Exhibit (d)(23)
Expedia Retirement Savings Plan
(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2006)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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ARTICLE II SERVICE |
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ARTICLE III ELIGIBILITY |
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ARTICLE IV CONTRIBUTIONS |
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ARTICLE V VESTING AND FORFEITURES |
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ARTICLE VI ALLOCATION |
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ARTICLE VII DISTRIBUTIONS |
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ARTICLE VIII MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS |
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ARTICLE IX IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS AND LOANS |
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ARTICLE X VOTING AND OTHER RIGHTS |
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ARTICLE XI PAYMENT OF BENEFITS |
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ARTICLE XII ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN |
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ARTICLE XIII FUNDING OF THE PLAN |
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ARTICLE XIV AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN |
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ARTICLE XV TERMINATION OF THE PLAN |
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ARTICLE XVI PROVISIONS RELATING TO TOP-HEAVY PLAN |
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ARTICLE XVII MISCELLANEOUS |
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ARTICLE XVIII ADOPTION OF THE PLAN BY AFFILIATE |
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APPENDIX A ADOPTING EMPLOYERS
APPENDIX B SPECIAL VESTING PROVISIONS
PREFACE
It is the purpose of the Expedia Retirement Savings Plan (the 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 were originally effective as of August 9, 2005 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 wholly owned
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
the 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 the 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. Adopting Employer. An entity that is an Eligible Company and assumes the
obligations of the Plan and the 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. Adopting Employers
are listed in Appendix A.
1.4. 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 is under common control with the Company or an Adopting Employer, as
applicable, as such terms are defined in Code Section 414, 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, or 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
Code Section 414(m) or (o), 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.
1.5. 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 and
with respect to After-Tax Contributions made to the Plan and earnings and losses thereon.
1.6. After-Tax Contribution. A contribution made pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Plan
or a predecessor provision.
1.7. Beneficiary. The individual or trust designated by a Member, in a manner
acceptable to the Committee, to receive benefits payable under the Plan in the event of the
Members death; provided that, if the Member is married at the time of his death, his Spouse 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. If no Beneficiary is designated by the Member, then:
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(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.
1.8. 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.
1.9. Board. The Board of Directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee
thereof, or their respective delegates.
1.10. Catch-Up Contribution. A contribution made pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Plan
or a predecessor provision.
1.11. 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.
1.12. Childrearing 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. Childrearing 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 the Plan shall
be construed to afford any Employee any rights other than in accordance with such policies.
1.13. Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.14. Committee. The committee appointed by the Company for the purpose of
administering the Plan on its behalf as set forth in Article XII.
1.15. Company. Expedia, Inc., a Washington Corporation, and any successor by merger,
consolidation, purchase or otherwise.
1.16. 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
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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, the 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 ($220,000),
as adjusted for cost-of-living increases, in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17). 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).
1.17. 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 them, and otherwise complies with the regulations under Code
Section 401(k).
1.18. Distribution Date. August 9, 2005.
1.19. Effective Date. The original effective date was the Distribution Date. This
amendment and restatement is effective January 1, 2006.
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 Code Section 414(v), to
the extent not includible 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 includible 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 3121(a)(5)(D)),
provided that the limitation set forth in Section 4.1(g) shall be adjusted for any such
contribution to the extent set forth in Code Sections 402(g)(4) and (8).
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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 the 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 the 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. ERISA. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
1.27. Expedia Stock. Common stock of Expedia, Inc., a Delaware Corporation.
1.28. Expedia Stock Option. An Investment Option under the Plan which is intended to
invest in Expedia Stock.
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, 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, owned (or is considered as owning within
the meaning of Code Section 318) 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, 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(s) 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 Section, the following Employees shall be
excluded:
(A) Employees who have not completed six (6) months of service;
(B) Employees who normally work less than seventeen and one-half (171/2)
hours per week;
(C) Employees who normally work during not more than six (6) months
during any year;
(D) Employees who have not attained age twenty-one (21); and
(E) 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 Highly Compensated Group is 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 the 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/InterActiveCorp. IAC/InterActiveCorp, a New York corporation.
