Exhibit (d)(22)
Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
(Effective on the Distribution Date)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
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DEFINITIONS |
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ARTICLE II |
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SERVICE |
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ARTICLE III |
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ELIGIBILITY |
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CONTRIBUTIONS |
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ARTICLE V |
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VESTING AND FORFEITURES |
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ALLOCATION |
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DISTRIBUTIONS |
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ARTICLE VIII |
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MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS |
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ARTICLE IX |
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IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS |
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ARTICLE X |
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VOTING AND OTHER RIGHTS |
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PAYMENT OF BENEFITS |
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ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN |
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ARTICLE XIII |
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FUNDING OF PLAN |
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ARTICLE XIV |
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AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN |
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ARTICLE XV |
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TERMINATION OF THE PLAN |
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ARTICLE XVI |
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PROVISIONS RELATING TO TOP-HEAVY PLAN |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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ARTICLE XVIII |
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ADOPTION OF PLAN BY AFFILIATE |
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EXHIBIT A |
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ADOPTING EMPLOYERS |
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EXHIBIT B |
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SPECIAL VESTING PROVISIONS |
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EXHIBIT C |
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SPECIAL RULES REGARDING CERTAIN TRANSFERRED |
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PARTICIPANTS |
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PREFACE
It is the purpose of this Plan to provide a means of providing retirement and other benefits
to employees of Expedia, Inc. (the Company) and certain related companies and to provide
employees with a means to save for their retirement.
The provisions of the Plan are effective on the date of the pro rata distribution (or
spin-off) (the Distribution Date) of all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Expedia,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (Expedia Parent) to the stockholders of IAC/InterActiveCorp.
Immediately prior to the Distribution Date, the Company was a whollyowned subsidiary of
IAC/InterActiveCorp. As a result of the foregoing corporate transactions and as soon as
practicable after the Distribution Date, the assets and liabilities of the account balances in
IAC/InterActiveCorp. Retirement Savings Plan (Prior Plan) attributable to the individuals who, as
of the day immediately prior to the Distribution Date, had been active and former employees of
Expedia Parent and its subsidiaries or designated employees, of IAC/InterActiveCorp who will become
Employees of the Company or its Affiliates, will be transferred to the Plan in a trust-to-trust
transfer of assets and liabilities (Trust-to-Trust Transfer) in accordance with the requirements
of Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(1).
The Plan herein set forth and its related Trust are hereby designated as constituting parts of
a plan and trust intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
The Plan, which is a profit-sharing plan, continues to provide for an Internal Revenue Code Section
401(k) feature. The Plan is intended to be an eligible individual account plan within the
meaning of Section 407(d)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(ERISA), which may invest all or a portion of its assets in qualifying employer securities, as
defined in Section 407(d)(5) of ERISA.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
The following words and terms as used in this Plan shall have the meanings set forth below,
unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context:
1.1 Account. The total of sub-accounts maintained by the Trustee to record the
interest of a Member in the Plan consisting of the 401(k) Account, Catch-Up Contribution Account,
Matching Contribution Account, Profit-Sharing Account, QNEC Account,
After-Tax Account and, if
applicable, Rollover Account.
1.2 Accrued Benefit. The net value of all assets, earned or accrued, allocated to a
Members Account.
1.3 Acquired Company. An entity that has been acquired by the Company or an
Affiliate.
1.4 Adopting Employer. An entity that is an Eligible Company and assumes the
obligations of the Plan and Trust in accordance with its by-laws (or similar governing documents)
and applicable law and with the consent of the Company. If the Plan is only adopted by the
Adopting Employer with regard to certain divisions, only those divisions shall be deemed the
Adopting Employer and the other divisions of such Adopting Employer shall not be deemed to be an
Adopting Employer and shall not assume the obligations of the Plan hereunder. The Initial Adopting
Employers are listed on Exhibit A to the Plan.
1.5 Affiliate. An entity or trade or business presently or in the future existing,
which (a) is a member of the controlled group which includes either the Company or an Adopting
Employer, as applicable, or are under common control with the Company or an Adopting Employer, as
applicable, as such terms are defined in Section 414 of the Code, but only during such period as
such entities or trades or businesses are members of the controlled group which includes the
Company or an Adopting Employer, as applicable, are under common control with the Company or an
Adopting Employer; or (b) is required to be aggregated with the Company or an Adopting Employer
pursuant to Sections 414(m) or (o) of the Code, but only during the period the entity or trade or
business is required to be so aggregated. Unless the context indicates otherwise, Affiliate shall
mean an Affiliate of the Company.
1.6 After-Tax Account. The Members sub-account with respect to after-tax
contributions made to a Historic Plan prior to the merger of the Historic Plan into the Plan with
respect to After-Tax Contributions made to the Plan and earnings and losses thereon.
1.7 After-Tax Contribution. A contribution made pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Plan
or a predecessor provision.
1.8 Beneficiary. The individual or trust designated by a Member, in a manner
acceptable to the Committee, to receive benefits payable under this Plan in the event of the
Members death; provided that, if the Member is married at the time of his death, his Spouse
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shall be the Beneficiary, unless such Spouse does not survive him or a different Beneficiary
is designated by the Member and consented to by the Spouse in accordance with the provisions of
Section 7.5 hereof. If no Beneficiary is designated by the Member, then:
(a) the Members Beneficiary shall be the Members Spouse, or
(b) if the Member is not married, but has designated an individual as the Members domestic
partner, in such manner as prescribed by the Committee, and has not revoked such designation, the
Members Beneficiary shall be the Members designated domestic partner; or
(c) if the Member has neither a Spouse nor a designated domestic partner, the Members
Beneficiary shall be the Members estate.
Upon the valid designation of a new Beneficiary, all Beneficiary designations previously filed
shall be canceled. The Committee shall be entitled to rely on the last beneficiary designation
form filed by the Member and accepted by the Committee prior to his death.
1.9 Benefit Starting Date. The first day for which an amount is payable (i.e., the
date on which all events have occurred which entitle the Member to such benefits) without regard to
administrative delay and not the actual payment date.
1.10 Board. The Board of Directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee
thereof.
1.11 Catch-Up Contribution . A contribution made pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Plan
or a predecessor provision.
1.12 Catch-Up Contribution Account. The Members sub-account with respect to Catch-Up
Contributions to a Historic Plan prior to the merger of the Historic Plan into the Plan and with
respect to Catch-Up Contributions made to the Plan, and earnings and losses thereon, pursuant to
Section 4.2 and earnings and losses thereon.
1.13
Child Rearing Absence. Any period of absence of an Employee by reason of the
pregnancy of such Employee, by reason of the birth of a child of such Employee, by reason of the
placement of a child with such Employee in connection with the adoption of such child by such
Employee, or for purposes of caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following
such birth or placement. Child Rearing Absences shall be granted in accordance with such policies
as may, from time to time, be adopted by the Employer, and none of the provisions of this Plan
shall be construed to afford any Employee any rights other than in accordance with such policies.
1.14 Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.15 Committee. The committee appointed by the Company for the purpose of
administering the Plan on its behalf as set forth in Article XII.
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1.16 Company. Expedia, Inc., a Washington corporation, and any successor by merger,
consolidation, purchase or otherwise.
1.17 Compensation. Except as specifically set forth below, all cash compensation for
services paid by an Employer to a Participant that is to be included on the Participants W-2 for
such year including salary, bonuses, commissions and overtime pay. Compensation shall also include
contributions made by an Employer on behalf of a Participant pursuant to a salary reduction
agreement between an Employer and a Participant under Code Sections 125, 132(f), 401(k) and 414(v).
Compensation shall exclude: (1) all noncash compensation and any contributions by the Employer to,
or benefits paid under, this Plan or any other pension, profit-sharing, fringe benefit, group
insurance (including, without limitation, life insurance or health insurance) or other employee
welfare plan (including, without limitation, severance or disability) or any deferred compensation
arrangement (other than any salary reductions under Code Sections 125, 132(f) and 401(k)); (2)
amounts paid under any relocation plan of the Employer; (3) income on the exercise of a
nonstatutory stock option or any other type of stock award; (4) income on the disqualifying
disposition of shares of stock acquired under any stock option plan or stock purchase plan of the
Employer or any other type of stock award; (5) all items of imputed income; (6) amounts paid
pursuant to any long-term compensation plan maintained by the Employer; (7) cash prizes and awards;
(8) automobile allowances; (9) meal allowances; and (10) travel expenses and allowances.
Compensation for any Plan Year shall not exceed two hundred ten thousand dollars ($210,000),
as adjusted for cost-of-living increases, in accordance with Section 401(a)(17) of the Code. With
respect to any short Plan Year, Compensation shall not exceed the foregoing limit multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the short Plan Year and the denominator
of which is twelve (12).
1.18 Disability. A Participant will be deemed to have a Disability for purposes of
the Plan if he becomes eligible for and receives benefits under the
Employers long-term disability
plan for as long as such plan provides.
1.19
Effective Date. The Distribution Date is as described in the Preface of the Plan.
1.20 Elective Deferrals. The sum of:
(a) Any salary reduction contribution under a qualified cash or deferred arrangement (as
defined in Code Section 401(k)) including contributions made pursuant to Section 414(v) of the
Code, to the extent not includable in gross income for the taxable year under Code Section
402(e)(3) (determined without regard to the limitation set forth in Code Section 402(g));
(b) Any salary reduction contribution to the extent not includable in gross income for the
taxable year under Code Section 402(h)(1)(B) (determined without regard to the limitation set forth
in Code Section 402(g)); and
(c) Any salary reduction contribution to purchase an annuity contract under Code Section
403(b) under a salary reduction agreement (within the meaning of Code Section
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3121(a)(5)(D)), provided that the limitation set forth in Section 4.1(g) hereof shall be
adjusted for any such contribution to the extent set forth in Code Sections 402(g)(4) and (8).
1.21 Eligible Company. All corporations and other entities presently or hereafter
existing, which are designated by the Company as being eligible to be an Employer under this Plan,
but only during the period any such corporation or other entity is so eligible, without regard to
whether it is an Affiliate.
1.22 Eligible Employee. Any Employee of an Employer other than an Employee whose
employment is governed by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement between Employee
representatives (within the meaning of Code Section 7701(a)(46)) and the Employer (except to the
extent that the collective bargaining agreement expressly provides for the inclusion of such
Employees), a Leased Employee, or a nonresident alien who receives no earned income (within the
meaning of Code Section 911(d)(2)) from the Employer which constitutes income from sources within
the United States (within the meaning of Code Section 861(a)(3)). An individual classified by the
Employer at the time services are provided as either an independent contractor or an individual who
is not classified by the Employer as an Employee but who provides services to the Employer through
another entity shall not be eligible to participate in this Plan during the period that the
individual is so initially classified, even if such individual is later retroactively reclassified
as an Employee during all or any part of such period pursuant to applicable law or otherwise.
1.23 Employee. Any individual employed by an Employer, as used herein, including any
Leased Employee. The term Employee, as used herein, shall exclude any other agent or independent
contractor.
1.24 Employer. The Company and any Affiliate or Eligible Company that is or hereafter
becomes an Adopting Employer.
1.25 Employment Commencement Date. The first day on which an Employee is credited
with an Hour of Service.
1.26 Expedia Stock. Common stock of Expedia, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
1.27 Expedia Stock Option. An investment vehicle under the Plan which is intended to
invest in Expedia Stock.
1.28 ERISA. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
1.29 Fair Market Value. With respect to a specified date, the closing price of a
share of Expedia Stock as reported for the preceding trading day on the principal national
securities exchange in the United States on which it is then traded, or, if Expedia Stock is not
traded on any national securities exchange, as quoted on an automated quotation system sponsored by
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or if the sales of the Expedia Stock shall not have
been reported on such date, on the first day prior thereto on which the Expedia Stock was reported
or quoted. With respect to investments other than investments in Expedia Stock, Fair Market Value
shall be determined by the entity maintaining the applicable Investment Option, in accordance with
generally accepted valuation methods and practices.
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1.30 401(k) Account. The Members sub-account with respect to 401(k) Contributions
made to a Historic Plan prior to the merger of the Historic Plan into the Plan and with respect to
401(k) Contributions made to the Plan, and the earnings and losses thereon.
1.31 401(k) Contribution. A contribution made pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Plan or
a predecessor provision.
1.32 Highly Compensated Employee.
(a) Any Employee who:
(i) if the Employer is a corporation, any Employee who owned (or is considered
as owning within the meaning of Section 318 of the Code) at any time during the
current or preceding Plan Year more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding stock
of the Employer or stock possessing more than five percent (5%) of the total
combined voting power of all stock of the Employer or if the Employer is not a
corporation, any Employee who owned at any time during the current or preceding Plan
Year more than five percent (5%) of the capital or profit interest in the Employer;
or
(ii) received Section 414 Compensation from the Employer and Affiliates in
excess of ninety thousand dollars ($90,000), as adjusted by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in the preceding Plan Year, and was among the top twenty percent (20%) of
Employees when ranked on the basis of compensation, as defined under Code Section
415(c)(3), during such Plan Year. In determining the number of Employees in the top
twenty percent (20%) for purposes of this paragraph, the following Employees shall
be excluded:
(1) Employees who have not completed six (6) months of service;
(2)
Employees who normally work fewer than seventeen and one-half (17-1/2)
hours per week;
(3) Employees who normally work during not more than six (6) months
during any year;
(4) Employees who have not attained age twenty-one (21); and
(5) except to the extent provided in regulations issued by the Internal
Revenue Service, Employees who are included in a unit of Employees covered
by an agreement which the Secretary of Labor finds to be a collective
bargaining agreement between the Employee representatives and the Employer.
(b) A former Employee shall be treated as a Highly Compensated Employee if:
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(i) such Employee was a Highly Compensated Employee when such Employee
separated from service; or
(ii) such Employee was a Highly Compensated Employee at any time after
attaining age fifty-five (55).
For purposes of determining status as a Highly Compensated Employee under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.414(q)-1T, A-4, whether an Employee was a Highly Compensated Employee for the respective
year that ended on or after the Employees attainment of age fifty-five (55), or that was a
separation year, is based on the rules applicable to determining Highly Compensated Employee status
as in effect for that year.
1.33 Highly Compensated Group.
(a) With respect to an Employer for any Plan Year, the group of all Highly Compensated
Employees.
(b) Prior to determining the Highly Compensated Group, Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) and (o)
shall be applied.
(c) Persons who are nonresident aliens and who receive no earned income (within the meaning of
Code Section 911(d)(2)) from the Employer or its Affiliates which constitutes income from sources
within the United States (within the meaning of Code Section 861(a)(3)) shall not be treated as
Employees for purposes of determining the Highly Compensated Group.
1.34 Historic Plan. A plan that is merged into and with the Plan (or prior to the
Effective Date, the Prior Plan, if the assets of such Historic Plan were transferred to this Plan
pursuant to the Trust-to-Trust Transfer described in the Preface) or from which the Plan receives a
trustee-to-trustee transfer, but only to the extent of such transfer. Except as otherwise provided
herein, the benefits of any Member who does not perform an Hour of Service on or after the
Distribution Date shall be governed by the provisions of the Historic Plan in effect as of the date
of such Members Termination of Employment.
1.35 IAC Stock. Common stock of IAC/InterActiveCorp which Members hold in their
Accounts as of the Distribution Date.
1.36 Investment Option. One of the investments designated by the Committee for the
investment of contributions made to the Plan, including a brokerage account under the Plan or an
option to direct the Named Fiduciary to appoint an investment manager, as defined in Section
3(38) of ERISA, to allocate the Participants Account balance among other Investment Options (other
than a brokerage account, the Expedia Stock Option or IAC Stock) in its discretion in accordance
with its fiduciary duties under ERISA.
1.37 Leased Employee. Any person (other than an employee of the recipient) who
pursuant to an agreement between the recipient and any other person (leasing organization) has
performed services for a recipient (or for the recipient and related persons determined in
accordance with Section 414(n)(6) of the Code) on a substantially full-time basis for a period of
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at least one year, and such services are performed under primary direction or control by the
recipient. Contributions or benefits provided a Leased Employee by the leasing organization that
are attributable to services performed for the recipient employer shall be treated as provided by
the recipient employer.
1.38 Leave of Absence. Any absence approved by the Employer, other than absence which
qualifies as a Child Rearing Absence or a Military Leave of Absence, including, but not limited to,
sick or disability leave.
1.39 Limitation Year. The Plan Year.
1.40 Matching Contribution. A contribution made pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Plan
(or a predecessor section) as a result of a 401(k) Contribution made pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof
(or a predecessor section).
1.41 Matching Contribution Account. The Members sub-account with respect to Matching
Contributions made to a Historic Plan prior to the merger of the Historic Plan into the Plan and
with respect to Matching Contributions made to the Plan and the earnings and losses thereon.
1.42 Member. A Participant, including a Transferred Participant, a Terminated
Participant or a Retired Participant who has an Accrued Benefit under the Plan or an individual who
(i) was a participant in a plan which was merged into the Plan and (ii) has an Account balance
under the Plan.
1.43 Military Leave of Absence. Absence of an Employee in military service for the
United States of America, provided that the Employee returns to the employ of the Employer prior to
the end of any period prescribed by the laws of the United States during which he has reemployment
rights with the Employer; and provided further that such military service and the Employees
subsequent return to employment with the Employer satisfy the requirements for guaranteed
reemployment under the Selective Services Act, the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Act
or any similar law then existing.
1.44 Named Fiduciary. The Company except where the Member (or Beneficiary thereof) or
the Trustee shall be a named fiduciary with respect to the vote or tender of Expedia Stock as set
forth in Article X or as provided in Section 6.10 of the Plan.
1.45 Non Highly Compensated Group. That group of Participants who are not included in
the Highly Compensated Group.
1.46 Normal Retirement Age. The Members attainment of age fifty-five (55).
1.47 Normal Retirement Date. The first day of the month coinciding with or
immediately following the Members attainment of Normal Retirement Age.
1.48 Payroll Period. The applicable period for which Compensation is paid to a
Participant.
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1.49 Participant. Any Employee who shall have become a Participant in the Plan in
accordance with the provisions of Article III hereof, and whose participation shall not have
ceased. A Participants participation shall cease upon his ceasing to be an Eligible Employee.
The term Participant shall not include Retired Participants and Terminated Participants.
