insurance for the non-employee members of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.5                                    Board Committees.

 

(a)                                 During the Initial Governance Period, IAC and NewCo agree that the Board of Directors shall not utilize committees of the Board of Directors for the purpose of discriminating against the ANGI Directors in order to limit their participation in substantive deliberations of the Board of Directors, except that the Board of Directors may utilize committees in order to limit the participation of any director to the extent that a majority of the independent directors (for this purpose not counting the director who may have a material conflict of interest in the numerator or denominator) reasonably determines in good faith that doing so is advisable due to a conflict of interest.

 

(b)                                 During the Initial Governance Period, at least one (1) of the members of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors shall be an ANGI Director so long as the ANGI director qualifies as “independent” pursuant to the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ and

 

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Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act and is otherwise eligible for membership on an Audit Committee of a board of directors of a corporation listed on NASDAQ.

 

(c)                                  Among other powers and responsibilities as delegated to the Audit Committee from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors shall be responsible (i) for compliance with Section 5630 of the NASDAQ listing rules or any successor thereto, whether or not NewCo ceases to be listed on the NASDAQ, and (ii) for reviewing any proposed amendments or waivers by NewCo of any term of this Agreement or the Other Ancillary Agreements (other than any amendments or waivers that are immaterial in nature).

 

ARTICLE V

OTHER AGREEMENTS

 

Section 5.1                                    Future Transactions.  If IAC advises NewCo, at any time, that IAC intends to dispose of all or a portion of the IAC Group’s interest in NewCo (including by way of a distribution to IAC’s stockholders), NewCo agrees to cooperate and take all action reasonably requested by IAC to facilitate such a transaction; provided, however, that, except as otherwise set forth in Article II of this Agreement, IAC shall reimburse NewCo for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by NewCo in connection with any such cooperation or action.

 

Section 5.2                                    DGCL Section 253 Transaction.  During the Initial Governance Period, IAC agrees (and agrees to cause any of its Subsidiaries owning capital stock of NewCo) not to effect any transaction involving NewCo otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware without obtaining the prior approval of a committee of the Board of Directors consisting solely of independent directors, at least fifty percent (50%) of which shall be ANGI Directors so long as any ANGI Directors who qualify as independent directors are then serving on the Board of Directors.

 

Section 5.3                                    Controlled Company Status.  For so long as the IAC Group’s Voting Interest exceeds fifty percent (50%), and except as may be otherwise consented to in advance and in writing by IAC, NewCo agrees to avail itself of the exemptions available to a “Controlled Company” pursuant to the Corporate Governance Requirements of the NASDAQ.

 

Section 5.4                                    Amendments to the NewCo Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.

 

(a)                                 During the Initial Governance Period, IAC shall, and shall cause any member of the IAC Group to, not vote any shares of NewCo capital stock beneficially owned by IAC or any member of the IAC Group in favor of any amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of NewCo, or waiver of any provision thereof, that is inconsistent with the terms of Section 4.1, Section 4.3, Section 4.5, Section 5.1, this Section 5.4, Section 5.2, Section 6.1, Section 6.6 or Section 6.13 of this Agreement and would adversely affect the rights of the holders of NewCo Class A Common Stock, without the prior approval of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

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(b)                                 During the Initial Governance Period, IAC shall, and shall cause any member of the IAC Group to, not vote any shares of NewCo capital stock beneficially owned by IAC or any member of the IAC Group in favor of any amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of NewCo, or waiver of any provision thereof, that is inconsistent with the terms of Section 4.1, Section 4.3, Section 4.5, Section 5.1, this Section 5.4, Section 5.2, Section 6.1, Section 6.6 or Section 6.13 of this Agreement and would adversely affect the rights of the holders of NewCo Class A Common Stock, without the prior approval of a majority of the holders of NewCo Class A Common Stock.

 

 

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 6.1                                    Termination.  Except for the rights and obligations of the Parties that earlier terminate, expire or fall away as expressly stated in this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate on the later of (a) the date on which the IAC Group’s Equity Interest is less than ten percent (10%) and (b) such date on which IAC and any other members of the IAC Group cease to hold Registrable Securities.

 

Section 6.2                                    Counterparts.  This Agreement and each Other Ancillary 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 of the parties thereto and delivered to the other parties.

 

Section 6.3                                    Entire Agreement; Coordination.  The Merger Agreement, this Agreement, the Other Ancillary Agreements (and the Schedules, Exhibits and Annexes thereto) and the specific agreements contemplated hereby or thereby 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.  No agreements or understandings exist between NewCo and IAC other than those set forth or referred to herein or therein.  In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Other Ancillary Agreements with respect to matters addressed in the Other Ancillary Agreements, the provisions of the Other Ancillary Agreements shall control.

 

Section 6.4                                    Construction.  In this Agreement and each of the Other Ancillary Agreements, unless a clear contrary intention appears:

 

(a)                                 the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;

 

(b)                                 reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Agreement or the relevant Other Ancillary Agreement, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity or individually;

 

(c)                                  reference to any gender includes each other gender;

 

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(d)                                 reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended, modified, supplemented or restated, and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof subject to compliance with the requirements set forth herein or in the relevant Other Ancillary Agreement;

 

(e)                                  “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement or to the relevant Other Ancillary Agreement as a whole and not to any particular article, or other provision hereof or thereof;

 

(f)                                   “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including, without limiting the generality of, any description preceding such term;

 

(g)                                  the Table of Contents and headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation hereof or thereof;

 

(h)                                 with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding;”

 

(i)                                     references to documents, instruments or agreements shall be deemed to refer as well to all addenda, exhibits, schedules or amendments thereto; and

 

(j)                                    references to the “other,” or the “other Party” refer to NewCo or IAC, as the context requires.

 

Section 6.5                                    Signatures.  Each of NewCo and IAC acknowledges that it and the other Party (and the other members of their respective Groups) may execute certain of the Other Ancillary Agreements by facsimile, stamp or mechanical signature.  Each of NewCo and IAC expressly adopts and confirms each such facsimile, stamp or mechanical signature made in its respective name (or that of the applicable member of its Group) 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 each such Other Ancillary Agreement to be manually executed (any such execution to be as of the date of the initial date thereof).

 

Section 6.6                                    Assignability.

 

(a)                                 Except as set forth in any Other Ancillary Agreement, this Agreement and each Other Ancillary Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and thereto, respectively, and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that except as contemplated in this Section 6.6 or as specifically provided in any Other Ancillary Agreement, no Party hereto or thereto may assign its respective rights or delegate its respective obligations under this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement without the express prior written consent of the other parties hereto or thereto.

 

(b)                                 In the event IAC desires to effect a spin-off, split-off or similar transaction (however effected) in which the equity interests of a Subsidiary of IAC holding the IAC Group’s equity interest in NewCo are distributed or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, to the

 

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holders of one or more classes of IAC’s capital stock, then, upon IAC’s written request, NewCo, IAC and such Subsidiary of IAC shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to effect (i) the assignment by IAC of its rights hereunder to such Subsidiary of IAC and (ii) the acceptance of such rights and assumption of IAC’s obligations hereunder by such Subsidiary of IAC (in each case of clauses (i) and (ii) effective prior to or substantially concurrently with the consummation of such transaction), and (iii) the acknowledgement by NewCo that IAC shall thereafter have no liability hereunder (except for any liability arising from any breach by IAC or relating to any actions or events occurring, in each case, on or prior to the date of the spin-off, split-off or similar transaction).

 

(c)                                  In the event (i) IAC desires to sell or transfer twenty percent (20%) or more of the IAC Group’s Equity Interest during the Initial Governance Period to an unaffiliated third party or (ii) IAC determines to distribute the IAC Group’s equity interest in NewCo to IAC’s stockholders and as a result, to IAC’s knowledge, a Person will hold twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding equity interests in NewCo, as a condition to any such sale, transfer or distribution, the party acquiring the twenty percent (20%) or greater equity interest described in clause (i) or (ii), as applicable, must agree in writing to assume IAC’s obligations under this Agreement (unless the transaction will result in the acquiring party acquiring 100% of the capital stock of NewCo).  In the event IAC desires to sell or transfer any of the IAC Group’s Equity Interest during the Initial Governance Period to an Affiliate of IAC (other than by way of a distribution to all of IAC’s stockholders), as a condition to any such sale or transfer, such Affiliate must agree in writing to assume IAC’s obligations under this Agreement (unless the transaction will result in the acquiring Affiliate acquiring 100% of the capital stock of NewCo).

 

Section 6.7                                    Third Party Beneficiaries.  Except for (i) the indemnification rights under this Agreement of any NewCo Covered Person or any IAC Covered Person in their respective capacities as such and (ii) as specifically provided in any Other Ancillary Agreement:

 

(a)                                 the provisions of this Agreement and each Other Ancillary Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and are not intended to confer upon any Person, except the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, any rights or remedies hereunder; and

 

(b)                                 there are no third party beneficiaries of this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement; and neither this Agreement nor any Other Ancillary Agreement shall provide any third party with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, claim of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement.

 

Section 6.8                                    Specific Performance.  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 or other appropriate equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

 

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Section 6.9                                    Governing Law.  This Agreement and each Other Ancillary 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 6.10                             Notices.  All notices or other communications under this Agreement and, unless expressly provided therein, each Ancillary Agreement, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given when delivered in person or successfully transmitted by electronic mail or facsimile, addressed as follows:

 

if to IAC:

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp

555 West 18th Street

New York, NY 10011

Attention:  General Counsel
Fax:
                       (212) 632-9551

Email:

 

if to NewCo:

 

ANGI Homeservices Inc.
                                                                                                14023 Denver West Parkway
                                                                                                Building 64
                                                                                                Golden, CO  80401
                                                                                                Attention:  Chief Financial Officer
                                                                                                Fax:
                                                                                                Email:

 

Section 6.11                             Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement or any Other Ancillary 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 thereof, 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 or thereby, as the case may be, is not affected in any manner adverse to either Party hereto or any Party thereto.  Upon such determination, the relevant 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 6.12                             Waivers of Default; Conflicts.

 

(a)                                 No waiver by any Party of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the Party so waiving.  Waiver by any Party of any default by the other Party of any provision of this Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver by the waiving Party of

 

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any subsequent or other default, nor shall it prejudice the rights of the other Party.  No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

(b)                                 Each of NewCo and IAC acknowledges that each of the Parties and each member of their respective Group are all currently represented by members of IAC’s legal department and IAC’s outside counsel.  IAC (on behalf of itself and every member of its Group), on the one hand, and NewCo (on behalf of itself and every member of its Group), on the other hand, waives any conflict with respect to such common representation that may arise before, at or after the Merger Effective Time.

 

Section 6.13                             Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written instrument signed by the Parties which, unless the Merger Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms or the Merger Effective Time shall have occurred, shall not become effective unless the Company has provided its prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, however, that, during the Initial Governance Period, Section 4.1, Section 4.3, Section 4.5, Section 5.1, Section 5.4, Section 5.2, Section 6.1, Section 6.6 or this Section 6.13 (to the extent such sections have not been voided pursuant to other provision of this Agreement) may not be amended by IAC and NewCo, or waivers therefrom granted, which amendment or waiver would adversely affect the rights of the holders of NewCo Class A Common Stock, without receiving the prior consent of a majority of the holders of NewCo Class A Common Stock.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have signed this Agreement effective as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Name: Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Name: Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Title: Vice President and Secretary

 

[Signature page to Investor Rights Agreement]

 


Exhibit 2.3

 

SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

and

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

Dated as of

 

September 29, 2017

 



 

SERVICES AGREEMENT

 

This Services Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2017 (this “Services Agreement”), is entered into by and between IAC/InterActiveCorp, a Delaware corporation (“IAC”), and ANGI Homeservices Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NewCo” and, together with IAC, the “Parties” and each a “Party”).

 

WHEREAS, IAC, NewCo, Casa Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of NewCo (“Merger Sub”), and Angie’s List, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), have entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 1, 2017 (as amended and as may be further amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), providing for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, with the Company surviving such merger (the “Merger”) as a wholly owned Subsidiary of NewCo;

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition to the Merger that, prior to the date and time when the Merger becomes effective, the Contribution and the IAC Share Issuance be consummated in accordance with the terms of that certain Contribution Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, between IAC and NewCo (as may be amended from time to time, the “Contribution Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Merger Agreement contemplates that IAC and NewCo will enter into this Services Agreement and a series of agreements as set forth in Section 2.11 of the Contribution Agreement (together with the Contribution Agreement, the “Other Ancillary Agreements”); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with such transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the Other Ancillary Agreements, (a) NewCo desires to procure certain services from IAC, and IAC is willing to provide such services to NewCo, during the term hereof, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Services Agreement; and (b) IAC desires to procure certain services from NewCo, and NewCo is willing to provide such services to IAC, during the term hereof, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Services Agreement.

 

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

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

1.01.                     General.  All terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Contribution Agreement.

 



 

ARTICLE II

 

Agreement To Provide and Accept Services

 

2.01.                     Provision of Services.

 

(a)                                 On the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, IAC agrees with NewCo that IAC shall provide, or shall cause its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (other than NewCo and its Subsidiaries) and its or their respective employees designated by IAC (such designated Subsidiaries, Affiliates and employees, together with IAC, being herein collectively referred to as the “IAC Service Providers”) to provide, to NewCo (or a member of the Halo Group designated by NewCo) the services (“IAC Services”) listed on the Schedule of Services attached hereto (the “Services Schedule”) as being performed by IAC.  Subject to Section 3.01, any decisions as to which of the IAC Service Providers (including the decisions to use third parties) shall provide the IAC Services shall be made by IAC in its sole discretion, except to the extent specified in the Services Schedule; provided that prior to and during the performance of any IAC Services, IAC shall ensure that the applicable IAC Service Provider has all of the necessary resources and expertise reasonably required to provide each such IAC Service.  Each IAC Service shall be provided in exchange for the consideration set forth with respect to such IAC Service on the Services Schedule or as IAC and NewCo may otherwise agree in writing.  Each IAC Service shall be provided and accepted in accordance with the terms, limitations and conditions set forth herein and on the Services Schedule.

 

(b)                                 On the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, NewCo agrees with IAC that NewCo shall provide, or shall cause its Subsidiaries and Affiliates (other than IAC and its non-Halo Group Subsidiaries) and their respective employees designated by it (such designated Subsidiaries, Affiliates and employees, together with NewCo, being herein collectively referred to as the “NewCo Service Providers” and together with the IAC Service Providers, the “Service Providers”) to provide, to IAC (or a member of the IAC Group designated by IAC), as applicable, the services (“NewCo Services”) listed on the Services Schedule as being performed by NewCo.  Subject to Section 3.01, any decisions as to which of the NewCo Service Providers (including the decisions to use third parties) shall provide the NewCo Services shall be made by NewCo in its sole discretion, except to the extent specified in the Services Schedule; provided that prior to and during the performance of any NewCo Services, NewCo shall ensure that the applicable NewCo Service Provider has all of the necessary resources and expertise reasonably required to provide each such NewCo Service.   Each NewCo Service shall be provided in exchange for the consideration set forth with respect to such Service on the Services Schedule or as NewCo and IAC may otherwise agree in writing.  Each NewCo Service shall be provided and accepted in accordance with the terms, limitations and conditions set forth herein and on the Services Schedule.

 

(c)                                  As used in this Services Agreement, the term “Receiving Party” shall mean the Party receiving (or the Party whose Subsidiary is receiving) the applicable Services from a Service Provider.

 

2.02.                     Books and Records; Availability of Information.  Each Party shall create and maintain accurate books and records in connection with the provision of the Services performed

 

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or caused to be performed by it and, upon reasonable notice from a Receiving Party, shall make available for inspection and copying by such Receiving Party’s agents such books and records to the extent relating to the Services provided to such Receiving Party hereunder during reasonable business hours with such inspection occurring no more than one (1) time per year in which the Service Provider has provided the applicable Service to the Receiving Party. Moreover, such inspection shall be conducted by the Receiving Party or its agents in a manner that will not unreasonably interfere with the normal business operations of the Service Provider.  Each Receiving Party shall make available on a timely basis to the Service Providers all information and materials reasonably requested by such Service Providers to enable them to provide the applicable Services.  Each Receiving Party shall provide to the Service Providers reasonable access to such Receiving Party’s premises to the extent necessary for the purpose of providing the applicable Services.  Each Service Provider shall ensure that its personnel, when on the property of the Receiving Party, or when given access to any computer software, databases, networks, hardware, technology or computer-based resources owned or controlled by the Receiving Party, use commercially reasonable efforts to conform to the policies and procedures of the Receiving Party concerning health, safety and security that are made known to such Service Provider in advance in writing.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Services; Payment; Independent Contractors

 

3.01.                     Services To Be Provided.

 

(a)                                 Unless otherwise agreed between the applicable Party providing Services hereunder and the Receiving Party (including to the extent specified in the applicable entry on the Services Schedule), (i) the Service Providers shall be required to perform the Services only in a manner, scope, nature and quality as provided by or within IAC that is similar in all material respects to the manner in which such Services were performed in the twelve (12) months immediately prior to the Effective Date (as defined in Section 4.01), and (ii) the Services shall be used for substantially the same purposes and in substantially the same manner as the Services have been used immediately prior to the Effective Date; provided, however, that the applicable entry on the Services Schedule shall control the scope of the Service to be performed (to the extent provided therein), unless otherwise agreed in writing. Each Party and the Service Providers shall act under this Services Agreement solely as an independent contractor and not as an agent or employee of any other Party or any of such Party’s Affiliates. As an independent contractor, all overhead and personnel necessary to the Services required of the Service Providers hereunder shall be each Service Provider’s sole responsibility and shall be at such Service Provider’s sole cost and expense.  No Service Provider shall have the authority to bind the Receiving Party by contract or otherwise.

 

(b)                                 The provision of Services by the Service Providers shall be subject to Article V hereof.

 

3.02.                     Cooperation.  Each Receiving Party and Party 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

 

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or approvals necessary to permit each such Party to perform its obligations to such Receiving Party hereunder; provided, however, that under no circumstances shall any Service Provider be required to make any payments to any third party in respect of any such consents, licenses or approvals, nor shall any Service Provider be required to make any alternative arrangements if any such consents, licenses or approvals are not obtained.

 

3.03.                     Additional Services.

 

(a)                                 From time to time during the term applicable to any Service being provided by a Service Provider, each Party may request any of the other Parties (i) to provide additional or different services that such other Party is not expressly obligated to provide under this Services Agreement if such services are of the type and scope provided by such providing Party within IAC or (ii) expand the scope of any Service (such additional or expanded services, the “Additional Services”). The Party receiving such request shall consider such request in good faith and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide such Additional Service; provided that no Party shall be obligated to provide any Additional Services if it does not, in its reasonable judgment, have adequate resources to provide such Additional Services or if the provision of such Additional Services would interfere with the operation of its business. The Party receiving the request for Additional Services shall notify the requesting Party within fifteen (15) days of receiving such a request as to whether it will or will not provide the Additional Services.

 

(b)                                 If a Party agrees to provide Additional Services pursuant to Section 3.03(a), then a representative of each applicable Party shall, in good faith, negotiate the terms of a supplement to the Services Schedule that will describe in detail the service, project scope, term, price and payment terms to be charged for the Additional Services.  Once agreed in writing, the supplement to the Services Schedule shall be deemed part of this Services Agreement as of such date and the Additional Services shall be deemed “Services” provided by such Service Provider to such Receiving Party hereunder, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of this Services Agreement.

 

3.04.                     Subcontracting. The Service Providers may hire or engage one (1) or more subcontractors to perform any or all of its obligations under this Services Agreement without the consent of the Receiving Party; provided that (a) the hiring or engagement of such subcontractor does not decrease in any material respect the quality or level of services provided to the Receiving Party below the standards set forth in Section 3.01, (b) the use of such subcontractor will not increase the fees or costs payable by the Receiving Party in connection with such Services, (c) the use of such subcontractors will not change the manner in which the Services are delivered in a way that increases the Receiving Party’s costs of receiving the Services, and (d) the Service Provider shall in all cases remain primarily responsible for all of its obligations under this Services Agreement with respect to the scope of the Services, the performance standard for Services set forth in Section 3.01 and the content of the Services provided to the Receiving Party.

 

3.05.                     Payments.  Except as set forth on the Services Schedule, statements will be delivered to each applicable Receiving Party within ten (10) Business Days after the end of each month, and each such statement shall set forth a brief description of such Services, the allocation of personnel costs related to providing such Services and the amounts charged therefor, and, except as the applicable providing Party and the Receiving Party may agree or as set forth on the

 

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Services Schedule, all undisputed amounts shall be due and payable by the Receiving Party within thirty (30) days after the date of such statement.  The Receiving Party shall have the right to dispute any items set forth in an invoice and the Parties agree to work in good faith to resolve any such disputes pursuant to the dispute resolution procedures set forth in Section 7.02.  Statements not paid within such thirty (30)-day period shall be subject to late charges on undisputed amounts only, calculated at an interest rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate plus two percent (2%) (or the maximum legal rate, whichever is lower), and 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.  Payments shall be made by wire transfer to an account designated in writing from time to time by the applicable Service Provider, or as otherwise agreed by the Service Provider and the Receiving Party.

 

3.06.                     Increases in Costs.  The Parties understand and agree that the costs set forth on the Services Schedule are based on the actual cost to the Service Provider of the Services provided to the Receiving Party.  If the actual cost to the Service Provider of a Service increases, the Service Provider may, in good faith, increase the cost for such Service with thirty (30) days’ prior written notice.

 

3.07.                     Disclaimer of Warranty.  EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS SERVICES AGREEMENT, THE SERVICES TO BE PURCHASED UNDER THIS SERVICES AGREEMENT ARE FURNISHED AS IS, WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  If the provision of any Service for the account of a Receiving Party by a Service Provider conflicts with such Service Provider’s provision of such Service for its own account or the account of other Receiving Parties, priority for the provision of such Service shall be allocated in an equitable manner on an aggregate basis, and in a manner consistent with the Receiving Party’s level of use of such Service prior to the Effective Date (or as described in the applicable entry on the Services Schedule).

 

3.08.                     Taxes.

 

(a)                                 The amounts set forth on the Services Schedule with respect to each Service do not include any sales, use, value-added, goods and services or similar taxes (collectively, and together with any interest, penalties or additions to tax imposed with respect thereto, “Sales Taxes”).  In addition to the amounts required to be paid as set forth on the Services Schedule or otherwise pursuant to this Services Agreement, the Receiving Party shall pay and be responsible for, and if paid to a taxing authority by the Service Provider shall promptly reimburse the Service Provider for, any Sales Taxes imposed with respect to the provision of Services to the Receiving Party hereunder or any payment of fees therefor; provided that the Receiving Party shall not be liable for any interest, penalties or other charges attributable to the Service Provider’s improper filing relating to Sales Taxes or late payment or failure to remit Sales Taxes to the relevant taxing authority; provided, further, that the Receiving Party shall not be obligated to pay such Sales Taxes if and to the extent that the Receiving Party has provided the Service Provider with any valid exemption certificates or other applicable valid documentation that would eliminate or reduce such Sales Taxes.

 

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(b)                                 The Parties acknowledge that the Service Provider and the Receiving Party shall each pay and be responsible for their own personal property taxes and taxes based on their own income, receipts, capital, profits or assets.

 

(c)                                  Payments for Services or any other amounts payable under this Services Agreement shall be made without any deduction or withholding in respect of taxes except to the extent such deduction or withholding is required under applicable law.  To the extent such deduction or withholding is so required with respect to the making of any payment hereunder, the person making such payment shall deduct or withhold amounts so required to be deducted or withheld, and shall promptly remit any such deducted or withheld amounts to the appropriate taxing authority, and such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Services Agreement as having been paid to or on behalf of the payee.

 

3.09.                     Use of Services.  Each Party, in its capacity as a Receiving Party agrees with each applicable providing Party that it shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, resell any Services to any person whatsoever or permit the use of the Services by any person other than in connection with the conduct of such Receiving Party’s operations as conducted immediately prior to the Effective Date.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Term of Services

 

4.01.                     Term.  Subject to Section 4.03, the provision of Services hereunder shall commence as of the Merger Effective Time (the time of commencement of the provision of such Services being referred to as the “Effective Date”) and continue for one (1) year thereafter; provided that this Services Agreement shall be automatically renewed for additional one (1) year periods (each, an “Extension Term”) for so long as one or more members of the IAC Group hold a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock of NewCo, unless all of the Services provided hereunder have been terminated in accordance with this Section 4.01.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the applicable entry on the Services Schedule, any Service, or any portion thereof, may be cancelled or reduced in amount by the Receiving Party or, in any Extension Term, by the Service Provider, in each case upon ninety (90) days’ written notice thereof or, if the Service Provider gives notice of an increase to the cost for such Service pursuant to Section 3.06, thirty (30) days’ written notice (or, in either case, such other notice period if one is set forth for such Service in the applicable entry on the Services Schedule).  The foregoing notwithstanding and subject to Section 7.01, (i) a Service Provider may immediately terminate any individual Service provided to a Receiving Party if the Receiving Party fails to make payments for such Service under Section 3.05 and has not cured such failure within thirty (30) days’ written notice of such failure from the applicable Service Provider, and (ii) upon ninety (90) days’ written notice, the Service Provider may terminate any Service provided to a Receiving Party at such time as the Service Provider no longer provides the same Service to itself for its own account.

 

4.02.                     Extension of Services.  If a Receiving Party requests an extension of the term applicable to the provision of Services, such request shall be considered in good faith by the applicable Service Provider. Any terms, conditions, costs or fees to be paid by the Receiving

 

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Party for Services provided during an extended term will be on terms mutually acceptable to such Service Provider and the Receiving Party.  For the avoidance of doubt, under no circumstances shall a Service Provider be required to extend the term of provision of any Service if (i) the Service Provider does not, in its reasonable judgment, have adequate resources to continue providing such Services, (ii) the extension of the term would interfere with the operation of the Service Provider’s business or (iii) the extension would require capital expenditure on the part of the Service Provider or otherwise require the Service Provider to renew or extend any Contract with any third party.

 

4.03.                     Distribution.  If a distribution, however effected (including by way of a reclassification or  split-off), of NewCo stock to holders of IAC stock in a transaction intended to qualify as tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 368(a)(1)(D) and/or Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (a “Distribution”), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the provision of any Services hereunder that are provided immediately prior to the Distribution shall continue from the effective date of the Distribution until the first (1st) anniversary thereof, unless such Service is earlier terminated in accordance with Section 4.01.  Each Party agrees with each other Party providing Services to it hereunder to use its reasonable efforts following a Distribution to reduce or eliminate its dependency on such Services as soon as is reasonably practicable; provided that a breach of this sentence shall not affect a Service Provider’s obligation to provide any Service through the term applicable to such Service.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Force Majeure

 

5.01.                     The Service Providers shall not be liable for any expense, loss or damage whatsoever arising out of any interruption of Service or delay or failure to perform under this Services Agreement that is due to acts of God, acts of a public enemy, acts of terrorism, acts of a nation or any state, territory, province or other political division thereof, changes in applicable law, fires, hurricanes, floods, epidemics, riots, theft, quarantine restrictions, freight embargoes or other similar causes beyond the reasonable control of the Service Providers.  In any such event, the applicable Service Provider’s obligations hereunder shall be postponed for such time as its performance is suspended or delayed on account thereof.  Each Service Provider will promptly notify the recipient of the Service, either orally or in writing, upon learning of the occurrence of such event of force majeure.  Upon the cessation of the force majeure event, such Service Provider will use commercially reasonable efforts, or cause any other relevant Service Provider, to resume its performance with the least practicable delay (provided that, at the election of the applicable Receiving Party, the applicable term for such suspended Service shall be extended by the length of the force majeure event).

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Liabilities

 

6.01.                     Consequential and Other Damages.  None of the Service Providers shall be liable to any Receiving Party with respect to this Services Agreement, whether in contract, tort

 

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(including negligence and strict liability) or otherwise, for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages whatsoever (except, in each case, to the extent any amount is paid to third parties by such Receiving Party or its Affiliates) that in any way arise out of, relate to or are a consequence of, the performance or nonperformance by it 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.

 

6.02.                     Limitation of Liability.  Subject to Section 6.03, the liability of any Service Provider with respect to this Services Agreement to any Receiving Party or in respect of any Services provided to such Receiving Party or any act or failure to act in connection herewith (including, but not limited to, the performance or breach hereof), or from the sale, delivery, provision or use of any Service provided under or covered by this Services Agreement, whether in contract, tort (including negligence and strict liability) or otherwise, shall be limited to actions or omissions resulting from intentional breach of this Services Agreement or gross negligence, and, in any event, such liability shall not exceed the fees previously paid to such Service Provider by such Receiving Party during the term of the applicable Service giving rise thereto.

 

6.03.                     Obligation to Re-perform.  If any breach of this Services Agreement by any Service Provider resulting from any error or defect in the performance of any Service (which breach such Service Provider can reasonably be expected to cure by re-performance in a commercially reasonable manner), the Service Provider shall use its reasonable commercial efforts to correct in all material respects such error, defect or breach or re-perform in all material respects such Service upon receipt of the written request of the applicable Receiving Party.

 

6.04.                     Indemnity.  Except as otherwise provided in this Service Agreement (including the limitation of liability provisions in this Article VI), each Party shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each other Party from and against any Liability arising out of the intentional breach hereunder or gross negligence of the Indemnifying Party or its Affiliates, employees, agents, or contractors (including with respect to the performance or nonperformance of any Service hereunder).  The procedures set forth in Sections 5.04 and 5.05 of the Contribution Agreement shall apply to any claim for indemnification hereunder.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Effectiveness; Certain Deemed References; Termination

 

7.01.                     Termination.  Notwithstanding  anything herein to the contrary, with respect to the Parties, the rights and obligations of each such Party in respect of such other Party under this Services Agreement shall terminate, and the obligation of the applicable Service Provider to provide or cause to be provided any applicable Service shall cease, on the earliest to occur of (i) the last date indicated for the termination of any Service provided by one such Party to the other such Party on the Services Schedule, as the case may be, (ii) the date on which the provision of all Services by either such Party to the other such Party has been cancelled pursuant to Article IV or (iii) the date on which this Services Agreement, to the extent of the rights and obligations of such pair of Parties to each other, is terminated by either such Party, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of Section 7.02; provided that, in each case,

 

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no such termination shall relieve any Party of any liability for any breach of any provision of this Services Agreement prior to the date of such termination.

 

7.02.                     Breach of Services Agreement; Dispute Resolution.  Subject to Article VI, and without limiting a Party’s obligations under Section 4.01, if a Party shall cause or suffer to exist any material breach of any of its obligations to any other Party (the “Nonbreaching Party”) under this Services Agreement, including any failure to make a payment within thirty (30) days after receipt of the statement describing the Services provided for pursuant to Section 3.04 with respect to more than one (1) Service provided hereunder, and such breaching Party does not cure such default in all material respects within thirty (30) days after receiving written notice thereof from the Nonbreaching Party, the Nonbreaching Party shall have the right to terminate this Services Agreement to the extent of the rights and obligations of such Nonbreaching Party and breaching Party to each other hereunder immediately thereafter. If a dispute arises between two (2) or more Parties regarding the terms of this Services Agreement, such dispute shall be governed by Article 7 of the Contribution Agreement.

 

7.03.                     Sums Due.  In addition to any other payments required pursuant to this Services Agreement, in the event of a termination of this Services Agreement with respect to the rights and obligations of a Service Provider and a Receiving Party to each other occurs, such Service Provider shall be entitled to the immediate payment of, and such Receiving Party shall within three (3) Business Days, pay to such Service Provider, all accrued amounts for Services, Sales Taxes and other amounts due from such Receiving Party to such Service Provider under this Services Agreement as of the date of termination.

 

7.04.                     Effect of TerminationSection 2.02 and Articles I, V, VI, VII and VIII shall survive any termination or partial termination of this Services Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Miscellaneous

 

8.01.                     Counterparts.  This Services Agreement and each Other Ancillary 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 of the Parties thereto and delivered to the other Parties.

 

8.02.                     Entire Agreement; Coordination.  The Merger Agreement, this Services Agreement, the Other Ancillary Agreements, and the Schedules, Exhibits and Annexes hereto and thereto and the specific agreements contemplated hereby or thereby 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.  No agreements or understandings exist between NewCo and IAC other than those set forth or referred to herein or therein.  If any inconsistency arises between this Agreement and the Other Ancillary Agreements with respect to matters addressed in the Other Ancillary Agreements, the provisions of the Other Ancillary Agreements shall control.  For the avoidance of doubt, the allocation of Taxes,

 

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indemnification for Taxes, control of Tax proceedings, exchange of Tax information and the retention of Tax records shall be governed exclusively by the Tax Sharing Agreement.