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 or the Expedia Stock Option) 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 Code Section 414(n)(6)) on a substantially full-time basis for a period of at least
one (1) year, and such services are performed under the primary direction or control of the
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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 an absence
which qualifies as a Childrearing 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 of the
Plan (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
(a) was a participant in a plan which was merged into the Plan and (b) 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 Service Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment
Rights 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 6.9.
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. Participant. Any Employee who shall have become a Participant in the Plan in
accordance with the provisions of Article III, 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.
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1.49. Payroll Period. The applicable period for which Compensation is paid to a
Participant.
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 Effective Date; 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 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 1 and ending on
the following December 31 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 Code Section 414, 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 Code Section 414(m) or (o), but only during the period the entity is required to be so
aggregated.
1.55. Prior Plan. IAC/InterActiveCorp Retirement Savings Plan, as amended and
restated effective August 1, 2003 and as thereafter amended through the Effective Date.
1.56. 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.
1.57. Profit Sharing Contributions. A contribution made pursuant to Section 4.7 of
the Plan or a predecessor provision.
1.58. 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.
1.59. 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).
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1.60. 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.
1.61. Retired Participant. A former Participant who has retired on or after Normal
Retirement Age and is eligible to receive benefits under the Plan.
1.62. Rollover Account. The total of the following Members sub-account with respect
to Rollover Contributions to a 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 of the Plan 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.
1.63. Rollover Contribution. A contribution made to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.9.
1.64. Section 414(s) Compensation. An individuals total wages as defined in Code
Section 414(s). 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(s) 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(d) and Section 4.5(b),
Section 414(s) Compensation for any Plan Year shall not exceed two hundred twenty thousand dollars
($220,000), as adjusted for cost-of-living increases, in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17),
and with respect to any short Plan Year, Section 414(s) 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 Period), statutory Compensation shall include all compensation
described in this Section 1.65 paid to such Member by IAC/InterActiveCorp or the Prior Affiliate
during the Interim Period.
1.65. Section 415 Compensation. An Employees wages, salaries, fees for professional
service and other amounts received for personal services actually rendered in the course of
employment with the Employer maintaining the Plan to the extent that the amounts are includible in
gross income (including, but not limited to, commissions paid salespersons, compensation for
services on the basis of a percentage of profits, commissions on insurance premiums, tips, bonuses,
fringe benefits and reimbursements or other expense allowances under a nonaccountable plan as
described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.62-2(c)). Section 415 Compensation does not include (a)
Employer contributions to a plan of deferred compensation to
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the extent the contributions are not included in the gross income of the Employee for the
taxable year in which contributed, Employer contributions on behalf of an Employee to a Simplified
Employee Pension Plan to the extent such contributions are excludible from the Employees gross
income, and any distributions from a plan of deferred compensation, regardless of whether such
amounts are includible in the gross income of the Employee when distributed; (b) amounts realized
from the exercise of a non-qualified stock option, or when restricted stock (or property) held by
an Employee either becomes freely transferable or is no longer subject to a substantial risk of
forfeiture; (c) amounts realized from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of stock acquired
under a stock option described in Part II, Subchapter D, Chapter 1, Subtitle A of the Code; and (d)
other amounts which receive special tax benefits, such as premiums for group term life insurance
(but only to the extent that the premiums are not includible in the gross income of the Employee),
or contributions made by an Employer (whether or not under a salary reduction agreement) toward the
purchase of an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b) (whether or not the contributions
are excludible from the gross income of the Employee).
1.66. Spouse. A Members 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 the Uniformed
Services Employment Rights 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.
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 the 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, a reference to the 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 the 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 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 Section 2.2(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, as defined below, 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 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.