1.50 Period of Prior Service. The period of time for which an Employee is directly or
indirectly paid or entitled to payment (including back pay, if any, irrespective of mitigation or
damages) by IAC/InterActiveCorp and Prior Affiliates, with respect to the period of time
immediately preceding the Plans Effective Date; and (d) a Predecessor Employer, with respect to
the period of time immediately preceding the Employees service with the Employer;
provided, that such total period of prior service shall end on the date immediately prior
to the date the Employee performs an Hour of Service for the Employer. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision contained herein, service under (a), (b) and (c) above shall only be recognized
under the Plan if such service was recognized under the Prior Plan.
1.51 Plan. The Expedia Retirement Savings Plan, as herein set forth and as hereafter
amended.
1.52 Plan Administrator. The Company shall be the administrator of the Plan, as
defined in Section 3(16)(A) of ERISA.
1.53 Plan Year. A period of twelve (12) months beginning on January 1st and ending on
the following December 31st provided that the initial Plan Year shall commence on the
Effective Date and end on December 31, 2005.
1.54 Prior Affiliate. With respect to IAC/InterActiveCorp, such corporations and
other entities which, prior to the Effective Date, are: (a) members of the controlled group which
includes IAC/InterActiveCorp or are under common control with IAC/InterActiveCorp, as such terms
are defined in Section 414 of the Code, but only during such period as such corporations or
entities are members of the controlled group which includes IAC/InterActiveCorp or are under common
control with IAC/InterActiveCorp; and (b) any other entity required to be aggregated with
IAC/InterActiveCorp pursuant to Sections 414(m) or (o) of the Code, but only during the period the
entity is required to be so aggregated.
1.55 IAC/InterActiveCorp. IAC/InterActiveCorp.
1.56 Prior Plan. IAC/InterActiveCorp Retirement Savings Plan, as amended and restated
effective August 1, 2003 and as thereafter amended.
1.57
Profit-Sharing Account. The Members sub-account with respect to Profit Sharing
Contributions to a Historic Plan prior to the merger of the Historic Plan into the Plan and with
respect to Profit-Sharing Contributions to the Plan, and earnings and losses thereon.
1.58
Profit-Sharing Contributions. A contribution made pursuant to Section 4.7 of the
Plan or a predecessor provision.
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1.59
QNEC Account. The Members sub-account with
respect to QNECs to a Historic Plan
prior to the merger of the Historic Plan into the Plan and with respect to QNECs made to the Plan,
and earnings and losses thereon.
1.60 QNECs. Qualified non-elective contributions made pursuant to Section 4.6 of the
Plan or a predecessor section used to satisfy the Actual Deferral Percentage Test (as described in
Section 4.1(c)) or the Actual Contribution Percentage Test (as described in Section 4.5).
1.61 Reemployment Commencement Date. The first day on which an Employee is credited
with an Hour of Service following a Period of Severance which is not included as a Period of
Service.
1.62 Retired Participant. A former Participant who has retired on or after Normal
Retirement Age and is eligible to receive benefits under the Plan.
1.63 Rollover Account. The total of the following Members sub-account with respect
to Rollover Contributions to an Historic Plan prior to the merger of the Historic Plan into the
Plan and with respect to Rollover Contributions to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.9 or a
predecessor section, and earnings and losses thereon:
(a) General Rollover Account. The Members sub-account with respect to Rollover
Contributions, excluding after-tax rollovers made to the Plan, and earnings and losses thereon.
(b) After-Tax Rollover Account. The Members sub-account with respect to the portion
of Rollover Contributions that consist of after-tax contributions that would not have been
includible in the Members gross income if received directly by him and earnings and losses
thereon.
1.64 Rollover Contribution. A contribution made to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.9
of the Plan.
1.65 Section 414 Compensation. An individuals total wages as defined in Section
3401(a) of the Code for purposes of income tax withholding at the source but determined without
regard to any rules that limit the remuneration included in wages based on its nature or location
of employment or services performed (such as the exception for agricultural labor in Section
3401(a)(2) of the Code). The determination shall be made without taking into account the
exclusions under Code Sections 125, 132(f), 402(e)(3) and 402(h)(1)(B). Section 414 Compensation
shall be measured based on compensation actually paid or made available to a Participant during the
measuring period and not on an accrued basis. For purposes of Section 4.1(c) and Section 4.3(b),
Section 414 Compensation for any Plan Year shall not exceed two hundred ten thousand dollars
($210,000), as adjusted for cost-of-living increases, in accordance with Section 401(a)(17) of the
Code, and with respect to any short Plan Year, Section 414 Compensation shall not exceed the
foregoing limit multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the
short Plan Year and the denominator of which is twelve (12). With respect to any Member who
participated in the Prior Plan during any portion of the period beginning on January 1, 2003 and
ending on the day before the Effective Date (Interim
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Period), for purposes of the Plan Year ending on December 31, 2005, Statutory Compensation
shall include all compensation described in this Section paid to such Member by IAC/InterActiveCorp
or the Prior Affiliate during the Interim Period.
1.66 Spouse. A Participants legal spouse.
1.67 Terminated Participant. An individual who ceases to be a Participant as a result
of a Termination of Employment for any reason other than death and who is eligible to receive
benefits under the Plan.
1.68 Termination of Employment. Separation from the employment of all Employers and
their Affiliates for any reason, including, but not limited to, retirement, death, disability,
resignation or dismissal with or without cause. Where an Employee enters upon an authorized Leave
of Absence or layoff, Termination of Employment shall not be deemed to occur until his Leave of
Absence expires without immediate reemployment, or in the case of layoff, he is not rehired within
the time established by the Committee in accordance with the general policy of the Employer. Where
an Employee is on a Military Leave of Absence, Termination of Employment shall not be deemed to
occur unless and until the Employee fails to return to employment prior to the end of the period
during which his right to reemployment is protected by the Selective Service Act, or Uniform
Services Employment and Reemployment Act or any similar law then existing. In the event that an
Employee is transferred from one Employer or Affiliate to another Employer or Affiliate, the
Employee will not be deemed to have incurred a Termination of Employment until he is no longer
employed by any Employer or Affiliate. In the event the Employer or an Affiliate sells some or all
of its assets, any Employee who in connection with, or as a result of, such sale becomes employed
by the acquirer of such assets shall not, for purposes of Article VII hereof and only for such
purposes, be deemed to have incurred a Termination of Employment if and to the extent the Employer
or Affiliate makes arrangements for a trustee-to-trustee transfer of all or a portion of a
Participants Account to any qualified retirement plan sponsored by the acquirer of such assets
unless and until the Employee is no longer employed by such acquirer or any entity thereafter
acquiring the aforesaid assets, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to the extent that the
disposition is covered by subsection (iii) or subsection (iv) of Section 9.1(a) hereof or at any
time at or after the disposition at which the Participant has attained age fifty-nine and one-half
(59-1/2). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, and only for such purposes, a sale of stock of an
Employer or Affiliate shall be within the meaning of a sale of assets.
1.69
Transferred Participant. Any person who was a
participant in a Historic Plan
and whose account thereunder was transferred to the Plan pursuant to the merger of the Historic
Plan into the Plan or Prior Plan. Unless otherwise specified herein, the benefits of any
Transferred Participant who does not perform an Hour of Service on or after the effective date that
the plan in which he participated became a Historic Plan shall be governed by the provisions of
such plan in effect as of the day such Transferred Participant terminated employment.
1.70 Trust. The Trust adopted by the Company under the Trust Agreement incorporated
hereto and made a part hereof, which is established to hold and invest contributions made under the
Plan, as amended from time to time. If the Trust Fund is held by an insurance
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company pursuant to a direct contract or an annuity contract, the reference to Trust shall
include such a contract.
1.71 Trustee. Such person or persons or corporation appointed and acting as trustee
or successor trustee of the Trust under the Trust Agreement.
1.72 Trust Fund. All assets of whatsoever kind or nature, including all property and
income, held from time to time by the Trustee under the Trust.
1.73 Valuation Date. Each day on which trades are made on the New York Stock Exchange
or such other dates as the Committee may determine in accordance with its rules and procedures.
1.74 Value. The Members Accrued Benefit with regard to his Account or sub-account,
as the case may be.
Construction
The masculine gender where appearing in this Plan shall be deemed to include the feminine
gender, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. Where appropriate, words used in the
singular include the plural and the plural includes the singular. The words hereof, herein,
hereunder and other similar compounds of the word here shall mean and refer to this entire
Plan, not to any particular provision or section.
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ARTICLE II
SERVICE
2.1 Hours of Service. Hours of Service means hours for which an Employee is or will
be directly or indirectly compensated by the Employer or any Affiliate for the performance of
duties, including overtime (but only actual hours worked irrespective of premium pay) and hours for
which a back pay award is made (without offset for mitigation of damages).
Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, Hours of Service shall be credited with
regard to an Employees prior hours of service with a IAC/InterActiveCorp to the extent such hours
of service were credited under a Historic Plan.
2.2
Childrearing Absence. An Employee who incurs a Childrearing Absence shall be
credited with Hours of Service for the period of such absence equal to either (i) the Hours of
Service that would have been credited to such Employee but for such
Childrearing Absence, or (ii)
if the Hours of Service to be credited to such Employee pursuant to the preceding clause (i) cannot
be determined, eight (8) Hours of Service for each normal workday of absence; provided,
however, that in no event shall any Employee be credited with more than five hundred and
one (501) Hours of Service under this Section 2.2. The Severance from Service Date of an Employee
who incurs a Childrearing Absence that extends beyond the first anniversary of the first date of
such Childrearing Absence is the second anniversary of the first date of absence. The period
between the first and second anniversary will be treated as neither a Period of Severance nor a
Period of Service.
2.3 Period of Service. A period commencing on the Employees (i) Employment
Commencement Date or (ii) Reemployment Commencement Date, whichever is applicable, and ending on
the Severance from Service Date, as defined below. A Period of Service includes a Period of
Severance, as defined below, of less than twelve (12) consecutive months; provided, however, that
if an Employee is absent from service on the date immediately preceding his Severance from Service
Date, as defined below, his Period of Severance shall be included in his Period of Service only if
he again performs an Hour of Service within twelve (12) months after the commencement of such
absence. An Employees Period of Service shall include the period of such Employees Military
Leave of Absence. If an Employee is reemployed by the Employer after
a One Year Period of
Severance, as defined below, his prior Period of Service shall be reinstated if:
(a) the Employee had met the requirements for a vested benefit under the Plan at the time of
the Employees Severance from Service Date, or
(b) the
number of the Employees consecutive One Year Periods of Severance immediately prior
to the Employees Reemployment Commencement Date does not exceed
the greater of (i) five (5) or
(ii) the aggregate number of years of the Employees Period of Service prior to his Period of
Severance,
(c) A
Period of Service shall include an Employees Period of Prior
Service.
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(d) Solely for purposes of Section 5.1(b) of the Plan, subject to Section 2.3 of the Plan,
each participant in a Historic Plan that did not use the elapsed time method of calculating
service for vesting purposes as described in Department of Labor Regulation §2530.204-3(a) who
became a Participant in the Plan on or after the date that the respective Historic Plan under which
he or she was a participant merged into the Plan (the Applicable Merger Date), shall receive
credit for years in a Period of Service in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.410(a)-7(g) equal
to the sum of:
(i) The number of Years of Service (as defined under the Historic Plan)
credited to such Member before the Applicable Merger Date (the Applicable
Computation Period);
(ii) The greater of (x) the Period of Service credited to such Member under the
vesting schedule set forth in Section 5.1(b) for his service during the entire
Applicable Computation Period or (y) the Years of Service credited to such
Participant under the applicable vesting schedule set forth under the Historic Plan
immediately prior to the Applicable Merger Date; and
(iii) The number of his years in a Period of Service commencing on or after the
Applicable Merger Date.
2.4 Severance.
(a) Period of Severance. A period of time commencing on the Severance from Service
Date and ending on the date the Employee again performs an Hour of Service. An Employee shall not
suffer a Period of Severance due to a Military Leave of Absence to the extent required by law.
(b) One
Year Period of Severance. A Period of Severance of at least twelve (12)
consecutive months.
(c) Severance from Service Date. The earlier of (i) the date an Employee quits,
retires, is discharged or dies, or (ii) the first anniversary of the first date of a period in
which an Employee is continuously absent from service (with or without pay) with the Employer for
any reason other than quitting, retirement, discharge or death.
(d) Childrearing Absence. For purposes of Section 2.2, the Severance from Service
Date of an Employee who incurs a Childrearing Absence that extends beyond the first anniversary of
the first date of such Childrearing Absence is the second anniversary of the first date of absence
and the period between the first and second anniversary will be treated as neither a Period of
Severance nor a Period of Service.
2.5 Military Service. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the
contrary, contributions, benefits and service credit with respect to qualified military service
will be provided in accordance with Section 414(u) of the Code.
(b) In the case of an Eligible Employee who is on Military Leave of Absence and who becomes
employed as an Eligible Employee of an Employer who was not his Employer
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immediately prior to his Military Leave of Absence, the liability to fund the benefits under
the Plan for such Eligible Employee for the period of the Military Leave of Absence shall be the
responsibility of the Eligible Employees last Employer before the Military Leave of Absence;
provided, however, that if such Employer is no longer an Adopting Employer, such liability shall be
borne by each Employer.
2.6 Multiple Employer Plan. Solely to the extent required by Department of Labor
Regulation Section 2530.210(c)(1) and applicable law, if the Plan is a multiple employer plan, as
defined under Section 413 of the Code, the following shall apply:
(a) for purposes of eligibility and vesting only, Hours of Service shall include all Hours of
Service during covered service with all Employers and all contiguous noncovered service; and
(b) for benefit accrual purposes, Hours of Service shall include all Hours of Service during
covered service with all Employers.
For purposes of this Section, the terms covered service, noncovered service and
contiguous shall have the same meanings as used in Department of Labor Regulation Section
2530.210(c)(3).
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ARTICLE III
ELIGIBILITY
3.1 Former Participants and Member of the Prior Plan. (a) Each Eligible Employee
who was a participant in the Prior Plan on the day immediately preceding the Effective Date shall
be eligible to become a Participant in the Plan on the Effective Date.
(b) Each other person who had an account balance in the Prior Plan transferred to the Plan in
the Trust-to-Trust Transfer will automatically become a Member in the Plan with respect to his
transferred account balance on the date the Trust-to-Trust Transfer is completed.
3.2 Future Employees. Each future Eligible Employee and each current Eligible
Employee who is not eligible to become a Participant in accordance with Section 3.1 hereof shall
become a Participant in the Plan on the first day of the Payroll Period coinciding with or next
following:
(a) The Eligible Employees Employment Commencement Date; or
(b) The date on which the Eligible Employee attains age twenty-one (21) or, effective January
1, 2006, age eighteen (18).
3.3 Reemployment. Any Member who is reemployed and who satisfies the requirements of
Section 3.2 shall become a Participant in the Plan as of the date of his Reemployment Commencement
Date. An Employee who is reemployed but who is not eligible to become a Participant in accordance
with Section 3.2 shall not be eligible to become a Participant until he satisfies the requirements
of Section 3.2 based on his Employment Commencement Date or Reemployment Commencement Date,
whichever is applicable.
3.4 Automatic Enrollment. In accordance with any rules, regulations and/or administrative
guidelines prescribed by the Committee, unless and until otherwise elected by the Eligible
Employee, an Eligible Employee who becomes a Participant in accordance with this Article III on or
after January 1, 2006 shall be deemed to: (A) enter into a salary reduction agreement with the
Employer to make 401(k) Contributions to the Participants 401(k) Account pursuant to Section 4.1
equal to a percentage of his Compensation and (B) make an election to invest his Account in the
Fidelity Freedom Fund with a target retirement date closest to the date that the Participant will
attain age sixty-five (65). Notwithstanding this Section 3.4, a Participant may affirmatively
elect to make contributions to his or her 401(k) Account in an amount equal to, less than or
greater than the percentage specified above. The Committee may establish and adopt rules,
regulations and/or administrative guidelines designed to facilitate the administration and
operation of the provisions of this Section, as it may deem necessary or proper, in its sole
discretion.
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Exhibit (d)(22)
ARTICLE IV
CONTRIBUTIONS
4.1 401(k) Contributions.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Article IV, a Participant may enter into a salary
reduction agreement with his Employer to have the Employer make contributions to the Participants
401(k) Account on behalf of the Participant, in accordance with Code Section 401(k), of one percent
(1%) to sixteen percent (16%) of his future Compensation, in whole percentages, earned while a
Participant during a Pay Period. Such contributions shall reduce the amount of Compensation
otherwise payable to the Participant thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum
deferral percentage may be reduced with respect to any Highly Compensated Employee may be decreased
at any time to the extent necessary to comply with Section 4.1(c).
(b) Any salary reduction agreement executed by a Participant shall be in a manner acceptable
to the Committee in accordance with its rules and regulations. A Participant may elect to enter
into a salary reduction agreement or change or terminate his existing salary reduction agreement
with regard to future Compensation as of the first day of the first Payroll Period (or such other
times as the Committee shall prescribe) following such election, by giving sufficient prior notice
to the Plan Administrator on a form (or other means) provided by, or in a manner acceptable to, the
Committee for such purpose. The Committee may establish or change, in accordance with its rules
and regulations and in a consistent manner, the foregoing period of prior notice.
(c) The 401(k) Contributions made under this Section 4.1 on behalf of the Highly Compensated
Group in any Plan Year shall not exceed the maximum amount so that the Actual Deferral Percentage
(as defined below) for the Highly Compensated Group for a Plan Year does not exceed the Actual
Deferral Percentage for the Non Highly Compensated Group for the same Plan Year by the greater of:
(i) One hundred and twenty-five percent (125%); or
(ii) The lesser of two (2) percentage points or two hundred percent (200%).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.1(c) may be applied using the Actual Deferral
Percentage for the Non Highly Compensated Group for the preceding Plan Year rather than the current
Plan Year; provided that an election to use the preceding Plan Year must be made pursuant to Code
Section 401(k)(3)(A) and any regulations or other published guidance thereunder.
(d) The Actual Deferral Percentage for a Plan Year with regard to each of the Highly
Compensated Group and the Non Highly Compensated Group shall be the average of the percentages
(calculated separately for each Participant in each such group) of (x) divided by (y), subject to
(z), where (x), (y) and (z) are as follows:
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(x) is, for the applicable Plan Year, the sum of (1) the Employers
contributions for each Participant to each Participants 401(k) Account, (2) subject
to Paragraph (i) below, the Matching Contributions for each Participant to each
Participants Matching Contribution Account, and (3) the QNECs, if any, for each
Participant to each Participants QNEC Account;
(y) is the Participants Section 414 Compensation for the applicable Plan Year;
and
(z) the Actual Deferral Percentage of a member of the Highly Compensated Group
shall be determined by treating all cash or deferred arrangements under which the
member of the Highly Compensated Group is eligible (other than those that may not be
permissively aggregated) as a single arrangement.