 

8.03.                     Construction.  In this Services Agreement and each of the Other Ancillary Agreements, unless a clear contrary intention appears:

 

(a)                                 the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;

 

(b)                                 reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Services Agreement or the relevant Other Ancillary Agreement, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity or individually;

 

(c)                                  reference to any gender includes each other gender;

 

(d)                                 reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended, modified, supplemented or restated, and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof subject to compliance with the requirements set forth herein or in the relevant Other Ancillary Agreement;

 

(e)                                  reference to any Applicable Law means such Applicable Law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and reference to any section or other provision of any Applicable Law means that provision of such Applicable Law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or reenactment of such or other provision;

 

(f)                                   “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Services Agreement or to the relevant Other Ancillary Agreement as a whole and not to any particular article,  or other provision hereof or thereof;

 

(g)                                  “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including, without limiting the generality of, any description preceding such term;

 

(h)                                 the Table of Contents and headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation hereof or thereof;

 

(i)                                     with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding;”

 

(j)                                    references to documents, instruments or agreements shall be deemed to refer as well to all addenda, exhibits, schedules or amendments thereto; and

 

(k)                                 references to the “other,” “other party” or the “other Group” refer to NewCo, IAC, the NewCo Group or certain members thereof or the IAC Group or certain members thereof, as the context requires.

 

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8.04.                     Signatures.  Each of NewCo and IAC acknowledges that it and the other Party (and the other members of their respective Groups) may execute certain of the Other Ancillary Agreements by facsimile, stamp or mechanical signature.  Each of NewCo and IAC expressly adopts and confirms each such facsimile, stamp or mechanical signature made in its respective name (or that of the applicable member of its Group) 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 each such Other Ancillary Agreement to be manually executed (any such execution to be as of the date of the initial date thereof).

 

8.05.                     Assignability.

 

(a)                                 Except as set forth in any Other Ancillary Agreement, this Services Agreement and each Other Ancillary Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and thereto, respectively, and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that except as contemplated by paragraph (b) below or as specifically provided in any Other Ancillary Agreement, no Party hereto or thereto may assign its respective rights or delegate its respective obligations under this Services Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement without the express prior written consent of the other Parties hereto or thereto.

 

(b)                                 If IAC desires to effect a spin-off, split-off or similar transaction (however effected) in which the equity interests of a Subsidiary of IAC holding the IAC Group’s equity interest in NewCo are distributed or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, to the holders of one (1) or more classes of IAC’s capital stock, then, upon IAC’s written request, NewCo, IAC and such Subsidiary of IAC shall enter into an amendment to this Services Agreement to effect (i) the assignment by IAC of its rights hereunder to such Subsidiary of IAC, and (ii) the acceptance of such rights and assumption of IAC’s obligations hereunder by such Subsidiary of IAC (in each case of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) effective prior to or substantially concurrently with the consummation of such transaction), and (iii) the acknowledgement by NewCo that IAC shall thereafter have no liability hereunder (except for any liability arising from any breach by IAC or relating to any actions or events occurring, in each case, on or prior to the date of the spin-off, split-off or similar transaction).

 

8.06.                     Third Party Beneficiaries.  Except for (i) the indemnification rights under this Services Agreement of any NewCo Indemnified Party or any IAC Indemnified Party in their respective capacities as such, and (ii) as specifically provided in any Other Ancillary Agreement:

 

(a)                                 The provisions of this Services Agreement and each Other Ancillary Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and are not intended to confer upon any Person, except the Parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, any rights or remedies hereunder; and

 

(b)                                 There are no third party beneficiaries of this Services Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement; and neither this Services Agreement nor any Other Ancillary Agreement shall provide any third party with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, claim of action or

 

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other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Services Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement.

 

8.07.                     Governing Law.  This Services Agreement and each Other Ancillary 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.

 

8.08.                     Notices.  All notices or other communications under this Services Agreement and, unless expressly provided therein, each Other Ancillary Agreement, shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given when delivered in person or successfully transmitted by electronic mail or facsimile,  addressed as follows:

 

if to IAC:

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp

555 West 18th Street

New York, NY  10011

Attention:  General Counsel

Fax:                       (212) 632-9551

Email:

 

if to NewCo:

 

ANGI Homeservices Inc.

14023 Denver West Parkway

Building 64

Golden, CO  80401

Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

Fax:

Email:

 

8.09.                     Severability.  If any provision of this Services Agreement or any Other Ancillary 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 thereof, 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 or thereby, as the case may be, is not affected in any manner adverse to either Party hereto or any Party thereto.  Upon such determination, the relevant 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.

 

8.10.                     Publicity.  Prior to the Merger Effective Time, IAC shall be responsible for issuing any press releases or otherwise making public statements with respect to this Services Agreement, the Transaction, the Merger, or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and NewCo shall not make such statements without the prior written consent of

 

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IAC.  Prior to the Merger Effective Time, NewCo and IAC shall each consult with the other prior to making any filings with any Governmental Authority with respect thereto.

 

8.11.                     Waivers of Default; Conflicts.

 

(a)                                 No waiver by any Party of any provision of this Services Agreement shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and executed by the waiving Party.  Waiver by any Party of any default by the other Party of any provision of this Services Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver by the waiving Party of any subsequent or other default, nor shall it prejudice the rights of the other Party.  No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

 

(b)                                 Each of NewCo and IAC acknowledges that each of the Parties and each member of their respective Group are all currently represented by members of IAC’s legal department and IAC’s outside counsel.  IAC (on behalf of itself and every member of its Group), on the one hand, and NewCo (on behalf of itself and every member of its Group), on the other hand, waives any conflict with respect to such common representation that may arise before, at or after the Merger Effective Time.

 

8.12.                     Amendments.   This Services Agreement may be amended or modified only by a written instrument signed by the Parties that, unless the Merger Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms or the Merger Effective Time shall have occurred, shall not become effective unless the Company has provided its prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

8.13.                     License and Ownership of Intellectual Property.

 

(a)                                 For the purposes of this Section 8.13:

 

(i)                                     Service Provider Systems” shall mean, with respect to each Service, the systems, databases, software owned or controlled by the Service Provider or any of its Affiliates that is required for the Receiving Party’s use of the Services.

 

(ii)                                  Receiving Party Systems” shall mean, with respect to each Service, the systems, infrastructure, databases, software, facilities and networks owned or controlled by Recipient or any of its Affiliates that is required for its use of the Services or the Service Provider’s provision of the Services.

 

(b)                                 The Receiving Party hereby grants to the Service Provider, and the Service Provider hereby accepts, a nonexclusive, nontransferable (subject to Section 8.05), worldwide right to use the Receiving Party Systems only and to the extent necessary and for the sole purpose of performing the Service Provider’s obligations under this Services Agreement, and not for any other purpose; and

 

(c)                                  The Service Provider hereby grants to the Receiving Party, and the Receiving Party hereby accepts, a nonexclusive, nontransferable (subject to Section 8.05),

 

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worldwide right to use the Service Provider Systems only and to the extent necessary and for the sole purpose of receiving the Services under this Services Agreement, and not for any other purpose.

 

(d)                                 Each Party expressly reserves all rights not expressly granted to the other Party under this Section 8.13 and the performance of Services hereunder will not affect the ownership of each Party’s Intellectual Property. Subject to this Section 8.13, the Merger Agreement and the Other Ancillary Agreements, (i) each Service Provider acknowledges and agrees that it will acquire no right, title or interest to any Intellectual Property resulting from the provision of Services hereunder for the Receiving Party’s exclusive use, and such Intellectual Property shall remain the exclusive property of the Receiving Party and (ii) each Receiving Party acknowledges and agrees that it will acquire no right, title or interest to any Intellectual Property resulting from the provision of Services hereunder that is not for the Receiving Party’s exclusive use, and such Intellectual Property shall remain the exclusive property of the Service Provider.

 

(e)                                  The limited rights to use the Receiving Party Systems and Service Provider Systems granted in this Section 8.13 for each of the Services will terminate on the date that the use of the Receiving Party Systems and Service Provider Systems is no longer necessary for the provision of the applicable Service and will under no circumstances survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.  Except as expressly set forth herein, neither Party shall have any right to any Intellectual Property of the other Party, whether by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Services Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.

 

 

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Name:

Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Name:

Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Title:

Vice President and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Services Agreement]

 


Exhibit 2.4

 

TAX SHARING AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

and

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

Dated as of

 

September 29, 2017

 



 

TAX SHARING AGREEMENT

 

This Tax Sharing Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 29, 2017, is entered into by and between IAC/InterActiveCorp, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and ANGI Homeservices Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NewCo”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Parent and its direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries are members of an affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code) of which Parent is the common parent;

 

WHEREAS, Parent and NewCo have entered into a Contribution Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2017 (the “Contribution Agreement”), providing for, among other things, (a) the transfer of the HomeAdvisor Business, the HomeAdvisor Assets and the HomeAdvisor Liabilities to NewCo and its Subsidiaries (the “Contribution”), and (b) the Remaining Business, the Excluded Assets and the Retained Liabilities to be held by IAC and its Subsidiaries (other than NewCo and its Subsidiaries); and

 

WHEREAS, Parent, NewCo, Casa Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of NewCo (“Merger Sub”), and Angie’s List, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 1, 2017, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly owned Subsidiary of NewCo (the “Merger”); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Contribution and the Merger, the parties hereto have determined to enter into this Agreement, setting forth their agreement with respect to certain Tax matters;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent and NewCo hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Definitions.  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Contribution Agreement.  For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Actually Realized” or “Actually Realizes” shall mean, for purposes of determining the timing of the incurrence of any Tax liability, Distribution Tax Liability, or the realization of a Refund (or any related Tax cost or benefit), whether by receipt or as a credit or other offset to Taxes payable, by a Person in respect of any payment, transaction, occurrence or event, the time at which the amount of Taxes paid (or Refund realized) by such Person is increased above (or reduced below) the amount of Taxes that such Person would have been required to pay (or Refund that such Person would have realized) but for such payment, transaction, occurrence or event.

 



 

Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement; provided that no member of the Parent Group shall be considered an Affiliate of a member of the NewCo Group, and vice versa.

 

Aggregate Distribution Tax Liabilities” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution, the sum of the Distribution Tax Liabilities with respect to each Taxing Jurisdiction.

 

Carryback” shall mean the carryback of a Tax Attribute (including, without limitation, a net operating loss, a net capital loss or a Tax credit) by a member of the NewCo Group from a Post-Deconsolidation Taxable Period to a Pre-Deconsolidation Taxable Period during which such member of the NewCo Group was included in a Combined Return filed for such Pre-Deconsolidation Taxable Period.

 

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

 

Combined Return” shall mean a consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return that includes, by election or otherwise, one or more members of the Parent Group together with one or more members of the NewCo Group.

 

Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Contribution” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Deconsolidation Date” shall mean the date, if any, on which a Deconsolidation Event occurs.

 

Deconsolidation Event” shall mean any event or transaction that causes NewCo to cease to be a member of the Parent Consolidated Group.

 

Distribution” shall mean a distribution, however effected (including by way of a reclassification or split-off), of NewCo stock to holders of Parent stock in a transaction intended to qualify as tax-free for U.S. federal Income Tax purposes pursuant to Section 368(a)(1)(D) and/or Section 355 of the Code.

 

Distribution Date” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution, the date on which the Distribution is completed.

 

Distribution-Related Proceeding” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution, any Proceeding in which the IRS, another Tax Authority or any other party asserts a position that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Tax-Free Status of the Distribution.

 

Distribution Tax Liabilities” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution, with respect to any Taxing Jurisdiction, the sum of (a) any increase in a Tax liability (or reduction in a Refund) Actually Realized as a result of any corporate-level gain or income recognized with respect to the failure of the Distribution to qualify for Tax-Free Status under the Income Tax laws of such Taxing Jurisdiction pursuant to any settlement, Final Determination, judgment, assessment, proposed adjustment or otherwise, (b) interest on such amounts calculated pursuant to such Taxing Jurisdiction’s laws regarding interest on Tax liabilities at the highest

 

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Underpayment Rate for corporations in such Taxing Jurisdiction from the date such additional gain or income was recognized until full payment with respect thereto is made pursuant to Section 3 (or in the case of a reduction in a Refund, the amount of interest that would have been received on the foregone portion of the Refund but for the failure of the Distribution to qualify for Tax-Free Status), and (c) any penalties actually paid to such Taxing Jurisdiction that would not have been paid but for the failure of the Distribution to qualify for Tax-Free Status in such Taxing Jurisdiction.

 

Estimated Tax Payments” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).

 

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 taxable 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 non-U.S. 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 taxable 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 Sections 7121 or 7122 of the Code, or a comparable agreement under the laws of a state, local, or non-U.S. taxing jurisdiction; (d) by any allowance of a Refund or credit in respect of an overpayment of Tax, but only after the expiration of all 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.

 

Group” shall mean the Parent Group or the NewCo Group, as applicable.

 

Income Taxes” (a) shall mean (i) any U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. taxes, charges, fees, imposts, levies or other assessments that are based upon, measured by, or calculated with respect to (A) net income or profits (including, but not limited to, any capital gains, gross receipts, or minimum tax, and any tax on items of tax preference, but not including sales, use, value added, real property gains, real or personal property, transfer or similar taxes), (B) multiple bases (including, but not limited to, corporate franchise, doing business or occupation taxes), if one or more of the bases upon which such tax may be based, by which it may be measured, or with respect to which it may be calculated is described in clause (a)(i)(A) of this definition, or (C) any net worth, franchise or similar tax, in each case together with (ii) any interest, penalties, fines, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any Tax Authority with respect thereto and (b) shall include any transferee or successor liability in respect of an amount described in clause (a) of this definition.

 

Indemnified Party” shall mean any Person seeking indemnification pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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Indemnifying Party” shall mean any Party from which any Indemnified Party is seeking indemnification pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

IRS” shall mean the Internal Revenue Service.

 

Losses” shall mean any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages, obligations, payments, costs and expenses, matured or unmatured, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, known or unknown (including, without limitation, the costs and expenses of any and all Actions, threatened Actions, demands, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto and attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses whatsoever reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any such Actions or threatened Actions).

 

Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Merger Effective Date” shall mean the date on which the Merger becomes effective.

 

Merger Sub” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

NewCo” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

NewCo Active Business” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution, each trade or business actively conducted (within the meaning of Section 355(b) of the Code) by the NewCo Consolidated Group immediately after the Distribution, as set forth in the Tax Opinion Documents.

 

NewCo Consolidated Group” shall mean the affiliated group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code) of which NewCo is the common parent, determined immediately after the Deconsolidation Date (and any predecessor or successor to such affiliated group other than the Parent Consolidated Group).

 

NewCo Group” shall mean (a) NewCo and each Person that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of NewCo (including any Subsidiary of NewCo that is disregarded for U.S. federal Income Tax purposes (or for purposes of any state, local, or non-U.S. Tax law)), (b) any corporation (or other Person) that shall have merged or liquidated into NewCo or any such Subsidiary and (c) any predecessor or successor to any Person otherwise described in this definition.

 

NewCo Separate Return” shall mean any Tax Return required to be filed by any member of the NewCo Group (including any consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return), which Tax Return does not include any member of the Parent Group; including, without limitation, any U.S. consolidated federal income Tax Return of the NewCo Consolidated Group required to be filed with respect to a Post-Deconsolidation Taxable Period.

 

NewCo Stand-Alone Tax Liability” means, with respect to any Combined Return for any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Merger Effective Date, the hypothetical stand-alone Tax liability of the NewCo Group and/or any of its members for such

 

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taxable period (or portion thereof), determined on the following basis:  (i) to the extent that members of the NewCo Group would (but for their inclusion in a Combined Return) be entitled to file a Tax Return on a consolidated, combined or unitary basis solely with other members of the NewCo Group, such Tax liability shall be determined as though such members filed on a consolidated, combined or unitary basis, as applicable, solely with such other members of the NewCo Group, (ii) taxable income of the NewCo Group and/or any of its members shall be calculated by taking into account losses, credits and other Tax attributes of NewCo and the relevant members of the NewCo Group, in each case, solely to the extent arising after the Merger Effective Date, and treating all such Tax attributes as being subject to the limitations under applicable Tax law (including limitations on carrybacks and carryforwards) that would apply if the relevant members of the NewCo Group had filed on a NewCo Separate Return basis for all taxable periods (or portions thereof) relevant to the computation (provided, that the NewCo Group and/or its members shall be deemed to have relinquished, waived or otherwise foregone any carrybacks to any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Merger Effective Date; and if any such Tax attribute would, under applicable Tax law, be required to be carried back to such a taxable period, such Tax attribute shall be deemed to be available to the NewCo Group on a carryforward basis (subject to the limitations under applicable Tax law on such carryforwards)), and (iii) by specially allocating to the NewCo Group the following items: (A) any amount required to be included in income pursuant to any “gain recognition agreement” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.367-8(c) with respect to which a member of the NewCo Group is the “U.S. transferor” (regardless of whether such amount is reportable for the taxable year of the initial transfer or the year during which the recognition event occurs), and (B) any compensation deductions to which the NewCo Group is entitled pursuant to Section 11 hereof.  For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of calculating any available carryforward or carryback of Tax attributes pursuant to clause (ii) hereof, the utilization of any such Tax attributes by members of the Parent Group shall be disregarded.

 

Notified Action” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4(b)(i).

 

Other Taxes” shall mean any U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. taxes, charges, fees imposts, levies or other assessments of any nature whatsoever, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall include superfund, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, occupancy, transfer, recording, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, occupation, premium or property taxes (in each case, together with any related interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts imposed by any Tax Authority thereon); provided, however, that Other Taxes shall not include any Income Taxes.

 

Parent” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Parent Consolidated Group” shall mean the affiliated group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of the Code) of which Parent is the common parent (and any predecessor or successor to such affiliated group).

 

Parent Group” shall mean (a) Parent and each Person that is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Parent (including any Subsidiary of Parent that is disregarded for U.S. federal Income Tax purposes (or for purposes of any state, local, or non-U.S. Tax law)) other than any Person that is a member of the NewCo Group, (b) any corporation (or other Person) that shall

 

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have merged or liquidated into Parent or any such Subsidiary and (c) any predecessor or successor to any Person otherwise described in this definition.

 

Parent Separate Return” shall mean any Tax Return required to be filed by any member of the Parent Group (including any consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return), which Tax Return does not include any member of the NewCo Group.

 

Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or similar entity or a governmental authority or any department or agency or other unit thereof.

 

Post-Deconsolidation Taxable Period” shall mean a taxable period that, to the extent it relates to a member of the NewCo Group, begins after the Deconsolidation Date.

 

Pre-Deconsolidation Taxable Period” shall mean a taxable period that, to the extent it relates to a member of the NewCo Group, ends on or before the Deconsolidation Date.

 

Private Letter Ruling” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution, (a) any private letter ruling issued by the IRS in connection with the Distribution or (b) any similar ruling issued by any other Tax Authority in connection with the Distribution.

 

Private Letter Ruling Documents” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution, (a) any Private Letter Ruling, any request for a Private Letter Ruling submitted to the IRS, together with any appendices and exhibits thereto and any supplemental filings or other materials subsequently submitted to the IRS, in connection with the Distribution-related transactions, or (b) any similar filings submitted to any other Tax Authority in connection with any such request for a Private Letter Ruling.

 

Proceeding” shall mean any audit or other examination, or judicial or administrative proceeding relating to liability for, or Refunds or adjustments with respect to, Taxes.

 

Proposed Acquisition Transaction” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution, 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 regulations promulgated thereunder, to enter into a transaction or series of transactions), whether such transaction is supported by NewCo management or shareholders, is a hostile acquisition, or otherwise, as a result of which NewCo 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 NewCo and/or one or more holders of NewCo stock, an amount of NewCo stock that would, when combined with any other changes in ownership of NewCo stock pertinent for purposes of Section 355(e) of the Code, comprise 40% or more of (a) the value of all outstanding NewCo stock 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 NewCo stock 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 (a) the adoption by NewCo of a shareholder rights plan or

 

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(b) issuances by NewCo 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 Regulation 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 stock shall be treated as an indirect acquisition of stock by the non-exchanging shareholders.  This definition and the application thereof are 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 regulations promulgated under Section 355(e) of the Code shall be incorporated into this definition and its interpretation.

 

Refund” shall mean any refund of Taxes, including any reduction in Tax liabilities by means of a credit, offset or otherwise.

 

Representative” shall mean with respect to a Person, such Person’s officers, directors, employees and other authorized agents.

 

Restriction Period” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution, the period beginning on the Distribution Date and ending on the day following the two-year anniversary thereof.

 

Section 336(e) Election” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d).

 

Specified HomeAdvisor Award” means any HA SAR (as defined in the Employee Matters Agreement) or Newco SAR (as defined in the Employee Matters Agreement) into which an HA SAR is converted pursuant to Section 5.05(a) of the Employee Matters Agreement.

 

Tax Attribute” shall mean a consolidated, combined or unitary net operating loss, net capital loss, unused investment credit, unused foreign Tax credit, or excess charitable contribution (as such terms are used in Treasury Regulations 1.1502-79 and 1.1502-79A or comparable provisions of non-U.S., state or local Tax law), or a minimum Tax credit or general business credit.

 

Tax Authority” shall mean a governmental authority (non-U.S. or domestic) or any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof or any quasi-governmental or private body having jurisdiction over the assessment, determination, collection or imposition of any Tax (including, without limitation, the IRS).

 

Tax Benefits” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(c) hereof.

 

Tax Counsel” shall mean tax counsel of recognized national standing that is acceptable to Parent in its sole discretion.

 

Taxes” shall mean any Income Taxes and Other Taxes.

 

Tax-Free Status” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution, the qualification of the Distribution, (a) as a transaction described in Section 368(a)(1)(D) and/or Section 355(a) of the Code, (b) as a transaction in which the stock distributed thereby is “qualified property” for

 

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purposes of Sections 355(c)(2) and 361(c)(2) of the Code, and (c) as a transaction in which Parent, the members of the Parent Group, NewCo and the members of the NewCo Group recognize no income or gain, other than intercompany items or excess loss accounts, if any, taken into account pursuant to the Treasury Regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 1502 of the Code.

 

Taxing Jurisdiction” shall mean the United States and every other government or governmental unit having jurisdiction to tax Parent, NewCo or any of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

Tax Opinion” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution, the opinion issued to Parent by Tax Counsel regarding the Tax-Free Status of the Distribution.

 

Tax Opinion Documents” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution, the Tax Opinion and the information and representations provided by, or on behalf of, Parent and NewCo to Tax Counsel in connection therewith.

 

Tax-Related Loss” or “Tax-Related Losses” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution:

 

(a)                                 the Aggregate Distribution Tax Liabilities,

 

(b)                                 all reasonable accounting, legal and other professional fees and court costs incurred in connection with any settlement, Final Determination, judgment or other determination with respect to such Aggregate Distribution Tax Liabilities, and

 

(c)                                  all costs, expenses and damages associated with stockholder litigation or controversies and any amount required to be paid by Parent or NewCo in respect of the liability of shareholders, whether paid to shareholders or to the IRS or any other Tax Authority payable by Parent or NewCo or their respective Affiliates, in each case, resulting from the failure of the Distribution to qualify for Tax-Free Status.

 

Tax Return” shall mean any return, election, claim for refund, report, filing, statement, questionnaire, declaration or other document filed or required to be filed with a Tax Authority in respect of Taxes, or any amendment thereof or attachment thereto.

 

Contribution Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

Underpayment Rate” shall mean the annual rate of interest described in Section 6621(c) of the Code for large corporate underpayments of Income Tax (or similar provision of state, local, or non-U.S. Income Tax law, as applicable), as determined from time to time.

 

Unqualified Tax Opinion” shall mean, in the event of a Distribution, an unqualified opinion of Tax Counsel on which Parent may rely to the effect that a transaction (a) will not disqualify the Distribution from Tax-Free Status, assuming that the Distribution would have qualified for Tax-Free Status if such transaction did not occur, and (b) will not adversely affect any of the conclusions set forth in the Tax Opinion; provided that any tax opinion obtained in connection with a proposed acquisition of stock of NewCo entered into

 

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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.

 

2.                                      Tax Returns; Responsibility for Taxes.

 

(a)                                 Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns; Payment of Taxes.

 

(i)                                     Parent Consolidated Returns; Other Combined Returns.  Parent shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed (A) all U.S. consolidated federal income Tax Returns of the Parent Consolidated Group and (B) all other Combined Returns for all taxable periods.  Subject to Section 2(c), Parent shall pay, or cause to be paid, any and all Taxes due or required to be paid with respect to or required to be reported on any such Tax Return (including any increase in such Tax liabilities attributable to a Final Determination).

 

(ii)                                  Parent Separate Returns.  Parent shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed all Parent Separate Returns for all taxable periods.  Parent shall pay, or cause to be paid, any and all Taxes due or required to be paid with respect to or required to be reported on any Parent Separate Return (including any increase in such Tax liabilities attributable to a Final Determination).

 

(iii)                               NewCo Separate Returns.  NewCo shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed all NewCo Separate Returns required to be filed after the Merger Effective Date.  NewCo shall pay, or cause to be paid, any and all Taxes due or required to be paid with respect to or required to be reported on any NewCo Separate Return (including any increase in such Tax liabilities attributable to a Final Determination).

 

(b)                                 Tax Returns Standards.

 

(i)                                     Parent (or its designee) shall determine the entities to be included in any Combined Return and make or revoke any Tax elections, adopt or change any accounting methods, and determine any other position taken on or in respect of any Tax Return required to be prepared and filed by Parent pursuant to Section 2(a)(i); provided, that if the inclusion of a NewCo Group member in any Combined Return is inconsistent with past practice, Parent shall provide notice to NewCo at least thirty (30) days prior to the due date for any affected Tax Return.  NewCo shall elect and join, and shall cause its respective Subsidiaries to elect and join, any Combined Returns that Parent determines to file.  Any Tax Return filed by Parent pursuant to Section 2(a)(i) with respect to any Pre-Deconsolidation Taxable Period or any taxable period that includes the Deconsolidation Date shall, to the extent relating to NewCo or the NewCo Group, be prepared in good faith and in accordance with applicable Law.  NewCo shall, and shall cause each member of the NewCo Group promptly (and in any event within 30 days following a request by Parent) to, prepare and deliver to Parent, at NewCo’s expense, all information that Parent may reasonably request, in such form as Parent may reasonably request to prepare any Tax Return required to be filed by Parent pursuant to Section 2(a)(i).  Parent shall make any such Tax Return (including any amendment to any such Tax Return) and related workpapers available for review by NewCo sufficiently in advance of the due date for filing such

 

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Tax Return (or, in the case of an amended Tax Return, sufficiently in advance of the filing of such amended Tax Return) to the extent such Tax Return relates to Taxes for which NewCo is or would reasonably be expected to be responsible or with respect to which NewCo would reasonably be expected to have a claim.  Parent and NewCo shall attempt in good faith to resolve any issues arising out of the review of such Tax Return.

 

(ii)                                  Except to the extent otherwise required by applicable Law or as a result of a Final Determination, NewCo shall not (and shall not cause or permit any members of the NewCo Group to) take any position on any NewCo Separate Return (A) that is inconsistent with the past practices, accounting methods, elections or conventions used by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in preparing any Tax Return for which Parent is responsible pursuant to Section 2(a)(i) (unless there is no substantial authority for such past practices, methods, elections or conventions or there is no adverse effect on any member of the Parent Group), or (B) that is inconsistent with this Agreement or, in the event of a Distribution, any Tax Opinion or Tax Opinion Documents, any Unqualified Tax Opinion, or any Private Letter Ruling Documents.

 

(c)                                  NewCo Tax Sharing Payments.

 

(i)                                     With respect to any Combined Return for any taxable period (or portion thereof) that begins after the Merger Effective Date, NewCo shall pay, or cause to be paid, to Parent the amount of estimated Taxes, if any, that would be incurred by the NewCo Group and/or its members for such taxable period had the NewCo Group and/or its members not been included in such Combined Return (“Estimated Tax Payments”).  The Estimated Tax Payments owed by the NewCo Group or any of its members for any such taxable period (or portion thereof) shall be determined in accordance with the definition of NewCo Stand-Alone Tax Liability.

 

(ii)                                  With respect to any Combined Return for any taxable period (or portion thereof) that begins after the Merger Effective Date, NewCo shall pay, or shall cause to be paid, to Parent an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the NewCo Stand-Alone Tax Liability for such taxable period over (B) the aggregate amount of Estimated Tax Payments made to Parent for such taxable period.  If the aggregate amount of Estimated Tax Payments made to Parent with respect to such taxable period exceeds the NewCo Stand-Alone Tax Liability for such taxable period, Parent shall pay to NewCo an amount equal to such excess.

 

(iii)                               With respect to any Combined Return for any taxable period (or portion thereof) that begins after the Merger Effective Date, if the hypothetical Tax Return that the members of the NewCo Group would have filed (but for their inclusion in a Combined Return) would have reflected a net operating loss, net capital loss, excess tax credit or other Tax Attribute (determined consistent with the principles utilized in determining NewCo Stand-Alone Tax Liability) required or permitted to be carried back by such NewCo Group members to a prior taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Merger Effective Date, Parent shall pay to NewCo an amount equal to the reduction in the NewCo Stand-Alone Tax Liability for such prior taxable period (or portion thereof) resulting from such carryback.

 

(iv)                              At least ten (10) days prior to the due date for any payment of Taxes (including estimated Taxes) in respect of any Combined Return for any taxable period (or

 

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portion thereof) that begins after the Merger Effective Date, Parent shall deliver to NewCo a schedule setting forth in reasonable detail Parent’s calculation of the NewCo Stand-Alone Tax Liability, Estimated Tax Payments or Refunds of Taxes, as applicable.  No later than ten (10) days following the delivery of such schedule, NewCo shall pay Parent (or Parent shall pay NewCo) the amount shown as due on such schedule.

 

(v)                                 If, as a result of a Final Determination with respect to any Combined Return or the filing by Parent or by any member of the Parent Group of any amended Combined Return, in each case, for any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Merger Effective Date, there is an increase or decrease in the NewCo Stand-Alone Tax Liability for such taxable period (or any preceding or subsequent taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Merger Effective Date), the parties hereto shall promptly make appropriate adjusting payments such that the aggregate amount paid by NewCo to Parent for such taxable period (and any prior or subsequent taxable periods (or portions thereof) affected by such Final Determination or amended Combined Return) equals the redetermined NewCo Stand-Alone Tax Liability for such taxable period or periods.

 

(vi)                              (A) At least ten (10) days prior to the due date for any payment of Taxes (including estimated Taxes) in respect of any Combined Return for any taxable period (or portion thereof) that ends on or before the Merger Effective Date, Parent shall determine in good faith, consistent with the principles utilized in determining NewCo Stand-Alone Tax Liability (disregarding the limitation to taxable periods (or portions thereof) beginning after the Merger Effective Date and including solely HomeAdvisor Entities in the NewCo Group), the portion of any Tax liability reflected on the relevant Combined Return(s) for such taxable period that is attributable to the HomeAdvisor Entities and shall notify NewCo within ten (10) days of its determination in writing.  No later than ten (10) days following the delivery of such notice, NewCo shall pay Parent the excess, if any, of the amount so notified over the amount of Tax sharing payments previously made by such HomeAdvisor Entities to Parent in respect of such taxable period (or Parent shall pay NewCo the excess, if any, of the amount of Tax sharing payments previously made by such HomeAdvisor Entities to Parent in respect of such taxable period over the amount so notified).

 

(B) If, as a result of a Final Determination with respect to any Combined Return or the filing by Parent or by any member of the Parent Group of any amended Combined Return, in each case, for any taxable period (or portion thereof) that ends on or before the Merger Effective Date, there is an increase or decrease in a Tax Liability for such taxable period (or any preceding or subsequent taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Merger Effective Date), Parent shall determine in good faith, consistent with the principles utilized in determining NewCo Stand-Alone Tax Liability (disregarding the limitation to taxable periods (or portions thereof) beginning after the Merger Effective Date and including solely HomeAdvisor Entities in the NewCo Group), the portion of any such increase or decrease attributable to the HomeAdvisor Entities and shall notify NewCo within ten (10) days of its determination in writing.  No later than ten (10) days following the delivery of such notice, NewCo shall pay Parent the amount of any such increase (or Parent shall pay NewCo the amount of any such decrease).

 

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3.                                      Responsibility for Taxes and Indemnification.