A Period of Service shall include an Employees Period of Prior Service.
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Solely for purposes of Section 5.1(b), subject to this Section 2.3, 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 Section 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 Section 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 the Plan to the contrary, contributions, benefits and
service credit with respect to qualified military service will be provided in accordance with Code
Section 414(u).
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(b) In the case of an Eligible Employee who is on a Military Leave of Absence and who becomes
employed as an Eligible Employee of an Employer who was not his Employer 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 Code Section 413, 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 2.6, 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 are not eligible to become a Participant in accordance with Section 3.1 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 three percent (3%) 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 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 3.4, as it may deem necessary or proper, in its sole
discretion.
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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 Payroll 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 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 Section 4.1(h), 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(s) 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. If the plans containing the Code
Section 401(k) arrangements have different plan years, all elective deferrals made
during the Plan Year under all such arrangements (other than those that may not be
permissively aggregated) shall be aggregated.
Excess Contributions shall be reduced to satisfy Section 4.1(c). 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 Section 4.1(c).
The amount of Excess Contributions for Highly Compensated Employees will be
determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)-2(b)(2).
Reductions from among the Highly Compensated Group shall be determined by reducing
401(k) Contributions made pursuant to this Section 4.1, 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a Highly Compensated Employee has
not reached his or her Catch-Up Contribution limit for such Plan Year, the Excess
Contributions allocated to such Highly Compensated Employee shall be reclassified as
Catch-Up Contributions and shall not be distributed.
The Excess Contributions for any Plan Year (and any income or loss 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 allocable 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 Section
4.1(d)(iii) shall be reduced by any Excess Deferrals (as defined in Section 4.1(g))
previously distributed with respect to such Participant for the Plan Year.
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The method used for computing income or loss allocable to Excess Contributions
shall be the method set forth in Section 6.8. Allocable income or loss shall be
calculated for the Plan Year and, solely for Excess Contributions reclassified or
distributed in 2007 or 2008 (i.e., related to the Plan Year beginning January 1,
2006 or 2007, respectively), for the portion of the following Plan Year preceding a
date which is not more than seven days before the date such excesses are
reclassified or distributed.
(e) All determinations and procedures with regard to the matters covered by Sections 4.1(c)
and (d) shall be made in accordance with Code Section 401(k)(3) and Treasury Regulation Section
1.401(k)-2.
(f) Notwithstanding anything else herein, the amount to be contributed for any calendar year
on behalf of any Participant pursuant to an agreement under Section 4.1(a) shall not exceed the
applicable Elective Limitation. The Elective Limitation shall mean fifteen thousand dollars
($15,000) for 2006 and thereafter such dollar amount in effect under Code Section 402(g).
(g) 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 1 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 of the portion allocated to it;
and
not later than April 15 of the next calendar year, the Employer may distribute
to the Participant the amount of Excess Deferrals allocated to it under Section
4.1(g)(i), and any income or loss allocable to such amount, which shall be computed
based on the method set forth in Section 6.8. Allocable income or loss shall be
calculated for the Plan Year and, solely for Excess Contributions reclassified or
distributed in 2007 or 2008 (i.e., related to the Plan Year beginning January 1,
2006 or 2007, respectively), for the portion of the following Plan Year preceding a
date which is not more than seven days before the date such excesses are
reclassified or distributed.
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 Section 4.1(g)(ii) without regard to
whether any election under Section 4.1(g)(i) is made.
(h) In satisfying the Actual Deferral Percentage test described in Section 4.1(c), Matching
Contributions may be treated as if they were contributions to the Participants 401(k) Account
pursuant to Section 4.1, provided that the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section
1.401(k)-2(a)(6) 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
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Contribution Percentage test (as described in Code Section 401(m)(2)), set forth in Section
4.5 except as otherwise permitted by applicable law.