(e) (i) Excess Contributions shall be reduced to satisfy Paragraph (c) above. Excess
Contributions shall mean with respect to any Plan Year, the excess of the aggregate amount of the
Employers contributions made pursuant to this Section 4.1 actually paid over to the Trust Fund on
behalf of the Highly Compensated Group for such Plan Year, over the maximum amount of such
contributions permitted under (c) above. The amount of Excess Contributions for Highly Compensated
Employees will be determined using the ratio leveling method in accordance with Internal Revenue
Service Notice 97-2, 1997-2 I.R.B. 22, or any subsequent guidance from the Internal Revenue
Service. Reductions from among the Highly Compensated Group shall be determined by reducing 401(k)
Contributions made pursuant to this Section 4.1 hereof, on behalf of members of the Highly
Compensated Group in order of the dollar amounts of 401(k) Contributions beginning with the largest
of such dollar amounts of 401(k) Contributions, as adjusted as reduction takes place.
(i) The Excess Contributions for any Plan Year (and any income allocable to
such Excess Contributions) shall be distributed before the last day of the next Plan
Year to the members of the Highly Compensated Group on the basis of the respective
portions of the Excess Contributions attributable to each such member of the Highly
Compensated Group. Any such amounts not distributed before March 15 of the next
Plan Year will be subject to an excise tax on the Employer under Code Section 4979.
The amount of Excess Contributions that may be distributed under this Paragraph
shall be reduced by any Excess Deferrals (as defined in Section 4.1(h)) previously
distributed with respect to such Participant for the Plan Year.
(ii) The method used for computing income or loss allocable to Excess
Contributions shall be the method set forth in Section 6.9 hereof. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, there shall be no income allocable to Excess Contributions during the
period between the end of the Plan Year and the date of distribution of the Excess
Contributions.
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(f) All determinations and procedures with regard to the matters covered by Paragraphs (c),
(d) and (e) of this Section 4.1 shall be made in accordance with Code Section 401(k)(3) and
Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)-1(b).
(g) Notwithstanding anything else herein, the amount to be contributed for any calendar year
on behalf of any Participant pursuant to an agreement under (a) above shall not exceed the
applicable Elective Limitation. The Elective Limitation shall mean fourteen thousand dollars
($14,000) for 2005, and fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for 2006 and thereafter such dollar
amount in effect under Section 402(g) of the Code.
(h) If contributions of Elective Deferrals on behalf of a Participant for any calendar year
are in excess of the Elective Limitation for such calendar year, the excess amount (Excess
Deferrals) shall be treated as follows:
(i) not later than March 1st of the next calendar year, the Participant may
allocate the amount of such Excess Deferrals among the plans under which the
deferrals were made and may notify each such plan the portion allocated to it;
(ii) not later than April 15th of the next calendar year, the Employer may
distribute to the Participant the amount of Excess Deferrals allocated to it under
(i) above, and any income or loss allocable to such amount, which shall be computed
based on the method set forth in Section 6.9 hereof.
In the event Excess Deferrals were made to the Plan without consideration of contributions to
any other plans, such amounts shall be distributed pursuant to clause (ii) without regard to
whether any election under clause (i) is made.
(i) In satisfying the Actual Deferral Percentage Test described in Paragraph (c), Matching
Contributions may be treated as if they were contributions to the Participants 401(k) Account
pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, provided that the requirements of Code Regulation Section
1.401(k)-1(b)(5) are satisfied. If used to satisfy the Actual Deferral Percentage Test, such
Matching Contributions shall not be used to help other Matching Contributions satisfy the Actual
Contribution Percentage Test (as described in Section 401(m)(2) of the Code), set forth in Section
4.5 hereof except as otherwise permitted by applicable law.
(j) For purposes of satisfying the Actual Deferral Percentage Test described in Paragraph (c),
all elective contributions that are made under two or more plans that are aggregated for purposes
of Code Section 401(a)(4) or Code Section 410(b) (other than Code Section 410(b)(2)(A)(ii)) shall
be treated as made under a single plan and if two or more plans are permissively aggregated for
purposes of Code Section 401(k), the aggregated plans must also satisfy Code Sections 401(a)(4) and
410(b) as though they were a single plan.
4.2 Catch-Up Contributions.
(a) Any Participant who:
(i) is eligible to make 401(k) Contributions pursuant to Section 4.1 of the
Plan,
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(ii) who has attained or will attain age fifty (50) before the close of the
Plan Year, and
(iii) with respect to whom no other elective deferrals may (without regard to
this subsection) be made to the Plan Year for the Plan Year by reason of the
application of any limitation or other restriction described in Sections 401(a)(30),
402(h), 403(b), 408, 415(c), and 457(b)(2) (determined without regard to section
457(b)(3)) of the Code, or comparable limitation or restriction contained in the
terms of the Plan, shall be eligible to enter into a salary reduction agreement with his Employer to
have the Employer make Catch-Up Contributions on behalf of the Participant to the
Participants Catch-Up Contribution Account in accordance with, and subject to, the
limitations of Code Section 414(v). Such Catch-Up Contributions shall not be taken
into account for purposes of the provisions of the Plan implementing the required
limitations of Code Sections 402(g) and 415 as provided in Sections 4.1(g) and 4.10
of the Plan. The Plan shall not be treated as failing to satisfy the provisions of
the Plan implementing the requirements of Code Sections 401(k)(3), 401(k)(11),
401(k)(12), 410(b), or 416, as applicable, including, without limitation, Sections
4.1(c) and 4.5(a) of the Plan, by reason of permitting Participants to make Catch-Up
Contributions.
(b) Contributions made pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall reduce the amount of Compensation
otherwise payable to the Participant thereafter.
(c) A salary reduction agreement entered by a Participant shall be on a form acceptable to the
Committee in accordance with its rules and regulations. A Participant may elect to make, change or
terminate his contribution rate with regard to future Compensation as of the first day of the
Payroll Period following such election by giving sufficient prior notice to the Plan Administrator
on a form provided by the Committee for such purpose. The Committee may establish or change, in
accordance with its rules and regulations and in a consistent manner, the period of prior notice.
4.3 After-Tax Contributions. (a) A Participant may enter into a salary deduction
agreement with his Employer to make contributions to his After-Tax Contribution Account, subject to
the limitations set forth in Section 4.10 hereof. Each Participant may contribute to the Plan a
percentage of his future Compensation each Payroll Period earned while a Participant, equal to one
percent (1%) to ten percent (10%) in whole percentages.
(b) A Participant may elect to make, change or terminate his After-Tax Contribution rate only
as of the first day of any Payroll Period (or such other times as the Committee shall prescribe)
following such election, by giving sufficient prior notice to the Plan Administrator in a manner
acceptable to, the Committee for such purpose. The Committee may establish or change, in
accordance with its rules and regulations and in a consistent manner, the period of prior notice.
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(c) Matching Contributions. Except as provided herein, for each Pay Period, with
respect to each Participant who is entitled to make and who makes 401(k) Contributions pursuant to
Section 4.1 hereof, with respect to each Pay Period the Employer shall contribute to the Plan an
amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of such Participants 401(k) Contributions contributed by the
Participant with respect to the first six percent (6%) of such Participants Compensation earned
while a Participant during the Pay Period.
(d) (i) With respect to each Participant who is entitled to make and who makes 401(k)
Contributions pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, the Employer, in its sole and absolute discretion,
may contribute Matching Contributions to the Plan in addition to the Matching Contributions made
pursuant to Paragraph (a) above, in an amount equal to a percentage of such Participants 401(k)
Contribution, as designated by the Employer for the applicable Plan Year. In connection with the
designation of any percentage for the purpose of making additional Matching Contributions pursuant
to this Paragraph (b), the Employer in its sole and absolute discretion, may limit the Matching
Contribution by placing a total dollar or percentage limit on the Matching Contribution.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Matching Contribution will be made for
any Participant pursuant to this Section 4.4(b) for any Plan Year unless he is
employed by the Employer on the last day of the Plan Year or during such Plan Year,
he retired at or after attaining his Normal Retirement Age, died or incurred (and
satisfied all of the requirements for) a Disability.
(iii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (ii) above, in the event that
the limitations set forth therein cause the Plan to fail to satisfy for any Plan
Year the requirements of Code Section 410(b) and the regulations thereunder because
of the exclusion of certain Participants as being deemed to be benefiting under the
Plan, based on the allocation in Paragraph (i), then the Employer contributions
under Paragraph (i) shall be allocated for such Plan Year as of the last day of the
Plan Year among all Participants who were credited with a Period of Service of more
than three (3) consecutive calendar months during the Plan Year or were employed on
the last day of the Plan Year or who were not employed on the last day of the Plan
Year but either retired at or after Normal Retirement Age, died or incurred a
Disability during the Plan Year.
(e) In the event of the return of any Excess Contribution or Excess Deferral to a Participant,
no Matching Contribution pursuant to (a) and (b) above shall be made with respect to the amount
returned and, if made prior to a determination of Excess Contribution or Excess Deferral, shall be
forfeited.
(f) No Matching Contribution shall be made under this Section 4.4 for any Participant for any
Plan Year with respect to After-Tax Contributions or any Catch-Up Contributions.
4.4 Actual Contribution Percentage. (a) The Matching Contributions and After-Tax
Contributions made by or on behalf of the Highly Compensated Group in any Plan Year shall not
exceed the maximum amount so that the Actual Contribution Percentage, as
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determined pursuant to (b) below, for the Highly Compensated Group for the current Plan Year
does not exceed the Actual Contribution Percentage for the Non Highly Compensated Group for the
current Plan Year, by the greater of:
(i) One hundred and twenty-five percent (125%); or
(ii) Subject to (b) below, the lesser of two (2) percentage points or two
hundred percent (200%).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 4.5(a) may be applied using the Actual
Contribution Percentage for the Non Highly Compensated Group for the preceding Plan Year rather
than the current Plan Year provided that an election to use the current Plan Year must be made
pursuant to Code Section 401(m)(2)(A) and any regulations or other published guidance thereunder.
(b) The Actual Contribution Percentage for a specified group of Participants for a Plan Year
shall be the average of the Contribution Percentage of each Participant in such group, where such
Contribution Percentage shall be equal to the ratio of:
(i) The sum of the After-Tax Contributions and the Matching Contributions made
to the Plan on behalf of each Participant for the applicable Plan Year (other than
those that cannot be considered as a result of Section 4.1(i) above), plus to the
extent permitted under Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(m)-1(b)(5), some or all of
the contributions under Section 4.1; and
(ii) The Participants Section 414 Compensation for the applicable Plan Year.
(c) (i) Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be reduced to satisfy Paragraph (a) above.
Excess Aggregate Contributions shall mean with respect to any Plan Year, the excess of (1) the
aggregate amount of contributions made pursuant to Section 4.4 actually paid over to the Trust on
behalf of the Highly Compensated Group for such Plan Year, over (2) the maximum amount of such
contributions permitted under the preceding Paragraph (a). The amount of Excess Aggregate
Contributions for Highly Compensated Employees will be determined using the ratio leveling method
in accordance with Internal Revenue Service Notice 97-2, 197-2 I.R.B. 22, or any subsequent
guidance from the Internal Revenue Service. Reductions shall be determined by reducing
contributions made on behalf of members of the Highly Compensated Group in order of the dollar
amounts of the total After-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions beginning with the largest
of such dollar amounts of total After-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions, as adjusted as
reduction takes place. Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be reduced in the following order:
first After-Tax Contributions and then Matching Contributions.
(ii) the Excess Aggregate Contributions for any Plan Year (and any income
allocable to such contributions) shall be distributed before the last day of the
next Plan Year to the members of the Highly Compensated Group on the respective
portions of the Excess Aggregate Contributions attributable to each such member,
provided that any such amounts not distributed before March 15 of
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the next Plan Year will be subject to an excise tax on the Employer under Code
Section 4979. The amount of Excess Aggregate Contributions to be distributed to an
Employee for a Plan Year shall be reduced by Excess Aggregate Contributions
previously distributed to the Employee for the Plan Year.
(iii) the method used for computing income or loss allocable to Excess Aggregate
Contributions shall be determined in accordance with Section 6.9 hereof. There
shall be no income allocable to Excess Aggregate Contributions during the period
between the end of the Plan Year and the date of distribution of the Excess
Aggregate Contributions.
(d) All determinations and procedures with regard to the matters covered by Paragraphs (a),
(b) and (c) of this Section 4.5 shall be made in accordance with Code Section 401(m) and Treasury
Regulation Section 1.401(m)-1.
4.5 Qualified Non-Elective Contributions. To the extent permitted under the Code,
within twelve (12) months after the close of the Plan Year (or within such greater time if
permitted by the Internal Revenue Service), the Employer, in its sole discretion, may make QNECs on
behalf of one or more members of the Non Highly Compensated Group to their QNEC Accounts in an
amount sufficient to satisfy one of the tests set forth in Section 4.1(b) or Section 4.5(a). QNECs
shall be allocated to Participants who are in the Non Highly Compensated Group starting with the
Participant with the lowest Compensation for the Plan Year until such Participant has reached the
limitation under Section 4.10 hereof and progressing thereafter in similar manner in reverse order
of Compensation for the Plan Year until such QNECs are fully utilized.
4.6 Profit Sharing Contributions. (a) If the Employer elects, in its sole and
absolute discretion, to make contributions to the Plan for the Plan Year other than that pursuant
to Section 4.4, the Employer shall contribute to the Profit Sharing Account of each Participant
employed by the Employer, an amount equal to such percentage of Compensation for the Plan Year as
may be determined by the Employer in its sole and absolute discretion; provided that no
contribution shall be made to such Account for any Participant for such Plan Year unless (i) he is
employed by the Employer on the last day of the Plan Year or (ii) during such Plan Year the
Participant retired at or after attaining his Normal Retirement Age, died or incurred (and
satisfied all of the requirements for) a Disability. Such contributions shall be allocated to each
Participant based on the proportion of the Participants Compensation for the Plan Year to the
total Compensation for the Plan Year of all Participants employed by the Employer who are eligible
to have an allocation made to their Profit Sharing Account pursuant to this Section 4.7.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (a) above, in the event the limitations set
forth therein cause the Plan to fail to satisfy for any Plan Year the requirements of Code Section
410(b) and the regulations thereunder because of the exclusion of certain Participants as being
deemed to be benefiting under the Plan, based on the allocation in Paragraph (a), then the Employer
contributions under Paragraph (a) shall be allocated for such Plan Year as of the last day of the
Plan Year among all Participants who were credited with a Period of Service of more than three (3)
consecutive calendar months during the Plan Year or were employed on the last day of the Plan Year
or who were not employed on the last day of the
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Plan Year but either retired at or after Normal Retirement Age, died or incurred a Disability
during the Plan Year.
4.7 Time of Contributions. Contributions shall be made for each Plan Year within the
time permitted by law.
4.8 Rollovers. With respect to any Eligible Employee, the Plan will accept a direct
rollover of an Eligible Rollover Distribution, as defined in Section 7.9 of the Plan, from a
qualified plan described in Sections 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code, an annuity contract described in
Section 403(b) of the Code and an eligible plan under Section 457(b) of the Code which is
maintained by a state, political subdivision of a state, or any agency or instrumentality of a
state or political subdivision of a state, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or political
subdivision of a state and the portion of a distribution from an individual retirement account or
annuity described in Section 408(a) or 408(b) of the Code that is eligible to be rolled over.
4.9 Limitations on Contributions. (a) Section 415(c) of the Code is incorporated by
reference into the Plan, and notwithstanding anything herein shall override any Plan provision to
the contrary. Contributions and other Annual Additions under the Plan are subject to the
limitations of Section 415 of the Code. Section 414 Compensation shall be used for purposes of the
limitations imposed by Code Section 415. Annual Additions shall mean the sum, for any Limitation
Year, of employer contributions, employee contributions (without regard to rollover contributions)
and forfeitures, including 401(k) Contributions, After-Tax Contributions, Matching Contributions,
QNECs and Profit Sharing Contributions.
(b) If as a result of reasonable error in estimating a Participants Section 414 Compensation,
or as a result of such other circumstances as may be permitted under applicable Treasury
Regulations, Annual Additions to a Participants Account shall in any Plan Year exceed the maximum
permitted under Code Section 415, the Committee shall, pursuant to the provisions of Section
1.415-6(b)(6) of the Treasury Regulations (or any successor provision thereto),
(i) reduce Annual Additions in the following priority including any income
allocable to any such contributions: After-Tax Contributions; then unmatched 401(k)
Contributions (and any income allocable to such contributions); then Profit Sharing
Contributions, then QNECS, and if any excess then still exists, matched 401(k)
Contributions and the related Matching Contributions proportionately; and
(ii) treat the excess amounts as follows:
(1) Excess amounts attributable to After-Tax Contributions or 401(k)
Contributions and any income thereon shall be distributed to the Participant
pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.415-6(b)(6)(iv).
(2) Pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section
1.415-6(b)(6)(ii), the excess amounts attributable to Profit Sharing
Contributions, Matching Contributions and QNECs and any income thereon shall
be used to reduce Profit Sharing Contributions, Matching
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Contributions and QNECs for the next Limitation Year (and succeeding
Limitation Years, as necessary) for that Participant if that Participant is
covered by the Plan as of the end of such Limitation Year.
(3) If the Participant is not covered by the Plan as of the end of the
next Limitation Year, then the excess amounts attributable to Profit Sharing
Contributions, Matching Contributions and QNECs and any income thereon shall
be held unallocated in a suspense account for the Limitation Year and
allocated and reallocated in the next Limitation Year (and succeeding
Limitation Years, as necessary) as Profit Sharing Contributions, Matching
Contributions and QNECs to all of the remaining Participants in the Plan
before any other Profit Sharing Contributions, Matching Contributions and
QNECs which would constitute Annual Additions are made to the Plan for such
Limitation Year.
(4) Excess amounts attributable to Profit Sharing Contributions,
Matching Contributions and QNECs and any income thereon may not be
distributed to Participants or former Participants.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event the Annual Additions on
behalf of a Participant in any Limitation Year exceeds the limitation of Code Section 415 and the
Participant participates in more than one defined contribution plan that is qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code and maintained by the Employer, such Annual Additions shall be reduced by
reducing contributions to this Plan, and if any excess then still exists, by limiting or reducing
contributions to any other plan of the Employer, or any other entity aggregated under Section
415(g) of the Code, that is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code.