 

(a)                                 Parent Liability.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 3(b), Parent and the members of the Parent Group shall be responsible for and shall indemnify and hold harmless NewCo and its Affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors and employees from and against (i) any Taxes imposed with respect to any Combined Return (except to the extent that NewCo is responsible for such Taxes pursuant to this Agreement (including any NewCo Stand-Alone Tax Liability)) and any other Taxes imposed with respect to any Tax Return for which any member of the Parent Group is responsible pursuant to Section 2(a)(ii), (ii) any Taxes resulting from any breach by Parent of any representation or covenant in this Agreement, the Contribution Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement, and (iii) in the event of a Distribution, any Tax-Related Losses for which Parent is responsible pursuant to Section 4(c) of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 NewCo Liability.  NewCo and the members of the NewCo Group shall be responsible for and shall indemnify and hold harmless Parent and its Affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors and employees from and against (i) any Taxes imposed with respect to any Combined Return to the extent that NewCo is responsible for such Taxes pursuant to this Agreement (including any NewCo Stand-Alone Tax Liability) and any other Taxes imposed with respect to any Tax Return for which any member of the NewCo Group is responsible pursuant to Section 2(a)(iii), (ii) any Taxes resulting from any breach by NewCo of any representation or covenant in this Agreement, the Contribution Agreement or any Other Ancillary Agreement, and (iii) in the event of a Distribution, any Tax-Related Losses for which NewCo is responsible pursuant to Section 4(c) of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Tax Benefits.  If an indemnification obligation of Parent or any member of the Parent Group under Section 3(a) (or the adjustment giving rise to such indemnification obligation) results in (i) increased deductions, losses, or credits, or (ii) decreases in income, gains or recapture of Tax credits (“Tax Benefits”) to NewCo or any member of the NewCo Group, which would not, but for the indemnification obligation (or the adjustment giving rise to such indemnification obligation), be allowable, then NewCo shall pay Parent the amount by which such Tax Benefit actually reduces, in cash, the amount of Tax that NewCo or any member of the NewCo Group would have been required to pay and bear (or increases, in cash, the amount of Refund to which NewCo or any member of the NewCo Group would have been entitled) but for such indemnification obligation (or adjustment giving rise to such indemnification obligation).  NewCo shall pay Parent for such Tax Benefit no later than ten (10) days after such Tax Benefit is Actually Realized.  If an indemnification obligation of NewCo or any member of the NewCo Group under Section 3(b) (or the adjustment giving rise to such indemnification obligation) results in a Tax Benefit to Parent or any member of the Parent Group, which would not, but for the indemnification obligation (or the adjustment giving rise to such indemnification obligation), be allowable, then Parent shall pay NewCo the amount by which such Tax Benefit actually reduces, in cash, the amount of Tax that Parent or any member of the Parent Group would have been required to pay and bear (or increases, in cash, the amount of Tax refund to which Parent or any member of the Parent Group would have been entitled) but for such indemnification (or adjustment giving rise to such indemnification obligation).  Parent shall pay NewCo for such Tax Benefit no later than ten (10) days after such Tax Benefit is Actually Realized.

 

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(d)                                 Timing of Indemnification Payments.  Any indemnification payment required to made pursuant to this Section 3 (other than a payment for any Tax Benefit, the timing of which is provided in Section 3(c)) shall be made by the Indemnifying Party promptly, but, in any event, no later than:

 

(i)                                     in the case of an indemnification obligation with respect to any Tax liabilities or Refunds, the later of (A) five (5) days after the Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing and (B) five (5) days prior to the date the Indemnified Party is required to make a payment of Taxes to the applicable Tax Authority (including a payment with respect to an assessment of a Tax deficiency by any Taxing Jurisdiction or a payment made in settlement of an asserted Tax deficiency) or Actually Realizes a reduced Refund; and

 

(ii)                                  in the case of any indemnification payment for any Losses not otherwise described in Section 3(d)(i) (including, but not limited to, any Losses described in clause (b) or (c) of the definition of Tax-Related Losses, attorneys’ fees and expenses and other indemnifiable Losses), the later of (A) five (5) days after the Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing and (B) five (5) days prior to the date the Indemnified Party is required to make a payment thereof.

 

4.                                      Distribution-Related Matters.

 

(a)                                 Covenants.

 

(i)                                     NewCo agrees that, as long as a Distribution could, in the reasonable discretion of Parent, be effected, (A) NewCo shall (and shall cause each member of the NewCo Group to) take any action reasonably requested by Parent in order to consummate a Distribution with Tax-Free Status, and (B) NewCo shall not take or fail to take any action (and it shall cause the members of the NewCo Group not to take or fail to take any action) which action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent Parent from consummating a Distribution with Tax-Free Status; provided that NewCo shall not be required to make (or cause any Affiliate of NewCo to make) any representation or covenant that is inconsistent with historical facts, as to future matters or events over which it has no control, or which it otherwise cannot make in good faith).  NewCo agrees that, without Parent’s prior written consent, it will not take (and will cause each member of the NewCo Group not to take) any action that could reasonably be expected to (1) cause Parent to cease to have “control” (within the meaning of Section 368(c) of the Code) of NewCo or (2) result in a Deconsolidation Event, in each case, prior to the Distribution Date.

 

(ii)                                  In the event of a Distribution, neither Parent (or any member of the Parent Group) nor NewCo (or any member of the NewCo Group) shall take or fail to take any action, or permit or cause any member of the Parent Group or the NewCo Group, respectively, to take or fail to take any action, if such action or failure to act would be inconsistent with or cause to be untrue any material information, covenant or representation in the Tax Opinion Documents or Private Letter Ruling Documents; provided, that Parent shall have provided NewCo with a copy of any Tax Opinion and Tax Opinion Documents (or portions thereof relating to the NewCo Group) or Private Letter Ruling and Private Letter Ruling Documents (or portions thereof relating to the NewCo Group), as applicable.  In connection with obtaining any Tax

 

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Opinion or Private Letter Ruling pursuant to Section 4(a) hereof, Parent shall consult with NewCo and consider in good faith any comments received from NewCo, in each case, to the extent that such Tax Opinion Documents or Private Letter Ruling Documents contain material information, covenants or representations that would reasonably be expected to significantly affect members of the NewCo Group.

 

(iii)                               In the event of a Distribution, from and after the Distribution Date, NewCo shall not (A) take any action or permit any member of the NewCo Group to take any action, and NewCo shall not fail to take any action or permit any member of the NewCo Group to fail to take any action, in each case, unless such action or failure to act could not reasonably be expected to (1) cause the Distribution to fail to have Tax-Free Status or (2) require Parent or NewCo to reflect a liability or reserve for Income Taxes with respect to the Distribution in its financial statements, or (B) until the first day after the Restriction Period, engage in any transaction that could result in the NewCo Consolidated Group ceasing to be engaged in any NewCo Active Business for purposes of Section 355(b)(2) of the Code.  In the event of a Distribution, from and after the Distribution Date, Parent shall not take any action or permit any member of the Parent Group to take any action, that would reasonably be expected to cause the Distribution to fail to have Tax-Free Status.

 

(iv)                              In the event of a Distribution, from and after the Distribution Date until the first day after the Restriction Period, NewCo shall not (A) enter into any Proposed Acquisition Transaction or, to the extent NewCo has the right to prohibit any Proposed Acquisition Transaction, permit any Proposed Acquisition Transaction to occur (whether by (x) redeeming rights under a shareholder rights plan, (y) 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 Proposed Acquisition Transaction, or (z) approving any Proposed Acquisition Transaction, whether for purposes of Section 203 of the DGCL or any similar corporate statute, any “fair price” or other provision of NewCo’s charter or bylaws or otherwise), (B) merge or consolidate with any other Person or liquidate or partially liquidate, (C) in a single transaction or series of transactions (1) sell or transfer (other than sales or transfers of inventory in the ordinary course of business) all or substantially all of the assets held by NewCo at the time of the Distribution (2) sell or transfer 50% or more of the gross assets of a NewCo Active Business or (3) sell or transfer 30% or more of the consolidated gross assets of NewCo and its Subsidiaries (in each case, such percentages to be measured based on fair market value as of the Distribution Date), (D) redeem or otherwise repurchase (directly or through a Subsidiary) any NewCo stock, or rights to acquire NewCo 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), (E) 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 NewCo stock (including, without limitation, through the conversion of one class of NewCo stock into another class of NewCo stock), or (F) take any other action or actions (including any action or transaction that would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with any representation or covenant made in the Tax Opinion Documents or Private Letter Ruling Documents) which in the aggregate (and taking into account any other transactions described in this subparagraph (iv)) would be reasonably likely to have the effect of causing or permitting one or more Persons to acquire, directly or indirectly, stock representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest in NewCo or otherwise jeopardize the Tax-Free Status of the Distribution, unless, in

 

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each case, prior to taking any such action set forth in the foregoing clauses (A) through (F), NewCo shall have requested that Parent 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 4(b) of this Agreement to the effect that such transaction will not affect the Tax-Free Status of the Distribution and Parent shall have received such Private Letter Ruling in form and substance satisfactory to Parent in its reasonable discretion (and in determining whether a Private Letter Ruling is satisfactory, Parent may consider, among other factors, the appropriateness of any underlying assumptions and representations made in connection with such Private Letter Ruling), or NewCo shall provide Parent with an Unqualified Tax Opinion in form and substance satisfactory to Parent in its reasonable discretion (and in determining whether an opinion is satisfactory, Parent may consider, among other factors, the appropriateness of any underlying assumptions and representations if used as a basis for the opinion), or Parent shall have waived the requirement to obtain such Private Letter Ruling or Unqualified Tax Opinion.

 

(b)                                 Procedures Regarding Opinions and Rulings.

 

(i)                                     If NewCo notifies Parent that it desires to take one of the actions described in clauses (A) through (F) of Section 4(a)(iv) (a “Notified Action”), Parent and NewCo shall reasonably cooperate to attempt to obtain the Private Letter Ruling or Unqualified Tax Opinion referred to in Section 4(a)(iv), unless Parent shall have waived the requirement to obtain such Private Letter Ruling or Unqualified Tax Opinion.

 

(ii)                                  At the reasonable request of NewCo pursuant to Section 4(a)(iv), Parent shall cooperate with NewCo and use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to obtain, as expeditiously as possible, a Private Letter Ruling from the IRS (and/or any other applicable Tax Authority, or if applicable, a supplemental Private Letter Ruling) or an Unqualified Tax Opinion for the purpose of permitting NewCo to take the Notified Action.  Further, in no event shall Parent be required to file any request for a Private Letter Ruling under this Section 4(b) unless NewCo represents that (A) it has reviewed the request for such Private Letter Ruling, and (B) all information and representations, if any, relating to any member of the NewCo Group, contained in the related Private Letter Ruling Documents are (subject to any qualifications therein) true, correct and complete.  NewCo shall reimburse Parent for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Parent Group in obtaining a Private Letter Ruling or Unqualified Tax Opinion requested by NewCo within ten (10) days after receiving an invoice from Parent therefor.

 

(iii)                               Parent shall have the right to request a Private Letter Ruling from the IRS (and/or any other applicable Tax Authority, or if applicable, a supplemental Private Letter Ruling) or an Unqualified Tax Opinion at any time in its sole and absolute discretion.  If Parent determines to obtain a Private Letter Ruling or an Unqualified Tax Opinion, NewCo shall (and shall cause each Affiliate of NewCo to) cooperate with Parent and take any and all actions reasonably requested by Parent in connection with obtaining the Private Letter Ruling or Unqualified Tax Opinion (including, without limitation, by making any representation or covenant or providing any materials or information requested by the IRS or Tax Counsel; provided that NewCo shall not be required to make (or cause any Affiliate of NewCo to make) any representation or covenant that is inconsistent with historical facts, as to future matters or events over which it has no control, or which it otherwise cannot make in good faith).  Parent and

 

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NewCo shall each bear its own costs and expenses in obtaining a Private Letter Ruling or an Unqualified Tax Opinion requested by Parent.

 

(iv)                              NewCo hereby agrees that Parent shall have sole and exclusive control over the process of obtaining any Private Letter Ruling, and that only Parent shall apply for a Private Letter Ruling.  In connection with obtaining a Private Letter Ruling pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof, (A) Parent shall keep NewCo informed in a timely manner of all material actions taken or proposed to be taken by Parent in connection therewith; (B) Parent shall (1) reasonably in advance of the submission of any related Private Letter Ruling Documents provide NewCo with a draft copy thereof, (2) reasonably consider NewCo’s comments on such draft copy, and (3) provide NewCo with a final copy; and (C) Parent shall provide NewCo with notice reasonably in advance of, and NewCo 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.  Neither NewCo nor any member of the NewCo Group shall request any guidance from the IRS or any other Tax Authority (whether written, verbal or otherwise) at any time concerning the Distribution (including the impact of any transaction on the Distribution).

 

(c)                                  Responsibility for Tax-Related Losses.

 

(i)                                     Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, subject to Section 4(c)(iii), in the event of a Distribution, NewCo shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless Parent and its Affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors and employees from and against, one hundred percent (100%) of any Tax-Related Losses to the extent attributable to or resulting from any one or more of the following:  (A) the acquisition after the Distribution of all or a portion of NewCo’s stock and/or its or its Subsidiaries’ assets by any means whatsoever by any Person, (B) any “agreement, understanding, arrangement, substantial negotiations or discussions” (as such terms are defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7(h)) by any one or more officers or directors of any member of the NewCo Group or by any other Person or Persons with the implicit or explicit permission of one or more of such officers or directors (other than officers or directors of Parent) that cause the Distribution to be treated as part of a plan pursuant to which one or more Persons acquire, directly or indirectly, NewCo stock representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest therein, (C) any action or failure to act by NewCo after the Distribution (including, without limitation, any amendment to NewCo’s certificate of incorporation or other organizational documents, whether through a stockholder vote or otherwise, affecting the voting rights of NewCo stock (including, without limitation, through the conversion of one class of NewCo stock into another class of NewCo stock)), (D) the inaccuracy of any representation or covenant made by NewCo in any Tax Opinion Documents or Private Letter Ruling Documents, or (E) any breach by NewCo or any NewCo Affiliate of any covenant contained in Section 4(a) (regardless of whether such act or failure to act is covered by a Private Letter Ruling, Unqualified Tax Opinion or Parent waiver described in Section 4(a)(iv)).

 

(ii)                                  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, subject to Section 4(c)(iii), in the event of a Distribution, Parent shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless NewCo and its Affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors and employees from and against, one hundred percent (100%) of any Tax-Related Losses (A) to the extent attributable to or resulting from any one or more of the following:

 

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(1) the acquisition after the Distribution of all or a portion of Parent’s stock and/or its assets or the assets of a member of the Parent Group by any means whatsoever by any Person, (2) any “agreement, understanding, arrangement, substantial negotiations or discussions” (as such terms are defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.355-7(h)) by any one or more officers or directors of any member of the Parent Group or by any other Person or Persons with the implicit or explicit permission of one or more of such officers or directors that cause the Distribution to be treated as part of a plan pursuant to which one or more Persons acquire, directly or indirectly, stock of Parent representing a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest therein, or (3) any breach by Parent or a member of the Parent Group of any covenant contained in Section 4(a)(ii) or (B) to the extent not otherwise covered by Sections 4(c)(i), (ii)(A) or (iii) (including Tax-Related Losses resulting from the incorrectness of any Tax Opinion or the revocation of any Private Letter Ruling).

 

(iii)                               To the extent any Tax-Related Loss is subject to indemnification under both Sections 4(c)(i) and (ii)(A), responsibility for such Tax-Related Loss shall be shared by Parent and NewCo according to relative fault, provided that:

 

(A)                               Notwithstanding anything in Section 4(c)(ii) or (iii) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary:

 

(1)                                 with respect to (I) any Tax-Related Loss resulting from the application of Section 355(e) of the Code and (II) any other Tax-Related Loss resulting, in each case, in whole or in part, from an acquisition after the Distribution of any stock or assets of NewCo (or any member of the NewCo Group) by any means whatsoever by any Person or any action or failure to act by NewCo after the Distribution affecting the voting rights of NewCo, NewCo shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless Parent and its Affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors and employees from and against, one hundred percent (100%) of such Tax-Related Loss.

 

(2)                                 if any Tax-Related Loss for which NewCo is responsible under this Section 4(c)(iii)(A) results from an acquisition after the Distribution of (i) a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest in NewCo by any Person (or Persons treated as one person pursuant to Section 355(e)(4)(C)(i)), or (ii) assets of the NewCo Group having an aggregate fair market value of 50% or more of the fair market value of all assets of the NewCo Group, the amount and timing of such Tax-Related Loss shall, in each case, be calculated by assuming that Parent, the Parent Consolidated Group and each member of the Parent Group (I) pays Tax at the highest marginal corporate Tax rates in effect in each relevant taxable period, and (II) has no Tax Attributes in any relevant taxable period.

 

(B)                               Notwithstanding anything in Section 4(c)(i) or (iii) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to (I) any Tax-Related Loss resulting from the application of Section 355(e) of the Code (other than as a result of an acquisition of a Fifty-Percent or Greater Interest in NewCo) and (II) any other Tax-Related Loss resulting, in each case, in whole or in part, from an acquisition after the Distribution of any stock or assets of Parent (or any member of the Parent Group) by any means whatsoever by any Person, Parent shall be responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless NewCo and its Affiliates and

 

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each of their respective officers, directors and employees from and against, one hundred percent (100%) of such Tax-Related Loss.

 

(d)                                 Section 336(e) Election.  If Parent determines, in its sole discretion, that a protective election under Section 336(e) of the Code (a “Section 336(e) Election”) shall be made with respect to the Distribution, NewCo shall (and shall cause the relevant members of the NewCo Group to) join with Parent or the relevant members of the Parent Group in the making of such election and shall take any action reasonably requested by Parent or that is otherwise necessary to give effect to 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 Parent in good faith to take into account such Section 336(e) Election (including by requiring that, in the event the Distribution fails to have Tax-Free Status and Parent is not entitled to indemnification for the Tax-Related Losses arising from such failure, NewCo shall pay over to Parent any Tax Benefits realized by the NewCo Group arising from the step-up in Tax basis resulting from the Section 336(e) Election).

 

5.                                      Refunds.  Parent shall be entitled to all Refunds (and any interest thereon received from the applicable Tax Authority) of Taxes for which Parent is responsible pursuant to this Agreement. NewCo shall be entitled to all Refunds (and any interest thereon received from the applicable Tax Authority) of Taxes for which NewCo is responsible pursuant to this Agreement.  A party receiving a Refund to which another party is entitled pursuant to this Section 5 shall pay the amount to which such other party is entitled within ten (10) days after such Refund is Actually Realized.  Each of Parent and NewCo shall cooperate (and cause the members of their respective Groups to cooperate) with the other party in connection with any claim for a Refund in respect of a Tax for which any member of the Parent Group or the NewCo Group, as the case may be, is responsible.

 

6.                                      Tax Contests.

 

(a)                                 Notification.  Each of Parent and NewCo shall notify the other party in writing of any communication with respect to any pending or threatened Proceeding in connection with a Tax liability (or any issue related thereto) of Parent or any member of the Parent Group, or NewCo or any member of the NewCo Group, respectively, for which a member of the NewCo Group or the Parent Group, respectively, may be responsible pursuant to this Agreement within ten (10) days of receipt; provided, however, that in the case of any Distribution-Related Proceeding (whether or not NewCo or Parent may be responsible thereunder), such notice shall be provided no later than ten (10) days after Parent or NewCo, as the case may be, first receives written notice from the IRS or other Tax Authority of such Distribution-Related Proceeding.  Each of Parent and NewCo shall include with such notification a true, correct and complete copy of any written communication, and an accurate and complete written summary of any oral communication, received by Parent or a member of the Parent Group, or NewCo or a member of the NewCo Group, respectively.  The failure of Parent or NewCo timely to forward such notification in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall not relieve NewCo or Parent, respectively, of any obligation to pay such Tax liability or indemnify Parent and the members of the Parent Group, or NewCo and the members of the NewCo Group, respectively, and their respective Representatives, Affiliates, successors and assigns therefor, except to the extent that the failure timely to forward such notification

 

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actually prejudices the ability of NewCo or Parent to contest such Tax liability or increases the amount of such Tax liability (or reduces the amount of a Tax Refund).

 

(b)                                 Representation with Respect to Tax Disputes.  Parent (or such member of the Parent Group as Parent shall designate) shall, subject to Section 6(d), have the exclusive right to represent the interests of the members of the Parent Group and the members of the NewCo Group and to employ counsel of its choice at its expense in any Proceeding relating to (i) any U.S. consolidated federal income Tax Returns of the Parent Consolidated Group, (ii) any other Combined Returns and (iii) any Parent Separate Returns; provided, however, that (x) Parent shall conduct any Proceeding relating to a Combined Return in good faith and as if it were the sole party in interest and (y) to the extent any such Proceeding could reasonably be expected to increase or decrease any payments to or from NewCo under this Agreement by more than one (1) million dollars, (A) Parent shall keep NewCo reasonably apprised regarding the status of the Proceeding, (B) Parent shall provide NewCo with the opportunity to review and comment on any material correspondence with any Tax Authority and on any submissions to any court and (C) Parent shall not settle or compromise such Proceeding without NewCo’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed.  NewCo (or such member of the NewCo Group as NewCo shall designate) shall have the sole right to represent the interests of the members of the NewCo Group and to employ counsel of its choice at its expense in any Proceeding relating to any NewCo Separate Returns.

 

(c)                                  Power of Attorney.  Each member of the NewCo Group shall execute and deliver to Parent (or such member of the Parent Group as Parent shall designate) any power of attorney or other document requested by Parent (or such designee) in connection with any Proceeding described in the first sentence of Section 6(b).

 

(d)                                 Distribution-Related Proceedings and Proceedings with Respect to Combined Returns.

 

(i)                                     In the event of any Distribution-Related Proceeding or Proceeding relating to a Combined Return that Parent has the right to control pursuant to Section 6(b) and as a result of which NewCo could reasonably be expected to become liable for any Tax or any Tax-Related Losses in excess of five (5) million dollars, (A) Parent shall consult with NewCo reasonably in advance of taking any significant action in connection with such Proceeding, (B) Parent shall consult with NewCo and offer NewCo a reasonable opportunity to comment before submitting any written materials prepared or furnished in connection with such Proceeding, (C) Parent shall defend such Proceeding diligently and in good faith as if it were the only party in interest in connection with such Proceeding, and (D) Parent shall provide NewCo copies of any written materials relating to such Proceeding received from the relevant Tax Authority.  Notwithstanding anything in the preceding sentence to the contrary, the final determination of the positions taken, including with respect to any settlement or other disposition, in (1) any Distribution-Related Proceeding, or (2) any other Proceeding relating to a Combined Return, which other Proceeding would not reasonably be expected to result in a liability for additional Taxes for which NewCo is responsible in an amount exceeding five (5) million dollars for a single tax year, shall, subject to Section 6(b), be made in the sole discretion of Parent and shall be final and not subject to the dispute resolution provisions of Section 9.  With respect to any Proceeding relating to a Combined Return (other than any Distribution-

 

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Related Proceeding), which could reasonably be expected to result in liability for additional Taxes for which NewCo is responsible in an amount in an amount exceeding five (5) million dollars for a single tax year, NewCo shall be entitled to participate in such Proceeding, and Parent shall not settle, compromise or abandon any such Proceeding without obtaining the prior written consent of NewCo, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(ii)                                  In the event of any Distribution-Related Proceeding with respect to any NewCo Separate Return, (A) NewCo shall consult with Parent reasonably in advance of taking any significant action in connection with such Proceeding, (B) NewCo shall consult with Parent and offer Parent a reasonable opportunity to comment before submitting any written materials prepared or furnished in connection with such Proceeding, (C) NewCo shall defend such Proceeding diligently and in good faith as if it were the only party in interest in connection with such Proceeding, (D) Parent shall be entitled to participate in such Proceeding and receive copies of any written materials relating to such Proceeding received from the relevant Tax Authority, and (E) NewCo shall not settle, compromise or abandon any such Proceeding without obtaining the prior written consent of Parent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

7.                                      Apportionment of Tax Attributes upon Deconsolidation; Carrybacks.

 

(a)                                 Apportionment of Tax Attributes upon Deconsolidation.  In the event of a Deconsolidation Event:

 

(i)                                     Parent shall determine in good faith and in accordance with applicable Law the portion, if any, of any Tax Attribute of the Parent Consolidated Group or any consolidated, combined or unitary state, local, or non-U.S. Income Tax, in each case, arising in respect of a Combined Return to be apportioned to NewCo or any member of the NewCo Consolidated Group and/or treated as a carryover to the first Post-Deconsolidation Taxable Period of NewCo (or such member).

 

(ii)                                  No Tax Attribute with respect to consolidated U.S. federal Income Tax of the Parent Consolidated Group or any consolidated, combined or unitary state, local, or non-U.S. Income Tax, in each case, arising in respect of a Combined Return shall be apportioned to NewCo or any member of the NewCo Group, except as Parent  determines pursuant to Section 7 (a)(i).

 

(iii)                               Parent shall notify NewCo in writing of its determinations pursuant to Section 7(a)(i), and, if applicable, the amount of tax basis and earnings and profits to be apportioned to NewCo or any member of the NewCo Group in accordance with applicable Law, and shall provide written notice of such determinations or calculations to NewCo as soon as practicable after the information necessary becomes available to Parent.

 

(iv)                              Except as otherwise required by applicable Law or pursuant to a Final Determination, NewCo shall not take any position (whether on a Tax Return or otherwise) that is inconsistent with the information contained in the written notice delivered by Parent pursuant to Section 7(a)(iii).

 

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Carrybacks.  In the event that NewCo (or the appropriate member of the NewCo Group) is prohibited by applicable Law to relinquish, waive or otherwise forgo a Carryback (or Parent consents to a Carryback), (i) Parent shall cooperate with NewCo, at NewCo’s expense, in seeking from the appropriate Tax Authority such Refund as reasonably would result from such Carryback, and (ii) NewCo shall be entitled to any Refund Actually Realized by a member of the Parent Group (including any interest thereon received from such Tax Authority), to the extent that such Refund is directly attributable to such Carryback, within ten (10) days after such Refund is Actually Realized; provided, however, that NewCo shall indemnify and hold the members of the Parent Group harmless from and against any and all collateral Tax consequences resulting from or caused by any such Carryback, including (but not limited to) the loss or postponement of any benefit from the use of Tax Attributes generated by a member of the Parent Group or an Affiliate thereof if (x) such Tax Attributes expire unutilized, but would have been utilized but for such Carryback, or (y) the use of such Tax Attributes is postponed to a later taxable period than the taxable period in which such Tax Attributes would have been utilized but for such Carryback.  If there is a Final Determination that results in any change to or adjustment of a Refund Actually Realized by a member of the Parent Group that is directly attributable to a Carryback, then Parent (or its designee) shall make a payment to NewCo, or NewCo shall make a payment to Parent (or its designee), as may be necessary to adjust the payments between NewCo and Parent (or its designee) to reflect the payments that would have been made under this Section 7(b) had the adjusted amount of such Refund been taken into account in computing payments under this Section 7(b).

 

8.                                      Cooperation and Exchange of Information.

 

(a)                                 Cooperation and Exchange of Information.  Each of Parent and NewCo, on behalf of itself and each member of the Parent Group and the NewCo Group, respectively, agrees to provide the other party (or its designee) with such cooperation or information as such other party (or its designee) reasonably shall request in connection with the determination of any payment or any calculations described in this Agreement, the preparation or filing of any Tax Return or claim for Refund, or the conduct of any Proceeding.  Such cooperation and information shall include, without limitation, upon reasonable notice (i) promptly forwarding copies of appropriate notices and forms or other communications (including, without limitation, information document requests, revenue agents’ reports and similar reports, notices of proposed adjustments and notices of deficiency) received from or sent to any Tax Authority or any other administrative, judicial or governmental authority, (ii) providing copies of all relevant Tax Returns, together with accompanying schedules and related workpapers, documents relating to rulings or other determinations by any Tax Authority, and such other records concerning the ownership and tax basis of property, or other relevant information, (iii) the provision of such additional information and explanations of documents and information provided under this Agreement (including statements, certificates, forms, returns and schedules delivered by either party) as shall be reasonably requested by Parent (or its designee) or NewCo (or its designee), as the case may be, (iv) the execution of any document that may be necessary or reasonably helpful in connection with the filing of a Tax Return, a claim for a Refund, or in connection with any Proceeding, including such waivers, consents or powers of attorney as may be necessary for Parent or NewCo, as the case may be, to exercise its rights under this Agreement, and (v) the use of Parent’s or NewCo’s, as the case may be, reasonable efforts to obtain any documentation from a governmental authority or a third party that may be necessary or reasonably helpful in

 

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connection with any of the foregoing.  It is expressly the intention of the parties to this Agreement to take all actions that shall be necessary to establish Parent as the sole agent for Tax purposes of each member of the NewCo Group with respect to all Combined Returns.  Upon reasonable notice, each of Parent and NewCo shall make its, or shall cause the members of the Parent Group or the NewCo Group, as applicable, to make their, employees and facilities available on a mutually convenient basis to provide explanation of any documents or information provided hereunder.  Any information obtained under this Section 8 shall be kept confidential, except as otherwise reasonably may be necessary in connection with the filing of Tax Returns or claims for Refund or in conducting any Proceeding.

 

(b)                                 Retention of Records.  Each of Parent and NewCo agrees to (and to cause the members of their respective Groups to) retain all Tax Returns, related schedules and workpapers, and all material records and other documents as required under Section 6001 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder (and any similar provision of state, local, or non-U.S. law) existing on the date hereof or created in respect of (i) any taxable period that ends on or before or includes the Distribution Date or (ii) any taxable period that may be subject to a claim hereunder until the later of (A) the expiration of the statute of limitations (including extensions) for the taxable periods to which such Tax Returns and other documents relate and (B) the Final Determination of any payments that may be required in respect of such taxable periods under this Agreement.  From and after the end of the period described in the preceding sentence of this Section 8(b), if a member of the Parent Group or the NewCo Group wishes to dispose of any such records and documents, then Parent or NewCo, as the case may be, shall provide written notice thereof to the other party and shall provide the other party the opportunity to take possession of any such records and documents within 90 days after such notice is delivered; provided, however, that if such other party does not, within such 90-day period, confirm its intention to take possession of such records and documents, the relevant member of the Parent Group or the NewCo Group, as the case may be, may destroy or otherwise dispose of such records and documents.

 

(c)                                  Remedies.  Each of Parent and NewCo hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the failure of any member of the Parent Group or the NewCo Group, as the case may be, to comply with the provisions of this Section 8, may result in substantial harm to the Parent Group or the NewCo Group, as the case may be, including the inability to determine or appropriately substantiate a Tax liability (or a position in respect thereof) for which the Parent Group (or a member thereof) or the NewCo Group (or a member thereof), as applicable, would be responsible under this Agreement or appropriately defend against an adjustment thereto by a Tax Authority, (ii) the remedies available to the Parent Group for the breach by a member of the NewCo Group of its obligations under this Section 8 shall include (without limitation) the indemnification by NewCo of the Parent Group for any Tax liabilities incurred or any Tax Benefit lost or postponed by reason of such breach and the forfeiture by the NewCo Group of any related rights to indemnification by Parent and (iii) the remedies available to the NewCo Group for the breach by a member of the Parent Group of its obligations under this Section 8 shall include (without limitation) the indemnification by Parent of the NewCo Group for any Tax liabilities incurred or any Tax Benefit lost or postponed by reason of such breach and the forfeiture by the Parent Group of any related rights to indemnification by NewCo.

 

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(d)                                 Reliance by Parent.  If any member of the NewCo Group supplies information to a member of the Parent Group in connection with a Tax liability and an officer of a member of the Parent 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 such member of the Parent Group identifying the information being so relied upon, the chief financial officer of NewCo (or his or her designee) shall certify in writing that to his knowledge (based upon consultation with appropriate employees) the information so supplied is accurate and complete.  NewCo agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Parent 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 NewCo Group having supplied, pursuant to this Section 8, a member of the Parent Group with inaccurate or incomplete information in connection with a Tax liability.

 

(e)                                  Reliance by NewCo.  If any member of the Parent Group supplies information to a member of the NewCo Group in connection with a Tax liability and an officer of a member of the NewCo 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 such member of the NewCo Group identifying the information being so relied upon, the chief financial officer of Parent (or his or her designee) shall certify in writing that to his knowledge (based upon consultation with appropriate employees) the information so supplied is accurate and complete. Parent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each member of the NewCo 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 Parent Group having supplied, pursuant to this Section 8, a member of the NewCo Group with inaccurate or incomplete information in connection with a Tax liability.

 

9.                                      Resolution of Disputes.  The provisions of Article 7 of the Contribution Agreement (Dispute Resolution) shall apply to any dispute arising in connection with this Agreement; provided, however, that in the case of disputes arising under this Agreement, Parent and NewCo shall jointly select the arbitrator, who shall be an attorney or accountant who is generally recognized in the tax community as a qualified and competent tax practitioner with experience in the tax area involved in the issue or issues to be resolved.

 

10.                               Payments.

 

(a)                                 Method of Payment.  All payments required by this Agreement shall be made by (i) wire transfer to the appropriate bank account as may from time to time be designated by the parties hereto for such purpose; provided that, on the date of such wire transfer, notice of the transfer is given to the recipient thereof in accordance with Section 12, or (ii) any other method agreed to by the parties hereto.  All payments due under this Agreement shall be deemed to be paid when available funds are actually received by the payee.

 

(b)                                 Interest.  Any payment required by this Agreement that is not made on or before the date required hereunder shall bear interest, from and after such date through the date of payment, at the Prime Rate.