(i) For purposes of satisfying the Actual Deferral Percentage test described in Section
4.1(c), all elective contributions that are made under two or more plans that are aggregated for
purposes of Code Section 401(a)(4) or 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:
(i) who is eligible to make 401(k) Contributions pursuant to Section 4.1,
(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 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 401(k)(3), 401(k)(12), 402(g) (other than those
specified in Code Section 402(g)(1)(C)), 410(b), 415 and 416 (but Catch-Up
Contributions made in prior years will be counted in determining whether the Plan is
top-heavy), and the Plan shall not be treated as failing to satisfy the provisions
of the Plan implementing the requirements of such Code Sections 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 into 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.
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4.3. After-Tax Contributions.
(a) A Participant may enter into a salary reduction agreement with his Employer to make
contributions to his After-Tax Contribution Account, subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 4.10. Each Participant may contribute to the Plan a percentage of his future Compensation
for 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.
4.4. Matching Contributions.
(a) Except as provided herein, for each Payroll Period, with respect to each Participant who
is entitled to make and who makes 401(k) Contributions pursuant to Section 4.1, the Employer shall
contribute to the Plan an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of such Participants 401(k)
Contributions contributed by the Participant that do not exceed six percent (6%) of such
Participants Compensation earned while a Participant during the Payroll Period.
(b) (i) With respect to each Participant who is entitled to make and who makes
401(k) Contributions pursuant to Section 4.1, the Employer, in its sole and absolute
discretion, may contribute Matching Contributions to the Plan in addition to the
Matching Contributions made pursuant to Section 4.4(a), 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 Section
4.4(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.
(c) In the event of the return of any Excess Contribution or Excess Deferral to a Participant,
no Matching Contribution pursuant to Sections 4.4(a) and (b) 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.
(d) 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.
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4.5. 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 determined pursuant to Section 4.5(b), 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) 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 preceding 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(h)), plus to the extent
permitted under Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(m)-2(a)(6), some or all of the
contributions under Section 4.1; and
(ii) The Participants Section 414(s) Compensation for the applicable Plan
Year.
(iii) Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be reduced to satisfy Section
4.5(a). Excess Aggregate Contributions shall mean with respect to any Plan Year,
the excess of the aggregate amount of contributions made pursuant to Section 4.3 and
4.4 actually paid over to the Trust on behalf of the Highly Compensated Group for
such Plan Year, over the maximum amount of such contributions permitted under
Section 4.5(a). The amount of Excess Aggregate Contributions for Highly Compensated
Employees will be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section
1.401(m)-2(b)(2). 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.
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(iv) The Excess Aggregate Contributions for any Plan Year (and any income or
loss 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 basis of
the respective portions of the Excess Aggregate Contributions allocable to each such
member, provided that 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.
(v) The method used for computing income or loss allocable to Excess Aggregate
Contributions shall be determined in accordance with Section 6.8. Allocable income
or loss shall be calculated for the Plan Year and, solely for Excess Aggregate
Contributions forfeited or distributed in 2007 or 2008 (i.e., related to the Plan
Year beginning January 1, 2006 or 2007, respectively), for the portion of the
following Plan Year preceding a date which is not more than seven days before the
date such excesses are forfeited or distributed.
(c) All determinations and procedures with regard to the matters covered by Sections 4.5(a)
and (b) shall be made in accordance with Code Section 401(m) and Treasury Regulation Section
1.401(m)-2.
4.6. 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 the tests set forth in Section 4.1(c) and Section 4.5(a). QNECs shall
be allocated to Participants who are in the Non Highly Compensated Group as of the last day of the
Plan Year. The Committee must elect whether to allocate QNECs: (a) to Participants pro rata in
relation to Compensation; (b) to Participants in the same amount without regard to Compensation
(flat dollar); (c) under the reverse allocation method; or (d) under any other method; provided
that in no event will the QNEC for any member exceed the greater of (i) 5 percent of such members
Compensation for the Plan Year or (ii) two times the lowest applicable contribution rate of any
member consisting of (A) any one-half of the eligible members for the Plan Year or, if it would
result in a higher rate (B) all of the eligible members who are employed by the Employer on the
last day of the Plan Year.