(d) In no event shall the aggregate contributions by the Employer under this Article IV, when
combined with amounts contributed pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof and any other plan of the Employer
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code be in excess of the amounts deductible pursuant to
Section 404(a)(3) of the Code, or the section of any future Code provision limiting deductions to
profit-sharing plans.
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ARTICLE V
VESTING AND FORFEITURES
5.1 Vesting of Interest of Participant in Trust Fund. (a) A Member shall be fully
vested in his 401(k) Account, Catch-Up Contribution Account, QNEC Account, Rollover Account and
After-Tax Account at all times and such Account balances shall at all times be nonforfeitable.
(b) Subject to Exhibit B, the portion of such Participants Accrued Benefit in his Matching
Contribution Account and Profit Sharing Account which shall become vested and nonforfeitable shall
be based on his number of years in his Period of Service according to the following schedule:
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(c) If any Member shall, while an Employee, attain his Normal Retirement Age or shall die or
incur (and satisfy all of the requirements for) a Disability while he is an Employee, the entire
interest in his Account shall become nonforfeitable.
5.2 Forfeitures. In the event a Member incurs a Termination of Employment, any
portion of the Members Matching Contribution Account and Profit Sharing Account to which he is not
then entitled pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof shall be forfeited (a Forfeiture). A Forfeiture
shall be deemed to take place at the following time:
(a) If the Member has no vested interest in any of his Accounts, the Forfeiture shall take
place in the Plan Year in which his Termination of Employment occurs. In such case, the Member
shall be deemed to have a distribution of his zero Account Value at the time of his Termination of
Employment.
(b) If the Member has any vested interest in any of his Accounts, the Forfeiture shall take
place in the Plan Year in which occurs the earlier of (i) completion of the distribution of the
Members vested benefits under the Plan or (ii) incurrence by the Member of his fifth (5th)
consecutive one-year Period of Severance.
5.3 Restoration of Forfeitures. (a) If a Member whose Matching Contribution Account
or Profit Sharing Account was forfeited in its entirety pursuant to Section 5.2 above again becomes
employed by an Employer or an Affiliate before he incurs his fifth (5th) consecutive One Year
Period of Severance, the amount of his Forfeiture shall be restored to his Account.
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(b) If an Employee who received a distribution of less than all of his Matching Contribution
Account and Profit Sharing Account is again employed by an Employer or an Affiliate before he
incurs his fifth (5th) consecutive One Year Period of Severance and repays to the Plan, prior to
the earlier of his incurring his fifth (5th) consecutive One Year Period of Severance or five (5)
years after his Reemployment Commencement Date, the amount of his previous distribution, if any,
the amount of his Forfeitures shall be restored to his Matching Contribution Account and Profit
Sharing Account.
5.4 Use of Forfeitures. Forfeitures, if any, shall be first allocated to the Accounts
of Participants entitled to a restoration of their interests in the Plan as described in Section
5.3 of the Plan and the remainder of such Forfeitures shall be used to reduce future contributions
by the Employer and pay the expenses of operating the Plan and Trust.
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ARTICLE VI
ALLOCATION
6.1 401(k) Accounts. 401(k) Contributions shall be allocated to the 401(k) Account of
each Member who entered into a salary reduction agreement pursuant to which such contributions were
made.
6.2 Catch-Up Contribution Account. Catch-Up Contributions made pursuant to Section
4.2 shall be allocated to the Catch-Up Contribution Account of each Member who entered into a
salary reduction agreement pursuant to which such Catch-Up Contributions were made.
6.3 After-Tax Account. After-Tax Contributions shall be allocated to the After-Tax
Account of each Member for whom such contributions have been made pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof in
the amount of the After-Tax Contributions for each Member.
6.4 Matching Contribution Accounts. Matching Contributions for any Plan Year shall be
allocated to the Matching Contribution Account of each Member for whom such contributions have been
made pursuant to Section 4.4 hereof in the amount of the Matching Contributions for each Member.
6.5 QNEC Account. Contributions to the QNEC Account, if any, shall be allocated to
the Accounts of each Member for whom QNECs have been made pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof in the
amount of the QNECs for such Member.
6.6 Profit Sharing Accounts. Profit Sharing Contributions for any Plan Year shall be
allocated to the Profit Sharing Account of each Member for whom such contributions have been made
pursuant to Section 4.7 hereof in the amount of the Profit Sharing Contributions for each Member.
6.7 Rollover Account. Rollover Contributions shall be allocated to the Rollover
Account of the Member who made the Rollover Contribution to the Plan as follows:
(a) Rollover Contributions made to the Plan, excluding portion of a rollover contribution that
would not otherwise be includible in the Eligible Employees taxable gross income, shall be
allocated to the Members General Rollover Account.
(b) The portion of any Rollover Contributions that consist of after-tax contributions that
would not have been includible in the Members gross income if received directly by him shall be
allocated to the Members After-Tax Rollover Account.
6.8
Valuation of the Trust Fund. The Trust Fund shall be valued at Fair Market Value
by the Trustee on or as of each Valuation Date, with appropriate allocations and adjustments for
any items of income, expenses, gains and losses, and all other transactions since the prior
Valuation Date. The net income thus arrived at, exclusive of forfeitures (and net income thereon),
shall be allocated on a basis of Account balances and in a fair and
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nondiscriminatory manner according to the rules established by the Committee, and which shall
reflect the interests of the Members during such Plan Year (or between Valuation Dates, if earlier)
in the Investment Options and in the Trust Fund. Unless paid by the Employer, all fees, expenses
and taxes levied or assessed against the Trust Fund shall be paid by the Trust Fund, provided,
however, that each Member shall bear any fees of the Trustee or Investment Option charged with
regard to maintaining his Account that are not paid by the Employer. The interest of each Member
in the Expedia Stock Option shall be expressed as shares of Expedia Stock. The interest of each
Member in the Investment Options (other than the Expedia Stock Option) shall be expressed in
accordance with the valuation methods and practices of the entity maintaining the Investment
Option. Each Member shall bear any fees of the Trustee or Investment Option charged with regard to
maintaining his Account that are not paid by the Employer, in its sole discretion.
6.9 Investment of Accounts. (a) Subject to the rules of the Committee, a Member may
elect to have his Account and future contributions made on his behalf to such Account, invested in
such percentages as permitted by the Committee in one or more of the Investment Options, which
shall be funds maintained or established by a bank, trust company, insurance company, mutual fund
or investment company, designated by the Committee as Investment Options under this Section 6.11.
Of the designated Investment Options, there shall be at least three (3) Investment Options (which
together provide a broad range of investment alternatives as contemplated under Section 404(c) of
ERISA and the regulations thereunder) and the Expedia Stock Option. From time to time the
Committee may designate additional Investment Options, withdraw the designation of Investment
Options or change designated Investment Options.
(b) Upon first entering into a salary reduction agreement with an Employer or upon request of
the Committee or at such other times permitted by the Committee, each Member shall elect the manner
in which his Account and future contributions made on his behalf to such Account, are to be
invested. Unless specifically permitted by the Committee, an investment election shall apply
consistently to each sub-account and future contributions to such Account shall be invested in the
same manner and proportion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a mutual fund or separate account is
designated by the Committee as a vehicle for investing contributions and the bank, trust company,
insurance company, mutual fund or investment company maintaining the mutual fund or separate
account or a third party administrator permits telephonic elections or electronic transmissions
regarding the manner in which a Members Account and future contributions made on behalf of him are
invested, the Committee may provide for such telephonic elections or electronic transmissions. If
no election is made by the Member, the Members Account and future contributions shall be invested
in a managed income fund or other Investment Option designated by the Committee. If the Member
fails to change his election, the previous investment election shall remain effective until the
Member affirmatively changes his investment election. Subject to the provisions of the governing
documents of the Investment Options involved, if there is a change in designated Investment Options
and a Member does not make a new election, he will be deemed to have designated investment in the
designated Investment Options most similar to those previously elected and in the same proportion
as previously elected. Subject to any limitations imposed by the Investment Options, a Member (or
in the event of the Members death, the Members Beneficiary) may change his election of designated
Investment Options with regard to future contributions and current Account Values as
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of the first day of any Payroll Period (or at such additional times as may be permitted by the
Committee) by filing a new election with the Committee at such times and in such manner as may be
prescribed by the Committee and with such prior notice as specified by the Committee in advance of
the date the change is to become effective or, if telephonic elections or elections by electronic
transmission are permitted, with such notice as required by the bank, trust company, insurance
company, mutual fund or investment company maintaining the mutual fund or third party
administrator. Subject to the rules of the Investment Options and the Committee, including,
without limitation, rules restricting the availability of transfers and setting minimum or maximum
amounts that may be transferred and when transfers are permitted, a Member (or in the event of the
Members death, the Members Beneficiary) may transfer all or a part of his Account from one
Investment Option to another Investment Option in such percentages as permitted by the Committee.
All elections and transfers shall be subject to rules established by the Committee and by the bank,
trust company, mutual fund or investment company maintaining the Investment Option.
(c) With respect to a Members Account, each Member shall be solely responsible for the
investment of his Account under the Plan. The fact that an Investment Option is available under
the Plan shall not be considered an investment recommendation. The Employer intends that this Plan
conform to Section 404(c) of ERISA and Department of Labor Regulation Section 2550.404c-1 and that
the Plan and Trust are operated and administered in accordance with such provisions. With respect
to any investment election or other direction by a Member, none of the Trustee, the Plan
Administrator, the Committee or the Employer shall be under any duty to question any such direction
of a Member (or, in the event of the Members death, the Members Beneficiary). The Trustee shall
comply as promptly as is practicable with the directions given by a Member or by a Beneficiary in
accordance with the terms of the Plan. None of the Trustee, the Plan Administrator, the Committee
or the Employer shall be responsible or liable for any loss or expense which may arise from or
result from compliance with any directions from the Member (or, in the event of the Members death,
the Members Beneficiary).
(d) A Member may also direct the investment of any part of his Account to a brokerage account
(a Brokerage Account) maintained by an investment company selected by the Committee that allows
Members to invest in individual stocks, bonds, mutual funds and options, excluding Expedia Stock
and those mutual funds otherwise offered under the Plan. Investment in through a Brokerage Account
is subject to terms and conditions as may be established by the applicable investment company from
time to time. Members who elect to invest through a Brokerage Account will be charged an annual
fee and transaction fees. As an express condition for establishing or maintaining a Brokerage
Account, a Member shall be required to execute such forms as may be required by the Committee or
Investment Company. A Member who maintains a Brokerage Account shall be deemed a named fiduciary
within the meaning of Section 402(a)(1) of ERISA with respect to his Brokerage Account.
(e) For purposes of this Section 6.10, a Members alternate payee under a qualified domestic
relations order, as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code or, in the event of a Members death,
the Members Beneficiary, shall have all rights of a Member.
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6.10 Investments in IAC Stock and Expedia Stock.
(a) On the Distribution Date, shares of Expedia Stock shall be credited to each Members
Account on a pro rata basis in proportion to the shares of IAC Stock held by such Member in his
Account in the Plan on the record date for the distribution.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 6.10 of the Plan, a Member may direct that up to the
total value of his Account invested in IAC Stock be transferred to any other Investment Option
available under the Plan. In no event shall the IAC Stock be available for the investment of
future contributions or the receipt of transfers from other Investment Options available under the
Plan.
(c) Effective as of the close of business on December 30, 2005, the IAC Stock held in a
Members Account shall be liquidated and reinvested as of the next Valuation Date in each of the
other Investment Options in accordance with the Members last investment election made under the
Plan for future contributions pursuant to Section 6.10(a) of the Plan.
(d) The Committee may, in its discretion, impose at any time or from time to time restrictions
on, or additional rules with respect to, transfers from IAC Stock to other Investment Options
available under the Plan, as the Committee deems necessary or appropriate.
(e) Distributions of Stock. IAC Stock shall be treated in the same manner as Expedia
Stock for purposes of Articles VII, VIII and IX.
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ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTIONS
7.1 General Rule. Except as otherwise provided in this Article or prohibited by law,
a Members vested Account balance under the Plan shall be available to the Member for distribution
at any time after any of the following:
(a) the Members retirement at or after his Normal Retirement Age;
(b) the Members death or Disability;
(c) the Members Termination of Employment; or
(d) as set forth in Article VIII below; or
(e) as set forth in Article IX.
Such distribution shall be made to the Member on or as soon as administratively feasible (and
in accordance with the Plans administrative procedures) following the Benefit Starting Date
requested in writing by the Member (or in the event of the Members death, his Beneficiary). The
Benefit Starting Date may not be more than ninety (90) days after such request and, except as
provided below, may not be less than thirty (30) days after such request. The Members
distribution shall be based on the Value on the last Valuation Date prior to the date of actual
distribution (and any contributions made since that Valuation Date), provided that no distribution
may be made until the Committee has provided the Member with a notice regarding his rights and
benefits under the Plan not more than ninety (90) days or less than thirty (30) days prior to the
Members Benefit Starting Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Member may elect a Benefit
Starting Date earlier than thirty (30) days after receiving such notice from the Committee,
provided that:
(i) the Member has been clearly informed that he has a right to a period of at
least thirty (30) days after receiving the notice to consider the decision of
whether or not to elect a distribution; and
(ii) the Member, after receiving the notice, affirmatively elects a
distribution.
Until the Benefit Starting Date, the Members Account shall be retained in the Trust Fund and
revalued pursuant to Section 6.9 hereof. Between the Benefit Starting Date and the actual date on
which distribution commences, the Members Account shall be revalued pursuant to Section 6.9 hereof
and, therefore, shall continue to share in gains and losses.
7.2 Death of a Member. (a) Death Prior to Commencement of Benefits. If a
Member shall die prior to his Benefit Starting Date, the Members Account shall be distributed to
such Members Spouse (or other Beneficiary designated with the consent of his Spouse (if any) in
accordance with Section 7.5) as soon as administratively feasible after the Beneficiarys
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election to receive a distribution, but no later than the last day of the year following the
year of the Members death.
(b) Death After Commencement of Benefits. In the event that a Member dies on or after
his Benefit Starting Date, his surviving Spouse or other Beneficiary (designated with the consent
of his Spouse (if any) in accordance with Section 7.5) shall receive such benefits on the last day
of the calendar year following the year of the Members death (or at any time earlier elected by
the Beneficiary).
(c) Death of Spouse or Beneficiary Before Payment. If a Spouse or Beneficiary
entitled to receive benefits hereunder as a result of the previous death of the Member dies prior
to commencement of such benefit, the Value of the Account allocable to the Spouse or other
Beneficiary shall be paid to the legal representative of the estate of such Spouse or other
Beneficiary. A Members election of a nonspousal Beneficiary is revocable by the Member at any
time before his death.
7.3 Form of Retirement Benefit Distributions. A Member or, in the event of the
Members death, the Members Beneficiary, shall have the vested portion of the Members Accrued
Benefit distributed in a lump sum payment consisting of (i) cash equal to the Fair Market Value of
the interest of the Members Account in the Investment Options (including, if elected by the Member
(or, in the event of the Members death, the Members Beneficiary), the Fair Market Value of the
interest of the Members Account in Expedia Stock) and (ii) if elected by the Member, Expedia Stock
representing all or a portion of the Fair Market Value of the interest of the Members Account in
Expedia Stock. Fractional shares of Expedia Stock shall be aggregated to create whole shares of
Expedia Stock, which shall be distributed in the form of whole shares of Expedia Stock, if the
Member or, in the event of the Members death, the Members Beneficiary, elects to receive all or a
portion of his interest in Expedia Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, cash shall be distributed
in lieu of excess fractional shares of Expedia Stock.
7.4 Proof of Death and Right of Beneficiary. The Committee may require and rely upon
such proof of death and such evidence of the right of any Beneficiary to receive the undistributed
vested Value of the Account of a deceased Member as the Committee may deem proper, and its
determination of death and of the right of such Beneficiary to receive payments shall be
conclusive.
7.5 Consent of Spouse. Whenever the terms of this Plan require that the consent of a
Members Spouse be obtained, such consent shall be valid only if it is in writing, contains an
acknowledgment by such Spouse of the effect of such consent, designates a Beneficiary (or a form of
benefits) which may not be changed without the consent of the Spouse (unless such consent
specifically permits designation by the Member without any requirement of further consent of the
Spouse) and is witnessed either by a representative of the Plan or by a notary public; provided,
however, that, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(a)-20, the consent of a
Members Spouse shall not be required in the event that the Member establishes to the satisfaction
of the Plan Administrator that he has no Spouse, that such Spouse cannot be located, or under such
other circumstances as may be permitted under applicable Treasury regulations. Any consent of a
Members Spouse obtained in accordance
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with the provision of this Section 7.5 shall be revocable by the Member during his lifetime
without the consent of the Members Spouse. Unless a qualified domestic relations order, as
defined in Section 414(p) of the Code, requires otherwise, a Spouses consent shall not be required
(and, hence, shall for purposes of this Plan be deemed given) if the Member is legally separated or
the Member has been abandoned (within the meaning of local law) and the Member has a court order to
such effect.
7.6 Cash-Outs. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if
the Members vested Accrued Benefit is equal to or less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) at the
time of his Termination of Employment (or is otherwise immediately distributable) or upon any
Valuation Date (or such other dates as the Committee may determine in accordance with its rules and
procedures) thereafter prior to his Benefit Starting Date, such vested Account balance shall be
distributed in the form of a lump sum distribution without the consent of the Member. Solely for
purposes of this Section, the vested portion of a Members Accrued Benefit shall be determined
without regard to the Value of the Members Rollover Account.
In the event of an automatic distribution to be made in accordance with the provisions of this
section in an amount that exceeds $1,000, if the Member does not elect to have such distribution
paid directly to an Eligible Retirement Plan, as defined in Section 7.9 of the Plan, specified by
the Member in a Direct Rollover, as defined in Section 7.9 of the Plan, or to receive the
distribution directly in accordance with the terms of the Plan, then the Plan Administrator shall
pay the distribution in a Direct Rollover, as defined in Section 7.9 of the Plan, to an individual
retirement plan designed by the Plan Administrator.