 

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(c)                                  Characterization of Payments.  Except to the extent otherwise required by applicable Law or pursuant to a Final Determination, the parties hereto agree to treat, and to cause their respective Affiliates to treat, (i) any payment required by this Agreement or by the Contribution Agreement (other than payments of interest), as either a contribution by Parent (or the relevant member of the Parent Group) to NewCo or a distribution by NewCo to Parent (or the relevant member of the Parent Group), as the case may be (which contribution or distribution shall, in the case of any payment made following the Distribution Date, be treated as occurring immediately prior to the Distribution) and (ii) any payment of interest or non-U.S. federal Income Taxes by or to a Tax Authority, as taxable or deductible, as the case may be, to the party entitled under this Agreement to retain such payment or required under this Agreement to make such payment; provided in each case that if such treatment is not permissible (or that an Indemnified Party nevertheless suffers a Tax detriment as a result of such payment), the payment in question shall be adjusted to place the payee in the same after-Tax position it would have enjoyed absent such applicable Law or Final Determination.

 

11.                               Treatment of Certain Equity Awards.

 

(a)                                 Deductions.  For purposes of this Agreement, (i) any compensation deductions arising in respect of equity awards (other than Specified HomeAdvisor Awards) held by “NewCo Employees” or “Former NewCo Employees” (as such terms are defined in the Employee Matters Agreement) (A) with respect to which NewCo is required to reimburse Parent for “NewCo SAR Costs,” “IAC Award Costs” or “Subsidiary Equity Award Costs” (as such terms are defined in the Employee Matters Agreement) or (B) that are denominated in or determined by reference to the value of NewCo Class A Common Stock, NewCo Class B Common Stock or any other class of NewCo common stock authorized from time to time shall be allocated to the NewCo Group, (ii) any compensation deductions in respect of Specified HomeAdvisor Awards that are vested as of immediately after the Contribution Effective Time shall be allocated to the Parent Group, and (iii) any compensation deductions in respect of Specified HomeAdvisor Awards that are unvested as of immediately after the Contribution Effective Time shall be allocated fifty percent (50%) to the NewCo Group and fifty percent (50%) to the Parent Group.

 

(b)                                 Withholding and Reporting.  NewCo shall be responsible for Tax reporting and withholding and the employer portion of any payroll Taxes in respect of all equity awards held by NewCo Employees and Former NewCo Employees.

 

(c)                                  Adjustment Payments.  If, following a Deconsolidation Event, the NewCo Group realizes a Tax Benefit in respect of a compensation deduction allocated to the Parent Group under Section 11(a), NewCo shall pay Parent the amount by which such Tax Benefit actually reduces, in cash, the amount of Tax that NewCo or any member of the NewCo Group would have been required to pay and bear (or increases, in cash, the amount of Refund to which NewCo or any member of the NewCo Group would have been entitled) but for such compensation deduction.  NewCo shall pay Parent for such Tax Benefit no later than ten (10) days after such Tax Benefit is Actually Realized.

 

12.                               Effective Date; Termination of Prior Intercompany Tax Allocation Arrangements.  This Agreement shall be effective as of the day after the Merger Effective Date.

 

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As of such day, (i) all prior intercompany Tax allocation agreements or arrangements solely between or among members of the Parent Group, on the one hand, and members of the NewCo Group, on the other hand, shall be terminated, and (ii) any amounts due under such agreements with respect to taxable periods (or portions thereof) ending on or before the Merger Effective Date shall be settled as promptly as practicable following the Merger Effective Date (and in any event no later than the due date for filing any Combined Returns for such taxable periods).  Upon such termination and settlement, no further payments by or to any member of the Parent Group or NewCo Group shall be made with respect to such agreements, and all other rights and obligations pursuant to such agreements shall cease at such time.  For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a Final Determination with respect to any Combined Return or the filing by Parent or any member of the Parent Group of any amended Combined Return, in each case following the termination of any such prior Tax allocation agreements, any Tax sharing payments with respect to such Final Determination or amended Combined Return shall be determined solely pursuant to Section 2(c)(v) or 2(c)(vi) hereof.

 

13.                               Assignability.

 

(a)                                 This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that except as contemplated by paragraph (b) below, no Party hereto may assign its respective rights or delegate its respective obligations under this Agreement without the express prior written consent of the other parties hereto.

 

(b)                                 If Parent desires to effect a spin-off, split-off or similar transaction (however effected) in which the equity interests of a Subsidiary of Parent holding Parent’s interest in NewCo are distributed or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, to the holders of one or more classes of Parent’s capital stock, then, upon Parent’s written request, NewCo, Parent and such Subsidiary of Parent shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to effect (i) the assignment by Parent of its rights hereunder to such Subsidiary of Parent and (ii) the acceptance of such rights and assumption of Parent’s obligations hereunder by such Subsidiary of Parent (in each case of clauses (i) and (ii) effective prior to or substantially concurrently with the consummation of such transaction), and (iii) the acknowledgement by NewCo that Parent shall thereafter have no liability hereunder (except for any liability arising from any breach by Parent or relating to any actions or events occurring, in each case, on or prior to the date of the spin-off, split-off or similar transaction).

 

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14.                               Injunctions.  The parties hereto acknowledge that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or were otherwise breached.  The parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court having jurisdiction, such remedy being in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled at law or in equity.

 

15.                               Miscellaneous.  Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of Article 10 (Miscellaneous) of the Contribution Agreement to the extent set forth therein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.

 

 

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Name: Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Name: Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Title: Vice President and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Tax Sharing Agreement]

 


Exhibit 2.5

 

EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

and

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

Dated as of

 

September 29, 2017

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

2

 

 

 

ARTICLE II GENERAL PRINCIPLES

9

2.01

Employment of NewCo Employees

9

2.02

Assumption and Retention of Liabilities; Related Assets

9

2.03

Commercially Reasonable Efforts

9

2.04

Regulatory Compliance

10

2.05

Adoption of NewCo Long-Term Incentive Plan

10

 

 

 

ARTICLE III Retirement Plans

10

3.01

IAC 401(k) Plan

10

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV HEALTH AND WELFARE PLANS

11

4.01

H&W Continuation Period

11

4.02

Establishment of NewCo Health and Welfare Plans

12

4.03

Retention of Sponsorship and Liabilities

12

4.04

Flexible Benefit Plan

13

4.05

Workers’ Compensation Liabilities

13

4.06

Payroll Taxes and Reporting of Compensation

14

 

 

 

ARTICLE V EXECUTIVE BENEFITS

14

5.01

Assumption of Obligations

14

5.02

IAC Incentive Plans

14

5.03

Employment Agreements

15

5.04

Severance

15

5.05

HA SARs

15

5.06

IAC Equity Awards

16

5.07

Subsidiary Equity Awards

16

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

16

6.01

Sharing of Participant Information

16

6.02

Reasonable Efforts/Cooperation

17

6.03

No Third-Party Beneficiaries

17

6.04

Audit Rights with Respect to Information Provided

17

6.05

Fiduciary Matters

18

6.06

Consent of Third Parties

18

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS

18

7.01

Effectiveness

18

7.02

Relationship of Parties

18

7.03

Affiliates

19

7.04

Incorporation of Contribution Agreement Provisions

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EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

 

This Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2017 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and between IAC/InterActiveCorp, a Delaware corporation (“IAC”), and ANGI Homeservices Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NewCo,” and, together with IAC, the “Parties” and each, a “Party”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, IAC, NewCo, Casa Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of NewCo (“Merger Sub”), and Angie’s List, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), have entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 1, 2017 (the “Merger Agreement”), providing for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, with the Company surviving such merger as a wholly owned Subsidiary of NewCo;

 

WHEREAS, IAC and NewCo have entered into that certain Contribution Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2017 (the “Contribution Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, IAC shall, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Contribution Agreement, contribute certain assets to NewCo in exchange for NewCo Class B Common Stock (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, in connection therewith, IAC and NewCo have agreed to enter into this Agreement 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.

 

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 Contribution Agreement.

 

Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such first Person as of the date on which or at any time during the period for when such determination is being made.  For purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or other interests, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing; provided that from and after the Contribution Effective Time, no member of the HomeAdvisor Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the IAC Group, and no member of the IAC Group shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any member of the HomeAdvisor Group.

 

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Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Annual H&W Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(d).

 

Annual H&W Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(d).

 

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

 

Auditing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04(a).

 

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 benefits arrangements, policies or payroll practices (including 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) each “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), occupational pension plan or arrangement, or other pension arrangement 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).  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 “NewCo,” Benefit Plan means any Benefit Plan sponsored, maintained, or contributed to by NewCo or any NewCo Entity or any Benefit Plan with respect to which NewCo or a NewCo Entity is a party.

 

Board” means the Board of Directors of NewCo.

 

Business Combination” has the meaning set forth in the definition of NewCo Change in Control.

 

Business Day” has the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

 

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.

 

Company Employee” means any individual who, immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, is either actively employed by, or then on Approved Leave of Absence from, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Contribution Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Contribution Effective Time” has the meaning given that term in the Contribution Agreement.

 

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Controlling Interest” in an entity means (a) beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of (i) more than 50% of the outstanding equity securities of the entity or (ii) equity securities representing more than 50% of the voting power of the outstanding equity securities of the entity, or (b) voting control of more than 50% of the voting power of the entity.

 

Diller Group” means Barry Diller and his Family and Affiliates.

 

Distribution” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Sharing Agreement.

 

Distribution Date” has the meaning set forth in the Tax Sharing Agreement.

 

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.

 

Exchange Act” has the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

 

Excluded Assets” has the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

 

Family” means, with respect to a natural Person, such Person’s spouse, parents, siblings, grandparents, descendants (including adoptive relationships and stepchildren) and the spouses and descendants of such Persons.

 

Former IAC Employee” means (a) any individual who, as of the Contribution Effective Time, is a former employee of the IAC Group or the NewCo Group, and whose last employment with the IAC Group or NewCo Group was with an IAC Entity, and (b) any individual who is an IAC Employee as of the Contribution Effective Time and who thereafter ceases to be an employee of the IAC Group following the Contribution Effective Time.

 

Former Company Employee” means any individual who, as of the Merger Effective Time, is a former employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Former HomeAdvisor Employee” means any individual who, as of the Contribution Effective Time, is a former employee of the IAC Group or the NewCo Group, and whose last employment with the IAC Group or NewCo Group was with a NewCo Entity.

 

Former NewCo Employee” means (a) any Former Company Employee, (b) any Former HomeAdvisor Employee, and (c) any individual who is a NewCo Employee as of the Merger Effective Time and who thereafter ceases to be an employee of the NewCo Group following the Contribution Effective Time.

 

HA Long-Term Incentive Plan” means the HomeAdvisor 2013 Incentive Plan.

 

HA SAR” means a stock appreciation right corresponding to shares of HomeAdvisor, Inc. Common Stock granted under the HA Long-Term Incentive Plan.

 

H&W Continuation Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).

 

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H&W Transition Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b).

 

Health and Welfare Plans” means any Benefit Plan that 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 preferred provider organization, exclusive provider organization, and high deductible health plan coverages), dental, prescription, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment, 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, vacation benefits, apprenticeship or other training programs, day care centers, scholarship funds, or prepaid legal services, including any such plan, fund, or program as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA.

 

HomeAdvisor Employee” means any individual who, immediately prior to the Contribution Effective Time, is either actively employed by, or then on Approved Leave of Absence from, any member of the HomeAdvisor Group (excluding, for purposes of clarity, the Company and its Subsidiaries).

 

HomeAdvisor Group” has the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

 

HomeAdvisor, Inc.” means HomeAdvisor, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of IAC.

 

HomeAdvisor, Inc. Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01, of HomeAdvisor, Inc.

 

HomeAdvisor, Inc. Stock Value” means the “Implied HomeAdvisor Share Price” (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

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

 

IAC Award Cost” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06(a).

 

IAC Common Stock” means shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of IAC.

 

IAC Employee” means (a) any individual who, immediately prior to the Merger 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 Merger Effective Time.

 

IAC Entities” means the members of the IAC Group.

 

IAC Executive Benefit Plans” means the IAC Benefit Plans that are executive benefit and nonqualified plans, programs, agreements and arrangements established, sponsored,

 

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maintained, or agreed upon by any IAC Entity for the benefit of employees and former employees of any IAC Entity.

 

IAC Flexible Benefit Plan” means the IAC Benefit Plan that is a flexible benefit plan as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provision of this Agreement.

 

IAC Group” has the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

 

IAC Incentive Plans” means any IAC Benefit Plan that is an annual or short-term incentive plan, each as in effect as of the time relevant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement.

 

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

 

IAC” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Liability” has the meaning given that term in the Contribution Agreement.

 

Merger Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Merger Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

 

NewCo” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

NewCo 401(k) Plan” means a 401(k) plan established by NewCo.

 

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

 

NewCo Change in Control” means:

 

(a)                                 The acquisition by any individual, entity, or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than IAC, any of its Affiliates, or any member of the Diller Group, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of equity securities of NewCo representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Outstanding NewCo Voting Securities; provided, however, that, for purposes of this subsection (a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a NewCo Change in Control:  (i) any acquisition by NewCo, (ii) any acquisition directly from NewCo, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by NewCo or any entity controlled by NewCo, or (iv) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction that complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (c) of this definition;

 

(b)                                 Individuals who, as of immediately following the Merger Effective Time, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date on which the Merger Effective Time occurs, whose election, or nomination for election

 

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by NewCo’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board, or whose election was not opposed by Barry Diller voting as a stockholder, shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of an individual, entity, or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) other than the Board;

 

(c)                                  Consummation of a reorganization, merger, or consolidation, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of NewCo, or a purchase of assets or stock of another entity (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless immediately following the Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding NewCo Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then outstanding combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent governing body, if applicable) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that, as a result of such transaction, owns NewCo or all or substantially all of NewCo’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding NewCo Voting Securities, (ii) no individual, entity, or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (excluding IAC, any of its Affiliates, any member of the Diller Group, and any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of NewCo or such entity resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such entity, except to the extent that such ownership of NewCo existed prior to the Business Combination, and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body, if applicable) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the initial agreement, or action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or

 

(d)                                 Approval by the stockholders of NewCo of a complete liquidation or dissolution of NewCo.

 

NewCo Class A Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

 

NewCo Class B Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

 

NewCo Employee” means (a) any HomeAdvisor Employee, (b) any Company Employee, and (c) any individual who becomes an employee of any NewCo Entity after the Merger Effective Time.

 

NewCo Entities” means the members of the HomeAdvisor Group as defined in the Contribution Agreement.

 

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NewCo Executive Benefit Plans” means the NewCo Benefit Plans that are executive benefit and nonqualified plans, programs, and arrangements established, sponsored, maintained, or agreed upon, by any NewCo Entity for the benefit of employees and former employees of any NewCo Entity.

 

NewCo Long-Term Incentive Plan” means the NewCo 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan to be adopted by NewCo prior to the Merger Effective Time.

 

NewCo Ratio” means the quotient of (a) the HomeAdvisor, Inc. Stock Value divided by (b) the NewCo Stock Value.

 

NewCo SAR” means a stock appreciation right corresponding to shares of NewCo Class A Common Stock.

 

NewCo SAR Cost” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(c).

 

NewCo Stock Value” means the “Unaffected ANGI Price” (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

 

Outstanding NewCo Voting Securities” means the then-outstanding equity securities of NewCo entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

 

Non-Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04(b).

 

Option” when immediately preceded by “IAC” means an option (either nonqualified or incentive) to purchase shares of IAC Common Stock pursuant to the IAC Long-Term Incentive Plan.  When immediately preceded by “NewCo,” Option means an option (either nonqualified or incentive) to purchase shares of NewCo Common Stock following the Contribution Effective Time pursuant to the HomeAdvisor, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan or the NewCo Long-Term Incentive Plan.

 

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

 

Party” and “Parties” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Plan Milestone Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).

 

Person” has the meaning given that term in the Contribution Agreement.

 

RSU” (a) when immediately preceded by “IAC,” means units issued under an IAC Benefit 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 “NewCo,” means units issued under a NewCo Benefit Plan representing a general unsecured promise by NewCo to pay the value of shares of NewCo Class A Common Stock in cash or shares of NewCo Class A Common Stock.

 

Subsidiary” has the meaning given that term in the Contribution Agreement.

 

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Subsidiary Equity Awards” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.07.

 

Subsidiary Equity Award Cost” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.07.

 

Subsidiary Equity Plan” means any of the HomeAdvisor International, LLC 2016 Incentive Plan, the La Centrale des Marches Prives SARL 2015 Incentive Plan, the MHelpdesk, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, and the HomeStars, Inc. 2017 Incentive Plan.

 

Tax Sharing Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Contribution Agreement.

 

U.S.” means the United States of America.

 

ARTICLE II
GENERAL PRINCIPLES

 

2.01                        Employment of NewCo Employees.  All NewCo Employees shall continue to be employees of NewCo or another NewCo Entity, as the case may be, immediately after the Contribution Effective Time or the Merger Effective Time, as applicable.

 

2.02                        Assumption and Retention of Liabilities; Related Assets.

 

(a)                                 As of the Contribution 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 Excluded Assets, except to the extent specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 From and after the Contribution Effective Time, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, NewCo and the NewCo Entities shall assume or retain, as applicable, and NewCo hereby agrees to pay, perform, fulfill, and discharge, in due course in full, (i) all Liabilities under all NewCo Benefit Plans, (ii) all Liabilities with respect to the employment or termination of employment of all NewCo Employees and Former NewCo 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 NewCo Entity, and (iii) any other Liabilities expressly assigned to NewCo or any NewCo Entity under this Agreement.

 

2.03                        Commercially Reasonable Efforts.  IAC and NewCo shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (a) enter into any necessary agreements 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 NewCo Benefit Plans.

 

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2.04                        Regulatory Compliance.  IAC and NewCo 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.

 

2.05                        Adoption of NewCo Long-Term Incentive Plan.  Prior to the Contribution Effective Time, IAC shall cause NewCo to adopt the NewCo Long-Term Incentive Plan.

 

ARTICLE III
RETIREMENT PLANS

 

3.01                        IAC 401(k) Plan.

 

(a)                                 From the Contribution Effective Time and continuing until such time as NewCo ceases to be a member of a “controlled group of corporations” (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) that includes IAC (such date, the “Plan Milestone Date”), NewCo 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 NewCo Employees and Former NewCo 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 Plan Milestone Date, NewCo shall make timely direct contributions (including matching contributions) to the IAC 401(k) Plan on behalf of such NewCo 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 Contribution Effective Time.  Each of the Parties agrees that, within six months following the Distribution Date, the trustee of the IAC 401(k) Plan shall sell all shares of NewCo Common Stock held in the accounts of IAC Employees and Former IAC Employees.  On and after the Distribution Date and until the completion of the sales contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, shares of NewCo Common Stock shall be held in a NewCo Common Stock Fund under the IAC 401(k) Plan.  Following the Distribution Date, IAC Employees and Former IAC Employees shall not be permitted to acquire shares of NewCo Common Stock under the IAC 401(k) Plan.

 

(b)                                 Effective as of the Plan Milestone Date, NewCo shall establish the NewCo 401(k) Plan and the NewCo 401(k) Plan Trust.  As soon as practical following the establishment of the NewCo 401(k) Plan and the NewCo 401(k) Plan Trust, IAC shall cause the accounts of the NewCo Employees and Former NewCo Employees in the IAC 401(k) Plan to be transferred to the NewCo 401(k) Plan and the NewCo 401(k) Plan Trust in cash or such other assets as mutually agreed by IAC and NewCo, and NewCo shall cause the NewCo 401(k) Plan to assume and be solely responsible for all Liabilities under the NewCo 401(k) Plan to or relating to NewCo Employees and Former NewCo Employees whose accounts are transferred from the IAC 401(k) Plan.  IAC and NewCo agree to cooperate in making all appropriate filings and taking all reasonable actions required to implement the provisions of this Section 3.01; provided that NewCo acknowledges that it will be responsible for complying with any requirements and applying for any determination letters with respect to the NewCo 401(k) Plan.  Each of the

 

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Parties agrees that, within six months following the Distribution Date, the trustee of the NewCo 401(k) Plan shall sell all shares of IAC Common Stock held in the accounts of NewCo Employees and Former NewCo Employees.  On and after the Distribution Date and until the completion of the sales contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, shares of IAC Common Stock shall be held in an IAC Common Stock Fund under the NewCo 401(k) Plan.  Following the Distribution Date, NewCo Employees and Former NewCo Employees shall not be permitted to acquire shares of IAC Common Stock under the NewCo 401(k) Plan.

 

(c)                                  IAC and NewCo shall assume sole responsibility for ensuring that their respective 401(k) plans are maintained in compliance with applicable laws with respect to holding shares of their respective common stock and common stock of the other Party.

 

ARTICLE IV
HEALTH AND WELFARE PLANS

 

4.01                        H&W Continuation Period.

 

(a)                                 From and after the Contribution Effective Time until the Plan Milestone Date (such period, the “H&W Continuation Period”), IAC shall cause the IAC Health and Welfare Plans in effect at the Contribution Effective Time to provide coverage to HomeAdvisor Employees, Former HomeAdvisor Employees, and any newly hired NewCo Employees (and, in each case, their beneficiaries and dependents) on the same basis as immediately prior to the Contribution Effective Time and in accordance with the terms of IAC’s Health and Welfare Plans.

 

(b)                                 From and after the Merger Effective Time, NewCo shall cause the Company to provide coverage to Company Employees and Former Company Employees under the Company’s health and welfare plans as in effect immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time and until such time (the “H&W Transition Date”) as IAC causes those Company Employees and Former Company Employees who so qualify to participate in IAC’s Health and Welfare Plans.

 

(c)                                  Following the Contribution Effective Time, NewCo shall pay to IAC fees in respect of IAC covering NewCo Employees and Former NewCo Employees under the IAC Health and Welfare Plans, with such fees to be based on the per-employee budgeted rates set forth in Schedule I to this Agreement (as such schedule may be updated by IAC in its sole discretion each calendar year to reflect the updated rates applicable to IAC employees generally).  The fees contemplated by this Section 4.01(c) 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; provided, however, that the fees relating to the period from and including the first day of the month during which the Contribution Effective Time occurs through the end of the month during which the Contribution Effective Time occurs shall be payable no later than the fifth Business Day following the Contribution Effective Time.  In the event that NewCo fails to pay in a timely manner the fees contemplated by this Section 4.01(c), IAC shall have no obligation to provide

 

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the coverage contemplated by this Section 4.01 to the applicable NewCo Employees and Former NewCo Employees.

 

(d)                                 Following the end of each calendar year (or portion thereof) during the H&W Continuation Period, but not later than 150 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 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 NewCo the Annual H&W Expenses following such calculation.  To the extent Annual H&W Expenses (i) exceed the aggregate fees paid by IAC and NewCo in respect of coverage during the applicable calendar year of IAC Employees and Former IAC Employees and NewCo Employees and Former NewCo Employees (the “Annual H&W Fees”), NewCo shall pay to IAC by wire transfer its ratable portion (calculated on the basis of the number of NewCo Employees  participating in the IAC Health and Welfare Plans relative to the total number of IAC Employees and NewCo Employees taken together and participating in such plans) of the fees deficit, and (ii) are less than the Annual H&W Fees, IAC shall pay to NewCo its ratable portion (calculated on the basis of the number of NewCo Employees participating in the IAC Health and Welfare Plans relative to the total number of IAC Employees and NewCo Employees taken together and participating in such plans) of the excess fees collected, with 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 4.01(d) shall be final and binding upon NewCo and the calculations contemplated by this Section 4.01(d) shall be adjusted to take into account any calendar year in which participation by NewCo Employees and Former NewCo Employees in the IAC Health and Welfare Plans is for less than the full calendar year.

 

4.02                        Establishment of NewCo Health and Welfare Plans.

 

(a)                                 Effective as of the Plan Milestone Date, NewCo shall adopt Health and Welfare Plans for the benefit of NewCo Employees and Former NewCo Employees, and NewCo 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 NewCo Employees and Former NewCo Employees or their covered dependents under the NewCo Health and Welfare Plans on or after the Plan Milestone Date.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.02, with respect to any NewCo Employee who becomes disabled under the terms of the IAC Health and Welfare Plans and becomes entitled to receive long- or short-term disability benefits prior to the Plan Milestone Date, such NewCo Employee shall continue to receive long- or short-term disability benefits under the IAC Health and Welfare Plans on and after the Plan Milestone Date in accordance with the terms of the IAC Health and Welfare Plans.

 

4.03                        Retention of Sponsorship and Liabilities.

 

(a)                                 Following the Contribution Effective Time, IAC shall retain:

 

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(i)                                     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 Contribution Effective Time with respect to such plans; and

 

(ii)                                  all Liabilities under the IAC Health and Welfare Plans, subject to the obligations of NewCo described in Section 4.01.

 

IAC shall not assume any Liability under any NewCo Health and Welfare Plan, and all such claims shall be satisfied pursuant to Section 4.03(b).

 

(b)                                 Following the Contribution Effective Time, NewCo shall retain:

 

(i)                                     sponsorship of all NewCo 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 Contribution Effective Time with respect to such plans; and

 

(ii)                                  all Liabilities under the NewCo Health and Welfare Plans.

 

4.04                        Flexible Benefit Plan.  IAC will continue to maintain on behalf of NewCo Employees the health care reimbursement program, the transit and parking reimbursement program, and the dependent care reimbursement program of the IAC Flexible Benefit Plan for claims incurred prior to the Plan Milestone Date on the same basis as immediately prior to the Contribution Effective Time and in accordance with the terms of the IAC Flexible Benefit Plan.  Following the Contribution Effective Time and until such time as NewCo ceases to participate in the IAC Flexible Benefit Plan and has satisfied all of its obligations thereunder, NewCo shall pay to IAC the amounts claimed by NewCo Employees under the IAC Flexible Benefit Plan in addition to NewCo’s share of the administrative cost of the IAC Flexible Benefit Plan (based on IAC historical allocations), with such amounts to be paid by NewCo 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 NewCo shall remit payment to IAC no later than the fifth Business Day following delivery by IAC of an invoice to NewCo.  NewCo Employees shall not participate in the IAC Flexible Benefit Plan on or after the Plan Milestone Date.

 

4.05                        Workers’ Compensation Liabilities.  All workers’ compensation Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from any claim by an IAC Employee, Former IAC Employee, HomeAdvisor Employee, or Former HomeAdvisor Employee that results from an accident occurring, or from an occupational disease that becomes manifest, on or before the Contribution Effective Time shall be retained by IAC; provided, however, that NewCo promptly shall reimburse IAC for any such Liabilities relating to HomeAdvisor Employees or Former HomeAdvisor Employees borne by IAC following the Contribution Effective Time.  All workers’ compensation Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from any claim by an IAC Employee or Former IAC Employee that results from an accident occurring, or from an occupational disease that becomes manifest, on or after the Contribution Effective Time shall be retained by IAC.  All workers’ compensation Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from any claim by (a) a Company Employee or Former Company Employee, whether resulting

 

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from an accident occurring, or from an occupational disease that becomes manifest prior to, on, or after the Merger Effective Time, and (b) any other NewCo Employee or Former NewCo Employee that results from an accident occurring, or from an occupational disease which becomes manifest, on or after the Contribution Effective Time, in each case, shall be retained by NewCo.  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, NewCo, and the other NewCo Entities shall cooperate with respect to any notification to appropriate governmental agencies of the effective time and the issuance of new, or the transfer of existing, workers’ compensation insurance policies and claims handling contracts.

 

4.06                        Payroll Taxes and Reporting of Compensation.  IAC and NewCo shall, and shall cause the other IAC Entities and the other NewCo Entities to, respectively, take such action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to minimize Liabilities related to payroll taxes after the Contribution Effective Time.  IAC and NewCo shall, and shall cause the other IAC Entities and the other NewCo 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 Contribution Effective Time.

 

ARTICLE V
EXECUTIVE BENEFITS

 

5.01                        Assumption of Obligations.  Except as provided in this Agreement, effective as of the Contribution Effective Time, NewCo shall assume and be solely responsible for all Liabilities to or relating to NewCo Employees and Former NewCo Employees under all IAC Executive Benefit Plans and NewCo Executive Benefit Plans.  The Parties agree that none of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement or any of the Other Ancillary Agreements, including this Agreement, constitutes a “change in control,” “change of control,” or similar term, as applicable, within the meaning of any Benefit Plan, the IAC Long-Term Incentive Plan, or the NewCo Long-Term Incentive Plan, except as provided in any Benefit Plan sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

5.02                        IAC Incentive Plans.

 

(a)                                 NewCo shall be responsible for determining all bonus awards that would otherwise be payable under the IAC Incentive Plans to NewCo Employees for the fiscal year in which the Contribution Effective Time occurs.  NewCo also shall determine for NewCo Employees (i) the extent to which established performance criteria (as interpreted by NewCo, in its sole discretion) have been met, and (ii) the payment level for each NewCo Employee.  NewCo shall assume all Liabilities with respect to any such bonus awards payable to NewCo Employees for the fiscal year in which the Contribution Effective Time occurs and thereafter.

 

(b)                                 IAC shall retain all Liabilities with respect to any bonus awards payable under the IAC Incentive Plans to IAC Employees for the year in which the Contribution Effective Time occurs and thereafter.

 

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5.03                        Employment Agreements.  Any employment agreement between an IAC Entity, on the one hand, and a NewCo Employee or Former NewCo Employee, on the other hand, shall as of the Contribution Effective Time be assigned by such IAC Entity to a NewCo Entity and assumed by such NewCo Entity.

 

5.04                        Severance.  A NewCo 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 Contribution Agreement or the Merger Agreement.  NewCo 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 NewCo Employee or Former NewCo Employee’s employment that occurs prior to, as a result of, in connection with, or following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement or the Merger 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).

 

5.05                        HA SARs.

 

(a)                                 As determined by the Board of Directors of HomeAdvisor, Inc. pursuant to its authority under the HA Long-Term Incentive Plan, each HA SAR held by a NewCo Employee or a Former NewCo Employee shall be converted into a NewCo SAR and shall otherwise be subject to the same terms and conditions after the Contribution Effective Time as the terms and conditions applicable to such HA SAR immediately prior to the Contribution Effective Time; provided, however, that from and after the Contribution Effective Time:  (i) the number of shares of NewCo Class A Common Stock subject to such NewCo SAR, rounded down to the nearest whole share, shall be equal to the product of (A) the number of shares of HA Common Stock subject to such HA SAR immediately prior to the Contribution Effective Time multiplied by (B) the NewCo Ratio, (ii) the per share exercise price of such NewCo SAR, rounded up to the nearest whole cent, shall be equal to the quotient of (A) the per share exercise price of such HA SAR immediately prior to the Contribution Effective Time divided by (B) the NewCo Ratio, and (iii) each NewCo SAR converted pursuant to this Section 5.05(a) shall be exercisable and shall be settled in a manner consistent with stock appreciation rights of a publicly traded company as set forth in the NewCo Long-Term Incentive Plan (with such modifications and lock-up periods as may be reasonably determined by the Board from time to time).  Following the Contribution Effective Time, for any award adjusted under this Section 5.05(a), any reference to a “change in control,” “change of control,” or similar definition in an award agreement, employment agreement, or the HA Long-Term Incentive Plan shall be deemed to refer to a NewCo Change in Control.

 

(b)                                 NewCo agrees that it shall maintain on a continuous basis an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (and maintain the prospectus contained therein for its intended use) with respect to the shares of NewCo Class A Common Stock authorized for issuance under the HA Long-Term Incentive Plan.

 

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(c)                                  To the extent that IAC elects to settle any NewCo SARs in shares of IAC Common Stock pursuant to the NewCo Long-Term Incentive Plan, NewCo will reimburse IAC in an amount equal to the taxable income that arises from the settlement of such NewCo SARs (the “NewCo SAR Cost”) by issuing to IAC (or its designee) additional shares of NewCo Class A Common Stock having a value equal to the NewCo SAR Cost, based on the closing price of NewCo Class A Common Stock on the date of settlement.  NewCo shall be entitled to any compensation deduction corresponding to the NewCo SAR Cost.

 

5.06                        IAC Equity Awards.

 

(a)                                 NewCo shall reimburse IAC for the cost of any IAC RSUs or IAC Options held by NewCo Employees or Former NewCo Employees that vest (in the case of IAC RSUs) or are exercised (in the case of IAC Options) on or after the Contribution Effective Time, with such cost equal to the taxable income that arises from the applicable vesting or exercise event (the “IAC Award Cost”).  No later than five Business Days following invoice therefor, NewCo shall pay to IAC (or its designee) the IAC Award Cost in, at IAC’s election, either cash or in shares of NewCo Class B Common Stock having a value equal to the IAC Award Cost, based on the closing price of NewCo Class A Common Stock on the applicable vesting or exercise date; provided, however, that following such time as IAC ceases to own shares representing a majority of the combined voting power of the Outstanding NewCo Voting Securities, NewCo shall make such payment in cash.  NewCo shall be entitled to any compensation deduction corresponding to the IAC Award Cost.

 

(b)                                 The Compensation Committee of the IAC Board of Directors will have the exclusive authority to determine the treatment of outstanding IAC equity awards in the event of a Distribution and NewCo agrees to assume any equity awards denominated in shares of IAC Common Stock that are converted into equity awards denominated in shares of NewCo Class A Common Stock in connection with any such Distribution.