7.7 Limitation on Distribution from 401(k) Accounts, Catch-Up Contribution Accounts and QNEC Accounts.
(a) Notwithstanding anything else herein and without expanding the rights with regard to
distributions otherwise set forth herein, no distribution shall be made from a Participants 401(k)
Account, Catch-Up Contribution Account or QNEC Account prior to:
(i) Separation from employment, Death or Disability;
(ii) Termination of the Plan without establishment or maintenance of another
defined contribution plan (other than an employer stock ownership plan as defined in
Code Section 4975(e)(7));
(iii) The disposition by the Employer of substantially all of the assets
(within the meaning of Code Section 409(d)(2)) used by the Employer in a trade or
business of the Employer, but only with respect to an Employee who continues
employment with the corporation acquiring the assets;
(iv) The disposition by an Employer of its interest in a subsidiary (within the
meaning of Code Section 409(d)(3)), but only with respect to an Employee who
continues employment with such subsidiary;
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(v) The attainment of age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2) by the Participant; or
(vi) In the case of the 401(k) Account and the Catch-Up Contribution Account, a
Participant experiencing a Hardship, as defined in Section 9.1.
(b) With regard to subparts (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Paragraph (a) above, any distribution made
by reason of one of such events must be a lump sum distribution (as defined in Code Section
402(e)(4)(D) (without regard to clauses (I), (II), (III) and (IV) of clause (i) thereof). With
regard to subparts (iii) and (iv) of Paragraph (a) above, such event shall be deemed covered by
such subpart only if the Employer continues to maintain the Plan after the disposition. The
foregoing limitations on distributions are intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section
401(k)(2)(B) and shall therefore be interpreted in accordance with such Code Section and the
regulations thereunder.
7.8 Eligibility for Distributions. Notwithstanding anything else herein, a Member
shall be eligible to receive payment, or to commence payment, under the Plan of his benefits no
later than sixty (60) days after the end of the Plan Year in which the latest of the following
occurs:
(a) The Members attainment of age sixty-five (65);
(b) The tenth (10th) anniversary of the year in which the Member began
participation in the Plan; or
(c) The Members Termination of Employment.
7.9 Rollover Provisions. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the
contrary that would otherwise limit a Distributees election under this Section, a Distributee may
elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Plan Administrator, to have any portion of
an Eligible Rollover Distribution paid directly to an Eligible Retirement Plan specified by the
Distributee in a Direct Rollover. The Committee shall have the authority to set minimums and
maximums with respect to Eligible Rollover Distributions and adopt other guidelines and
administrative procedures that are necessary or desirable to administer the direct rollover rules
under this Section.
(a) An Eligible Rollover Distribution is any distribution of all or any portion of the
balance to the credit of the Distributee, except that an Eligible Rollover Distribution does not
include:
(i) Any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal periodic
payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life expectancy)
of the Distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of the
Distributee or the Distributees designated Beneficiary, or for a specified period
of ten years or more;
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(ii) Any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Section
401(a)(9) of the Code;
(iii) The portion of any distribution that is not includable in gross income
(determined without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with
respect to Expedia Stock);
(iv) Any amount that is distributed from the Plan or any other plan on account
of hardship, including, without limitation, any hardship distribution of 401(k)
Contributions under Section 9.1 of the Plan or other plan or as otherwise described
in Code Section 401(k)(2)(B)(i)(IV); or
(v) Any other distribution that is hereafter not an eligible rollover
distribution under applicable law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a portion of a distribution shall not fail to be an Eligible
Rollover Distribution merely because a portion consists of after-tax employee contributions which
are not includible in gross income, provided, however, such portion may be transferred only to an
individual retirement account or annuity described in Section 408(a) or 408(b) of the Code, or to a
qualified defined contribution plan described in Section 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code that agrees
to separately account for amounts so transferred, including separately accounting for the portion
of such distribution which is includible in gross income and the portion of such distribution which
is not so includible.
(b) An Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual retirement account described in Section
408(a) of the Code, an individual retirement annuity described in Section 408(b) of the Code, an
annuity plan described in Section 403(a) of the Code, or a qualified trust described in Section
401(a) of the Code, an annuity contract described in Section 403(b) of the Code and an eligible
plan under Section 457(b) of the Code which is maintained by a state, political subdivision of a
state, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or political subdivision of a state and which
agrees to separately account for amounts transferred into such plan from this Plan that accepts the
Distributees Eligible Rollover Distribution. The definition of Eligible Retirement Plan shall
also apply in the case of a distribution to a surviving Spouse, or to a Spouse or former Spouse who
is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relation order, as defined in Section 414(p) of
the Code.
(c) A Distributee includes an Employee or former Employee. In addition, the Employees or
former Employees surviving Spouse and the Employees or former Employees Spouse or former Spouse
who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Section 414(p)
of the Code, are Distributees with regard to the interest of the Spouse or former Spouse.
(d) A Direct Rollover is a payment by the Plan to the Eligible Retirement Plan specified by
the Distributee.
7.10 Unclaimed Payments. In the event that all, or any portion, of the distribution
payable to a Member or his Beneficiary hereunder shall, at the expiration of five (5)
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years after it shall become payable, remain unpaid solely by reason of the inability of the
Plan Administrator, after sending a registered letter, return receipt requested, to the last known
address, and after requesting the cooperation of the Social Security Administration or Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation to ascertain the whereabouts of such Member or his Beneficiary, the
amount so distributable shall be deposited into a suspense account and used to reduce future
Employer Contributions. In the event a Member or Beneficiary is located subsequent to his benefit
being forfeited, such benefit shall be restored by the Employer.
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ARTICLE VIII
MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
8.1 Definitions. The definitions apply to this Article VIII and unless otherwise
specifically stated in another section hereof do not apply to any other section of this Plan.
(a) Designated Beneficiary. The individual who is designated as a Members
Beneficiary under the Plan and is the designated beneficiary under Code Section 401(a)(9) and
Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(a)(9)-1, Q&A-4.
(b) Distribution Calendar Year. A calendar year for which a minimum distribution is
required. For distributions commencing before the Members death, the first Distribution Calendar
Year shall be the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year which contains the Members
Required Beginning Date. For distributions commencing after the Members death, the first
Distribution Calendar Year is the calendar year in which distributions are required to commence
under Section 8.2(b)(ii). The required minimum distribution for the Members first Distribution
Calendar Year will be made on or before the Members Required Beginning Date. The required minimum
distribution for other Distribution Calendar Years, including the required minimum distribution for
the Distribution Calendar Year in which the Members Required Beginning Date occurs, shall be made
on or before December 31 of that Distribution Calendar Year.
(c) Life Expectancy. Life expectancy as computed by use of the Single Life Table in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(a)(9)-9.
(d) Members Account Balance. The Members Account Balance as of the last Valuation
Date in the Valuation Calendar Year increased by the amount of any contributions made and allocated
to, the Members Account Balance as of dates in the Valuation Calendar Year after the Valuation
Date and decreased by distributions made in the Valuation Calendar Year after the Valuation Date.
The Members Account Balance for the Valuation Calendar Year includes any amounts rolled over or
transferred to the Plan with respect to the Member (as adjusted for earnings and losses thereon)
either in the Valuation Calendar Year or in the Distribution Calendar Year if distributed or
transferred in the Valuation Calendar Year.
(e) Required Beginning Date. The April 1st following the end of the calendar year in
which occurs the later of (x) the Members attainment of age seventy and one-half (70-1/2) and (y)
the Members Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a Member
who is a 5 percent (5%) owner, as defined in Section 416(i) of the Code, the Required beginning
Date shall be the April 1st following the end of the calendar year in which the Member attains age
seventy and one-half (70-1/2), whether or not he is then employed.
(f) Valuation Calendar Year. The calendar year immediately preceding the Distribution
Calendar Year.
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8.2 Required Commencement Date.
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 7.2 and 7.5 of the Plan, the provisions of this Section shall
apply for purposes of determining required minimum distributions for calendar years beginning with
the 2003 calendar year.
(i) The requirements of this Section shall take precedence over any
inconsistent provisions of the Plan.
(ii) All distributions required under this Section shall be determined and made
in accordance with Treasury Regulations under Code Section 401(a)(9).
(b) Time and Manner of Distribution.
(i) The Members interest in his Account shall be distributed, or commence to
be distributed, to the Member no later than the Required Beginning Date.
(ii) If the Member dies before distributions of his benefits commence, the
Members entire interest in his Account shall be distributed, or shall commence to
be distributed, no later than:
(A) If the Members surviving Spouse is the Members sole Designated
Beneficiary, then distributions to the surviving Spouse shall commence by
the later of (x) December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the
calendar year in which the Member died, or (y) December 31 of the calendar
year in which the Member would have attained age seventy and one-half
(70-1/2).
(B) If the Members surviving Spouse is not the Members sole
Designated Beneficiary, then distributions to the Designated Beneficiary
shall commence by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the
calendar year in which the Member died.
(C) If there is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the
calendar year following the calendar year of the Members death, the
Members entire interest in his Account shall be distributed by December 31
of the calendar year containing the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Members
death.
(D) If the Members surviving Spouse is the Members sole Designated
Beneficiary and the surviving Spouse dies after the Member but before
distributions to the surviving Spouse commence, this Paragraph (b), other
than clause (i) of this Paragraph (b) shall apply as if the surviving Spouse
were the Member.
For purposes of this Paragraph (ii) and Section 8.2(d), unless clause (D) of this Paragraph (ii)
applies, distributions shall be considered to commence on the Members Required Beginning
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Date. If clause (D) of this Paragraph (ii) applies, distributions shall be considered to commence
on the date distributions are required to commence to the surviving Spouse under clause (i) of this
Paragraph (b). If distributions under an annuity purchased from an insurance company irrevocably
commence to the Member before the Members Required Beginning Date (or to the Members surviving
Spouse before the date distributions are required to commence to the surviving Spouse under clause
(A) of this Paragraph (ii)), the date distributions are considered to commence shall be the date
distributions actually commence.
(iii) Unless the Members interest in his Account is distributed in the form of
an annuity purchased from an insurance company or in a single sum on or before the
Required Beginning Date, as of the first Distribution Calendar Year distributions
shall be made in accordance with Sections 8.2(c) and 8.2(d) of this Article. If the
Members interest in his Account is distributed in the form of an annuity purchased
from an insurance company, distributions thereunder shall be made in accordance with
the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(9) and the Treasury Regulations.
(c) Required Minimum Distributions During Members Lifetime.
(i) During the Members lifetime, the minimum amount that shall be distributed
for each Distribution Calendar Year is the lesser of:
(A) The quotient obtained by dividing the Members Account Balance by
the distribution period in the Uniform Lifetime Table set forth in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.401(a)(9)-9, using the Members age as of the Members
birthday in the Distribution Calendar Year; or
(B) If the Members sole Designated Beneficiary for the Distribution
Calendar Year is the Members Spouse, the quotient obtained by dividing the
Members Account Balance by the number in the Joint and Last Survivor Table
set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(a)(9)-9, using the Members
and Spouses attained ages as of the Members and Spouses birthdays in the
Distribution Calendar Year.
(ii) Required minimum distributions shall be determined under this Section
8.2(c) beginning with the first Distribution Calendar Year and up to and including
the Distribution Calendar Year that includes the Members date of death.
(d) Required Minimum Distributions After Members Death.
(i)
(A) If the Member dies on or after the date distributions commence and
there is a Designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount that shall be
distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the
Members death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Members Account
Balance by the longer of the remaining Life Expectancy of the
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Member or the remaining Life Expectancy of the Members Designated
Beneficiary, determined as follows:
(1) The Members remaining Life Expectancy shall be calculated using the age
of the Member in the year of death (reduced by one for each subsequent
calendar year in which such calculation is performed).
(2) If the Members surviving Spouse is the Members sole Designated
Beneficiary, the remaining Life Expectancy of the surviving Spouse shall be
calculated for each Distribution Calendar Year after the year of the
Members death using the surviving Spouses age as of the Spouses birthday
in that year. For Distribution Calendar Years after the year of the
surviving Spouses death, the remaining Life Expectancy of the surviving
Spouse shall be calculated using the age of the surviving Spouse as of the
Spouses birthday in the calendar year of the Spouses death (reduced by one
for each subsequent calendar year in which such calculation is performed).
(3) If the Members surviving Spouse is not the Members sole Designated
Beneficiary, the Designated Beneficiarys remaining Life Expectancy shall be
calculated using the age of the Designated Beneficiary in the year following
the year of the Members death (reduced by one for each subsequent calendar
year in which such calculation is performed).
(4) If the Member dies on or after the date distributions commence and there
is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the calendar year
following the calendar year of the Members death, the minimum amount that
shall be distributed for each Distribution Calendar Year after the calendar
year of the Members death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Members
Account Balance by the Members remaining Life Expectancy calculated using
the age of the Member in the calendar year of death (reduced by one for each
subsequent calendar year in which such calculation is performed).
(ii)
(A) If the Member dies before the date distributions commence and there
is a Designated Beneficiary, the minimum amount that shall be distributed
for each Distribution Calendar Year after the calendar year of the Members
death is the quotient obtained by dividing the Members Account Balance by
the remaining Life Expectancy of the Members Designated Beneficiary,
determined as provided in Paragraph (i) of this Section 8.2(d).
(B) If the Member dies before the date distributions commence and there
is no Designated Beneficiary as of September 30 of the calendar
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year following the calendar year of the Members death, distribution of
the Members entire interest in his Account shall be completed by December
31 of the calendar year containing the fifth (5th) anniversary of the
Members death.
(C) If the Member dies before the date distributions commence, the
Members surviving Spouse is the Members sole Designated Beneficiary, and
the surviving Spouse dies before distributions are required to commence to
the surviving Spouse under Section 8.2(b)(ii)(A), this Paragraph (ii) shall
be applied as if the surviving Spouse were the Member.
8.3 Limitation on Payments. Notwithstanding anything else in this Plan to the
contrary, the payment of benefits with respect to a deceased Member shall be made in accordance
with Code Section 401(a)(9) and the regulations thereunder. All benefits payable under the Plan
shall be subject to the following limitations and rules which shall in no event expand the
requirements and limitations on benefit payments set forth elsewhere herein:
(a) In no event shall the payment of benefits under any form of benefit elected by a Member
extend over a period which exceeds the longest of:
(i) the life of the Member;
(ii) the lives of the Member and his Beneficiary, if any;
(iii) the life expectancy of the Member; or
(iv) the joint life expectancies of the Member and his Beneficiary, if any.
(b) Notwithstanding anything else in this Plan to the contrary, the payment of any death
benefit payable to any Beneficiary of a Member shall be subject to the rules and restrictions of
Code Section 401(a)(9) and the regulations thereunder (including, without limitation, Proposed
Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(a)(9)-2) which restrictions shall not expand the requirements of
Section 8.2 hereof with regard to a payment upon death:
(i) If the Member dies after his required beginning date under Code Section
401(a)(9) and the regulations thereunder or after his benefits have irrevocably
commenced (the Commencement Date), such death benefit must be distributed to the
Beneficiary under a method that is at least as rapid as the method under which
distributions were being made to the Member as of the date of the Members death;
(ii) If the Member dies before his Commencement Date and the Beneficiary is not
a designated Beneficiary within the meaning of Code Section 401(a)(9), the entire
interest of the Member must be distributed over a period
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which does not exceed five (5) years from the December 31st of the calendar
year in which such Members death occurred;
(iii) Except as provided in (iv) below, if a Members interest is payable to,
or for the benefit of, a designated Beneficiary (other than such Members Spouse),
such portion may be distributed over a period which does not exceed the life, or
life expectancy, of such designated Beneficiary, provided that distribution of such
portion must commence not later than December 31st of the calendar year immediately
following the calendar year in which the Members death occurred or such later date
as may be permitted under applicable Treasury regulations;
(iv) If the Member dies before his Commencement Date and any portion of such
Members interest is payable to, or for the benefit of, such Members Spouse as
designated Beneficiary, distribution of such portion must commence no later than the
later of the period specified in (iii) above or the December 31st of the calendar
year in which the Member would have attained age seventy and one-half (70-1/2);
(v) In the event that a Member shall have designated his Spouse as designated
Beneficiary and such Spouse shall die after the death of the Member and before the
commencement of distributions to such Spouse, the Members Spouse shall be
substituted for the Member in applying the provisions of this subsection (v), but
only for the purpose of determining the period over which payment of benefits may be
made;
(vi) For purposes of this Section 8.3 the life expectancy of a Member and his
Spouse may be recalculated no more frequently than annually; and
(vii) For purposes of this Section 8.3, and in accordance with applicable
Treasury regulations, any death benefit to a Members child shall be treated as if
it had been paid to such Members surviving Spouse if such amount will become
payable to such surviving Spouse upon such childs reaching the age of majority (or
upon the occurrence of such other event as may be designated by applicable Treasury
regulations).
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ARTICLE IX
IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS
9.1 In-Service Distributions for Hardship. (a) In the event of a Participants
Hardship (as hereinafter defined), the Participant shall have the right to withdraw, up to the
amount of the Hardship, all or a part of the vested portion of his Account, other than his QNEC
Account (but, with respect to a 401(k) Account and Catch-Up Contribution Account, not in excess of
the actual contributions on his behalf to such Accounts), upon such prior notice to the Committee
as the Committee may require in accordance with its rules and regulations.
(b) For the purposes of this Section 9.1, a Participant shall experience a Hardship if, and
only if, such Participant experiences an immediate and heavy financial need (as defined in (c)
below) and the withdrawal is necessary to satisfy the financial need of the Participant (as defined
in (d) below).
(c) A Participant will be deemed to experience an immediate and heavy financial need if, and
only if, he needs the withdrawal for one of the following reasons:
(i) to pay for expenses for medical care described in Code Section 213(d)
previously incurred by the Participant, the Participants Spouse, or any dependents
of the Participant, or necessary for these persons to obtain medical care described
in Code Section 213(d);
(ii) to pay costs directly related to the purchase of a principal residence for
the Participant (excluding mortgage payments);
(iii) to pay tuition and related educational fees, including room and board
expenses, for the next twelve (12) months of post-secondary education for the
Participant, or the Participants Spouse, children or dependents;
(iv) to pay amounts necessary to prevent the eviction of the Participant from
the Participants principal residence or foreclosure on the mortgage of that
residence; or
(v) such other financial needs as may be specifically promulgated by the
Internal Revenue Service.
(d) A withdrawal will be deemed necessary to satisfy the financial need of a Participant if,
and only if:
(i) The withdrawal is not in excess of the amount of the immediate and heavy
financial need of the Participant. The amount of an immediate and heavy financial
need may include any amounts necessary to pay any federal, state or local income
taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution.
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(ii) The Participant has obtained all distributions, other than Hardship
distributions, and all nontaxable loans currently available under all plans
maintained by the Employer.
(e) In the event the Participant makes a withdrawal pursuant to this Section 9.1 that consists
of amounts from a 401(k) Account or Catch-Up Contribution Account, then the Participant shall be
suspended from making 401(k) Contributions, Catch-Up Contributions and After-Tax Contributions,
pre-tax elective or after-tax voluntary contributions to any other qualified or nonqualified plan
maintained by the Employer (which shall be deemed to include all qualified and nonqualified plans
of deferred compensation, other than the mandatory employee contribution portion of a defined
benefit plan, stock option, stock purchase or similar plan, but shall not include health or welfare
benefit plans) for six (6) months following the withdrawal.
(f) All withdrawals shall be on the basis of the Value of the Participants Account on the
applicable Valuation Date coinciding with or immediately preceding the date of withdrawal. The
Committee may establish rules and regulations, which do not discriminate in favor of officers,
stockholders and Highly Compensated Employees, as to procedures, forms and required notice periods
for withdrawal requests.
9.2 Distribution of Rollover Account. A Participant shall, at any time, have the
right to withdraw any or all amounts in his Rollover Account upon such prior notice to the
Committee and in such manner as prescribed by the Committee.
9.3 Distribution of After-Tax Account. A Participant shall, at any time, have the
right to withdraw any or all amounts in his After-Tax Account upon such prior notice to the
Committee and in such manner as prescribed by the Committee.
9.4 In-Service Distributions On or After Age 59-1/2. A Participant shall have the right
to receive any portion of the vested portion of his Account as requested by the Participant, on or
after his attainment of age fifty-nine and one-half (59-1/2), upon such prior notice to the Committee
and in such manner as prescribed by the Committee.
9.5 Loans to Participants. (a) Upon application of any Participant employed by the
Employer or any person covered by Paragraph (f) below (a Borrower) to the Committee, the
Committee shall direct the Trustee to make a loan or loans to such Borrower from the Loan Available
Account (as defined in Paragraph (g) below) of the Borrower. The minimum amount of any loan shall
be one thousand dollars ($1,000). All such loans shall (i) be adequately secured, (ii) bear
interest at the prevailing commercial rate determined by the Committee based on a review of
prevailing commercial rates in the Employers geographical region, (iii) be subject to such charges
as imposed by the Committee in accordance with a uniform nondiscriminatory policy and (iv) be
repaid within a specified period not longer than five (5) years in substantially level amortized
payments by means of payroll deduction, provided that such period may exceed five (5) years (but
may not exceed fifteen (15) years), if the loan is used to acquire any dwelling unit which within a
reasonable time is to be used (determined at the time the loan is made) as the principal residence
of the Participant; and further provided that all loans made to Participants while actively
employed by the Employer shall become immediately due and payable within ninety (90) days following
Termination of Employment unless Paragraph
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(e) of this Section 9.5 is applicable. With respect to a Military Leave of Absence, loan
repayments will be suspended under this Plan as permitted under Section 414(u)(4) of the Code. Any
loan shall be subject to such additional acceleration provisions as shall be determined by the
Committee to be commercially reasonable at the time that the loan is made. In no event shall the
total of any such loan or loans to any Borrower from the Plan and any other plan qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code required to be aggregated with this Plan pursuant to Code Section 72(p)
exceed the least of (i) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), less the excess (if any) of (A) the
highest amount of loans outstanding within the twelve (12) month period ending on the day prior to
the date the loan is made over (B) the outstanding balance of loans outstanding on the date the
loan is made, or (ii) fifty percent (50%) of the vested Account of the Borrower under the Plan.
Only two (2) loans to a Participant may be outstanding at any time but only one loan may be
outstanding that is used to acquire any dwelling unit which within a reasonable time is to be used
(determined at the time the loan is made) as the principal residence of the Borrower (a Home
Loan) and only one loan may be outstanding at any time that is not a Home Loan.
(b) As security for such loan or loans, the Borrower shall pledge the portion of his Loan
Available Account represented by the loan and earnings thereon. Loans to Borrowers shall be repaid
through deductions from Compensation made on a level basis during each applicable Payroll Period
or, during periods of employment during which the Borrower does not receive Compensation at a rate
of Compensation (after income and employment tax withholding) that is equal to or greater than the
total level repayment amount required under the terms of the loan, by check payable to the Plan.
In the event that the Borrower does not repay any loan or the interest thereon within the time
provided in Paragraph (a) above and upon the schedules set forth in the promissory note
representing the loan (or if later, the last day of any grace period established by the Committee
which such grace period shall not extend beyond the last day of the calendar quarter following the
calendar quarter in which an installment payment is due), the Committee shall cause the Trustee to
deduct the total amount of the loan outstanding, and any interest and other charges then due and
owing, from any payment or distribution from the Borrowers Loan Available Account securing the
loan to which such Borrower may be entitled under the terms of the Plan. If under the terms of the
Plan, payment or distribution is not then permitted, the Borrower will have a deemed distribution
for tax purposes, but the loan will remain outstanding and the Committee shall deduct the total
amount of the loan outstanding, and any interest and other charges then due and owing, from the
portion of the Borrowers Loan Available Account securing the loan as soon as a distribution or
withdrawal is then permitted at law from such portion of the Loan Available Account (without regard
to limitations in the Plan that are narrower than required by the Code). Any loan hereunder shall
be considered an investment of the Borrowers Loan Available Account and any loan shall reduce the
investment of the Borrower in each respective Investment Option in the applicable Loan Available
Account, on a proportionate basis. When a loan is repaid, each repayment shall be invested in the
manner and same proportion that the Borrower has elected for his current contributions to his
Account and which is currently in effect pursuant to Article V and shall be credited in the reverse
order of priority as set forth in Paragraph (g) below.
(1) (i) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, except as provided in
clause (ii) of this subparagraph, in the event that a Borrower is granted a leave of
absence without Compensation or at a rate of Compensation (after income and
employment tax withholding) that is less than the total level
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repayment amount required under the terms of the loan(s), the Borrower may elect to
discontinue repayments on his outstanding loan during his absence without the loan
being deemed in default, provided that such period of nonpayment shall not exceed
the Loan Suspension Period. Following the Borrowers Loan Suspension Period, the
duration of the loan may, at the election of the Borrower, be extended to a period
equal to the Loan Suspension Period, and during such extended term following the
Loan Suspension Period, payments shall be made at the same rate as in effect at the
commencement of the leave of absence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the loan must
be repaid by the latest date permitted under the Plan and the loan payments due
after the Loan Suspension Period must not be less than those required under the
terms of the loan prior to the leave of absence.
(ii) In the event that an extension under clause (i) of this Paragraph would
cause the term of a loan to exceed the maximum permitted term under Paragraph (a),
the Borrower shall be provided a revised repayment schedule with respect to the loan
showing the increased amount of level repayment amounts required to be made
following the Loan Suspension Period so that the loan shall be repaid during a
period which shall not extend beyond such maximum permitted duration.
(iii) In the event that either clause (i) or clause (ii) of this Paragraph is
applicable to a loan, the borrowing Borrower shall at the request of the Committee
execute and deliver an amended promissory note, in such form as the Committee shall
provide, reflecting the extended term of the loan or revised payment schedule, or
both, as the case may be.
(iv) Loan Suspension Period shall mean the period during which a Participant
discontinues payments on a loan pursuant to clause (i) of this Paragraph and
continuing until the earlier of (i) the termination of the Participants leave of
absence or (ii) one (1) year.
(c) In the event any loan remains outstanding at the time a distribution (other than an
additional loan) is otherwise scheduled to occur and such distribution would reduce the prescribed
security for, or otherwise violate limitations with regard to the loan, then the amount of the
distribution will be reduced by all or a portion of the outstanding loans to prevent such
reduction.
(d) A loan may be prepaid in full at any time.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Borrower who has a loan (or loans) outstanding under an
Historic Plan or another plan qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code which is transferred to
the Plan by trustee-to-trustee transfer or as a result of the merger of another plan qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Code into the Plan shall be entitled to keep such loan (or loans)
outstanding under the Plan until the loan (or loans) is repaid pursuant to the terms of such
outstanding loan (or loans).
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(f) Any party in interest as defined in ERISA Section 3(14) who is a Terminated Participant
or Retired Participant with an Account balance under the Plan shall have the right to receive a
loan from the Plan. Owner-employees and shareholder-employees, as defined in Section 401(c) of the
Code are eligible to take loans under the Plan.
(g) Loan Available Account is defined for purposes of this Section 9.5 as the vested portion
of the following sub-accounts of a Participant in the following order of priority: the Rollover
Account, the 401(k) Account, the Catch-Up Contribution Account, the After-Tax Account, the vested
portion of the Matching Contribution Account, and then the vested portion of the Profit Sharing
Account.
(h) No loan shall be made in the event that the interest rate required to be charged pursuant
to (a)(ii) of this Section 9.5 would violate any applicable usury law.
(i) The Committee shall administer this Section 9.5 pursuant to the foregoing and such
additional rules and regulations as it shall promulgate in accordance with Code Section 72(p) and
any Treasury Regulations thereunder and Department of Labor Regulation Section 2550.408b-1.
9.6 Form of In-Service Distributions and Loans. Distributions to a Participant
pursuant to this Article IX shall be made in a cash lump sum; provided that, to the extent the
Participants Account is invested in Expedia Stock or, prior to December 31, 2005, with respect to
a Participant who was a participant in the Prior Plan on the Distribution Date, to the extent the
Participants Account is invested in IAC Stock, the Participant may elect to receive such portion
in Expedia Stock (or, prior to December 31, 2005, IAC Stock, with respect to a Participant who was
a participant in the Prior Plan on the Distribution Date, to the extent the Participants Account
is invested in IAC Stock).
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ARTICLE X
VOTING AND OTHER RIGHTS
10.1 Voting of Expedia Stock. Each Member (or, in the event of the Members death,
the Members Beneficiary) shall be entitled to instruct the Trustee as to the manner in which the
Expedia Stock held in the Members Account shall be voted on each matter brought before an annual
or special stockholders meeting of the Company. Before each such meeting of stockholders, the
Company shall cause to be furnished to each Member (or, in the event of the Members death, the
Members Beneficiary) a copy of all proxy solicitation material, together with a form requesting
confidential instructions to be given to the Trustee on how the Expedia Stock attributable to the
Members Account shall be voted on each such matter. Upon timely receipt of such instructions, the
Trustee shall on each such matter vote such Expedia Stock as instructed except as otherwise
required by ERISA. The instructions received by the Trustee from Members (or Beneficiaries, as the
case may be) shall be held by the Trustee in confidence and shall not be divulged or released to
any person, including officers or employees of the Company or any Affiliate. Where no such voting
instructions have been received by the Trustee, the Trustee shall vote such Expedia Stock as to
which timely instructions were not received by the Trustee in the same proportion as it votes
shares of Expedia Stock as to which timely instructions were received by the Trustee in accordance
with ERISA.
10.2 Tender and Exchange Offers on Expedia Stock. (a) Each Member (or, in the event
of the Members death, the Members Beneficiary) shall have the right, based upon the Expedia Stock
held in the Members Account, to direct the Trustee in writing as to the manner in which to respond
to a tender or exchange offer for such Expedia Stock and the Trustee shall tender or not tender
such Expedia Stock for each Members Account based upon such instructions. The Company shall
utilize its best efforts to timely distribute or cause to be distributed to each Member (or
Beneficiary, as the case may be) such identical written information (if any) as will be distributed
to stockholders of the Company in connection with any such tender or exchange offer and a tender or
exchange offer instruction form for return to the Trustee or its designee.
(b) The form described in (a) above shall show the number of full shares of Expedia Stock
attributable to the Members Account (whether or not vested) and shall provide a means for him to
(i) instruct the Trustee whether or not to tender such shares and (ii) specify the Investment
Option under the Plan in which the proceeds of any sale shall be invested in the event such shares
are sold pursuant to the tender offer. Such form shall also advise each Member with an investment
in Expedia Stock that, in the event the Trustee is not provided with tender or exchange
instructions, the Trustee shall not tender or exchange shares of Expedia Stock as to which timely
instructions were not received by the Trustee. Such form shall further advise that, in the event a
Members Expedia Stock is sold and the Member has not specified the Investment Option in which the
proceeds shall be invested, such proceeds shall be invested in a managed income fund, until a
further investment election is made by the Member pursuant to the Plan. Except for the foregoing,
the Company shall not provide to the Member any information or guidance not provided to all
stockholders. Upon receipt of such instructions, the Trustee shall tender or not tender (or
withdraw from tender) or exchange such Expedia Stock in accordance
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with such instructions, and the Trustee shall not tender or exchange any such shares of
Expedia Stock as to which timely instructions were not received by the Trustee and any shares of
Expedia Stock not credited to Members Accounts but held by the Plan. Except as may be required by
law, instruction forms received from the Member shall be retained by the Trustee and shall not be
provided to the Company or to any officer or employee thereof or to any other person.
10.3 Procedures of the Company With Respect to Voting and Tender Instructions. In
implementing the foregoing procedures, the Company will act fairly, in the best interests of each
Member, and in a manner which will not impose undue pressure on any Member as to what tender or
exchange offer instructions he should give to the Trustee. The giving of an instruction to the
Trustee to tender or exchange Expedia Stock shall not be deemed to constitute withdrawal or
suspension from the Plan or forfeiture of any portion of a Members interest in the Plan. Accounts
shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect the Trustees execution of their instructions, or if no
instructions were received, no adjustment shall be made to the extent the Trustee does not tender
or exchange any such shares of Expedia Stock as to which timely instructions were not received by
the Trustee. Proceeds resulting from the sale of any Expedia Stock shall be invested in the
Investment Option specified by the Member in his instructions to the Trustee and, in the absence of
such instructions, such proceeds shall be invested in the money market fund, until a further
investment election is made by the Member pursuant to the Plan.
10.4 Member Deemed Named Fiduciary. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the
contrary, each Member is, for purposes of this Section, hereby designated a named fiduciary,
within the meaning of Section 402(a)(1) of ERISA, with regard to his Account.
10.5 Confidentiality. It is intended that the Expedia Stock Option shall be
administered and operated in accordance with Section 404(c) of ERISA and the regulations
thereunder. For such purposes, the Trustee shall be the identified fiduciary and shall be
responsible for, without limitation, the implementation and monitoring of confidentiality
procedures.
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ARTICLE XI
PAYMENT OF BENEFITS
11.1 Payments for Incompetent Persons. If the Committee shall find that any person to
whom a benefit is payable under the Plan is unable to care for his affairs because of illness or
accident, any payment due (unless a prior claim therefor shall have been made by a duly appointed
guardian, committee or other legal representative) may be paid to the Spouse, child, grandchild,
parent, brother or sister of such person, or to any person deemed by the Committee to have incurred
expense for such person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete
discharge of any liability under the Plan therefor.
11.2 Spendthrift. No benefit payable at any time under the Plan shall be subject in
any manner to alienation, anticipation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment or
encumbrance of any kind. No benefit and no fund established in connection with the Plan shall in
any manner be subject to the debts or liabilities of any person entitled to such benefit. This
Section 11.2 shall also apply to the creation, assignment or recognition of a right to any benefit
payable with respect to a Member pursuant to a domestic relations order, unless such order is
determined to be a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code,
or any domestic relations order entered before January 1, 1985. A qualified domestic relations
order may direct that an alternate payee receive a distribution from the Plan prior to the Members
earliest retirement age, as defined in Code Section 414(p)(4)(B). Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 11.2 shall not apply to any offset of a
Members benefits provided under the Plan against an amount that the Member is ordered or required
to pay to the Plan under any of the circumstances set forth in Section 401(a)(13)(C) of the Code
and Sections 206(d)(4) and 206(d)(5) of ERISA.
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ARTICLE XII
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
12.1 Plan Administrator. The general administration of the Plan on behalf of the Plan
Administrator shall be placed in a Committee of not less than two (2) members; provided however,
that any action taken by the Committee, if composed of only two (2) members, must be taken
unanimously. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board or a duly appointed
committee thereof and each such member shall serve at the pleasure of such Board.
12.2 Appointment to and Resignation From the Committee. Any person appointed to be a
member of the Committee shall signify his acceptance in writing to the Board which appointed him.
Any member of the Committee may resign by delivering his written resignation to the Board which
appointed him. Such resignation shall become effective upon delivery or at any later date
specified therein.
12.3 Reimbursement of Expenses of Committee. The Plan shall pay or reimburse the
members of the Committee for all reasonable expenses incurred unless the Employer shall pay or
reimburse the members of the Committee for such expenses.
12.4 Action by Majority of the Committee. A majority of the members of the Committee
at the time in office may do any act which the Plan authorizes or requires the Committee to do, and
the action of such majority of the members expressed from time to time by a vote at a meeting, or
in writing without a meeting, shall constitute the action of the Committee and shall have the same
effect for all purposes as if assented to by all the members.
12.5 Internal Structure of Committee. The members of the Committee shall elect from
their number a Chairman and shall appoint a Secretary, who need not be a member of the Committee.
The Committee may appoint such subcommittees with such powers as it shall determine and may
authorize one or more members of the Committee or any agent to execute or deliver any instrument or
make any payment in its behalf.
12.6 Powers of the Committee. Subject to the limitations of the Plan, the Committee
may, in its sole and absolute discretion, make such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or
proper for the administration of the Plan and the transaction of business thereunder; may interpret
the Plan; may decide on questions as to the eligibility of any person to receive benefits and the
amount of such benefits; may authorize the payment of benefits in such manner and at such times as
it may determine; may prescribe forms or telephonic or electronic means to be used for making
various elections under the Plan, for designating beneficiaries or for changing or revoking such
designations, for applying for benefits and for any other purposes of the Plan, which prescribed
forms in all cases must be executed and filed with the Committee (unless the Committee shall
otherwise determine) and may take such other action or make such determinations in accordance with
the Plan as it deems appropriate. To the extent that the form or method prescribed by the
Committee to be used in the operation and administration of the Plan does not conflict with the
terms and provisions of the Plan, such form shall be evidence of
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(i) the Committees interpretation, construction and administration of this Plan and (ii)
decisions or rules made by the Committee pursuant to the authority granted to the Committee under
the Plan.