 

5.07                        Subsidiary Equity Awards.  With respect to any stock-settled equity awards granted pursuant to a Subsidiary Equity Plan (the “Subsidiary Equity Awards”) that are settled prior to such time as IAC ceases to own shares representing a majority of the combined voting power of the Outstanding NewCo Voting Securities, IAC may require those awards to be settled in either shares of IAC Common Stock or in shares of NewCo Class A Common Stock.  To the extent that IAC elects to settle the Subsidiary Equity Awards in shares of IAC Common Stock, NewCo will reimburse IAC in an amount equal to the taxable income that arises from the settlement of the Subsidiary Equity Awards (the “Subsidiary Equity Award Cost”) by issuing to IAC (or its designee) additional shares of NewCo Class B Common Stock having a value equal to the Subsidiary Equity Award Cost, based on the closing price of NewCo Class A Common Stock on the date of settlement.  NewCo shall be entitled to any compensation deduction corresponding to the Subsidiary Equity Award Cost.

 

ARTICLE VI
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

 

6.01                        Sharing of Participant Information.  IAC and NewCo shall share, and IAC shall cause each other IAC Entity to share, and NewCo shall cause each other NewCo Entity to share

 

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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 NewCo Benefit Plans and the IAC Benefit Plans.  IAC and NewCo and their respective authorized agents shall, subject to applicable 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 Contribution Effective Time, all participant information shall be provided in the manner and medium applicable to Participating Companies in IAC Benefit Plans generally, and thereafter through the end of the H&W Continuation Period, all participant information shall be provided in a manner and medium as may be mutually agreed to by IAC and NewCo.

 

6.02                        Reasonable Efforts/Cooperation.  Each of the Parties 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 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.

 

6.03                        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 Contribution 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 NewCo or any other NewCo Entity, at any time after the Contribution Effective Time, from amending, merging, modifying, terminating, eliminating, reducing, or otherwise altering in any respect any NewCo Benefit Plan, any benefit under any Benefit Plan, or any trust, insurance policy or funding vehicle related to any NewCo Benefit Plan.

 

6.04                        Audit Rights with Respect to Information Provided.

 

(a)                                 Each of IAC and NewCo, and their duly authorized representatives, shall have the right to conduct reasonable audits 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 6.04.  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 Contribution 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

 

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findings and to comment on those findings in writing within 30 Business Days after receiving such draft.

 

(b)                                 The Auditing Party’s audit rights under this Section 6.04 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.

 

6.05                        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.

 

6.06                        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 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 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.

 

ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS

 

7.01                        Effectiveness.  If the Contribution Agreement is terminated prior to the Contribution 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 Contribution Effective Time, or otherwise in connection with the Contribution, shall not be taken or occur except to the extent specifically agreed by IAC and NewCo.

 

7.02                        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

 

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herein, and no act of the Parties, shall be deemed to create any relationship between the Parties other than the relationship set forth herein.

 

7.03                        Affiliates.  Each of IAC and NewCo 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 NewCo Entity, respectively.

 

7.04                        Incorporation of Contribution Agreement Provisions.  The following provisions of the Contribution 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 7.04 to an “Article” or “Section” shall mean Articles or Sections of the Contribution Agreement, and references in the material incorporated herein by reference shall be references to the Contribution Agreement):  Article 5 (relating to Mutual Releases; Indemnification; Insurance); Article 6 (relating to Exchange of Information; Confidentiality); Article 7 (relating to Dispute Resolution); Section 8.01 (relating to Further Assurances); Article 9 (relating to Termination); and Article 10 (relating to Miscellaneous).

 

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

 

 

IAC/INTERACTIVECORP

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Name: Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Name: Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Title: Vice President and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Employee Matters Agreement]

 


Exhibit 2.6

INTERCOMPANY NOTE

 

Date:  September 29, 2017

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ANGI Homeservices Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of IAC Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Lender”), in lawful money of the United States of America, the principal amount of this intercompany note (this “Note”), which amount the Borrower has borrowed from the Lender on or following the date hereof pursuant to this Note, together with interest and any additional principal and other amounts as provided herein.

 

1.                   Principal.  The Lender shall, pursuant to Section 5.16 of that certain agreement and plan of merger by and among the Borrower, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Angie’s List, Inc. and Casa Merger Sub, Inc., dated as of May 1, 2017 (the “Merger Agreement”), on the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement), advance amounts under this Note in United States Dollars required to pay off all amounts outstanding (including accrued and unpaid interest, related fees and expenses) under the Company Credit Agreement (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (the “Closing Date Advance”), which Closing Date Advance may be made directly from the Lender to the administrative agent under the Company Credit Agreement on behalf of the Borrower.  The Lender may, in its sole discretion, advance further amounts under this Note in United States Dollars from time to time following a written request by the Borrower (each such advance and the Closing Date Advance, an “Advance”, and the date of each Advance, an “Advance Date”).  The Lender shall endorse Schedule A hereto to reflect the date and amount of each Advance made under this Note, and the date and amount of any payment or prepayment of principal hereof; provided that the failure of the Lender to make any such endorsement (or any error in such endorsement) shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder. Each such endorsement shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information endorsed, in the absence of manifest error.

 

2.                   Interest.  Interest in respect of any Advance shall accrue from the Advance Date with respect to such Advance on the unpaid principal balance of such Advance at a per annum rate equal to the sum of (i) the Eurocurrency Rate (as defined in that certain amended and restated credit agreement, dated as of October 7, 2015, among IAC/InterActiveCorp, as borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent, the issuing banks, the lenders and the other parties thereto, as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or refinanced or replaced from time to time (the  “IAC Credit Agreement”)) on the date of incurrence of such Advance (using a  three (3) month  Interest Period (as defined in the IAC Credit Agreement) unless the parties otherwise agree); provided that if no IAC Credit

 



 

Agreement exists the Lender shall use the definition as if the IAC Credit Agreement most recently in effect remained in effect plus (ii) 3.25%.

 

3.                   Due Date.  The unpaid principal amount of this Note, together with accrued and unpaid interest, shall become due and payable in full in cash in the currency in which it was borrowed on September 29, 2024 (the “Maturity Date”).

 

4.                   Prepayment.

 

(a) Voluntary.  At any time prior to the Maturity Date and with five (5) days’ prior notice (unless the Lender agrees to a shorter notice period), the Borrower may pay, without penalty or premium, the outstanding principal amount of this Note in whole or in part, together with accrued and unpaid interest.

 

(b)                                 Mandatory.  If the Borrower shall, or shall permit any of its subsidiaries to, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any indebtedness for borrowed money or any guarantee of such indebtedness, other than indebtedness owing under this Note, in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000 (or if such indebtedness is denominated in any currency other than United States Dollars, in an aggregate principal amount which, when converted into United States Dollars at customary currency exchange rates in effect at the time of such incurrence, would exceed $25,000,000), then, on the date of receipt of the net cash proceeds of any such indebtedness by the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries, such net cash proceeds shall be used to pay, without premium or penalty, the outstanding principal amount of this Note in whole, together with accrued and unpaid interest.  The Lender may decline such prepayment in its sole discretion.

 

If a Change of Control shall occur, the Borrower shall pay on the date of such Change of Control, without premium or penalty, the outstanding principal amount of this Note in whole, together with accrued and unpaid interest.  Change of Control shall mean any of the following events:

 

i.                  the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries or all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than a Permitted Holder;

 

ii.               the acquisition of beneficial ownership by any person or group (excluding any one or more Permitted Holders or group Controlled by any one or more Permitted Holders) of more than 35% of the aggregate voting power of all outstanding classes

 

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or series of the Borrower’s Voting Stock and such aggregate voting power exceeds the aggregate voting power of all outstanding classes or series of the Borrower’s Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders collectively;

 

iii.            during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the board of directors of the Borrower (together with any new directors whose election by the board of directors or whose nomination for election by the equityholders of the Borrower was approved by a vote of the majority of the directors of the Borrower then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Borrower’s board of directors then in office;

 

iv.           Borrower shall adopt a plan of liquidation or dissolution or any such plan shall be approved by the stockholders of the Borrower; or

 

v.              any one or more Permitted Holders or group Controlled by any one or more Permitted Holders ceases to hold at least 50% of the aggregate voting power of all outstanding classes or series of the Borrower’s Voting Stock.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction in which the Borrower becomes a subsidiary of another Person (other than a Person that is an individual or a Permitted Holder) shall not constitute a Change of Control if the shareholders of the Borrower immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, the same proportion of voting power of the outstanding classes or series of the Borrower’s voting stock as such shareholders beneficially own immediately following the consummation of such transaction.

 

For purposes of this definition, a Person shall not be deemed to have beneficial ownership of securities subject to a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement.

 

The following capitalized terms used in this Section 4(b) have the meaning set forth below.

 

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

 

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Persons referred to in clause (a) or (b) or the holdings of which are for the primary benefit of any of such Persons.

 

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlled” has a meaning correlative thereto.

 

Permitted Holders” means any one or more of (a) IAC/InterActiveCorp and its wholly owned subsidiaries, (b) Barry Diller, (c) each of the respective Affiliated Persons of the Person referred to in clause (b) and (d) any Person a majority of the aggregate voting power of all the outstanding classes or series of the equity securities of which are beneficially owned by any one or more of the Persons referred to in clauses (a), (b) or (c).

 

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.

 

Voting Stock” means the stock of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors (or other similar governing body) of such entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

 

(c)     Manner of Application.                 Payments made pursuant to this Note shall be applied first to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest and then to the payment of unpaid principal amounts of the then-outstanding Advances.

 

5.                   Place of Payment.  Payment under this Note shall be made to the Lender in lawful money of the United States of America by wire transfer to such account or accounts as the Lender may direct by written notice to the Borrower.

 

6.                   Waivers.  The Borrower hereby waives diligence, presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, or protest.  No delay or failure by the Lender to exercise any right or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise by the Lender of any right or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof.

 

7.                   Default.  In the event that the Borrower shall fail to pay when due any amount payable hereunder

 

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(any such event, a “Default”), the outstanding principal amount of the Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, shall become due and payable immediately and automatically in cash in the currency in which it was borrowed.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default, interest in respect of each Advance and other outstanding amounts shall accrue at 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate in effect for such Advance (or the Advance to which such outstanding amount relates) and shall be payable in cash on demand in the currency in which they were borrowed.

 

8.                   Expenses.  The Borrower shall also promptly reimburse the Lender for the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred by the Lender in enforcing its rights hereunder.

 

9.                   Binding Effect.  The promises, terms, and conditions contained in this Note shall be binding upon the Borrower and the Borrower’s successors and assigns.

 

10.            Usury Savings.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Lender shall never be entitled to receive as interest on the obligation evidenced hereby any amount in excess of the maximum rate of interest permitted to be charged by applicable law; and in the event that the Lender ever receives any such excess, such amount which would be excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal sum hereof, and if the principal sum is paid in full, any remaining excess shall forthwith be paid to the Borrower.

 

11.            Amendments; Waivers.  No amendment, supplement, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Note shall be effective without the written consent of the Lender and the Borrower.

 

Governing Law.  This Note shall be construed in accordance with and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

 

12.            Notices.  Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be properly given only if in writing and if sent by overnight courier, delivered by hand or sent by email to the following address, or such other address as shall subsequently be provided by a party:

 

If to the Lender:

 

IAC Group, LLC

c/o IAC/InterActiveCorp

555 West 18th Street

New York, New York 10011

Email:                                   

 

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Attention:                

 

 

With a copy to:

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp

555 West 18th Street

New York, New York 10011

Email:                                   

Attention:                

 

If to Borrower to:

 

ANGI Homeservices Inc.

c/oIAC/InterActiveCorp

555 West 18th Street

New York, New York 10011

Email:                                   

Attention:                

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower hereby executes this Note as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Name: Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Title: Vice President and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Intercompany Note]

 



 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED:

 

 

 

 

 

IAC GROUP, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BY:

/S/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

NAME: Gregg Winiarski

 

 

TITLE: Manager

 

 

[Signature Page to Intercompany Note]

 


Exhibit 2.7

 

INTERCOMPANY NOTE

 

Date:  September 29, 2017

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ANGI Homeservices Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the order of IAC Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Lender”), in lawful money of the United States of America, the principal amount of this intercompany note (this “Note”), which amount the Borrower has borrowed from the Lender on or following the date hereof pursuant to this Note, together with interest and any additional principal and other amounts as provided herein.

 

1.      Principal.  The Lender shall, on the date hereof, advance $15,000,000 to the Borrower for the working capital purposes of the Borrower and its subsidiaries (the “Closing Date Advance”).  The Lender may, in its sole discretion, advance further amounts under this Note in United States Dollars from time to time following a written request by the Borrower (each such advance and the Closing Date Advance, an “Advance”, and the date of each Advance, an “Advance Date”).  The Lender shall endorse Schedule A hereto to reflect the date and amount of each Advance made under this Note, and the date and amount of any payment or prepayment of principal hereof; provided that the failure of the Lender to make any such endorsement (or any error in such endorsement) shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder. Each such endorsement shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information endorsed, in the absence of manifest error.

 

2.      Interest.  Interest in respect of any Advance shall accrue from the Advance Date with respect to such Advance on the unpaid principal balance of such Advance at a per annum rate equal to the sum of (i) the Eurocurrency Rate (as defined in that certain amended and restated credit agreement, dated as of October 7, 2015, among IAC/InterActiveCorp, as borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent, the issuing banks, the lenders and the other parties thereto, as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or refinanced or replaced from time to time (the  “IAC Credit Agreement”)) on the date of incurrence of such Advance (using a  three (3) month  Interest Period (as defined in the IAC Credit Agreement) unless the parties otherwise agree); provided that if no IAC Credit Agreement exists the Lender shall use the definition as if the IAC Credit Agreement most recently in effect remained in effect plus (ii) 3.25%.

 

3.      Due Date.  The unpaid principal amount of this Note, together with accrued and unpaid interest, shall become due and payable in full in cash in the currency in which it was borrowed on September 29, 2024

 



 

(the “Maturity Date”).

 

4.      Prepayment.

 

(a) Voluntary.  At any time prior to the Maturity Date and with five (5) days’ prior notice (unless the Lender agrees to a shorter notice period), the Borrower may pay, without penalty or premium, the outstanding principal amount of this Note in whole or in part, together with accrued and unpaid interest.

 

(b)           Mandatory.  If the Borrower shall, or shall permit any of its subsidiaries to, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for any indebtedness for borrowed money or any guarantee of such indebtedness, other than indebtedness owing under this Note, in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25,000,000 (or if such indebtedness is denominated in any currency other than United States Dollars, in an aggregate principal amount which, when converted into United States Dollars at customary currency exchange rates in effect at the time of such incurrence, would exceed $25,000,000), then, on the date of receipt of the net cash proceeds of any such indebtedness by the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries, such net cash proceeds shall be used to pay, without premium or penalty, the outstanding principal amount of this Note in whole, together with accrued and unpaid interest.  The Lender may decline such prepayment in its sole discretion.

 

If a Change of Control shall occur, the Borrower shall pay on the date of such Change of Control, without premium or penalty, the outstanding principal amount of this Note in whole, together with accrued and unpaid interest.  Change of Control shall mean any of the following events:

 

i.                  the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than a Permitted Holder;

 

ii.               the acquisition of beneficial ownership by any person or group (excluding any one or more Permitted Holders or group Controlled by any one or more Permitted Holders) of more than 35% of the aggregate voting power of all outstanding classes or series of the Borrower’s Voting Stock and such aggregate voting power exceeds the aggregate voting power of all outstanding classes or series of the Borrower’s Voting Stock beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders collectively;

 

iii.            during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the board of directors of the Borrower (together with any

 

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new directors whose election by the board of directors or whose nomination for election by the equityholders of the Borrower was approved by a vote of the majority of the directors of the Borrower then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Borrower’s board of directors then in office;

 

iv.           the Borrower shall adopt a plan of liquidation or dissolution or any such plan shall be approved by the stockholders of the Borrower; or

 

v.              any one or more Permitted Holders or group Controlled by any one or more Permitted Holders ceases to hold at least 50% of the aggregate voting power of all outstanding classes or series of the Borrower’s Voting Stock.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction in which the Borrower becomes a subsidiary of another Person (other than a Person that is an individual or a Permitted Holder) shall not constitute a Change of Control if the shareholders of the Borrower immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, the same proportion of voting power of the outstanding classes or series of the Borrower’s voting stock as such shareholders beneficially own immediately following the consummation of such transaction.

 

For purposes of this definition, a Person shall not be deemed to have beneficial ownership of securities subject to a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement.

 

The following capitalized terms used in this Section 4(b) have the meaning set forth below.

 

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

 

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.  “Controlled” has a meaning correlative thereto.

 

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Permitted Holders” means any one or more of (a) IAC/InterActiveCorp and its wholly owned subsidiaries, (b) Barry Diller, (c) each of the respective Affiliated Persons of the Person referred to in clause (b) and (d) any Person a majority of the aggregate voting power of all the outstanding classes or series of the equity securities of which are beneficially owned by any one or more of the Persons referred to in clauses (a), (b) or (c).

 

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.

 

Voting Stock” means the stock of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors (or other similar governing body) of such entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

 

(c)  Manner of Application.      Payments made pursuant to this Note shall be applied first to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest and then to the payment of unpaid principal amounts of the then-outstanding Advances.

 

5.      Place of Payment.  Payment under this Note shall be made to the Lender in lawful money of the United States of America by wire transfer to such account or accounts as the Lender may direct by written notice to the Borrower.

 

6.      Waivers.  The Borrower hereby waives diligence, presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, or protest.  No delay or failure by the Lender to exercise any right or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise by the Lender of any right or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof.

 

7.      Default.  In the event that the Borrower shall fail to pay when due any amount payable hereunder (any such event, a “Default”), the outstanding principal amount of the Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, shall become due and payable immediately and automatically in cash in the currency in which it was borrowed.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default, interest in respect of each Advance and other outstanding amounts shall accrue at 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate in effect for such Advance (or the Advance to which such outstanding amount relates) and shall be payable in cash on demand in the currency in which they were borrowed.

 

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8.      Expenses.  The Borrower shall also promptly reimburse the Lender for the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred by the Lender in enforcing its rights hereunder.

 

9.      Binding Effect.  The promises, terms, and conditions contained in this Note shall be binding upon the Borrower and the Borrower’s successors and assigns.

 

10.    Usury Savings.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Lender shall never be entitled to receive as interest on the obligation evidenced hereby any amount in excess of the maximum rate of interest permitted to be charged by applicable law; and in the event that the Lender ever receives any such excess, such amount which would be excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal sum hereof, and if the principal sum is paid in full, any remaining excess shall forthwith be paid to the Borrower.

 

11.    Amendments; Waivers.  No amendment, supplement, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Note shall be effective without the written consent of the Lender and the Borrower.

 

Governing Law.  This Note shall be construed in accordance with and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

 

12.    NoticesAny notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be properly given only if in writing and if sent by overnight courier, delivered by hand or sent by email to the following address, or such other address as shall subsequently be provided by a party:

 

If to the Lender:

 

IAC Group, LLC

c/o IAC/InterActiveCorp

555 West 18th Street

New York, New York 10011

Email:           

Attention:     

 

With a copy to:

 

IAC/InterActiveCorp

555 West 18th Street

New York, New York 10011

Email:           

 

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Attention:     

 

If to Borrower to:

 

ANGI Homeservices Inc.

c/oIAC/InterActiveCorp

555 West 18th Street

New York, New York 10011

Email:           

Attention:     

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower hereby executes this Note as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Name: Gregg Winiarski  

 

 

Title: Vice President and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Intercompany Note]

 



 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IAC GROUP, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BY:

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

NAME:  Gregg Winiarski

 

 

TITLE:  Manager

 

 

[Signature Page to Intercompany Note]

 


Exhibit 3.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

It is hereby certified that:

 

1.                                      The name of the Corporation is ANGI Homeservices Inc., which was originally incorporated under the name “Halo TopCo, Inc.”

 

2.                                      The date of filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware was April 13, 2017.

 

3.                                      This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation has been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and Stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and by the written consent of its Stockholders in accordance with Section 228 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

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

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the Corporation is ANGI Homeservices Inc.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, 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 General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

The Corporation shall have the authority to issue 5,500,000,000 shares of stock, comprised of 2,000,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value Class A common stock, 1,500,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value Class B common stock, 1,500,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value Class C common stock, and 500,000,000 shares of $0.001 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.                                    Class A Common Stock.

 

(1)                                 The holders of shares of Class A common stock shall be entitled to receive, share for share with the holders of shares of Class B common stock and the holders of shares of Class C common stock, such dividends if, as and when declared from time to time by the Board of Directors, except as provided for in Section D of this Article IV.

 

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

 

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

 

B.                                    Class B Common Stock.

 

(1)                                 The holders of shares of Class B common stock shall be entitled to receive, share for share with the holders of shares of Class A common stock and the holders of shares of Class C common stock, such dividends if, as and when declared from time to time by the Board of Directors, except as provided for in Section D of this Article IV.

 

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

 

(3)                                 Each holder of shares 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 the subject of a written consent of the Stockholders of the Corporation.  Except as otherwise provided herein or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the holders of shares of Class A common stock and the holders of shares of Class B common stock shall at all times vote on all matters (including the election of directors of the Corporation) together as one class.

 

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C.                                    Class C Common Stock.

 

(1)                                 The holders of shares of Class C common stock shall be entitled to receive, share for share with the holders of shares of Class A common stock and 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, except as provided for in Section D of this Article IV.

 

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

 

(3)                                 Each holder of shares of Class C common stock will not be entitled to any voting powers, except as (and then only to the extent) otherwise required by the laws of the State of Delaware.  If a vote or consent of the holders of shares of Class C common stock should at any time be required by the laws of the State of Delaware on any matter, the holders of shares of Class C common stock will be entitled to one-hundredth (1/100) of a vote on such matter for each share of Class C common stock held.

 

D.                                    Dividends.

 

(1)                                 Whenever a dividend, other than a Share Distribution or an Asset Distribution (each as defined below), is paid to the holders of any class of the Corporation’s common stock then outstanding, the Corporation will also pay to the holders of each other class of the Corporation’s common stock then outstanding an equal dividend per share.  Dividends will be payable only as and when declared by the Board of Directors.

 

(2)                                 If at any time a Share Distribution is to be made with respect to any class of the Corporation’s common stock, such Share Distribution may be declared and paid only as follows:

 

(a)                                 a Share Distribution

 

(i)                                     consisting of shares of Class C common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Class C common stock) may be declared and paid to holders of shares of Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Class C common stock, on an equal per share basis, or

 

(ii)                                  consisting of (x) shares of Class A common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Class A common stock) may be declared and paid to holders of shares of Class A common stock on an equal per share basis, (y) shares of Class B common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Class B common stock) may be declared and paid to holders of shares of Class B common stock, on an equal per share basis, and (z) shares of Class C common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Class C

 

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common stock) may be declared and paid to holders of shares of Class C common stock, on an equal per share basis; or

 

(b)                                 a Share Distribution consisting of any class or series of securities of the Corporation or any other Person, other than shares of Class A common stock, Class B common stock or Class C common stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Class A common stock, Class B common stock or Class C common stock), may be declared and paid on the basis of a dividend of

 

(i)                                     identical securities, on an equal per share basis, to holders of shares of Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Class C common stock,

 

(ii)                                  a separate class or series of securities to holders of shares of Class A common stock, a separate class of securities to holders of shares of Class B common stock and a separate class or series of securities to holders of shares of Class C common stock, on an equal per share basis,

 

(iii)                               a separate class or series of securities to holders of shares of Class B common stock and a different class or series of securities to holders of shares of Class A common stock and Class C common stock, on an equal per share basis; or

 

(iv)                              a separate class or series of securities to holders of shares of Class C common stock and a different class or series of securities to holders of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, on an equal per share basis;

 

provided, that,

 

(A)                               in connection with a Share Distribution pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv),

 

(1)                                 such separate classes or series of securities (and, if the dividend consists of Convertible Securities, the Underlying Securities) do not differ in any respect other than their relative voting rights (and any related differences in designation, conversion, redemption and share distribution provisions, as applicable), with either

 

(X)                               holders of shares of Class B common stock receiving the class or series of securities having (or convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for securities having) the highest relative voting rights and the holders of shares of Class A common stock and Class C common stock receiving securities of a class or series of securities having (or convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for securities having) lesser relative voting rights, or

 

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(Y)                               holders of Class B common stock and Class A common stock receiving a class or series of securities having (or convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for securities having) the highest relative voting rights and the holders of shares of the Class C common stock receiving securities of a class or series of securities having (or convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for securities having) lesser relative voting rights,

 

in each case, without regard to whether such rights differ to a greater or lesser extent than the corresponding differences in voting rights (and any related differences in designation, conversion, redemption and share distribution, as applicable) among the shares of Class A common stock, the Class B common stock and the Class C common stock, and

 

(2)                                 in the event the securities to be received by the holders of shares of Class A common stock and Class C common stock consist of different classes or series of securities, with each such class or series of securities (or the Underlying Securities into which such class is convertible or for which such class or series is exercisable or exchangeable) differing only with respect to the relative voting rights of such class or series (and any related differences in designation, conversion, redemption and share distribution provisions, as applicable), then such classes or series of securities will be distributed to the holders of shares of each class of common stock (other than the Class B common stock) (A) as the Board of Directors determines or (B) such that the relative voting rights (and any related differences in designation, conversion, redemption and share distribution provisions, as applicable) of the class or series of securities (or the Underlying Securities) to be received by the holders of shares of each class of common stock (other than the Class B common stock) corresponds to the extent practicable to the relative voting rights (and any related differences in designation, conversion, redemption and share distribution provisions, as applicable) of such class of common stock, as compared to the other class of common stock (other than the Class B common stock), and

 

(B)                               a dividend involving a class or series of securities of a Person other than the Corporation may be treated as an Asset Distribution or as a Share Distribution as determined by the Board of Directors.

 

(3)                                 Whenever a dividend in the form of an Asset Distribution is paid to the holders of any class or classes of common stock of the Corporation then outstanding, the Corporation shall also pay a dividend, in cash and/or other property, to the holders of each other class of common stock then outstanding, on an equal per share basis (but, for the avoidance of doubt, without requiring that such dividend be identical in form), in an amount, in the case of a dividend consisting solely of cash, equal to the fair market value of such holders’ ownership interest (immediately prior to such Asset Distribution) in the assets paid as a dividend pursuant to the Asset Distribution, or having a fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors

 

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in good faith), in the case of any other dividend, equal to the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith) of such holders’ ownership interest (immediately prior to such Asset Distribution) in the assets paid as a dividend pursuant to the Asset Distribution.

 

(4)                                 For the purposes of this Article IV Section D and Article IV Section G:

 

Asset Distribution” means a dividend payable by delivery of an asset owned by the Corporation including shares of any class or series of capital stock of any Person owned by the Corporation.

 

Convertible Security” means any security which is, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise exercisable for another security.

 

Person” means (a) an individual or any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, estate, trust, association, private foundation, joint stock company or any other entity, or (b) “person” as such term is used in Section 355(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto.

 

Share Distribution” means a dividend payable (including an issuance made in connection with any stock split, reclassification or recapitalization) in shares of any class of capital stock of the Corporation or any other Person, other securities of the Corporation or any other Person (including Convertible Securities).

 

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

 

(5)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the dividend or other issuance by the Corporation of rights to purchase capital stock, other securities or property pursuant to a “poison pill” stockholder rights plan shall not be subject to this Section D of this Article IV.

 

E.                                     Other Matters Affecting Holders of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock.

 

(1)                                 Shares of Class B common stock shall be convertible into shares of Class A 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 shares of Class A common stock or Class B common stock, or in the event of any merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Corporation with another corporation.  Shares of Class A common stock and shares of Class C common stock will not be convertible into shares of any other class of capital stock of the Corporation.

 

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(2)           Upon the conversion of shares of Class B common stock into shares of Class A common stock, said shares of Class B common stock shall be retired and shall not be subject to reissue.

 

(3)           The number of authorized shares of any class of stock of the Corporation 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 Class A common stock, Class B common stock and any one or more series of Preferred Stock entitled to vote thereon, voting together as one class.

 

F.             Preferred Stock.

 

The Board of Directors shall, by resolution, designate the powers, preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the shares of Preferred Stock.

 

G.            Determinations.

 

For purposes of this Article IV, the Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to, in good faith (a) make all determinations regarding (1) whether or not a dividend is an equal dividend per share or is declared and paid on an equal per share basis and (ii) whether or not one or more classes or series of securities, Convertible Securities or Underlying Securities differ in any respect other than their relative voting rights (and any related differences in designation, conversion, redemption and share distribution provisions) and (b) interpret this Article IV and make any other determination required herein.  All such interpretations and determinations made by the Board of Directors shall be final, conclusive and binding.  The Secretary of the Corporation shall maintain a written record of any such determination made by the Board of Directors at the principal executive offices of the Corporation and a copy thereof shall be provided free of charge to any stockholder who makes a request therefor.

 

ARTICLE V

 

The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal Bylaws of the Corporation, but the Stockholders may make additional Bylaws and may alter or repeal any Bylaw 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 Bylaws 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 who had agreed to serve at the request

 

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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 Bylaws 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 the laws of the State of Delaware, 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 General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) within or 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 Bylaws 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 General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and all rights conferred upon Stockholders of the Corporation herein are granted subject to this reservation.

 

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.

 

(1)           Subject to any express agreement that may from time to time be in effect, any Dual Role Person may, and shall have no duty not to, on behalf of IAC (i) carry on and conduct, whether directly, or as a partner in any partnership, or as a joint venturer in any joint venture, or as an officer, director or stockholder of any corporation, or as a participant in any syndicate, pool, trust or association, any business of any kind, nature or description, whether or not such business is competitive with or in the same or similar lines of business as the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies, (ii) do business with any client, customer, vendor or lessor of any of the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies, and (iii) make investments in any kind of property in which the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies may make investments.

 

(2)           To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies to participate in any business of IAC, and waives any claim against a Dual Role Person and shall indemnify a Dual Role Person against any claim that such Dual Role Person is liable to the Corporation or its Stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of such Person’s participation in any such business on behalf of IAC.  The Corporation shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

(3)           To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies in (and a Dual Role Person shall not have any duty to offer or communicate information regarding) any potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both (a) IAC and (b) the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies and waives any claim against each Dual Role Person, and shall indemnify a Dual Role Person against any claim, that such Dual Role Person is liable to the Corporation or its Stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Dual Role Person (i) pursues or acquires any corporate opportunity for the account IAC, (ii) directs, recommends, sells, assigns, or otherwise transfers such corporate opportunity to IAC or (iii) does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or its Affiliated Companies; provided, however, in each case, that any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Dual Role Person solely in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies shall belong to the Corporation.  The Corporation shall pay in advance any expenses incurred in defense of such claim as provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

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

 

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contractual agreement between IAC 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, with respect to the Corporation, any Person controlled by the Corporation.

 

Dual Role Person” means each of (a) any director or officer of the Corporation who is also an officer, director, employee or other Affiliate of IAC and (b) IAC.

 

IAC” means IAC/InterActiveCorp and its Affiliates (other than the Corporation and its Affiliated Companies), successors and assigns.

 

Person” means (a) an individual or any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, estate, trust, association, private foundation joint stock company or any other entity, or (b) “person” as such term is used in Section 355(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto.

 

D.            Termination.

 

The provisions of this Article XIII shall have no further force or effect at such time as (1) the Corporation or any of its Affiliated Companies and IAC are no longer Affiliates of one another and (2) none of the directors and/or officers of IAC serve as directors and/or officers of the Corporation or 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 any of its Affiliated Companies on the one hand, and IAC, 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 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.

 

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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.

 

ARTICLE XIV

 

The Corporation shall not be governed by Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“Section 203”), and the restrictions contained in Section 203 shall not apply to the Corporation.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by its duly authorized officer this 29th day of September, 2017.

 

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Name: Gregg Winiarski

 

 

Title: Vice President

 


Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

Section 1.                                           Registered Office.  The registered office of ANGI Homeservices Inc. (the “Corporation”) shall be established and maintained at the office of The Corporation Trust Company at 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware 19801, and said Corporation Trust Company shall be the registered agent of the Corporation in charge thereof.

 

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 of the Corporation (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 Bylaws, 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

 

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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.

 

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 (1) year from the date of his election and until his successor is elected or until his earlier resignation, removal or death.  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

 

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directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their respective successors are duly elected or until their earlier resignation, removal or death.

 

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 Bylaws.

 

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 Bylaws, 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.

 

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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, she 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.

 

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 service as committee members.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 1.                                           Number and Salaries.  The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a Chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”), 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 Bylaws, any officer appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the Chairman, the Chief Executive officer (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 of Directors 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 Bylaws or as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or such committee or by the Chairman or the CEO, as the case may be.

 

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own numbers and shall preside as Chairman at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors.  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 the time of any vacancy in the office of CEO or in the event of the absence or 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 from time to time be requested by the Board of Directors.