12.7 Investment Policy Responsibility of Committee. The members of the Committee
shall together establish and carry out, or cause to be provided by those persons (including,
without limitation, any investment manager, trustee or insurance company) to whom responsibility or
authority therefor has been allocated or delegated in accordance with this the Plan or the Trust
Agreement, an investment policy consistent with the objectives of the Plan and the requirements of
ERISA, including, without limitation, a policy which complies with Section 404(c) of ERISA. For
such purposes, the Committee shall, at a meeting duly called for the purpose, establish an
investment policy which satisfies the requirements of ERISA, and shall meet at least annually at a
stated time of the year to review such investment policy. All actions taken with respect to such
investment policy and the reasons therefor shall be recorded in the minutes of the meetings of the
Committee.
12.8 Actions of the Committee to be Uniform; Regular Personnel Policies to be
Followed. Any discretionary actions to be taken under this Plan by the Committee with respect
to the classification of the Employees, contributions, or benefits shall be uniform in their nature
and applicable to all Employees similarly situated. With respect to service with the Employer,
leaves of absence and other similar matters, the Committee shall administer the Plan in accordance
with the Employers regular personnel policies at the time in effect.
12.9 Decisions of Committee are Binding. The decisions of the Committee with respect
to any matter it is empowered to act on shall be made in the Committees sole discretion and shall
be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, based on the Plan documents. In carrying out its
functions under the Plan, the Committee shall endeavor to act by general rules so as to administer
the Plan in a uniform and nondiscriminatory manner as to all persons similarly situated.
12.10 Spouses Consent. In addition to when such consent is expressly required by the
terms of this Plan, the Committee may in its sole discretion also require the written consent of
the Employees Spouse to any other election or revocation of election made under this Plan before
such election or revocation shall be effective.
12.11 Delegation of Authority. The Committee may delegate any and all of its powers
and responsibilities hereunder to other persons by formal resolution filed with and accepted by the
Board of Directors. Any such delegation shall not be effective until it is accepted by the Board
and the persons designated and may be rescinded at any time by written notice from the Committee to
the person to whom the delegation is made.
12.12 Multiple Fiduciary Capacities. Any person or group of persons may serve in more
than one fiduciary capacity with respect to the Plan.
12.13 Retention of Professional Assistance. The Committee may employ or retain such
legal counsel, accountants, actuaries, consultants, investment advisors, physicians, agents and
other persons as it may require in carrying out the provisions of the Plan. The
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Committee may appoint an investment manager or managers, as defined in Section 3(38) of ERISA,
to manage (including the power to acquire, invest and dispose of) any assets of the Plan. The fees,
charges and costs resulting from such employment or retention of professional assistance shall be
charged as an expense of the Trust Fund unless paid by an Employer, in its sole discretion.
12.14 Reliance on Various Documents. The members of the Committee and the Employer
and its officers, trustees and directors shall be entitled to rely upon all tables, valuations,
certificates and reports furnished by the Plan actuary, upon all certificates and reports made by
any accountant selected by the Committee, and upon all opinions given by any legal counsel selected
by the Committee. The members of the Committee and the Employer and its officers, trustees and
directors shall be fully protected in respect of any action taken or suffered by them in good faith
in reliance upon any such actuary, accountant or counsel, and all action so taken or suffered shall
be conclusive upon all parties.
12.15 Accounts and Records. The Committee shall maintain such accounts and records
regarding the fiscal and other transactions of the Plan and such other data as may be required to
carry out its functions under the Plan and to comply with all applicable laws. The Committee shall
report annually to the Board on the financial condition and administrative operation of the Plan
for the preceding year.
12.16 Compliance with Applicable Law. The Company shall be deemed the Plan
Administrator for the purposes of any applicable law and shall be responsible for the preparation
and filing of any required returns, reports, statements or other filings with appropriate
governmental agencies. The Company shall also be responsible for the preparation and delivery of
information to persons entitled to such information under any applicable law.
12.17 Liability. The functions of the Committee, the Board, and the Employer under
the Plan are fiduciary in nature and each shall be carried out solely in the interest of the
Members and other persons entitled to benefits under the Plan for the exclusive purpose of
providing the benefits under the Plan (and for the defraying of reasonable expenses of
administering the Plan). The Committee, the Board, and the Employer shall carry out their
respective functions in accordance with the terms of the Plan with the care, skill, prudence and
diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity
and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and
with like aims. No member of the Committee and no officer, director or employee of the Employer
shall be liable for any action or inaction with respect to his functions under the Plan unless such
action or inaction is adjudicated to be a breach of the fiduciary standard of conduct set forth
above. Further, no member of the Committee shall be personally liable merely by virtue of any
instrument executed by him or on his behalf as a member of the Committee.
12.18 Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by
law and the Companys Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws, and to the extent not covered by
insurance, its officers and directors (and any employee involved in carrying out the functions of
the Company under the Plan) and each member of the Committee against any expenses, including
amounts paid in settlement of a liability, which are reasonably incurred in connection with any
legal action to which such person is a party by reason of his duties or
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responsibilities with respect to the Plan except with regard to any matters as to which he
shall be adjudged in such action to be liable for gross negligence or willful misconduct in the
performance of his duty as a fiduciary. Any indemnification by the Employer shall be at the
Employers expense and shall not be deemed an expense of the Plan.
12.19 Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act). Solely to the extent required under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, all elections
and transactions under the Plan by persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act involving
shares of Expedia Stock are intended to comply with all exemptive conditions under Rule 16b-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act. The Committee may establish and adopt written administrative
guidelines designed to facilitate compliance with Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, as it may deem
necessary or proper for the administration and operation of the Plan.
12.20 Claims Procedure.
(a) Initial Claim.
(i) Any claim by an Employee, Member or Beneficiary (Claimant) with respect
to eligibility, participation, contributions, benefits or other aspects of the
operation of the Plan shall be made in writing to the Committee or its designee.
The Committee shall provide the Claimant with the necessary forms and make all
determinations as to the right of any person to a disputed benefit. If a Claimant
is denied benefits under the Plan, the Committee shall notify the Claimant in
writing of the denial of the claim within ninety (90) days after the Committee
receives the claim, provided that in the event of special circumstances such period
may be extended.
(ii) With respect to any claim, the ninety (90) day period may be extended for
a period of up to ninety (90) days (for a total of one hundred eighty (180) days).
If the initial ninety (90) day period is extended, the Committee shall notify the
Claimant in writing within ninety (90) days of receipt of the claim. The written
notice of extension shall indicate the special circumstances requiring the extension
of time and provide the date by which the Committee expects to make a determination
with respect to the claim. If the extension is required due to the Claimants
failure to submit information necessary to decide the claim, the period for making
the determination shall be tolled from the date on which the extension notice is
sent to the Claimant until the earlier of (i) the date on which the Claimant
responds to the Committees request for information, or (ii) expiration of the
forty-five (45) day period commencing on the date that the Claimant is notified that
the requested additional information must be provided.
(iii) If notice of the denial of a claim is not furnished within the required
time period described herein, the claim shall be deemed denied as of the last day of
such period.
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(iv) If a claim is wholly or partially denied, the notice to the Claimant shall
set forth:
(A) The specific reason or reasons for the denial;
(B) Specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions upon which the
denial is based;
(C) A description of any additional material or information necessary
for the Claimant to complete the claim request and an explanation of why
such material or information is necessary;
(D) Appropriate information as to the steps to be taken and the
applicable time limits if the Claimant wishes to submit the adverse
determination for review; and
(E) A statement of the Claimants right to bring a civil action under
Section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse determination on review.
(b) Claim Denial Review.
(i) If a claim has been wholly or partially denied, the Claimant may submit the
claim for review by the Committee. Any request for review of a claim must be made
in writing to the Committee no later than sixty (60) days after the Claimant
receives notification of denial or, if no notification was provided, the date the
claim is deemed denied. The Claimant or his duly authorized representative may:
(A) Upon request and free of charge, be provided with reasonable access
to, and copies of, relevant documents, records, and other information
relevant to the Claimants claim; and
(B) Submit written comments, documents, records, and other information
relating to the claim. The review of the claim determination shall take
into account all comments, documents, records, and other information
submitted by the Claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether
such information was submitted or considered in the initial claim
determination.
(ii) The decision of the Committee upon review shall be made within sixty (60)
days after receipt of the Claimants request for review, unless special
circumstances (including, without limitation, the need to hold a hearing) require an
extension.
If the sixty (60) day period is extended, the Committee shall, within sixty (60)
days of receipt of the claim for review, notify the Claimant in writing. The
written notice of extension shall indicate the special circumstances requiring the
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extension of time and provide the date by which the Committee expects to make a
determination with respect to the claim upon review. If the extension is required
due to the Claimants failure to submit information necessary to decide the claim,
the period for making the determination shall be tolled from the date on which the
extension notice is sent to the Claimant until the earlier of (i) the date on which
the Claimant responds to the Committees request for information, or (ii) expiration
of the forty-five (45) day period commencing on the date that the Claimant is
notified that the requested additional information must be provided.
(iii) If notice of the decision upon review is not furnished within the
required time period described herein, the claim on review shall be deemed denied as
of the last day of such period.
(iv) The Committee, in its sole discretion, may hold a hearing regarding the
claim and request that the Claimant attend. If a hearing is held, the Claimant
shall be entitled to be represented by counsel.
(v) The Committees decision upon review on the Claimants claim shall be
communicated to the Claimant in writing. If the claim upon review is denied, the
notice to the Claimant shall set forth:
(A) The specific reason or reasons for the decision, with references to
the specific Plan provisions on which the determination is based;
(B) A statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, upon request
and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents,
records and other information relevant to the claim; and
(C) A statement of the Claimants right to bring a civil action under
Section 502(a) of ERISA.
(c) A document, record or other information is considered relevant to a claim for this
purpose if it (i) was relied upon in making the benefit determination, (ii) was submitted,
considered, or generated in the course of making the benefit determination, without regard to
whether such document, record or other information was relied upon in making the benefit
determination, or (iii) demonstrates compliance with the administrative process and safeguards
required by law when making the benefit determination.
(d) All interpretations, determinations and decisions of the Committee with respect to any
claim, including without limitation the appeal of any claim, or any matter relating to the Plan,
shall be made by the Committee, in its sole discretion, based on the Plan and comments, documents,
records, and other information presented to it, and shall be final, conclusive and binding.
(e) The claims procedures set forth in this section are intended to comply with United States
Department of Labor Regulation § 2560.503-1 and should be construed in accordance with such
regulation. In no event shall it be interpreted as expanding the rights of
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Claimants beyond what is required by United States Department of Labor Regulation §
2560.503-1.
12.21 Benefits. Benefits under the Plan will be paid only if the Plan Administrator
decides in its sole discretion that the applicant is entitled to them.
12.22 Electronic Administration. For purposes of the Plan, any forms, elections,
loans, regulations, rules, notices and disclosure of information may, to the extent permitted by
the Company or the Committee and by applicable law, be made or provided by paper, telephonic or
electronic means.
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ARTICLE XIII
FUNDING OF PLAN
13.1 Media of Funding. A Trustee has been appointed to hold the assets of the Trust
Fund. The Plan shall be funded through one or more funds and invested in stocks, securities,
bonds, mortgages, insurance or annuity contracts, real estate or any other legal investment;
provided that all such investments shall be the property of the Trustee.
13.2 Trust Fund to be for the Exclusive Benefit of Members. The contributions of the
Employer to the Trust Fund shall be for the exclusive benefit of Members, and no part of the assets
of such Trust Fund shall revert to the Employer.
13.3 Interests of Members in Trust Fund. No Member shall have any right, title, or
interest in any part of the assets of any Trust Fund except as and to the extent expressly provided
in the Plan.
13.4 Payment Instructions from Committee. The Trustee shall make payments from the
Trust Fund upon the receipt of written instructions from the Committee to the person or persons
designated by the Committee as entitled under the terms of the Plan to such payment. Any payment
instructions from the Committee to the Trustee shall warrant that such payment is being made either
to a person entitled to benefits or payments under the Plan or to pay the expenses of the Plan.
13.5 Investment and Control of Trust Fund. The investment of the assets comprising
the Trust Fund shall be the responsibility of the Trustee, subject to, and except as otherwise
provided by the terms and provisions of Section 6.11 hereof and of the Trust Agreement (including
any provision for appointment of an investment manager, as defined in Section 3(38) of ERISA, for
all or any portion of the Trust Fund). The Company shall have no responsibility with respect to
control and management of the Trust Fund except to the extent expressly provided in the Trust
Agreement.
13.6 Limitation of Liability. The Trust Fund established under the Plan shall be the
sole source of the payments or distributions to be made in accordance with the Plan. Each Member
and Beneficiary and any other person, who shall claim any right to payment under the Plan, shall be
entitled to look only to the Trust Fund, and shall not have right, claim or demand therefor against
the Employer, the Committee (or any member thereof), the Trustee, or any officer, partner or
director of the Employer.
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ARTICLE XIV
AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
14.1 Company May Amend Plan. Subject to the provisions of this Article XIV, the
Company (on behalf of itself and Member Companies) by action of the Board (or a duly authorized
committee thereof), in accordance with the by-laws of the Company, reserves the right at any time,
and from time to time, to modify and amend any or all of the provisions of the Plan.
14.2 Retroactive Amendments. Except as otherwise provided herein, no modification or
amendment may be made which shall have any retroactive effect so as to deprive any Member or other
person of any vested benefits under the Plan. A modification or amendment may retroactively reduce
benefits if expressly permitted by any applicable law or if such modification or amendment is
necessary to bring the Plan into conformity with the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code or
other applicable provisions of the Code.
14.3 Amendment Affecting Vesting Provisions. No amendment shall reduce the extent to
which a Member would be vested in his retirement income if his employment were to terminate as of
the date of the amendment. No amendment which modifies the method or criteria used to determine to
what extent a Member would be vested in his retirement income if his employment were to terminate
shall become effective with respect to a Participant with at least three (3) Years of Service
unless the Member is permitted to elect to have the extent of his vesting determined without regard
to such amendment. The Committee shall offer the election referred to in the preceding sentence no
later than sixty (60) days after the latest of the adoption of the amendment, the amendments
effective date, or the date the Participant is notified of the amendment.
14.4 No Diversion of Fund. No modification or amendment of the Plan shall cause or
permit any part of the assets comprising the Fund to be diverted to purposes other than for the
exclusive benefit of Members and others entitled to benefits under the Plan or for the payment of
expenses of the Plan.
14.5 Reversion to Employer. No modification or amendment shall cause or permit any
part of the assets comprising the Fund to revert to or become the property of the Employer prior to
the satisfaction of all liabilities under the Plan to Members and others entitled to benefits
hereunder.
14.6 Mergers, Consolidations and Transfers. The Plan shall not be merged or
consolidated, in whole or in part, with any other plan, nor shall any assets or liabilities of the
Plan be transferred to any other plan unless the benefit that would be payable to any affected
Member under such plan if it terminated immediately after the merger, consolidation or transfer, is
equal to or greater than the benefit that would be payable to the affected Member under this Plan
if it had terminated immediately before the merger, consolidation or transfer.
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ARTICLE XV
TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
15.1 Right to Terminate. The Company (on behalf of itself and Member Companies) by
action of its Board (or a duly authorized committee thereof), on behalf of the Company and the
Employer, shall have the right in accordance with the by-laws of the Company, anything herein to
the contrary notwithstanding, to terminate, or completely discontinue contributions under, the Plan
at any time.
15.2 Termination of Plan. In the event that the Plan is terminated for any reason, or
contributions are completely discontinued, the rights of all Members to benefits accrued under the
Plan as of the date of such termination, to the extent then funded, shall be nonforfeitable; and
the assets of the Plan shall be allocated by the Committee. After providing for the expenses of
the Plan, the assets remaining in the Trust shall in the discretion of the Committee be either
continued in the Trust until paid out in accordance with the provisions of the Plan or distributed
to the Members and Beneficiaries (unless the Plan is continued by a successor to the Employer).
15.3 Partial Termination. The Plan may be partially terminated by the Employer, or by
operation of law, with respect to a group of Members without causing the termination of the Plan as
a whole. In the event of such a partial termination, the Accounts of the Members involved in the
partial termination shall, to the extent then funded, be fully vested and nonforfeitable.
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ARTICLE XVI
PROVISIONS RELATING TO TOP-HEAVY PLAN
16.1 Applicability. The provisions of this Article XVI shall apply to any Plan Year
if, as of the applicable Determination Date, the Plan constitutes a Top-Heavy Plan.
16.2 Definitions. The definitions apply to this Article XVI and unless otherwise
specifically stated in another section hereof do not apply to any other section of this Plan.
(a) Determination Date. With respect to each Plan Year, the Determination Date shall
be the final day of the immediately preceding Plan Year.
(b) Key Employee. Key Employee shall mean:
(1) any Employee or former Employee (including any deceased employee)
who at any time during the Plan Year that includes the Determination Date
was an officer of the Employer or an Affiliate having annual compensation
greater than one hundred thirty thousand dollars ($130,000) (as adjusted
under Section 416(i)(1) of the Code), provided that no more than fifty (50)
employees (or, if lesser, the greater of three (3) or ten (10) percent of
the employees) shall be treated as officers;
(2) an Employee who owns (or is considered as owning within the meaning
of Section 318 of the Code) more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding
stock of the Employer or stock possessing more than five percent (5%) of the
total combined voting power of all stock of the Employer; or
(3) an Employee who (i) owns (or is considered as owning within the
meaning of Section 318 of the Code) more than one percent (1%) of the
outstanding stock of the Employer or more than one percent (1%) of the total
combined voting power of all stock of the Employer and (ii) who receives
annual compensation from the Employer or any Affiliate in excess of one
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).
For purposes of this Paragraph (b), annual compensation means compensation
within the meaning of Section 415(c)(3) of the Code. The determination of
who is a Key Employee will be made in accordance with Section 416(i)(1) of
the Code and the applicable regulations and other guidance of general
applicability issued thereunder.
(c) Aggregated Plans. Aggregated Plans shall mean all plans of the Employer or any
Affiliate (i) that are qualified under Code Section 401(a) and (b) in which a Key Employee is a
participant, and (ii) all other plans of the Employer or any Affiliate that
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enable any plan described in clause (i) above to meet the requirements of Code Section
401(a)(4) or 410 (the Required Aggregation Group). The Required Aggregation Group shall include
each plan which satisfies the requirements of the preceding sentence, whether or not any such plan
is terminated. In addition, the term Aggregated Plans shall include any plan of the Employer or
any Affiliate which is not required to be included in the Required Aggregation Group, provided that
the resulting group, taken as a whole, continues to meet the requirements of Code Sections
401(a)(4) and 410 (the Permissive Aggregation Group). The Committee may elect to exclude as an
Aggregated Plan any plan in the Permissive Aggregation Group that is a collectively bargained plan,
if the necessary information as to participants and benefits with respect to such plan is not
available.
(d) Top-Heavy Plan. The Plan shall constitute a Top-Heavy Plan for any Plan Year
if, as of the applicable Determination Date, the sum of (a) the accounts of Key Employees under any
Aggregated Plan that is of a defined contribution type and (b) the present value of the cumulative
accrued benefits of Key Employees under any Aggregated Plan that is of a defined benefit type
exceeds sixty percent (60%) of the sum of (a) the accounts of all Employees under any Aggregated
Plan that is of a defined contribution type and (b) the present value of the cumulative accrued
benefits of all Employees under any Aggregated Plan that is of a defined benefit type. The above
determinations shall be made in accordance with Code Section 416(g). Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Paragraph (d), Top-Heavy Plan shall not include a plan that consists solely of
a cash or deferred arrangement which meets the requirements of Section 401(k)(12) of the Code and
matching contributions with respect to which the requirements of Section 401(m)(11) of the Code are
met. If, but for the preceding sentence, a plan would be treated as a Top-Heavy Plan because it is
a member of an Aggregated Plan, of Top-Heavy Plans, contributions under the Plan may be taken into
account in determining whether any other plan meets the requirements of Section 16.3.
(e) Super Top-Heavy Plan. The Plan shall constitute a Super Top-Heavy Plan for any
Plan Year if, as of the Applicable Determination Date, the sum of (a) the accounts of Key Employees
under any Aggregated Plan that is of a defined contribution type and (b) the present value of the
cumulative accrued benefits of Key Employees under any Aggregated Plan that is of a defined benefit
type exceeds ninety percent (90%) of the sum of (a) the accounts of all Employees under any
Aggregated Plan that is of a defined contribution type and (b) the present value of the cumulative
accrued benefits of all Employees under any Aggregated Plan that is of a defined benefit type. The
above determinations shall be made in accordance with Code Sections 416(g) and 416(h)(2)(B).
(f) Rules for Determining Accrued Benefits and Accounts. In determining the present
value of accrued benefits for Aggregated Plans of the defined benefit variety and accounts for
Aggregated Plans of the defined contribution variety, the following rules shall prevail:
(i) The accrued benefit for each current Employee shall be computed as if the
Employee voluntarily terminated service as of the Determination Date.
(ii) The interest rate to be used shall be the interest rate in the defined
benefit plan maintained by the Company, if any, and post-retirement mortality
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shall be determined based on the mortality table used by such defined benefit
plan for post-retirement mortality assumptions. There shall be no assumption as to
pre-retirement mortality or future increases in cost of living.
(iii) If a qualified joint and survivor annuity within the meaning of Code
Section 401(a)(11) is the normal form of benefit, for purposes of determining the
present value of the accrued benefit, the Spouse of the Member shall be assumed to
be the same age as the Member.
(iv) The present value shall reflect a benefit payable commencing at Normal
Retirement Age (or attained age, if later), provided that if the Plan provides for a
nonproportional subsidy, the benefit shall be assumed to commence at the age at
which the benefit is most valuable.
(v) The Matching Contribution Account, Profit Sharing Contribution Account and
QNEC Account shall be determined as of the most recent valuation occurring within
the twelve (12) month period ending on the Determination Date.
(vi) An adjustment shall be made for any contributions due as of the
Determination Date. Such adjustment shall be the amount of any contributions
actually made after the Valuation Date but before the Determination Date, except
that for the first Plan Year such adjustment shall also reflect the amount of any
contributions made after the Determination Date that are allocated as of a date in
the first Plan Year.
The accrued benefit or account balance with respect to any Employee shall be
increased by the aggregate distributions made to such Employee from any
Aggregated Plan during the one (1) year period ending on the Determination
Date including distributions under a terminated plan which, had it not been
terminated, would have been aggregated with the plan under Section
416(g)(2)(A)(i) of the Code; provided, however, that:
(1) Any distribution made after a Valuation Date but prior to the
Determination Date shall not be counted as a distribution to the extent
already included as of the Valuation Date; and
(2) In the case of a distribution made for a reason other than separation
from service, death, or disability, this provision shall be applied by
substituting five (5) year period for one (1) year period.
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the accrued benefits and accounts of
any individual who has not performed services for the Employer during the
one (1) year period ending on the Determination Date shall not be taken into
account.
(vii) Any Employee contributions, whether voluntary or mandatory, shall be
included. However, amounts attributable to tax deductible qualified employee
contributions shall not be considered to be a part of the account.
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(viii) With respect to unrelated rollovers and plan-to-plan transfers (ones
which are both initiated by the Employee and made from a plan maintained by one
employer to a plan maintained by another employer), if this Plan provides for
rollovers or plan-to-plan transfers, it shall always consider such rollovers or
plan-to-plan transfers as a distribution for the purpose of this Article XVI. If
this Plan is the plan accepting such rollovers or plan-to-plan transfers, it shall
not consider such rollovers or plan-to-plan transfers as part of the account.
(ix) With respect to related rollovers and plan-to-plan transfers (ones either
not initiated by the Employee or made to a plan maintained by the same employer), if
this Plan provides the rollover or plan-to-plan transfer, it shall not be counted as
a distribution for purposes of this Article XVI. If this Plan is the plan accepting
such rollover or plan-to-plan transfer, it shall consider such rollover or
plan-to-plan transfer as part of the Employees account, irrespective of the date on
which such rollover or plan-to-plan transfer is accepted.
(x) For purposes of determining whether the employer is the same employer under
(i) and (j) an Employer and all Affiliates shall be treated as the same employer.
(xi) For purposes of this Article XVI, a Beneficiary of any deceased Employee
shall be considered a Participant hereunder.
(xii) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no individual shall be
counted as an Employee or Participant for purposes of this Article XVI if such
individual has not performed services for the Employer or an Affiliate at any time
during the five (5) year period ending on the Determination Date.
(g) Top-Heavy Plan Year. Top-Heavy Plan Year shall mean a Plan Year in which a
one-year Period of Service is accrued by the Top-Heavy Participant provided that no Plan Year shall
be classified as a Top-Heavy Plan Year if in such Plan Year the Plan was not a Top-Heavy Plan.
(h) Top-Heavy Participant. Top-Heavy Participant shall mean each Participant and
any Employee who is excluded from being a Participant (or who accrued no benefit) because his
compensation was less than a stated amount or any Employee who is excluded from being a Participant
because of a failure to make mandatory employee contributions.
(i) Testing Period. Testing Period shall mean, with respect to a Top-Heavy
Participant, the five (5) consecutive Top-Heavy Plan Years of employment of such Top-Heavy
Participant by the Employer or any Affiliate during which the aggregate Top-Heavy Compensation paid
by the Employer or any Affiliate to such Top-Heavy Participant was the highest, or if the Plan was
a Top-Heavy Plan for less than five (5) Top-Heavy Plan Years, the number of Top-Heavy Plan Years.
Exclusion of a Plan Year as a Top-Heavy Plan Year because a one year Period of Service was not
accrued or because of Paragraph (h) above shall not be deemed to break the consecutiveness of the
surrounding Top-Heavy Plan Years.
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(j) Top-Heavy Compensation. Top-Heavy Compensation shall mean compensation as
defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.415-2(d).
16.3 Minimum Contribution. (a) Subject to Paragraphs (c) and (d) below, for each
Plan Year during which the Plan constitutes a Top-Heavy Plan, any Employer contributions made under
the Plan shall be allocated to assure that each Top-Heavy Participant, other than a Key Employee,
who is employed on the last day of the Plan Year (and without regard to whether such Participant
was credited with a one year Period of Service for such Plan Year) is credited with a benefit for
such Plan Year under the Plan and any other defined contribution plan of the Employer no less than
the lesser of (i) three percent (3%) of such Top-Heavy Participants Top-Heavy Compensation for
such Plan Year, or (ii) if the greatest percentage of Top-Heavy Compensation contributed by the
Employer on behalf of a Key Employee during such Plan Year is less than three percent (3%), the
greatest percentage of such Top-Heavy Participants Top-Heavy Compensation contributed for a Key
Employee. In determining the benefit credited to any Participant during any Plan Year, all
Employer contributions made hereof shall be included.
(b) The minimum contribution referred to in (a) above (except with regard to Key Employees)
shall not include any Employee contributions, nor amounts treated as Employer contributions
pursuant to a salary reduction arrangement permitted by Code Section 401(k), except for purposes of
determining the greatest percentage of Top-Heavy Compensation allocated on behalf of Key Employees.
(c) If the Top-Heavy Participant (other than a Key Employee) is also a participant in a
qualified defined benefit plan or any other defined contribution plan of the Employer, the
additional contribution due under (a) above shall be reduced by the actuarial equivalent of the
benefits derived by the Top-Heavy Participant under such defined benefit plan calculated on the
basis of the actuarial assumptions of the Plan, or by the amount of the contributions under the
defined contribution plan.
(d) If the Top-Heavy Participant (other than a Key Employee) is also a participant in a
qualified defined benefit plan or any other defined contribution plan that constitutes a Top-Heavy
Plan, no minimum contribution under this Section 16.3 shall be required, unless otherwise required
by Treasury Regulation Section 1.416-1.
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ARTICLE XVII
MISCELLANEOUS
17.1 Rights of Employees. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to give any
Employee the right to be retained in the service of the Employer or to interfere with the right of
the Employer to discharge such Employee at any time, nor shall it be deemed to give the Employer
the right to require the Employee to remain in its service, nor shall it interfere with the
Employees right to terminate his service at any time.
17.2 Deductibility. All contributions under the Plan are expressly conditioned upon
the deductibility of such contributions under Section 404 of the Code and to the extent the
deduction is disallowed, shall be returned to the Employer within one year after the disallowance
of the deduction. A contribution which is not deductible in the current taxable year of the
Employer but may be deducted in the taxable years of the Employer subsequent to the year in respect
of which it is made, shall not be considered to be disallowed.
17.3 Mistake in Fact. In the case of a contribution which is made by the Employer
under mistake of fact, such contribution may be returned to the Employer within one year after the
payment of the contribution.
17.4 Plan Qualification. Contributions to the Plan are conditioned on the initial
qualification of the Plan under Section 401(a) and 401(k) of the Code, and if the Plan is found not
to so qualify, contributions made in respect of any period subsequent to the effective date of the
disqualification shall be returned to the contributor within one (1) year after the denial of such
qualification.
17.5 Provisions Inconsistent With Qualified Status. This Plan is intended to be a
qualified plan under the Code. Any provision of this Plan that would cause the Plan to fail to
comply with the requirements for qualified plans under the Code shall, to the extent necessary to
maintain the qualified status of the Plan, be null and void ab initio, and of no force and effect,
and the Plan shall be construed as if the provision had never been inserted in the Plan.
17.6 Headings. The headings of the Plan are inserted for convenience of reference
only and shall have no effect upon the meaning of the provisions hereof.
17.7 Use of Words. Whenever used in this instrument, a masculine pronoun shall be
deemed to include the masculine and feminine gender, and a singular word shall be deemed to include
the singular and plural, in all cases where the context so requires.
17.8 Applicability of State Law. If any determination is to be made with respect to
the Plan under applicable state law, the laws of the State of Washington shall apply.
17.9 Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure. The existence of this Plan shall
not affect in any way the right or power of the Board or the stockholders of the Company to make or
authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Companys capital
structure or its business, any merger, consolidation or separation,
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including a spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property of the Company or Affiliates,
any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock ahead of or affecting Expedia
Stock, the authorization or issuance of additional shares of Common Stock, the dissolution or
liquidation of the Company or Affiliates, any sale or transfer of all or part of its assets or
business or any other corporate act or proceeding. In the event of any change in the capital
structure or business of the Company by reason of any stock dividend or extraordinary dividend,
stock split or reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation,
spin-off or exchange of shares, distribution with respect to its outstanding Expedia Stock or
capital stock other than Expedia Stock, reclassification of its capital stock, any sale or transfer
of all or part of the Companys assets or business, or any similar change affecting the Companys
capital structure or business and the Committee determines an adjustment is appropriate under this
Plan, then the aggregate number and kind of shares which thereafter may be issued under this Plan,
the number and kind of shares or other property (including cash) held under this Plan shall be
appropriately adjusted consistent with such change in such manner as the Committee may deem
equitable to prevent substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to, or available
for, Members under this Plan or as otherwise necessary to reflect the change, and any such
adjustment determined by the Committee in good faith shall be binding and conclusive on the Company
and all Members, Beneficiaries and employees and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns.
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ARTICLE XVIII
ADOPTION OF PLAN BY AFFILIATE
18.1 Purpose of Article. The purpose of this Article is to describe the terms and
conditions under which an Affiliate or Eligible Company may adopt and become an Adopting Employer
under the Plan and Trust for the benefit of its Eligible Employees.
18.2 Execution of Adoption Agreement by an Affiliate. Any Affiliate or Eligible
Company may, subject to consent of the Company, become an Adopting Employer under the Plan and
Trust.
(a) The Adopting Employer shall be bound by all the provisions of the Plan and Trust in the
manner set forth herein and any amendments thereto.
(b) The Adopting Employer shall pay its share of the contributions to and expenses of, the
Plan and Trust as the Company may determine from time to time in the manner specified herein.
(c) The Adopting Employer shall provide the Company, the Committee and Trustee with full,
complete, and timely information on all matters necessary to them relating to or in connection with
the administration or operation of the Plan and Trust.
18.3 Participation in the Plan.
(a) In the event of the adoption of the Plan and Trust by an Affiliate or an Eligible Company,
the Affiliate or Eligible Company shall become an Adopting Employer and all the terms and
conditions of the Plan and Trust as set forth hereunder shall apply to the participation under the
Plan of such Affiliate or Eligible Company and its Employees in the manner as set forth herein for
an Adopting Employer and its Employees; notwithstanding the above, the following rights are
specifically reserved to the Company:
(1) The right to designate an Adopting Employer as set forth herein;
(2) The right to appoint the members of the Committee, as set forth herein, is specifically
reserved to the Company so long as the Company participates under the Plan; provided that an
Adopting Employer may appoint an Advisory Committee of such composition and size as it may
determine to advise the Committee on any matters affecting such Adopting Employer or its Employees
who are Participants under the Plan. The Committee shall be entitled to rely upon any information
furnished it by the Adopting Employer or its Employees who are Participants under the Plan. The
Committee shall be entitled to rely upon any information furnished it by the Adopting Employer
appointing such Advisory Committee, but in no event shall the existence of such Advisory Committee
modify or otherwise limit any of the powers or duties of the Committee under the Plan;
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(3) The right to direct, appoint, remove, approve the accounts of, or otherwise deal with the
Trustee, as set forth herein, is specifically reserved to the Company so long as the Company
participates under the Plan;
(4) The right to amend the Plan and Trust, as set forth herein, is specifically reserved to
the Company so long as the Company participates under the Plan; and any such amendment, unless
otherwise specified herein, shall be fully binding with respect to such participation by any
Adopting Employer; provided that this reservation shall in no event be construed to prevent any
Adopting Employer from terminating at any time, in the manner set forth herein, its participation
as an Adopting Employer under the Plan.
(b) In the operation of the Plan with respect to an Adopting Employer, the term Effective
Date shall mean such date specified in such Adopting Employers Adoption Agreement.
(c) Unless otherwise provided in the adoption agreement of an Adopting Employer, service for
an Employee of such Adopting Employer for eligibility, vesting and benefit purposes shall be
determined from the Employees Employment Commencement Date with the Employer.
(d) Termination by an Adopting Employer. Any Adopting Employer, in accordance with
its by-laws (or similar governing documents) and applicable law, may at any time elect to terminate
its participation under the Plan in the manner set forth herein, or any Adopting Employer may elect
at any time by executing a transfer agreement affecting only its own status hereunder to
disassociate itself from this Plan and Trust but to continue the Plan and the portion of the Trust
as it pertains to itself and its Employees as an entity separate and distinct from this Plan and
Trust. Termination of the participation of any Adopting Employer, or disassociation, shall not
affect the participation in the Plan of any other Adopting Employer nor terminate the Plan or Trust
with respect to them and their Employees; provided that, if the Company shall terminate its
participation in the Plan, or disassociate itself, then each remaining Adopting Employer shall make
such arrangements and take such action as may be necessary to assume the duties of the Company in
providing for the operation and continued administration of the Plan and Trust as the same pertains
to the Adopting Employer.
18.4 Adopting Employer Plan Expenses. Each Adopting Employer shall be liable for and
shall pay at least annually to the Company its fair share of the expenses of operating the Plan and
Trust, including its share of any Trustees fees. The amount of such charges to each Adopting
Employer shall be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, or pursuant to an agreement
between the Company and the Adopting Employer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be executed by its officer
thereunto duly authorized, as the day of 2005.
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EXHIBIT A
ADOPTING EMPLOYERS
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Expedia, Inc. (WA), Hotels.com (DE), Hotwire, Inc. (DE) and TripAdvisor, Inc. (DE) and
each of their Affiliates on the Effective Date except Expedia, Inc., a Delaware
Corporation, and Premier Getaways, Inc. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective January 1, 2006, Premier Getaways, Inc. shall
become a Member Company. |
A-1
EXHIBIT B
SPECIAL VESTING PROVISIONS
Notwithstanding Section 5.1(b) of the Plan, but subject to Section 5.1(c) of the Plan, this
Exhibit B applies to Transferred Participants who were participants in an Historic Plan
as set forth below and who became Members in the Plan or Prior Plan pursuant to the merger of such
Historic Plan into the Plan or Prior Plan.
1.1 TripAdvisor, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust. With respect to each
Transferred Participant who was a Participant in the TripAdvisor, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan &
Trust on September 31, 2004 and who is credited with an Hour of Service on or after October 1,
2004, the portion of such Transferred Participants Accrued Benefit in his Matching Contribution
Account and Profit Sharing Account which shall become vested and nonforfeitable shall be based on
the number of years in his Period of Service according to the following schedule:
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Number of Years in Period of Service |
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Nonforfeitable Percentage |
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1 |
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25% |
2 or more |
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100% |
B-1