 

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 or her 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 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 or her 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 that 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 that 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, the CEO or the Chairman 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.

 

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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 Bylaws 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.

 

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.                                           Certificates of Stock.  Shares of stock of the Corporation may be certificated or uncertificated, as provided under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.  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, 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, CEO, President, Vice President, Treasurer or Secretary on any stock certificate 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,

 

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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.  Upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated shares, such uncertificated shares shall be canceled, and issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall be made to the person entitled thereto, and the transaction shall be recorded upon the books of the Corporation.

 

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 II, 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

 

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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.

 

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.

 

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ARTICLE IX

 

WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, 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.

 

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

 

EXCLUSIVE FORUM FOR ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES

 

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim for or based on breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director or officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or to the Corporation’s stockholders, including a claim alleging the aiding and abetting of such a breach of fiduciary duty, (c) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any current or former director or officer or other employee of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware or the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws (each as may be amended from time to time), (d) any action asserting a claim relating to or involving the Corporation that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine, or (e) any action asserting an “internal corporate claim” as that term is defined in Section 115 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware shall be a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware).

 

ARTICLE XII

 

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 Bylaws, these Bylaws may

 

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be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws adopted at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by an affirmative vote of a majority of all directors.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

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 she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative is or was, at any time during which this Bylaw 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 Bylaw, 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 Bylaw 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

 

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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 Bylaw or otherwise.  The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this Bylaw 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.

 

(B)                               To obtain indemnification under this Bylaw, 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:  (i) if requested by the claimant, by Independent Counsel (as hereinafter defined), or (ii) if no request is made by the claimant for a determination by Independent Counsel, (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined), even though less than a quorum, or (b) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum, or (c) 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 (d) 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 Bylaw is not paid in full by the Corporation within thirty (30) days after a written claim pursuant to paragraph (B) of this Bylaw 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 Bylaw 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 Bylaw.

 

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

 

(F)                                 The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Bylaw (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, Bylaws, 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 Bylaw 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 or by the Chairman, 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 Bylaw with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of current or former directors and officers of the Corporation.

 

(H)                              If any provision or provisions of this Bylaw shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever:  (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Bylaw (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Bylaw 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 (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Bylaw (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Bylaw 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.

 

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(I)                                   For purposes of this Bylaw:

 

(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 Bylaw.

 

(J)                                   Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given to the Corporation under this Bylaw 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

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.
2017 STOCK AND ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Section 1.                                          Purpose; Definitions

 

The purposes of this Plan are to give the Company a competitive advantage in attracting, retaining, and motivating officers, employees, directors, and/or consultants and to provide the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates with a stock and incentive plan providing incentives directly linked to stockholder value.  Certain terms used herein have definitions given to them in the first place in which they are used.  This Plan is intended to replace the HomeAdvisor 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Prior Plan”), which Prior Plan shall be automatically terminated and replaced and superseded by this Plan upon the consummation of the Contribution, except that any awards granted under the Prior Plan (“Prior Plan Awards”) shall remain in effect under this Plan pursuant to their terms.  In addition, for purposes of this Plan, the following terms are defined as set forth below:

 

Adjusted Award” means any equity-based award granted by IAC that is converted into an equity-based award relating to the Company upon the occurrence of a spinoff of the Company from IAC.

 

Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, that Person.  As used in this definition, the term “control,” including the correlative terms “controls,” “controlled by,” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or any partnership or other ownership interest, by contract or otherwise) of a Person.

 

Applicable Exchange” means the NASDAQ Stock Market or such other securities exchange as may at the applicable time be the principal market for the Common Stock.

 

Award” means an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, other stock-based award, or Cash-Based Award granted or assumed pursuant to the terms of this Plan or the Prior Plan, including Prior Plan Awards, Subsidiary Equity Awards, and Adjusted Awards.

 

Award Agreement” means a written or electronic document or agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of a specific Award.

 

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Business Combination” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a)(iii).

 

Cash-Based Award” means an Award denominated in a dollar amount.

 

Cause” means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, (a) “Cause” as defined in any Individual Agreement to which the applicable Participant is a party, or (b) if there is no such Individual Agreement or if it does not define Cause:  (i) the willful or gross neglect by

 



 

a Participant of his or her employment duties; (ii) the plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, or conviction for, the commission of a felony offense by a Participant; (iii) a material breach by a Participant of a fiduciary duty owed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) a material breach by a Participant of any nondisclosure, nonsolicitation, or noncompetition obligation owed to the Company or any of its Affiliates; or (v) before a Change in Control, such other events as shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in a Participant’s Award Agreement.  Notwithstanding the general rule of Section 2(c), following a Change in Control, any determination by the Committee as to whether “Cause” exists shall be subject to de novo review.

 

Change in Control” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto, the Treasury Regulations thereunder, and other relevant interpretive guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service or the Treasury Department.  Reference to any specific section of the Code shall be deemed to include such regulations and guidance, as well as any successor provision of the Code.

 

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.

 

Committee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Common Stock” means Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company” means ANGI Homeservices Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its successor.

 

Contribution” has the meaning set forth in that certain Contribution Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2017, by and between IAC and the Company.

 

Corporate Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(d)(i).

 

Cure Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(c).

 

Diller Group” means Barry Diller and his Family and Affiliates.

 

Disability” means (a) “Disability” as defined in any Individual Agreement to which the Participant is a party, or (b) if there is no such Individual Agreement or it does not define “Disability,” (i) permanent and total disability as determined under the Company’s long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant, or (ii) if there is no such plan applicable to the Participant or the Committee determines otherwise in an applicable Award Agreement, “Disability” as determined by the Committee.  Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Disability shall mean Permanent and Total Disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code and, with respect to all Awards, to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code, Disability shall mean “disability” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

 

Disaffiliation” means a Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s ceasing to be a Subsidiary or Affiliate for any reason (including, without limitation, as a result of a public offering, or a spinoff or sale

 

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by the Company, of the stock of the Subsidiary or Affiliate) or a sale of a division of the Company and its Affiliates.

 

EBITA” means, for any period, operating profit (loss) plus, if applicable, (a) amortization and impairment of intangibles, (b) goodwill impairment, (c) non-cash compensation expense, (d) restructuring charges, (e) non cash write-downs of assets, (f) charges relating to disposal of lines of business, (g) litigation settlement amounts, and (h) costs incurred for proposed and completed acquisitions.

 

EBITDA” means, for any period, operating profit (loss) plus, if applicable, (a) depreciation, (b) amortization and impairment of intangibles, (c) goodwill impairment, (d) non-cash compensation expense, (e) restructuring charges, (f) non cash write-downs of assets, (g) charges relating to disposal of lines of business, (h) litigation settlement amounts, and (i) costs incurred for proposed and completed acquisitions.

 

Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 12(a).

 

Eligible Individuals” means directors, officers, employees, and consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, and prospective directors, officers, employees, and consultants who have accepted offers of employment or consultancy from the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

 

Fair Market Value” means, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the Applicable Exchange on the date of measurement, or if Shares were not traded on the Applicable Exchange on such measurement date, then on the next preceding date on which Shares were traded, all as reported by such source as the Committee may select.  If the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange, Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Committee in its good faith discretion; provided that such determination shall be made in a manner consistent with any applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

 

Family” means, with respect to a natural Person, such Person’s spouse, parents, siblings, grandparents, descendants (including adoptive relationships and stepchildren) and the spouses and descendants of such Persons.

 

Free-Standing SAR” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

 

Good Reason” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(c).

 

Grant Date” means (a) the date on which the Committee by resolution selects an Eligible Individual to receive a grant of an Award and determines the number of Shares to be subject to such Award or the formula for earning a number of shares or cash amount, (b) such later date as the Committee shall provide in such resolution, (c) the initial date on which a Prior Plan Award was granted, or (d) the initial date on which an Adjusted Award was granted by IAC.

 

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IAC” means IAC/InterActiveCorp, a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto.

 

IAC Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of IAC.

 

Incentive Stock Option” means any Option that is designated in the applicable Award Agreement as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, and that in fact so qualifies.

 

Incumbent Board” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a)(ii).

 

Individual Agreement” means an employment, consulting, or similar agreement between a Participant and the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

 

Nonqualified Option” means any Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

 

Option” means an Award described under Section 5.

 

Outside Directors” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(a).

 

Outstanding Company Voting Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a)(i).

 

Participant” means an Eligible Individual to whom an Award is or has been granted.

 

Performance Goals” means the performance goals established by the Committee in connection with the grant of an Award.  In the case of Qualified-Performance Based Awards that are intended to qualify under Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, (i) such goals shall be based on the attainment of one or any combination of the following:  specified levels of earnings per share from continuing operations, net profit after tax, EBITDA, EBITA, gross profit, cash generation, unit volume, market share, sales, asset quality, earnings per share, operating income, revenues, return on assets, return on operating assets, return on equity, profits, total stockholder return (measured in terms of stock price appreciation and/or dividend growth), cost saving levels, marketing- spending efficiency, core non-interest income, change in working capital, return on capital, and/or stock price, with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary, Affiliate, division, or department of the Company, and (ii) such Performance Goals shall be set by the Committee within the time period prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code and related regulations.  Such Performance Goals also may be based upon the attaining of specified levels of Company, Subsidiary, Affiliate, or divisional performance under one or more of the measures described above relative to the performance of other entities, divisions, or subsidiaries.

 

Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a)(i).

 

Plan” means this ANGI Homeservices Inc. 2017 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as hereafter amended from time to time.

 

Qualified Performance-Based Award” means an Award intended to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, as provided in Section 11.

 

Restricted Stock” means an Award described under Section 6.

 

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Restricted Stock Units” means an Award described under Section 7.

 

Retirement” means retirement from active employment with the Company, a Subsidiary, or Affiliate at or after the Participant’s attainment of age 65.

 

RS Restriction Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(ii).

 

RSU Restriction Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(ii).

 

Section 16(b)” has the meaning set forth in Section 11(c).

 

Section 162(m) Exemption” means the exemption from the limitation on deductibility imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code that is set forth in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code.

 

Share” means a share of Common Stock.

 

Share Change” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(d)(ii).

 

Stock Appreciation Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

 

Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, or other entity during any period in which at least a 50% voting or profits interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any successor to the Company.

 

Subsidiary Equity Awards” means awards that are outstanding as of immediately prior to the consummation of the Contribution that correspond to shares of a Subsidiary (excluding any Prior Plan Awards), which awards may be settled in Shares under this Plan.

 

Tandem SAR” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

 

Term” means the maximum period during which an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may remain outstanding, subject to earlier termination upon Termination of Employment or otherwise, as specified in the applicable Award Agreement.

 

Termination of Employment” means the termination of the applicable Participant’s employment with, or performance of services for, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, if a Participant’s employment with, or membership on a board of directors of, the Company terminates but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company in a non-employee director capacity or as an employee, as applicable, such change in status shall not be deemed a Termination of Employment.  A Participant employed by, or performing services for, a Subsidiary or a division of the Company shall be deemed to incur a Termination of Employment if, as a result of a Disaffiliation, such Subsidiary, or division ceases to be a Subsidiary or division, as the case may be, and the Participant does not immediately thereafter become an employee of (or service provider for), or member of the board of directors of, the Company or another Subsidiary.  Temporary absences from employment because of illness, vacation, or leave of absence and transfers among the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be considered Terminations of Employment.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Award that constitutes “nonqualified deferred

 

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compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, “Termination of Employment” shall mean a “separation from service” as defined under Section 409A of the Code.

 

Section 2.                                          Administration

 

(a)                                 Committee.  This Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee of the Board as the Board may from time to time designate (the “Committee”), which committee shall be composed of not less than two directors, and shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board.  The Committee shall have plenary authority to grant Awards pursuant to the terms of this Plan to Eligible Individuals.  Among other things, the Committee shall have the authority, subject to the terms of this Plan:

 

(i)                                     to select the Eligible Individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;

 

(ii)                                  to determine whether and to what extent Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, other stock-based awards, Cash-Based Awards, or any combination thereof, are to be granted hereunder;

 

(iii)                               to determine the number of Shares to be covered by each Award granted hereunder or the amount of any Cash-Based Award;

 

(iv)                              to determine the terms and conditions of each Award granted hereunder, based on such factors as the Committee shall determine;

 

(v)                                 subject to Section 12, to modify, amend, or adjust the terms and conditions of any Award, at any time or from time to time;

 

(vi)                              to adopt, alter, and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines, and practices governing this Plan as it shall from time to time deem advisable;

 

(vii)                           to accelerate the vesting or lapse of restrictions of any outstanding Award, based in each case on such considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion determines;

 

(viii)                        to interpret the terms and provisions of this Plan and any Award issued under this Plan or any Prior Plan (and any agreement relating thereto);

 

(ix)                              to establish any “blackout” period that the Committee in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable;

 

(x)                                 to decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with an Award; and

 

(xi)                              to otherwise administer this Plan.

 

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(b)                                 Procedures.

 

(i)                                     The Committee may act only by a majority of its members then in office, except that the Committee may, except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or the listing standards of the Applicable Exchange and subject to Section 11, allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any person or persons selected by it.

 

(ii)                                  Subject to Section 11(c), any authority granted to the Committee may also be exercised by the full Board.  To the extent that any permitted action taken by the Board conflicts with action taken by the Committee, the Board action shall control.

 

(c)                                  Discretion of Committee.  Subject to the last sentence of the definition of “Cause,” (i) any determination made by the Committee or by an appropriately delegated officer pursuant to delegated authority under the provisions of this Plan with respect to any Award shall be made in the sole discretion of the Committee or such delegate at the time of the grant of the Award or, unless in contravention of any express term of this Plan, at any time thereafter; and (ii) all decisions made by the Committee or any appropriately delegated officer pursuant to the provisions of this Plan shall be final and binding on all persons, including the Company, Participants, and Eligible Individuals.

 

(d)                                 Award Agreements.  The terms and conditions of each Award (other than any Cash-Based Award), as determined by the Committee, shall be set forth in an Award Agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant receiving such Award upon, or as promptly as is reasonably practicable following, the grant of such Award.  The effectiveness of an Award shall not be subject to the Award Agreement’s being signed by the Company and/or the Participant receiving the Award unless specifically so provided in the Award Agreement.  Award Agreements may be amended only in accordance with Section 12.

 

Section 3.                                          Common Stock Subject to Plan

 

(a)                                 Plan Maximums.  The maximum number of Shares that may be delivered pursuant to Awards under this Plan shall be 75,000,000 Shares.  The maximum number of Shares that may be granted pursuant to Options intended to be Incentive Stock Options shall be 10,000,000 Shares.  Shares subject to an Award under this Plan may be authorized and unissued Shares or may be treasury Shares.

 

(b)                                 Individual Limits.

 

(i)                                     During a calendar year, no single Participant (excluding non-employee directors of the Company) may be granted:

 

(A)                                                  Options or Stock Appreciation Rights covering in excess of 10,000,000 Shares in the aggregate; or

 

(B)                                                  Qualified Performance-Based Awards (other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) covering in excess of 10,000,000 Shares in the aggregate.

 

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(c)                                  Rules for Calculating Shares Delivered.

 

(i)                                     To the extent that any Award is forfeited, terminates, expires, or lapses without being exercised, or any Award is settled for cash or shares of IAC Common Stock, the Shares subject to such Award not delivered as a result thereof shall again be available for Awards under this Plan.

 

(ii)                                  If the exercise price of any Option and/or the tax withholding obligations relating to any Award are satisfied by delivering Shares to the Company (by either actual delivery or by attestation), only the number of Shares issued net of the Shares delivered or attested to shall be deemed delivered for purposes of the limits set forth in Section 3(a).

 

(iii)                               To the extent any Shares subject to an Award are withheld to satisfy the exercise price (in the case of an Option) and/or the tax withholding obligations relating to such Award, such Shares shall not be deemed to have been delivered for purposes of the limits set forth in Section 3(a).

 

(d)                                 Adjustment Provisions.

 

(i)                                     In the event of a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or shares, stock rights offering, liquidation, disposition for consideration of the Company’s direct or indirect ownership of a Subsidiary or Affiliate (including by reason of a Disaffiliation), or similar event affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, a “Corporate Transaction”), the Committee or the Board may in its discretion make such substitutions or adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable to (A) the aggregate number and kind of Shares or other securities reserved for issuance and delivery under this Plan, (B) the various maximum limitations set forth in Sections 3(a) and 3(b) upon certain types of Awards and upon the grants to individuals of certain types of Awards, (C) the number and kind of Shares or other securities subject to outstanding Awards, and (D) the exercise price of outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(ii)                                  In the event of a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, share combination, or recapitalization or similar event affecting the capital structure of the Company, or a Disaffiliation, separation, or spinoff, in each case, without consideration, or other extraordinary dividend of cash or other property (each, a “Share Change”), the Committee or the Board shall make such substitutions or adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable to (A) the aggregate number and kind of Shares or other securities reserved for issuance and delivery under this Plan, (B) the various maximum limitations set forth in Sections 3(a) and 3(b) upon certain types of Awards and upon the grants to individuals of certain types of Awards, (C) the number and kind of Shares or other securities subject to outstanding Awards, and (D) the exercise price of outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(iii)                               In the case of Corporate Transactions, the adjustments contemplated by clause (i) of this Section 3(d) may include, without limitation, (A) the cancellation of outstanding Awards in exchange for payments of cash, property, or a combination thereof having an aggregate value equal to the value of such Awards, as determined by the Committee or the Board in its sole discretion (it being understood that in the case of a

 

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Corporate Transaction with respect to which holders of Common Stock receive consideration other than publicly traded equity securities of the ultimate surviving entity, any such determination by the Committee that the value of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall for this purpose be deemed to equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration being paid for each Share pursuant to such Corporate Transaction over the exercise price of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall conclusively be deemed valid); (B) the substitution of other property (including, without limitation, cash or other securities of the Company and securities of entities other than the Company) for the Shares subject to outstanding Awards; and (C) in connection with any Disaffiliation, arranging for the assumption of Awards, or replacement of Awards with new awards based on other property or other securities (including, without limitation, other securities of the Company and securities of entities other than the Company), by the affected Subsidiary, Affiliate, or division or by the entity that controls such Subsidiary, Affiliate, or division following such Disaffiliation (as well as any corresponding adjustments to Awards that remain based upon Company securities).  The Committee may adjust the Performance Goals applicable to any Awards to reflect any Share Change and any Corporate Transaction and any unusual or non-recurring events and other extraordinary items, impact of charges for restructurings, discontinued operations, and the cumulative effects of accounting or tax changes, each as defined by generally accepted accounting principles or as identified in the Company’s financial statements, notes to the financial statements, management’s discussion and analysis, or the Company’s other filings with the Commission.  Any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 3(d) to Awards that are considered “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.  Any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 3(d) to Awards that are not considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustment, the Awards either (A) continue not to be subject to Section 409A of the Code or (B) comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

 

(iv)                              Any adjustment under this Section 3(d) need not be the same for all Participants.

 

Section 4.                                          Eligibility

 

Awards may be granted under this Plan to Eligible Individuals and to any individuals who hold IAC Awards that are converted into Awards in the event of a spinoff of the Company from IAC; provided, however, that Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company and its subsidiary or parent corporations (within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code).

 

Section 5.                                          Options and Stock Appreciation Rights

 

With respect to Prior Plan Awards and Adjusted Awards, the provisions below shall be applicable only to the extent that they are not inconsistent with the terms of the applicable Prior Plan Award or Adjusted Award.

 

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(a)                                 Types of Options.  Options may be of two types:  Incentive Stock Options and Nonqualified Options.  The Award Agreement for an Option shall indicate whether the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Option.

 

(b)                                 Types and Nature of Stock Appreciation Rights.  Stock Appreciation Rights may be “Tandem SARs,” which are granted in conjunction with an Option, or “Free-Standing SARs,” which are not granted in conjunction with an Option.  Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant shall be entitled to receive an amount in cash, Shares, shares of IAC Common Stock, or a combination thereof, in value equal to the product of (i) the excess of the Fair Market Value of one Share over the exercise price of the applicable Stock Appreciation Right, multiplied by (ii) the number of Shares in respect of which the Stock Appreciation Right has been exercised.  The applicable Award Agreement shall specify whether such payment is to be made in cash, Common Stock, shares of IAC Common Stock, or a combination thereof, or shall reserve to the Committee or the Participant the right to make that determination prior to or upon the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(c)                                  Tandem SARs.  A Tandem SAR may be granted at the Grant Date of the related Option.  A Tandem SAR shall be exercisable only at such time or times and to the extent that the related Option is exercisable in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5, and shall have the same exercise price as the related Option.  A Tandem SAR shall terminate or be forfeited upon the exercise or forfeiture of the related Option, and the related Option shall terminate or be forfeited upon the exercise or forfeiture of the Tandem SAR.

 

(d)                                 Exercise Price.  The exercise price per Share subject to an Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, and shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of the Common Stock on the applicable Grant Date.  In no event may any Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted under this Plan be amended, other than pursuant to Section 3(d), to decrease the exercise price thereof, be cancelled in exchange for cash or other Awards or in conjunction with the grant of any new Option or Stock Appreciation Right with a lower exercise price, or otherwise be subject to any action that would be treated under the Applicable Exchange listing standards or for accounting purposes, as a “repricing” of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, unless such amendment, cancellation, or action is approved by the Company’s stockholders.

 

(e)                                  Term.  The Term of each Option and each Stock Appreciation Right shall be fixed by the Committee, but shall not exceed ten years from the Grant Date.

 

(f)                                   Vesting and Exercisability.  Except as otherwise provided herein, Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined by the Committee.  If the Committee provides that any Option or Stock Appreciation Right will become exercisable only in installments, the Committee may at any time waive such installment exercise provisions, in whole or in part, based on such factors as the Committee may determine.  In addition, the Committee may at any time accelerate the exercisability of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(g)                                  Method of Exercise.  Subject to the provisions of this Section 5, Options and Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time during the

 

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applicable Term by giving written notice of exercise to the Company or through the procedures established with the Company’s appointed third-party Plan administrator specifying the number of Shares as to which the Option or Stock Appreciation Right is being exercised; provided, however, that, unless otherwise permitted by the Committee, any such exercise must be with respect to a portion of the applicable Option or Stock Appreciation Right relating to no less than the lesser of the number of Shares then subject to such Option or Stock Appreciation Right or 100 Shares.  In the case of the exercise of an Option, such notice shall be accompanied by payment in full of the aggregate purchase price (which shall equal the product of such number of Shares subject to such Option multiplied by the applicable per Share exercise price) by certified or bank check or such other instrument as the Company may accept.  If approved by the Committee, payment, in full or in part, may also be made as follows:

 

(i)                                     Payment may be made in the form of unrestricted Shares already owned by Participant (by delivery of such Shares or by attestation) of the same class as the Common Stock subject to the Option (based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date the Option is exercised); provided, however, that, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the right to make a payment in the form of already owned Shares of the same class as the Common Stock subject to the Option may be authorized only at the time the Option is granted.

 

(ii)                                  To the extent permitted by applicable law, payment may be made by delivering a properly executed exercise notice to the Company, together with a copy of irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company the amount of sale proceeds necessary to pay the purchase price, and, if requested, the amount of any federal, state, local, or foreign withholding taxes.  To facilitate the foregoing, the Company may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, enter into agreements for coordinated procedures with one or more brokerage firms.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee may also provide for Company loans to be made for purposes of the exercise of Options.

 

(iii)                               Payment may be made by instructing the Company to withhold a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value (based on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date the applicable Option is exercised) equal to the product of (A) the exercise price per Share multiplied by (B) the number of Shares in respect of which the Option shall have been exercised.

 

(h)                                 Delivery; Rights of Stockholders.  No Shares shall be delivered pursuant to the exercise of an Option until the exercise price therefor has been fully paid and applicable taxes have been withheld.  The applicable Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company holding the class or series of Common Stock that is subject to the Option or Stock Appreciation Right (including, if applicable, the right to vote the applicable Shares and the right to receive dividends), when the Participant (i) has given written notice of exercise, (ii) if requested, has given the representation described in Section 14(a), and (iii) in the case of an Option, has paid in full for such Shares.

 

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(i)                                     Terminations of Employment.  Subject to Section 10(b), a Participant’s Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall be forfeited upon such Participant’s Termination of Employment, except as set forth below:

 

(i)                                     Upon a Participant’s Termination of Employment by reason of death, any Option or Stock Appreciation Right held by the Participant that was exercisable immediately before the Termination of Employment may be exercised at any time until the earlier of (A) the first anniversary of the date of such death and (B) the expiration of the Term thereof;

 

(ii)                                  Upon a Participant’s Termination of Employment by reason of Disability or Retirement, any Option or Stock Appreciation Right held by the Participant that was exercisable immediately before the Termination of Employment may be exercised at any time until the earlier of (A) the first anniversary of such Termination of Employment and (B) the expiration of the Term thereof;

 

(iii)                               Upon a Participant’s Termination of Employment for Cause, any Option or Stock Appreciation Right held by the Participant shall be forfeited, effective as of such Termination of Employment;

 

(iv)                              Upon a Participant’s Termination of Employment for any reason other than death, Disability, Retirement, or for Cause, any Option or Stock Appreciation Right held by the Participant that was exercisable immediately before the Termination of Employment may be exercised at any time until the earlier of (A) the 90th day following such Termination of Employment and (B) expiration of the Term thereof; and

 

(v)                                 Notwithstanding the above provisions of this Section 5(i), if a Participant dies after such Participant’s Termination of Employment but while any Option or Stock Appreciation Right remains exercisable as set forth above, such Option or Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised at any time until the later of (A) the earlier of (1) the first anniversary of the date of such death and (2) expiration of the Term thereof and (B) the last date on which such Option or Stock Appreciation Right would have been exercisable, absent this Section 5(i)(v).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall have the power, in its discretion, to apply different rules concerning the consequences of a Termination of Employment; provided, however, that, if such rules are less favorable to the Participant than those set forth above, such rules are set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.  If an Incentive Stock Option is exercised after the expiration of the exercise periods that apply for purposes of Section 422 of the Code, such Option will thereafter be treated as a Nonqualified Option.

 

(j)                                    Nontransferability of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.  No Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be transferable by a Participant other than (i) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or (ii) in the case of a Nonqualified Option or Stock Appreciation Right, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order or as otherwise expressly permitted by the Committee including, if so permitted, pursuant to a transfer to the Participant’s family members or to a charitable organization, whether directly or indirectly or by means of a trust or partnership

 

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or otherwise.  For purposes of this Plan, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, “family member” shall have the meaning given to such term in General Instructions A.1(a)(5) to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto.  A Tandem SAR shall be transferable only with the related Option as permitted by the preceding sentence.  Any Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable, subject to the terms of this Plan, only by the applicable Participant, the guardian or legal representative of such Participant, or any person to whom such Option or Stock Appreciation Right is permissibly transferred pursuant to this Section 5(j), it being understood that the term “Participant” includes such guardian, legal representative, and other transferee; provided, however, that the term “Termination of Employment” shall continue to refer to the Termination of Employment of the original Participant.

 

Section 6.                                          Restricted Stock

 

With respect to Prior Plan Awards and Adjusted Awards, the provisions below shall be applicable only to the extent that they are not inconsistent with the terms of the applicable Prior Plan Award or Adjusted Award.

 

(a)                                 Nature of Awards and Certificates.  Shares of Restricted Stock are actual Shares issued to a Participant, and shall be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or issuance of one or more stock certificates.  Any certificate issued in respect of Shares of Restricted Stock shall be registered in the name of the applicable Participant and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Award, substantially in the following form:

 

“The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including forfeiture) of the ANGI Homeservices Inc. 2017 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan and an Award Agreement.  Copies of such Plan and Agreement are on file at the offices of ANGI Homeservices Inc.”

 

The Committee may require that the certificates evidencing such shares be held in custody by the Company until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed and that, as a condition of any Award of Restricted Stock, the applicable Participant shall have delivered a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the Common Stock covered by such Award.

 

(b)                                 Terms and Conditions.  Shares of Restricted Stock shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

(i)                                     The Committee shall, prior to or at the time of grant, condition the vesting or transferability of an Award of Restricted Stock upon the continued service of the applicable Participant or the attainment of Performance Goals, or the attainment of Performance Goals and the continued service of the applicable Participant.  In the event that the Committee conditions the grant or vesting of an Award of Restricted Stock upon the attainment of Performance Goals or the attainment of Performance Goals and the continued service of the applicable Participant, the Committee may, prior to or at the time of grant, designate such an Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award.  The

 

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conditions for grant, vesting, or transferability and the other provisions of Restricted Stock Awards (including, without limitation, any Performance Goals) need not be the same with respect to each Participant.

 

(ii)                                  Subject to the provisions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, so long as a Restricted Stock Award remains subject to the satisfaction of vesting conditions (the “RS Restriction Period”), the Participant shall not be permitted to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, or otherwise encumber Shares of Restricted Stock.

 

(iii)                               Except as provided in this Section 6 and in the applicable Award Agreement, the applicable Participant shall have, with respect to the Shares of Restricted Stock, all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company holding the class or series of Common Stock that is the subject of the Restricted Stock, including, if applicable, the right to vote the Shares and the right to receive any cash dividends.  If so determined by the Committee in the applicable Award Agreement and subject to Section 14(e), (A) cash dividends on the class or series of Common Stock that is the subject of the Restricted Stock Award shall be automatically reinvested in additional Restricted Stock, held subject to the vesting of the underlying Restricted Stock, and (B) subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 3(d), dividends payable in Common Stock shall be paid in the form of Restricted Stock of the same class as the Common Stock with which such dividend was paid, held subject to the vesting of the underlying Restricted Stock.

 

(iv)                              Except as otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement and subject to Section 10(b), upon a Participant’s Termination of Employment for any reason during the RS Restriction Period or before the applicable Performance Goals are satisfied, all Shares of Restricted Stock still subject to restriction shall be forfeited by such Participant; provided, however, that the Committee shall have the discretion to waive, in whole or in part, any or all remaining restrictions with respect to any or all of such Participant’s Shares of Restricted Stock.

 

(v)                                 If and when any applicable Performance Goals are satisfied and the RS Restriction Period expires without a prior forfeiture of the Shares of Restricted Stock for which legended certificates have been issued, unlegended certificates for such Shares shall be delivered to the Participant upon surrender of the legended certificates.

 

Section 7.                                          Restricted Stock Units

 

With respect to Prior Plan Awards and Adjusted Awards, the provisions below shall be applicable only to the extent that they are not inconsistent with the terms of the applicable Prior Plan Award or Adjusted Award.

 

(a)                                 Nature of Awards.  Restricted Stock Units are Awards denominated in Shares that will be settled, subject to the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Units, in an amount in cash, Shares, or both, based upon the Fair Market Value of a specified number of Shares.

 

(b)                                 Terms and Conditions.  Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

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(i)                                     The Committee shall, prior to or at the time of grant, condition the grant, vesting, or transferability of Restricted Stock Units upon the continued service of the applicable Participant or the attainment of Performance Goals, or the attainment of Performance Goals and the continued service of the applicable Participant.  In the event that the Committee conditions the grant or vesting of Restricted Stock Units upon the attainment of Performance Goals or the attainment of Performance Goals and the continued service of the applicable Participant, the Committee may, prior to or at the time of grant, designate such Awards as Qualified Performance-Based Awards.  The conditions for grant, vesting, or transferability and the other provisions of Restricted Stock Units (including, without limitation, any Performance Goals) need not be the same with respect to each Participant.

 

(ii)                                  Subject to the provisions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, so long as an Award of Restricted Stock Units remains subject to the satisfaction of vesting conditions (the “RSU Restriction Period”), the Participant shall not be permitted to sell, assign, transfer, pledge, or otherwise encumber Restricted Stock Units.

 

(iii)                               The Award Agreement for Restricted Stock Units shall specify whether, to what extent, and on what terms and conditions the applicable Participant shall be entitled to receive current or delayed payments of cash, Common Stock, or other property corresponding to the dividends payable on the Common Stock (subject to Section 14(e)).

 

(iv)                              Except as otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, and subject to Section 10(b), upon a Participant’s Termination of Employment for any reason during the RSU Restriction Period or before the applicable Performance Goals are satisfied, all Restricted Stock Units still subject to restriction shall be forfeited by such Participant; provided, however, that the Committee shall have the discretion to waive, in whole or in part, any or all remaining restrictions with respect to any or all of such Participant’s Restricted Stock Units.

 

(v)                                 Except to the extent otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, an award of Restricted Stock Units shall be settled as and when the Restricted Stock Units vest (but in no event later than March 15th of the calendar year following the end of the calendar year in which the Restricted Stock Units vest).

 

Section 8.                                          Other Stock-Based Awards

 

Other Awards of Common Stock and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based upon or settled in, Common Stock, including, without limitation, unrestricted stock, performance units, dividend equivalents, and convertible debentures, may be granted under this Plan.

 

Section 9.                                          Cash-Based Awards

 

Cash-Based Awards may be granted under this Plan.  Cash-Based Awards that are Qualified Performance-Based Awards shall be subject to the provisions of Section 11.  In addition, no Eligible Individual may be granted Cash-Based Awards that are Qualified

 

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Performance-Based Awards that have an aggregate maximum payment value in any calendar year in excess of $10 million.  Cash-Based Awards may be paid in cash or in Shares (valued at Fair Market Value as of the date of payment) as determined by the Committee.

 

Section 10.                                   Change in Control Provisions

 

(a)                                 Definition of Change in Control.  Except as otherwise may be provided in an applicable Award Agreement, for purposes of this Plan, a “Change in Control” shall mean any of the following events:

 

(i)                                     The acquisition by any individual, entity, or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (a “Person”), other than IAC, any of its Affiliates, or any member of the Diller Group, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of equity securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the voting power of the then outstanding equity securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that for purposes of this Section 10(a)(i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (A) any acquisition by the Company, (B) any acquisition directly from the Company, (C) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company, or (D) any acquisition pursuant to a transaction that complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of Section 10(a)(iii);

 

(ii)                                  Individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date, whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board, or whose election was not opposed by Barry Diller voting as a stockholder, shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board;

 

(iii)                               Consummation of a reorganization, merger, or consolidation, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or a purchase of assets or stock of another entity (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless immediately following such Business Combination, (A) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then outstanding combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or equivalent governing body, if applicable) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or

 

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through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, (B) no Person (excluding IAC, any of its Affiliates, any member of the Diller Group, and any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such entity resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such entity except to the extent that such ownership of the Company existed prior to the Business Combination, and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body, if applicable) of the entity resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the initial agreement, or action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or

 

(iv)                              Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, a spinoff of the Company from IAC shall not constitute a Change in Control.

 

(b)                                 Impact of Change in Control.  Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, subject to Sections 3(d), 10(d), and 14(k) and notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, upon a Participant’s Termination of Employment, during the two-year period following a Change in Control, by the Company other than for Cause or Disability or by the Participant for Good Reason:

 

(i)                                     any Options and Stock Appreciation Rights outstanding as of such Termination of Employment that were outstanding as of the date of such Change in Control shall be fully exercisable and vested and shall remain exercisable until the later of (A) the last date on which such Option or Stock Appreciation Right would be exercisable in the absence of this Section 10(b) and (B) the earlier of (1) the first anniversary of such Change in Control and (2) expiration of the Term of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right;

 

(ii)                                  all Restricted Stock outstanding as of such Termination of Employment that were outstanding as of the date of such Change in Control shall become free of all restrictions and become fully vested and transferable; and

 

(iii)                               all Restricted Stock Units outstanding as of such Termination of Employment that were outstanding as of the date of such Change in Control shall be considered to be earned and payable in full, and any restrictions shall lapse and such Restricted Stock Units shall be settled as promptly as is practicable (but in no event later than March 15th of the calendar year following the end of the calendar year in which the Restricted Stock Units vest).

 

(c)                                  For purposes of this Section 10, “Good Reason” means (i) “Good Reason” as defined in any Individual Agreement or Award Agreement to which the applicable Participant is a party, or (ii) if there is no such Individual Agreement or if it does not define Good Reason,

 

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without the Participant’s prior written consent:  (A) a material reduction in the Participant’s rate of annual base salary from the rate of annual base salary in effect for such Participant immediately prior to the Change in Control, (B) a relocation of the Participant’s principal place of business more than 35 miles from the city in which such Participant’s principal place of business was located immediately prior to the Change in Control, or (C) a material and demonstrable adverse change in the nature and scope of the Participant’s duties from those in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control.  To invoke a Termination of Employment for Good Reason, a Participant shall provide written notice to the Company of the existence of one or more of the conditions described in clauses (A) through (C) within 90 days following the Participant’s knowledge of the initial existence of such condition or conditions, and the Company shall have 30 days following receipt of such written notice (the “Cure Period”) during which it may remedy the condition.  In the event that the Company fails to remedy the condition constituting Good Reason during the Cure Period, the Participant must terminate employment, if at all, within 90 days following the Cure Period for such Termination of Employment to constitute a Termination of Employment for Good Reason.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Award is subject to Section 409A of the Code, this Section 10 shall be applicable only to the extent specifically provided in the Award Agreement or in the Individual Agreement.

 

Section 11.                                   Qualified Performance-Based Awards; Section 16(b)

 

(a)                                 The provisions of this Plan are intended to ensure that all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted hereunder to any Participant who is or may be a “covered employee” (within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code) in the tax year in which such Option or Stock Appreciation Right is expected to be deductible to the Company qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, and all such Awards shall therefore be considered Qualified Performance-Based Awards and this Plan shall be interpreted and operated consistent with that intention (including, without limitation, to require that all such Awards be granted by a committee composed solely of members who satisfy the requirements for being “outside directors” for purposes of the Section 162(m) Exemption (“Outside Directors”)).  When granting any Award other than an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, the Committee may designate such Award as a Qualified Performance-Based Award, based upon a determination that (i) the recipient is or may be a “covered employee” (within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code) with respect to such Award, and (ii) the Committee wishes such Award to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, and the terms of any such Award (and of the grant thereof) shall be consistent with such designation (including, without limitation, that all such Awards be granted by a committee composed solely of Outside Directors).

 

(b)                                 The full Board shall not be permitted to exercise authority granted to the Committee to the extent that the grant or exercise of such authority would cause an Award designated as a Qualified Performance-Based Award not to qualify for, or to cease to qualify for, the Section 162(m) Exemption.

 

(c)                                  The provisions of this Plan are intended to ensure that no transaction under this Plan is subject to (and all such transactions will be exempt from) the short-swing recovery rules of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (“Section 16(b)”).  Accordingly, the composition of the

 

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Committee shall be subject to such limitations as the Board deems appropriate to permit transactions pursuant to this Plan to be exempt (pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) from Section 16(b), and no delegation of authority by the Committee shall be permitted if such delegation would cause any such transaction to be subject to (and not exempt from) Section 16(b).

 

Section 12.                                   Term; Amendment and Termination

 

(a)                                 Effectiveness.  This Plan shall be effective as of September 29, 2017 (the “Effective Date”).

 

(b)                                 Termination.  This Plan shall terminate on the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date.  Awards outstanding as of such date shall not be affected or impaired by the termination of this Plan.

 

(c)                                  Amendment of Plan.  The Board may amend, alter, or discontinue this Plan, but no amendment, alteration, or discontinuation shall be made that would materially impair the rights of the Participant with respect to a previously granted Award without such Participant’s consent, except such an amendment made to comply with applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 409A of the Code), stock exchange rules, or accounting rules.  In addition, no amendment shall be made without the approval of the Company’s stockholders to the extent such approval is required by applicable law or the listing standards of the Applicable Exchange.

 

(d)                                 Amendment of Awards.  Subject to Section 5(d), the Committee may unilaterally amend the terms of any Award theretofore granted, but no such amendment shall, without the Participant’s consent, materially impair the rights of any Participant with respect to an Award, except such an amendment made to cause this Plan or Award to comply with applicable law, stock exchange rules, or accounting rules.

 

Section 13.                                   Unfunded Status of Plan

 

It is intended that this Plan constitute an “unfunded” plan.  Solely to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the obligations created under this Plan to deliver Common Stock or make payments; provided, however, that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the “unfunded” status of this Plan.

 

Section 14.                                   General Provisions

 

(a)                                 Conditions for Issuance.  The Committee may require each person purchasing or receiving Shares pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the Shares without a view to the distribution thereof.  The certificates for such Shares may include any legend that the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan or agreements made pursuant thereto, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for Shares under this Plan prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:  (i) listing, or approval for listing upon notice of issuance, of such Shares on the Applicable Exchange; (ii) any registration or other qualification of such Shares of the Company

 

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under any state or federal law or regulation, or the maintaining in effect of any such registration or other qualification that the Committee shall, in its absolute discretion upon the advice of counsel, deem necessary or advisable; and (iii) obtaining any other consent, approval, or permit from any state or federal governmental agency that the Committee shall, in its absolute discretion after receiving the advice of counsel, determines to be necessary or advisable.

 

(b)                                 Additional Compensation Arrangements.  Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements for its employees.

 

(c)                                  No Contract of Employment.  This Plan shall not constitute a contract of employment, and adoption of this Plan shall not confer upon any employee any right to continued employment, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate the employment of any employee at any time.

 

(d)                                 Required Taxes.  No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in the gross income of a Participant for federal, state, local, or foreign income or employment or other tax purposes with respect to any Award under this Plan, such Participant shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the payment of, any federal, state, local, or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount.  If determined by the Company, withholding obligations may be settled with Common Stock, including Common Stock that is part of the Award that gives rise to the withholding requirement.  The obligations of the Company under this Plan shall be conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company and its Affiliates shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise due to such Participant.  The Committee may establish such procedures as it deems appropriate, including making irrevocable elections, for the settlement of withholding obligations with Common Stock.

 

(e)                                  Limitation on Dividend Reinvestment and Dividend Equivalents.  Reinvestment of dividends in additional Restricted Stock at the time of any dividend payment, and the payment of Shares with respect to dividends to Participants holding Awards of Restricted Stock Units, shall only be permissible if sufficient Shares are available under Section 3 for such reinvestment or payment (taking into account then outstanding Awards).  In the event that sufficient Shares are not available for such reinvestment or payment, such reinvestment or payment shall be made in the form of a grant of Restricted Stock Units equal in number to the Shares that would have been obtained by such payment or reinvestment, the terms of which Restricted Stock Units shall provide for settlement in cash and for dividend equivalent reinvestment in further Restricted Stock Units on the terms contemplated by this Section 14(e).

 

(f)                                   Designation of Death Beneficiary.  The Committee shall establish such procedures as it deems appropriate for a Participant to designate a beneficiary to whom any amounts payable in the event of such Participant’s death are to be paid or by whom any rights of such eligible Individual, after such Participant’s death, may be exercised.

 

(g)                                  Subsidiary Employees.  In the case of a grant of an Award to any employee of a Subsidiary, the Company may, if the Committee so directs, issue or transfer the Shares, if any,

 

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covered by the Award to the Subsidiary, for such lawful consideration as the Committee may specify, upon the condition or understanding that the Subsidiary will transfer the Shares to the employee in accordance with the terms of the Award specified by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of this Plan.  All Shares underlying Awards that are forfeited or canceled shall revert to the Company.

 

(h)                                 Governing Law and Interpretation.  This Plan and all Awards made and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to principles of conflict of laws.  The captions of this Plan are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.

 

(i)                                     Non-Transferability.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 5(j) or as determined by the Committee, Awards under this Plan are not transferable except by will or by laws of descent and distribution.

 

(j)                                    Foreign Employees and Foreign Law Considerations.  The Committee may grant Awards to Eligible Individuals who are foreign nationals, who are located outside the United States, who are not compensated from a payroll maintained in the United States, or who are otherwise subject to (or could cause the Company to be subject to) legal or regulatory provisions of countries or jurisdictions outside the United States, on such terms and conditions different from those specified in this Plan as may, in the judgment of the Committee, be necessary or desirable to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of this Plan, and, in furtherance of such purposes, the Committee may make such modifications, amendments, procedures, or subplans as may be necessary or advisable to comply with such legal or regulatory provisions.

 

(k)                                 Section 409A of the Code.  It is the intention of the Company that no Award shall be “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, unless and to the extent that the Committee specifically determines otherwise as provided in this Section 14(k), and this Plan and the terms and conditions of all Awards shall be interpreted accordingly.  The terms and conditions governing any Awards that the Committee determines will be subject to Section 409A of the Code, including any rules for elective or mandatory deferral of the delivery of cash or Shares pursuant thereto and any rules regarding treatment of such Awards in the event of a Change in Control, shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, and shall comply in all respects with Section 409A of the Code.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, with respect to any Award that constitutes a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” subject to Section 409A of the Code, if the Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, any payments (whether in cash, Shares, or other property) to be made with respect to the Award upon the Participant’s Termination of Employment shall be delayed until the earlier of (A) the first day of the seventh month following the Participant’s Termination of Employment and (B) the Participant’s death.  Each payment under any Award shall be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.  In no event may a Participant, directly or indirectly, designate the calendar year of any payment to be made under any Award.

 

(l)                                     Prior Plan Awards; Adjusted Awards.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, to the extent that the terms of this Plan are inconsistent with the terms of a Prior Plan Award or an Adjusted Award, the terms of the Prior Plan Award or Adjusted Award shall

 

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be governed by the applicable plan under which the Prior Plan Award or Adjusted Award was granted and the award agreement thereunder.  Any reference to a “change in control,” “change of control,” or similar definition in an Award Agreement or the applicable plan for any Adjusted Award or Prior Plan Award shall be deemed to refer to a “change in control,” “change of control,” or similar transaction with respect to the Company (as successor to the originally referenced entity) for such Adjusted Award or Prior Plan Award.

 

(m)                             IAC Common Stock.  Following such time as IAC ceases to own equity securities representing a majority of the combined voting power of the Company, no Award granted hereunder may be settled in shares of IAC Common Stock.  Shares of IAC Common Stock provided to Participants under the terms and conditions of this Plan shall also be subject to the terms and conditions of the IAC/InterActiveCorp 2013 Stock and Annual Incentive Plan (or any successor plan thereto).

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into by and between Chris Terrill (“Executive”) and ANGI Homeservices Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and is effective upon the date (the “Effective Date”) on which the Effective Time occurs.  “Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Angie’s List, Inc., IAC/InterActiveCorp (“IAC”), the Company and Casa Merger Sub, Inc., dated as of May 1, 2017.  All capitalized terms used herein that are not defined herein shall be as set forth in the Standard Terms and Conditions attached hereto.

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to establish its right to the services of Executive, in the capacity described below, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, and Executive is willing to accept such employment on such terms and conditions.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, Executive and the Company have agreed and do hereby agree as follows:

 

1A.                             EMPLOYMENT.  During the Term (as defined below), the Company shall employ Executive, and Executive shall be employed, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  During Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive shall do and perform all services and acts necessary or advisable to fulfill the duties and responsibilities as are commensurate and consistent with Executive’s position and shall render such services on the terms set forth herein.  During Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive shall report directly to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and the Chairman of the Board.  Executive shall have such powers and duties with respect to the Company as may reasonably be assigned to Executive by the Board, to the extent consistent with Executive’s position.  Executive agrees to devote all of Executive’s working time, attention and efforts to the Company and to perform the duties of Executive’s position in accordance with policies applicable to all employees of the Company and its subsidiaries and/or affiliates as in effect from time to time.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive may (i) serve as a member of the board of directors of the entities set forth on Exhibit A hereto and as corporate board member for such other organizations as may be approved in advance by the Board; (ii) serve as a director of, or a member of a committee of the board of directors of, any non-profit organization, or engage in other charitable, community or religious activities; or (iii) engage in personal or family passive investment activities; provided, in each case, that said service or activity does not (x) interfere with Executive’s ability to perform his duties for the Company as contemplated hereunder, or (y) compete with, or present an actual or apparent conflict of interest for, the Company or IAC and its subsidiaries, which shall be determined by the General Counsel of IAC in his sole, good faith discretion.

 

2A.                             TERM.  The term of this Agreement shall be three (3) years from the Effective Date (the “Initial Term”); provided, however, that certain terms and conditions herein may specify a greater period of effectiveness.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Executive’s employment with the Company is “at-will” and may be terminated at any time for any reason or no reason, with or without cause, by the Company (subject to compliance with the provisions of Section 1 of the Standard Terms and Conditions attached hereto).  On the

 



 

third anniversary of the Effective Date and on each anniversary of the Effective Date thereafter, the term shall be extended for successive one year terms automatically (each successive one year renewal term together with the Initial Term, the “Term”), unless either party hereto shall provide written notice to the other party not less than 90 days prior to the end of the applicable Term that it does not wish to renew this Agreement (a “Notice of Non-Renewal”).  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Executive’s employment with the Company is “at-will” and may be terminated at any time for any reason or no reason, with or without cause, by the Company or Executive, with or without notice, subject to Company’s compliance with its obligations under Section 1 of the Standard Terms and Conditions attached hereto.  During the Term, Executive’s right to payments upon certain terminations of employment is governed by Section 1(d) of the Standard Terms and Conditions attached hereto.  Following the expiration of the Term, upon the termination of Executive’s employment, the Company shall have no further obligation hereunder, except for the payment of Accrued Obligations.

 

3A.                             COMPENSATION.

 

(a)                                 BASE SALARY.  During the period that Executive is employed with the Company hereunder, the Company shall pay Executive an annual base salary of not less than $600,000 (the “Base Salary”), payable in equal biweekly installments (or, if different, in accordance with the Company’s payroll practice as in effect from time to time).  For all purposes under this Agreement, the term “Base Salary” shall refer to the Base Salary as in effect from time to time.

 

(b)                                 DISCRETIONARY BONUS.  During the period that Executive is employed with the Company hereunder, Executive shall be eligible to receive discretionary annual bonuses (the “Annual Bonuses”).  The Annual Bonuses shall in all cases to be determined by the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Compensation Committee”) in its sole discretion, based on the factors it deems relevant, which may include, among other factors, the Company’s performance against various criteria (including its competition, its prior year results, achievement of established initiatives, etc.) and the contribution and performance of Executive. In the event that the Company declines to pay Executive an Annual Bonus in any given year during the Term, the Company shall provide Executive with a good faith explanation of its decision not to pay Executive an Annual Bonus.

 

(c)                                  BENEFITS.  From the Effective Date through the date of termination of Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall be entitled to participate in any welfare, health and life insurance and defined contribution benefit programs as may be adopted from time to time by the Company on the same basis as that provided to similarly situated employees of the Company.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Executive shall be entitled to the following benefits:

 

(i)                                     Reimbursement for Business Expenses.  During the period that Executive is employed with the Company hereunder, the Company shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable, necessary and documented expenses incurred by Executive in performing Executive’s duties for the Company, on the same basis as similarly situated employees generally and in accordance with the Company’s policies as in effect from time to time; and

 

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(ii)                                  Vacation.  During the period that Executive is employed with the Company hereunder, Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation each year, in accordance with the plans, policies, programs and practices of the Company applicable to similarly situated employees of the Company generally.

 

(d)                                 IMPACT OF MERGER AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS ON EQUITY AWARDS.

 

(i)                                     HomeAdvisor SARs.  Following the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), (A) the stock appreciation rights corresponding to shares of HomeAdvisor, Inc. common stock (“HomeAdvisor SARs”) held by Executive will convert into stock appreciation rights corresponding to shares of Class A common stock of the Company (“Company SARs”) with equitable adjustments to the number of shares covered and the applicable base price determined in accordance with the Employee Matters Agreement by and between IAC and the Company, (B) subject to Section 3 of the Standard Terms and Conditions, the Company SARs generally will be exercisable in a manner consistent with stock appreciation rights corresponding to public company common stock, and (C) the Company SARs will otherwise have the same terms and conditions applicable to the HomeAdvisor SARs prior to the Effective Time.  Notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to Section 3 of the Standard Terms and Conditions (1) not more than 50% of the Company SARs received in respect of the conversion of the HomeAdvisor SARs granted on February 11, 2015 shall be exercisable in any calendar year; and (2) the Company SARs received in respect of the conversion of the HomeAdvisor SARs granted on February 14, 2017 shall not be exercisable before January 1, 2020, and not more than 33% of such awards may be exercised prior to December 31, 2020.  In the event of a termination of Executive’s employment prior to the lapse of any restriction on the exercise of vested Company SARs as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, then either (x) the Company shall waive such restrictions so that such vested Company SARs can be exercised prior to the date that is (I) 90 days following such termination of employment, in the case of Executive’s termination of employment without Good Reason, (II) 18 months following such termination of employment, in the case of Executive’s termination of employment by the Company without Cause or by Executive with Good Reason, or (III) 12 months following such termination of employment, in the case of Executive’s death or Disability, or (y) at the Company’s election, in the event of a termination of employment by virtue of Executive’s resignation without Good Reason, such vested Company SARs shall remain exercisable until the 90th day following the lapse of the restrictions related thereto; provided, however, that in no event shall any vested Company SARs remain outstanding beyond the scheduled expiration date of such Company SARs.

 

(ii)                                  IAC Awards.  Following the occurrence of the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), equity awards corresponding to shares of IAC common stock held by Executive shall remain outstanding, continue to vest and be exercisable in accordance with their terms so long as Executive remains employed with the Company; provided, however, that the applicable performance goals shall be equitably adjusted to reflect the occurrence of the transaction as set forth on Exhibit B to this Agreement.

 

4A.                             NOTICES.  All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by first-class mail, certified or registered with return receipt requested, or by hand delivery, or by overnight delivery by a nationally recognized carrier, in each case to

 

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the applicable address set forth below, and any such notice is deemed effectively given when received by the recipient (or if receipt is refused by the recipient, when so refused):

 

If to the Company:

ANGI Homeservices Inc.

14023 Denver West Parkway

Bldg. 64, Suite 200

Golden, CO 80401

Attention:  General Counsel

 

 

 

With a copy to:

IAC/InterActiveCorp

555 West 18th Street, 6th Floor

New York, NY  10011

Attention:  General Counsel

 

 

If to Executive:

At the most recent address for Executive on file at the Company.

 

 

 

With a copy to:
Aileen Atkins
Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP
41 Madison Avenue, 38
th Floor
New York, NY 10010

 

Either party may change such party’s address for notices by notice duly given pursuant hereto.

 

5A.                             GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION.  This Agreement and the legal relations thus created between the parties hereto (including, without limitation, any dispute arising out of or related to this Agreement) shall be governed by and construed under and in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Colorado without reference to its principles of conflicts of laws.  Any such dispute will be heard and determined before an appropriate federal court located in the State of Colorado in Denver County, or, if not maintainable therein, then in an appropriate Colorado state court located in Denver County, and each party hereto submits itself and its property to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the foregoing courts with respect to such disputes.  Each party hereto (i) agrees that service of process may be made by mailing a copy of any relevant document to the address of the party set forth above, (ii) waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the courts referred to above on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise as regards any dispute between the parties hereto arising out of or related to this Agreement, (iii) waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue in the courts referred to above as regards any dispute between the parties hereto arising out of or related to this Agreement and (iv) agrees that a judgment or order of any court referred to above in connection with any dispute between the parties hereto arising out of or related to this Agreement is conclusive and binding on it and may be enforced against it in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

 

6A.                             COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of

 

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which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

7A.                             STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS.  Executive expressly understands and acknowledges that the Standard Terms and Conditions attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference, deemed a part of this Agreement and are binding and enforceable provisions of this Agreement.  References to “this Agreement” or the use of the term “hereof” shall refer to this Agreement and the Standard Terms and Conditions attached hereto, taken as a whole.

 

8A.                             EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AGREEMENT.  This Agreement and the Standard Terms and Conditions shall become effective solely upon the occurrence of the Effective Date and shall have no force or effect unless and until the Effective Date occurs.  Until the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Employment Agreement, by and between Executive and ServiceMagic, Inc., effective as of May 16, 2011, shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer and Executive has executed and delivered this Agreement on September 28, 2017.

 

 

ANGI Homeservices Inc.

 

 

 

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

By:

Gregg Winiarski

 

Title:

Vice President and Secretary

 

 

 

/s/ Chris Terrill

 

Chris Terrill

 



 

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

1.                                      TERMINATION OF EXECUTIVE’S EMPLOYMENT.

 

(a)                                 DEATH.  In the event Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated by reason of Executive’s death, the Company shall pay Executive’s designated beneficiary or beneficiaries, within thirty (30) days of Executive’s death in a lump sum in cash, (i) Executive’s Base Salary through the end of the month in which death occurs and (ii) any other Accrued Obligations (as defined in paragraph 1(f) below).

 

(b)                                 DISABILITY.  If, as a result of Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness (“Disability”), Executive shall have been absent from the full-time performance of Executive’s duties with the Company for a period of four (4) consecutive months and, within thirty (30) days after written notice is provided to Executive by the Company (in accordance with Section 4A hereof), Executive shall not have returned to the full-time performance of Executive’s duties, Executive’s employment under this Agreement may be terminated by the Company for Disability.  During any period prior to such termination during which Executive is absent from the full-time performance of Executive’s duties with the Company due to Disability, the Company shall continue to pay Executive’s Base Salary at the rate in effect at the commencement of such period of Disability, offset by any amounts payable to Executive under any disability insurance plan or policy provided by the Company.  Upon termination of Executive’s employment due to Disability, the Company shall pay Executive within thirty (30) days of such termination (i) Executive’s Base Salary through the end of the month in which termination occurs in a lump sum in cash, offset by any amounts payable to Executive under any disability insurance plan or policy provided by the Company; and (ii) any other Accrued Obligations (as defined in paragraph 1(f) below).

 

(e)                                  TERMINATION FOR CAUSE.  Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined below) effective upon written notice to Executive.  Such notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances alleged to constitute Cause and the specific section(s) of the definition of Cause relied upon.  Upon the termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause (as defined below), the Company shall have no further obligation hereunder, except for the payment of any Accrued Obligations (as defined in paragraph 1(f) below).  As used herein, “Cause” shall mean:  (i) the plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, or conviction for, the commission of a felony offense by Executive; provided, however, that after indictment, the Company may suspend Executive from the rendition of services, but without limiting or modifying in any other way the Company’s obligations under this Agreement; (ii) a material breach by Executive of a fiduciary duty owed to the Company; (iii) a material breach by Executive of any of the covenants made by Executive in Section 2 hereof; (iv) the willful or gross neglect by Executive of the material duties required by this Agreement; or (v) a material violation by Executive of any applicable policy pertaining to ethics, wrongdoing or conflicts of interest; provided, that in the case of conduct described in clauses (iii), (iv) or (v) above which is capable of being cured, Executive shall have a period of fifteen (15) days after Executive is provided with written notice thereof in which to cure.

 



 

(d)                                 TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY OTHER THAN FOR DEATH, DISABILITY OR CAUSE; RESIGNATION BY EXECUTIVE FOR GOOD REASON.  If Executive’s employment hereunder is terminated prior to the expiration of the Term by the Company for any reason other than Executive’s death or Disability or for Cause or if Executive resigns for Good Reason (as defined below) prior to the expiration of the Term, then:

 

(i)                                     the Company shall continue to pay to Executive the Base Salary for twelve (12) months from the date of such termination or resignation (the “Severance Period”), payable in equal biweekly installments (or, if different, in accordance with the Company’s payroll practice as in effect from time to time) over the course of such twelve (12) months;

 

(ii)                                  any compensation awards of Executive based on, or in the form of, Company or IAC equity (e.g., restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock options or similar instruments) that are outstanding and unvested at the time of such termination but which would, but for such termination, have vested during the Severance Period shall vest as of the date of such termination of employment; provided that for these purposes, any equity awards with a vesting schedule less frequent than annual shall be treated as though the vesting occurred in equal annual installments and any portion of any such awards that would have vested by the end of the Severance Period (including any portion which would have vested prior to the date of termination of employment) shall vest as of the date of such termination of employment (e.g., if 100 restricted stock units were granted 1.7 years prior to the date of termination with a 5-year cliff vesting term then on the date of termination 40 of such units would vest); provided, further, that with respect to any awards subject to performance vesting requirements, the vesting of such awards shall in all events be subject to the satisfaction of the applicable performance goals;

 

(iii)                               any then vested options or stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) of Executive (including options or SARs vesting as a result of (ii) above) to acquire Company or IAC equity, shall remain exercisable through the earlier of (A) the scheduled expiration date of such options or SARs and (B) eighteen months following Executive’s termination of employment; and

 

(iv)                              the Company shall pay Executive within thirty (30) days of the date of such termination or resignation in a lump sum in cash any Accrued Obligations (as defined in paragraph 1(f) below).

 

The payment or provision to Executive of the severance benefits described in this Section 1(d) shall be subject to Executive’s execution and non-revocation of a general release of the Company and its affiliates, in a form substantially similar to that used for similarly situated executives of the Company and its affiliates, such general release to be executed and promptly delivered to the Company (and in no event later than 21 days following Executive’s termination of employment, or such longer period as may be required by applicable law) and Executive’s compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in Section 2 hereof.  Such release shall make clear that Executive is not releasing his right to receive any termination benefits pursuant to this Section 1(d) above and/or under any equity award plans governing any outstanding equity award

 

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then held by Executive. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the severance benefits described in this Section 1(d) constitute good and valuable consideration for such release.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following without Executive’s prior written consent: (A) the reduction in Executive’s Base Salary constituting a material diminution in Executive’s base compensation as determined for purposes of Section 409A and regulations thereunder, (B) a material diminution in Executive’s title, duties or level of responsibilities as compared to those in effect as of the Effective Date, excluding for this purpose any such change that is an isolated and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and that is remedied by the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive, (C) the relocation of Executive’s principal place of employment to a location that is greater than fifty (50) miles away from the greater Denver, Colorado metroplitan area, (D) the failure of the Company to nominate Executive to stand for election to the Board of Directors of the Company or the removal of Executive from the Board of Directors of the Company, other than pursuant to a termination of Executive’s employment due to death, Disability or Cause or a voluntary termination of employment without Good Reason, or (E) the requirement that Executive report to anyone other than the Board or the Chairman of the Board; provided, however, that in no event shall Executive’s resignation be for “Good Reason” unless (x) an event or circumstance set forth in clauses (A) through (D) above shall have occurred and Executive provides the Company with written notice thereof within thirty (30) days after Executive has initial knowledge of the occurrence or existence of such event or circumstance, which notice specifically identifies the event or circumstance that Executive believes constitutes Good Reason, (y) the Company fails to correct the event or circumstance so identified within thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice and (z) Executive resigns within ninety (90) days after the date of delivery of the notice referred to in (x) above.

 

(e)          OFFSET.  If Executive obtains other employment during the period of time in which the Company is required to make payments to Executive pursuant to Section 1(d)(i) above, the amount of any such remaining payments or benefits to be provided to Executive shall be reduced by the amount of compensation and benefits earned by Executive from such other employment through the end of such period.  For purposes of this Section 1(e), Executive shall have an obligation to inform the Company regarding Executive’s employment status following termination and during the period of time in which the Company is making payments to Executive under Section 1(d)(i) above.

 

(f)            ACCRUED OBLIGATIONS.  As used in this Agreement, “Accrued Obligations” shall mean the sum of (i) any portion of Executive’s accrued but unpaid Base Salary through the date of death or termination of employment for any reason, as the case may be; (ii) any compensation previously earned but deferred by Executive (together with any interest or earnings thereon) that has not yet been paid and that is not otherwise to be paid at a later date pursuant to the executive deferred compensation plan of the Company, if any, and (iii) any reimbursements that Executive is entitled to receive under Section 3A(c)(i) of the Agreement.

 

(g)           NOTICE OF NON-RENEWAL.  Delivery by the Company of a Notice of Non-Renewal shall constitute a termination of Executive’s employment without Cause effective at the end of the then current Term.  Delivery by Executive of a Notice of Non-Renewal shall

 

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constitute a termination of Executive’s employment without Good Reason effective at the end of the then current Term.

 

2.                                      CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; NON-COMPETITION; NON-SOLICITATION; AND PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.

 

(a)           CONFIDENTIALITY.  Executive acknowledges that, while employed by the Company, Executive will occupy a position of trust and confidence.  The Company, its subsidiaries and/or affiliates shall provide Executive with “Confidential Information” as referred to below.  Executive shall not, except as may be required to perform Executive’s duties hereunder or as required by applicable law, without limitation in time, communicate, divulge, disseminate, disclose to others or otherwise use, whether directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information regarding the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries and/or affiliates, other than to Executive’s legal, tax and financial advisors who are bound by similar confidentiality provisions.

 

“Confidential Information” shall mean information about the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, and their respective businesses, employees, consultants, contractors, clients and customers that is not disclosed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates for financial reporting purposes or otherwise generally made available to the public (other than by Executive’s breach of the terms hereof) and that was learned or developed by Executive in the course of employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, including (without limitation) any proprietary knowledge, trade secrets, data, formulae, information and client and customer lists and all papers, resumes, and records (including computer records) of the documents containing such Confidential Information.  Executive acknowledges that such Confidential Information is specialized, unique in nature and of great value to the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates, and that such information gives the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates a competitive advantage.  Executive agrees to deliver or return to the Company, at the Company’s request at any time or upon termination or expiration of Executive’s employment or as soon thereafter as possible, all documents, computer tapes and disks, records, lists, data, drawings, prints, notes and written information (and all copies thereof) furnished by the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates, or prepared by (and related to the employment of and/or based upon or otherwise incorporating information received from the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates during the Term) Executive in the course of Executive’s employment by the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates.  As used in this Agreement, “subsidiaries” and “affiliates” shall mean any company controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Company.

 

(b)           NON-COMPETITION.  In consideration of this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by Executive, Executive hereby agrees and covenants that, during Executive’s employment hereunder and for a period of twelve (12) months thereafter (the “Restricted Period”), Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, engage in or become associated with a Competitive Activity.

 

For purposes of this Section 2(b),  (i) a “Competitive Activity” means any business or other endeavor involving Similar Products if such business or endeavor is in a country (including

 

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the United States) in which the Company (or any of its businesses) provides or planned to provide during Executive’s employment hereunder such Similar Products; (ii) “Similar Products” means any products or services that are the same or substantially similar to any of the types of products or services that the Company or any of its businesses for which Executive has oversight responsibility provides, has provided or planned to provide during Executive’s employment hereunder; and (iii) Executive shall be considered to have become “associated with a Competitive Activity” if Executive becomes directly or indirectly involved as an owner, principal, employee, officer, director, independent contractor, representative, stockholder, financial backer, agent, partner, member, advisor, lender, consultant or in any other individual or representative capacity with any individual, partnership, corporation or other organization that is engaged in a Competitive Activity.

 

Executive acknowledges that Executive’s covenants under this Section 2(b) are a material inducement to the Company’s entering into this Agreement.  Further, Executive acknowledges that the restrictions set forth in this provision are reasonable and not greater than necessary to protect and maintain the proprietary and other legitimate business interests of the Company, and that the enforcement of these restrictions would not prevent Executive from earning a livelihood.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive may make and retain investments during the Restricted Period, for investment purposes only, in less than one percent (1%) of the outstanding capital stock of any publicly-traded corporation engaged in a Competitive Activity if the stock of such corporation is either listed on a national stock exchange or on the NASDAQ National Market System if Executive is not otherwise affiliated with such corporation.   Executive acknowledges that Executive’s covenants under this Section 2(b) are a material inducement to the Company’s entering into this Agreement.

 

(c)           NON-SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYEES.  Executive recognizes that he will possess Confidential Information about other employees, consultants and contractors of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates relating to their education, experience, skills, abilities, compensation and benefits, and inter-personal relationships with suppliers to and customers of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates.  Executive recognizes that the information he will possess about these other employees, consultants and contractors is not generally known, is of substantial value to the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates in developing their respective businesses and in securing and retaining customers, and will be acquired by Executive because of Executive’s business position with the Company.  Executive agrees that, during Executive’s employment hereunder and for a period of eighteen (18) months thereafter, Executive will not, directly or indirectly, hire, solicit or recruit any employee of: (i) the Company and/or (ii) its subsidiaries and/or affiliates, with whom Executive had direct, meaningful and/or continued contact during his employment hereunder for the purpose of being employed by Executive or by any business, individual, partnership, firm, corporation or other entity on whose behalf Executive is acting as an agent, representative or employee and that Executive will not convey any such Confidential Information or trade secrets about employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to any other person except within the scope of Executive’s duties hereunder.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of the employees with whom Executive has had a direct working relationship prior to his employment with the Company, its subsidiaries

 

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and/or affiliates, the restrictions set forth immediately above shall (i) upon a termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for any reason other than Executive’s death or Disability or for Cause, (ii) upon Executive’s resignation for Good Reason or (iii) if the Company notifies Executive that it does not intend to renew this Agreement pursuant to Section 2A of this Agreement, cease to apply.

 

(d)           NON-SOLICITATION OF BUSINESS PARTNERS.  During Executive’s employment hereunder, and for a period of eighteen (18)  months thereafter, Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, persuade or encourage any business partners or business affiliates of (i) the Company and/or (ii) any of its subsidiaries and/or affiliates with whom Executive has direct contact during his employment hereunder, in each case, to cease doing business with the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries and/or affiliates or to engage in any business competitive with the Company and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates.

 

(e)           PROPRIETARY RIGHTS; ASSIGNMENT.  All Employee Developments (defined below) shall be considered works made for hire by Executive for the Company or, as applicable, its subsidiaries or affiliates, and Executive agrees that all rights of any kind in any Employee Developments belong exclusively to the Company.  In order to permit the Company to exploit such Employee Developments, Executive shall promptly and fully report all such Employee Developments to the Company.  Except in furtherance of his obligations as an employee of the Company, Executive shall not use or reproduce any portion of any record associated with any Employee Development without prior written consent of the Company or, as applicable, its subsidiaries or affiliates.  Executive agrees that in the event actions of Executive are required to ensure that such rights belong to the Company under applicable laws, Executive will cooperate and take whatever such actions are reasonably requested by the Company, whether during or after the Term, and without the need for separate or additional compensation.  “Employee Developments” means any idea, know-how, discovery, invention, design, method, technique, improvement, enhancement, development, computer program, machine, algorithm or other work of authorship, whether developed, conceived or reduced to practice during or following the period of employment, that (i) concerns or relates to the actual or anticipated business, research or development activities, or operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or (ii) results from or is suggested by any undertaking assigned to Executive or work performed by Executive for or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, whether created alone or with others, during or after working hours, or (iii) uses, incorporates or is based on Company equipment, supplies, facilities, trade secrets or inventions of any form or type.  All Confidential Information and all Employee Developments are and shall remain the sole property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.  Executive shall acquire no proprietary interest in any Confidential Information or Employee Developments developed or acquired during the Term.  To the extent Executive may, by operation of law or otherwise, acquire any right, title or interest in or to any Confidential Information or Employee Development, Executive hereby assigns and covenants to assign to the Company all such proprietary rights without the need for a separate writing or additional compensation.  Executive shall, both during and after the Term, upon the Company’s request, promptly execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the Company all such assignments, confirmations of assignment, certificates, and instruments, and shall promptly perform such other acts, as the Company may from time to time in its discretion deem necessary or desirable to evidence,

 

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establish, maintain, perfect, enforce or defend the Company’s rights in Confidential Information and Employee Developments.

 

(f)            COMPLIANCE WITH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.  During the period that Executive is employed with the Company hereunder, Executive shall adhere to the policies and standards of professionalism set forth in the policies and procedures of the Company and IAC as they may exist from time to time.

 

(g)           SURVIVAL OF PROVISIONS.  The obligations contained in this Section 2 shall, to the extent provided in this Section 2, survive the termination or expiration of Executive’s employment with the Company and, as applicable, shall be fully enforceable thereafter in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  If it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that any restriction in this Section 2 is excessive in duration or scope or is unreasonable or unenforceable under applicable law, it is the intention of the parties that such restriction may be modified or amended by the court to render it enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

 

3.             LOCKUP ON COMPANY SHARES.  Until December 31, 2019 (the “Lockup End Date”), Executive shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of shares of Company common stock acquired upon the exercise or settlement of Company equity awards; provided, however, that this restriction shall lapse upon a termination of Executive’s employment without Cause or for Good Reason, or by virtue of Executive’s death, prior to the Lockup End Date, and provided, further that this restriction shall not apply to any net settlements of Company equity awards that vest after the Effective Date, or sales of shares of Company common stock to cover tax withholdings or the exercise price due on vesting or exercise of Company equity awards. Following the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), the applicable annual limits on the number of shares of Class A common stock of the Company with respect to which Executive may exercise Company stock appreciation rights shall remain in effect (as equitably adjusted to reflect the exchange ratio).

 

4.             TERMINATION OF PRIOR AGREEMENTS.  Effective upon the Effective Date, this Agreement shall constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and, as of the Effective Date, terminates and supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has made, and is not making, and in executing this Agreement, Executive has not relied upon, any representations, promises or inducements except to the extent the same is expressly set forth in this Agreement.  Until the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Employment Agreement, by and between Executive and ServiceMagic, Inc., effective as of May 16, 2011, shall remain in full force and effect.

 

5.             ASSIGNMENT; SUCCESSORS.  This Agreement is personal in its nature and none of the parties hereto shall, without the consent of the others, assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder; provided, that the Company may assign this Agreement to, or allow any of its obligations to be fulfilled by, or take actions through, any affiliate of the Company and, in the event of the merger, consolidation, transfer, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Transaction”) with or to any other individual or entity, this

 

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Agreement shall, subject to the provisions hereof, be binding upon and inure to the benefit of such successor and such successor shall discharge and perform all the promises, covenants, duties, and obligations of the Company hereunder, and in the event of any such assignment or Transaction, all references herein to the “Company” shall refer to the Company’s assignee or successor hereunder.

 

6.             WITHHOLDING.  The Company shall make such deductions and withhold such amounts from each payment and benefit made or provided to Executive hereunder, as may be required from time to time by applicable law, governmental regulation or order.

 

7.             SECTION 409A.

 

(a)           This Agreement is not intended to constitute a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations issued thereunder (“Section 409A”).  It is intended that any amounts payable under this Agreement and the Company’s and Executive’s exercise of authority or discretion hereunder shall comply with and avoid the imputation of any tax, penalty or interest under Section 409A of the Code.  This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted consistent with that intent.  In no event shall the Company be required to pay Executive any “gross-up” or other payment with respect to any taxes or penalties imposed under Section 409A with respect to any benefit paid to Executive hereunder.

 

(b)           For purposes of this Agreement, a “Separation from Service” occurs when Executive dies, retires or otherwise has a termination of employment with the Company that constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)(1), without regard to the optional alternative definitions available thereunder.

 

(c)           If Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(i) as of the date of Executive’s Separation from Service, Executive shall not be entitled to any payment or benefit pursuant to Section 1(d) that constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A until the earlier of (i) the date which is six (6) months after his or her Separation from Service for any reason other than death, or (ii) the date of Executive’s death.  The provisions of this paragraph shall only apply if, and to the extent, required to avoid the imputation of any tax, penalty or interest pursuant to Section 409A.  Any amounts otherwise payable to Executive upon or in the six (6) month period following Executive’s Separation from Service that are not so paid by reason of this Section 6(b) shall be paid (without interest) as soon as practicable (and in all events within thirty (30) days) after the date that is six (6) months after Executive’s Separation from Service (or, if earlier, as soon as practicable, and in all events within thirty (30) days, after the date of Executive’s death).

 

(d)           To the extent that any reimbursement pursuant to this Agreement is taxable to Executive, Executive shall provide the Company with documentation of the related expenses promptly so as to facilitate the timing of the reimbursement payment contemplated by this paragraph, and any reimbursement payment due to Executive pursuant to such provision shall be paid to Executive on or before the last day of Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the related expense was incurred.  Such reimbursement obligations pursuant to this Agreement are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit and the amount of such

 

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benefits that Executive receives in one taxable year shall not affect the amount of such benefits that Executive receives in any other taxable year.

 

(e)           In no event shall the Company be required to pay Executive any “gross-up” or other payment with respect to any taxes or penalties imposed under Section 409A with respect to any benefit paid to Executive hereunder.  The Company agrees to take any reasonable steps requested by Executive to avoid adverse tax consequences to Executive as a result of any benefit to Executive hereunder being subject to Section 409A, provided that Executive shall, if requested, reimburse the Company for any incremental costs (other than incidental costs) associated with taking such steps.  All payments to be made upon a termination of employment under this Agreement may only be made upon a “separation from service” under Section 409A.

 

(f)            For purposes of Section 409A, Executive’s right to receive any “installment” payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments.

 

8.             HEADING REFERENCES.  Section headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.  References to “this Agreement” or the use of the term “hereof” shall refer to these Standard Terms and Conditions and the Employment Agreement attached hereto, taken as a whole.

 

9.             REMEDIES FOR BREACH.  Executive expressly agrees and understands that Executive will notify the Company in writing of any alleged breach of this Agreement by the Company, and the Company will have thirty (30) days from receipt of Executive’s notice to cure any such breach.  Executive expressly agrees and understands that in the event of any termination of Executive’s employment by the Company during the Term, the Company’s contractual obligations to Executive shall be fulfilled through compliance with its obligations under Section 1 of the Standard Terms and Conditions.

 

Executive expressly agrees and understands that the remedy at law for any breach by Executive of Section 2 of the Standard Terms and Conditions will be inadequate and that damages flowing from such breach are not usually susceptible to being measured in monetary terms.  Accordingly, it is acknowledged that, upon Executive’s violation of any provision of such Section 2, the Company shall be entitled to obtain from any court of competent jurisdiction immediate injunctive relief and obtain a temporary order restraining any threatened or further breach as well as an equitable accounting of all profits or benefits arising out of such violation.  Nothing shall be deemed to limit the Company’s remedies at law or in equity for any breach by Executive of any of the provisions of this Agreement, including Section 2, which may be pursued by or available to the Company.

 

10.          WAIVER; MODIFICATION.  Failure to insist upon strict compliance with any of the terms, covenants, or conditions hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of such term, covenant, or condition, nor shall any waiver or relinquishment of, or failure to insist upon strict compliance with, any right or power hereunder at any one or more times be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of such right or power at any other time or times.  This Agreement shall not be modified in any respect except by a writing executed by each party hereto.

 

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11.          SEVERABILITY.  In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any portion of this Agreement is in violation of any law or public policy, only the portions of this Agreement that violate such law or public policy shall be stricken.  All portions of this Agreement that do not violate any statute or public policy shall continue in full force and effect.  Further, any court order striking any portion of this Agreement shall modify the stricken terms as narrowly as possible to give as much effect as possible to the intentions of the parties under this Agreement.

 

12.          INDEMNIFICATION.  The Company shall indemnify and hold Executive harmless for acts and omissions in Executive’s capacity as an officer, director or employee of the Company to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law; provided, however, that neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates shall indemnify Executive for any losses incurred by Executive as a result of acts described in Section 1(c) of this Agreement.

 

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ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:

 

Date: September 28, 2017

 

 

ANGI Homeservices Inc.

 

 

 

/s/ Gregg Winiarski

 

By:

Gregg Winiarski

 

Title:

Vice President and Secretary

 

 

 

/s/ Chris Terrill

 

Chris Terrill

 


Exhibit 14.1

 

ANGI HOMESERVICES INC.

CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS

(September 2017)

 

Introduction

 

This Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (“Code of Ethics” or “Code”) reflects the commitment of ANGI Homeservices Inc. (the “ANGI Homeservices” and, together with its businesses, the “Company”) to conduct its business affairs in accordance with not only the requirements of law, but also standards of ethical conduct that will maintain and foster the Company’s reputation for honest and straightforward business dealings.  The standards in this Code may be further explained or implemented through policy memoranda, including those relating to specific areas of our business.  If a law conflicts with a policy in this Code, you must comply with the law.  This Code and related memoranda and manuals are available from the Human Resources and Legal Departments of ANGI Homeservices and each ANGI Homeservices business.

 

This Code of Ethics applies to all ANGI Homeservices directors, officer and employees, as well as to directors, officers and employees of each subsidiary of ANGI Homeservices.  Such directors, officers and employees are collectively hereinafter referred to as “covered persons”.

 

You are strongly encouraged to consult with supervisory personnel or the Legal Department of your business or ANGI Homeservices if you have any questions concerning the requirements or interpretation of this Code of Ethics.

 

Those who violate the standards in this Code may be subject to disciplinary action.  If you are in or aware of a situation which you believe may violate or lead to a violation of this Code, please follow the guidelines described in Sections 9 and 10 of this Code.

 

1.              Honest, Lawful and Ethical Conduct

 

The conduct of covered persons in performing their duties on behalf of the Company must in all situations, as to all matters and at all times, be honest, lawful and in accordance with high ethical and professional standards.

 

The requirement of honest, lawful, and ethical conduct is broad and therefore must be stated in general terms.  As such, this Code does not cover every issue that may arise, but instead sets out basic principles to guide all covered persons.

 

2.              Conflicts of Interest

 

Conflicts of interest may impair or interfere with a covered person’s performance of his or her duties to the Company or his or her ability to act in the Company’s best interests.  A “conflict of interest” exists when a covered person’s personal or private interest improperly interferes with, or is adverse (or appears to be adverse) to, the interests of the Company.  A conflict situation can arise when a covered person takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult to perform his or her work for the Company objectively and effectively.  Conflicts of interest often arise

 



 

directly, but may also arise when a covered person receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position in the Company.

 

While it is impossible to foresee every potential conflict that could arise, examples of conflicts could include affiliations or investments in competitors, customers, suppliers, or others who do business with ANGI Homeservices.  All covered persons must be sensitive to potential conflicts and avoid them where possible.  The Company respects the privacy of its directors, officers and employees and their right to engage in outside activities (which expressly include, in the case of directors, serving as an executive officer, employee or director of, and/or maintaining a significant direct or indirect beneficial ownership interest in, another entity) that do not conflict with the interests of, do not interfere with the performance of their duties on behalf of, and do not reflect poorly on the Company.  The Company nonetheless has the right and obligation to determine whether conflicts of interest exist and to take appropriate action to address them.

 

Before engaging in any material transaction or relationship (including the acceptance of an executive officer or director position with another entity or the making of a significant direct or indirect investment in another entity) that reasonably could give rise to an actual or apparent conflict of interest, each covered person must provide full and fair disclosure of all relevant facts and circumstances to, in the case of a ANGI Homeservices Board member or executive officer, the ANGI Homeservices General Counsel or, in the case of any other covered person, his or her business Legal Department or the ANGI Homeservices Legal Department, as applicable.  Whenever a general counsel of an ANGI Homeservices business learns of a potential conflict of interest transaction or relationship relating to his or her business or employees that appears to be material, he or she shall immediately inform the ANGI Homeservices Legal Department to help determine the appropriate course of action.  After evaluating the reported transaction or relationship, ANGI Homeservices will determine the appropriate protective measures, if any, which measures may include prohibiting such transaction or relationship.

 

In most cases, anything that would constitute a conflict for a covered person also would present a conflict if it is related to a member of his or her family.  In particular, if a covered person’s spouse or other close family member works for a firm that does business with or competes against the Company, your business Legal Department should be advised of the situation in writing.

 

Conflicts of interest may not always be clear-cut, so if you have a question, you should consult with senior management or your Legal Department.  In addition, for ANGI Homeservices directors only, the provisions of this Section 2 are subject to Article XIII of the ANGI Homeservices’ Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

3.              Corporate Opportunity

 

Covered persons are prohibited from taking advantage, for themselves or other companies with which they are affiliated, of any opportunity that is in any of ANGI Homeservices’ lines of business or in which ANGI Homeservices has an interest or expectancy.  If any covered person has a question as to whether a given opportunity is covered by the foregoing sentence, he or she is advised to consult with ANGI Homeservices’ General Counsel in advance of pursuing it.  Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, in no event shall any  director of ANGI Homeservices be

 

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deemed to have violated the terms of this provision if a specific opportunity came to his or her attention through any means not connected with his or her service to ANGI Homeservices.

 

In addition, covered persons may not use corporate property or information or their positions with ANGI Homeservices for improper personal gain.  Lastly, for ANGI Homeservices directors only, the provisions of this Section 3 are subject to Article XIII of ANGI Homeservices’ Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

4.              Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations

 

Complying with the law is the foundation on which ANGI Homeservices’ ethical standards are built.  It is ANGI Homeservices’ policy to be a good “corporate citizen”.  All covered persons must comply with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations.  Reasons such as “everyone does it” are unacceptable excuses for violating this requirement of this Code.

 

Although not all covered persons are expected to know the details of these laws, it is important to know enough to determine when to seek advice from your supervisors, managers, your Legal Department or other appropriate personnel.  Any suspected or actual violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation should be reported immediately to your immediate supervisor or your Legal Department.

 

5.              Insider Trading

 

Covered persons who, as a result of their employment at or other association with the Company, are in possession of material, non-public information about any publicly traded corporation, including ANGI Homeservices, may not engage in transactions in the securities of such corporations and should not share such information with anyone who might engage in such transactions.  To do so is not only unethical, but also illegal, and could expose you to civil and criminal penalties.

 

Please read and familiarize yourself with the “ANGI Homeservices Securities Trading Policy”, which can be obtained from your Human Resources or Legal Department.  If you should have further questions in this area, please consult the ANGI Homeservices Legal Department.

 

6.              Disclosure, Financial Reporting, and Accounting

 

The Company is committed to providing full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in all reports and documents filed with or submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in all other public communications made by the Company.  All of the Company’s books, records, accounts and financial statements must be maintained in reasonable detail, must appropriately reflect the Company’s transactions and must conform both to applicable legal requirements and to the Company’s system of internal controls.  Unrecorded or “off the books” funds or assets should not be maintained unless permitted by applicable law or regulation and brought to the attention of ANGI Homeservices’ Controller.

 

Any covered person who learns of any material information affecting or potentially affecting the accuracy or adequacy of the disclosures made by the Company in its SEC filings or other public statements shall bring the matter promptly to the attention of a member of the ANGI

 

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Homeservices Disclosure Committee.  The Disclosure Committee consists of the General Counsel of ANGI Homeservices, the Chief Financial Officer of ANGI Homeservices and such other employees of ANGI Homeservices as may be designated from time to time.

 

Senior management, including the senior financial officers, of ANGI Homeservices’ businesses shall report their respective financial results to senior management of ANGI Homeservices in a way that enables ANGI Homeservices to fairly present the consolidated financial position and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, applied on a consistent basis.

 

Any covered person who learns of any information concerning (i) significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data accurately, or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, involving management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s financial reporting, disclosures or internal controls, shall bring the matter promptly to the attention of a member of the Disclosure Committee.

 

Upon receipt of any such information, the Disclosure Committee shall investigate the matter, consult with senior management as warranted, confer with the Audit Committee if appropriate, and ensure that any necessary corrective action is taken.

 

7.              Confidentiality

 

Covered persons must maintain the confidentiality of confidential information entrusted to them by the Company and/or IAC/InterActiveCorp and their respective customers or suppliers, except when disclosure is authorized by your Legal Department, required by laws or regulations or ordinary and necessary in the course of carrying out your responsibilities as an employee, officer or director of the Company.  Confidential information includes all non-public information that might be of use to competitors, or harmful to the Company or its customers or suppliers, if disclosed.  It also includes information that suppliers and customers have entrusted to us.  The obligation to preserve confidential information continues even after employment or service ends.

 

8.              Waivers of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

Any waiver of this Code for executive officers or directors of ANGI Homeservices may be made only by the ANGI Homeservices Board of Directors or a properly authorized ANGI Homeservices Board committee and will be promptly disclosed to shareholders along with reasons for such waiver as required by law or Nasdaq rules.

 

9.              Compliance Procedures

 

We must all work to ensure prompt and consistent action in response to violations of this Code.  However, in some situations it is difficult to know right from wrong.  Since we cannot anticipate every situation that will arise, it is important that we have a way to approach a new question or problem.  These are the steps to keep in mind:

 

Make sure you have all the facts.  In order to reach the right solutions, we must be as fully informed as possible.

 

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Ask yourself:  What specifically am I being asked to do?  Does it seem unethical or improper?  This will enable you to focus on the specific question you are faced with, and the alternatives you have.  Use your judgment and common sense; if something seems unethical or improper, it probably is.

 

Clarify your responsibility and role.  In most situations, there is shared responsibility.  Are your colleagues informed?  It may help to get others involved and discuss the problem.

 

Discuss the problem with your supervisor.  This is the basic guidance for all situations.  In many cases, your supervisor will be more knowledgeable about the question, and will appreciate being brought into the decision-making process.  Remember that it is your supervisor’s responsibility to help solve problems.

 

Ask first, act later:  If you are unsure of what to do in any situation, seek guidance before you act.

 

10.       Enforcement

 

The Company is committed to full, prompt, and fair enforcement of the provisions of this Code of Ethics.

 

Reporting Violations.  Any covered person who learns of information indicating that a violation of this Code of Ethics has been or is about to be committed shall immediately report the facts to the general counsel of your ANGI Homeservices business (or his or her designee), if applicable, or otherwise to the ANGI Homeservices Legal Department.

 

The failure to report a violation of this Code of Ethics may itself be a violation of this Code.

 

Whenever a general counsel of a ANGI Homeservices business learns of a reported violation of this Code of Ethics that involves a violation of law (including any violation of the securities laws) or otherwise appears to be particularly serious, he or she shall immediately inform ANGI Homeservices’ General Counsel.

 

Protection for Reporting Violations.  It is prohibited, and is a violation of this Code of Ethics, for anyone associated with the Company to retaliate in any way against anyone who has reported to the Company in good faith information indicating that a violation of this Code may have occurred or may be about to occur.

 

Prohibited forms of retaliation include adverse employment actions (such as termination, suspension and demotion), the creation of a hostile work environment, and any other type of reprisal for the good-faith reporting of a possible violation of this Code of Ethics.

 

Investigating Reports of Violations.  Upon receipt of a report of a possible violation of this Code of Ethics, the ANGI Homeservices Legal Department or ANGI Homeservices business Legal Department, as the case may be, shall promptly initiate an investigation to gather the relevant facts.

 

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All lawful and appropriate investigative means and methods may be utilized in the conduct of the investigation.

 

All covered persons shall cooperate in the investigation when called upon to do so.  A failure to cooperate may itself constitute a violation of this Code.

 

The ANGI Homeservices Legal Department shall be kept apprised of the progress and informed of the results of investigations performed by the general counsels of ANGI Homeservices businesses.  In conducting and monitoring investigations, the ANGI Homeservices Legal Department shall consult and coordinate as appropriate with senior management, the Internal Audit Department, the Human Resources Department and the Audit Committee, and shall seek to ensure that the provisions of this Code of Ethics are applied and enforced consistently across the population of covered persons and across the ANGI Homeservices businesses.

 

Sanctions for Violations.  Appropriate disciplinary action shall be determined upon completion of the investigation, if the ANGI Homeservices General Counsel or the general counsel of the ANGI Homeservices business concludes that a violation of this Code of Ethics has been committed and disciplinary action is warranted.  Any violation of this Code may result in serious sanctions by the Company, which may include dismissal, suspension without pay, loss of pay or bonus, loss of benefits, demotion or other sanctions.

 

Any disciplinary action to be taken against a covered person shall be subject to the approval of senior management (or, in the case of directors, the Audit Committee), and shall be carried out by the Human Resources Department of the applicable business or ANGI Homeservices.

 

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Exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated February 21, 2017, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Angie’s List, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and incorporated by reference in this Current Report on Form 8-K of ANGI Homeservices Inc.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

Indianapolis, Indiana

October 2, 2017

 


Exhibit 99.1

 

 

IAC’s ANGI Homeservices Inc. Makes Stock Market Debut

 

·                  IAC completes transaction combining Angie’s List with HomeAdvisor to launch category leader in the $400 billion market for home services

 

·                  ANGI Homeservices offers largest network in North America with 200,000 high quality service professionals across 500 home services categories and 400 discrete markets

 

·                  Suzy Welch, Alesia J. Haas and Yilu Zhao join Board of Directors

 

NEW YORK — October 2, 2017 IAC (NASDAQ: IAC) and ANGI Homeservices Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) today announced that ANGI Homeservices Inc. will commence trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “ANGI” today, October 2, 2017, following the completion of the transaction combining Angie’s List and IAC’s HomeAdvisor into a single, publicly-traded company. The new company instantly connects homeowners with the largest network of high quality service professionals in North America, and the combined network delivers the scale necessary to accelerate product innovation in the $400 billion home services category’s shift online. The transaction was approved by stockholders of Angie’s List at a special meeting held for such purpose on September 29, 2017, and completed following close of business that same day.

 

ANGI Homeservices combines Angie’s List’s well-known brand and large audience with IAC’s home services category leader HomeAdvisor, creating a pro forma entity that exceeded $890 million in combined revenue over the last twelve months, as of the second quarter of 2017.  The combined company expects to generate $270 million in Adjusted EBITDA in 2018 (excluding deferred revenue write-offs and transaction related one-time costs of up to $100 million) and is targeting a five-year compound annual growth rate of revenue of 20 to 25 percent, with Adjusted EBITDA margins ramping to approximately 35 percent.

 

“The combination of these two powerful companies marks a tipping point for the home services category,” said Chris Terrill, CEO, ANGI Homeservices. “As spending on home improvement projects continues to rise, consumers and service pros will now have access to unprecedented scale and product breadth when it comes to matching the right jobs with the right expertise in a fast, efficient and seamless way. As a single company, we can now drive more product innovation and value across our combined marketplace, increase customer satisfaction across the board, and more rapidly grab share from our single biggest competitor in this underpenetrated market: word of mouth.”

 

ANGI Homeservices offers the marketplace:

 



 

·                  North America’s largest combined network of 200,000 active, high quality service professionals with coverage across 500 different home services categories and 400 markets;

 

·                  A giant leap in scale on both the supply and demand side of the home services marketplace, accelerating this relatively immature market’s shift online;

 

·                  Enhanced innovation, products and technology to seamlessly connect homeowners and service providers — including Same Day Service, Instant Booking and Instant Connect;

 

·                  Superior monetization through the combination of Angie’s List’s nationally-recognized brand and HomeAdvisor’s performance-based on-demand marketplace, fueling incremental jobs to the combined network and increasing combined revenue.

 

ANGI Homeservices also today announced the appointment of three new Directors to its Board: best-selling author and business journalist Suzy Welch; Oz Management CFO and former CFO of OneWest Alesia J. Haas; and private equity investor and former CFO of Qunar Yilu Zhao. This brings the total size of the ANGI Homeservices Board of Directors to 10.

 

“ANGI Homeservices joins the ranks of Match, Expedia, Ticketmaster and many others, to emerge from IAC as a leader in its category with a powerful marketplace and strong momentum.  I believe this one could be our biggest yet,” said Joey Levin, CEO of IAC and Chairman of the ANGI Homeservices Board.

 

More information about ANGI Homeservices, including a full list of the Board of Directors, media and investor information, and can be found at www.angihomeservices.com.

 

Transaction Details

 

On September 29, 2017, ANGI Homeservices completed its previously announced acquisition of Angie’s List by way of the merger of its subsidiary Casa Merger Sub, Inc. with and into Angie’s List, with Angie’s List surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of ANGI Homeservices.  In the merger, former Angie’s List security holders received a total of 61,290,846 shares of Class A common stock of ANGI Homeservices (taking into account cash elections made for 225,076 shares of Angie’s List common stock, for which holders who made such election received $8.50 in cash per share), representing 12.9% of the outstanding shares of common stock of ANGI Homeservices immediately following the merger.  Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, ANGI Homeservices issued shares of its Class B common stock to IAC such that, immediately following the merger, IAC held 414,753,615 shares of Class B common stock, representing 87.1% of the outstanding shares of common stock of ANGI Homeservices.  Effective as of the close of trading on September 29, 2017, Angie’s List common stock was delisted from the NASDAQ Stock Market and ceased to be publicly traded, and beginning today, October 2, 2017, the shares of Class A common stock of ANGI Homeservices will trade on NASDAQ under the former Angie’s List ticker symbol, “ANGI”.

 

As the transaction was consummated in the third quarter, a portion of the one-time, transaction-related charges previously disclosed will be reflected in the third quarter results of ANGI Homeservices and IAC.

 



 

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About ANGI Homeservices Inc.

 

Through its collection of brands, ANGI Homeservices Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) is creating the world’s largest digital marketplace for home services, connecting millions of homeowners across the globe with home service professionals. ANGI Homeservices operates 10 brands in eight countries, including HomeAdvisor®, Angie’s List, mHelpDesk, HomeStars (Canada), MyHammer (Germany), MyBuilder (UK), Werkspot (Netherlands) and Instapro (Italy). The company is headquartered in Golden, Colo. For more information visit www.angihomeservices.com.

 

About IAC

 

IAC (NASDAQ: IAC) is a leading media and Internet company comprised of widely known consumer brands such as Vimeo, Dictionary.com, Dotdash, The Daily Beast and Investopedia, along with ANGI Homeservices Inc. which operates HomeAdvisor and Angie’s List, and Match Group’s online dating portfolio, which includes Match, Tinder, PlentyOfFish and OkCupid.  The company is headquartered in New York City and has offices worldwide.

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

 

The information in this press release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The use of words such as “anticipates,” “estimates,” “expects” and “plans” and “believes,” among others, generally identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, among others, statements relating to ANGI Homeservices Inc.’s future financial performance, ANGI Homeservices Inc.’s business prospects, strategy and anticipated trends in the industries in which ANGI Homeservices Inc.’s businesses operate, or will operate, and other similar matters. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions about future events, which are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in these forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons. In light of these risks and uncertainties, these forward-looking statements may not prove to be accurate. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.  IAC and ANGI Homeservices Inc. do not intend, and undertake no obligation, to update any forward-looking statement.

 

In addition to factors previously disclosed in IAC’s and ANGI Homeservices’ reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and those identified elsewhere in this press release, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements and historical performance: the possibility that the anticipated cost savings and other benefits of the completed business combination are not realized when expected or at

 



 

all, including as a result of the impact of, or problems arising from, the integration of HomeAdvisor and Angie’s List or as a result of changes in the economy and competitive factors in the areas where they do business; changes in asset quality and credit risk; the potential liability for a failure to meet regulatory requirements; potential changes to tax legislation; the potential effect of the consummation of the business combination on relationships, including with employees, customers and competitors; the ability to retain key personnel; changes in local, national and international financial market, insurance rates and interest rates; foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; the ability to protect ANGI Homeservices’ systems from cyberattacks and protect personal and confidential user information; and certain risks relating to the relationship between IAC/InterActiveCorp and ANGI Homeservices, among other risks.

 

Contact Us

 

IAC/ANGI Homeservices Investor Relations

Mark Schneider

(212) 314-7400

 

IAC Corporate Communications

Valerie Combs

(212) 314-7361

 

ANGI Homeservices Corporate Communications

Brooke Gabbert

(303) 963-8173