4.7. Profit Sharing Contributions. If the Employer elects, in its sole and absolute
discretion, to make contributions to the Plan for the Plan Year other than Matching Contributions
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.
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4.8. Time of Contributions. Contributions shall be made for each Plan Year within the
time permitted by law.
4.9. 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, from a qualified plan
described in Code Section 401(a) or 403(a), an annuity contract described in Code Section 403(b)
and an eligible plan under Code Section 457(b) 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 the portion of a distribution from an individual retirement account or annuity described
in Code Section 408(a) or 408(b) that is eligible to be rolled over.
4.10. Limitations on Contributions.
(a) Code Section 415(c) 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 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 415 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 Treasury
Regulation Section 1.415-6(b)(6) (or any successor provision thereto),
(i) reduce Annual Additions in the following priority including any income or
loss allocable to any such contributions: After-Tax Contributions; then unmatched
401(k) Contributions (and any income or loss 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:
(A) 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).
(B) 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 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.
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(C) 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.
(D) 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 exceed the limitation of Code Section 415 and the
Participant participates in more than one defined contribution plan that is qualified under Code
Section 401(a) and maintained by the Employer, such Annual Additions shall be reduced by reducing
contributions to the 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 Code Section
415(g), that is qualified under, Code Section 401(a).
(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 and any other plan of the Employer
qualified under Code Section 401(a) be in excess of the amounts deductible pursuant to Code Section
404(a)(3), 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 Appendix 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 the 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 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 again becomes employed by an
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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.
(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, 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 the Trust.
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ARTICLE VI
ALLOCATION
6.1. 401(k) Account. 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 in the
amount of the After-Tax Contributions for each Member.
6.4. Matching Contribution Account. 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 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 in the amount of
the QNECs for such Member.
6.6. Profit Sharing Account. 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 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 a 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 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 6.9. 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
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designated Investment Options with regard to future contributions and current Account Values
as 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 the Plan
conform to Section 404(c) of ERISA and Department of Labor Regulation Section 2550.404c-1 and that
the Plan and the 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 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 6.9, a Members alternate payee under a qualified domestic
relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p) or, in the event of a Members death, the
Members Beneficiary, shall have all rights of a Member.
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ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTIONS
7.1. General Rule. Except as otherwise provided in this Article VII 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; or
(c) the Members Termination of Employment;
or as set forth in Article VIII or 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 6.8. Between the Benefit Starting Date and the actual date on which
distribution commences, the Members Account shall be revalued pursuant to Section 6.8 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
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Section 7.5) as soon as administratively feasible after the Beneficiarys 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 the 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 that such
other circumstances exist as may be permitted under applicable Treasury regulations. Any consent
of a Members Spouse obtained in accordance with the provision of
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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 Code Section
414(p), requires otherwise, a Spouses consent shall not be required (and, hence, shall for
purposes of the 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 7.6, 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 7.6 in an amount that exceeds one thousand dollars ($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,
specified by the Member in a Direct Rollover, as defined in Section 7.9, 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, to an individual retirement
plan designated by the Plan Administrator.
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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:
(a) Separation from employment, death or Disability;
(b) Termination of the Plan without establishment or maintenance of another defined
contribution plan (other than an employee stock ownership plan as defined in Code Section
4975(e)(7)), provided any distribution is a lump sum distribution and otherwise satisfies Code
Section 401(k)(10);
(c) The attainment of age fifty-nine and one-half (591/2) by the Participant; or
(d) 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.
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.
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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 fifty-five (55);
(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 7.9, 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 7.9.
(b) 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 (10) years or more;
(ii) Any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under Code
Section 401(a)(9);
(iii) The portion of any distribution that is not includible 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.
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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 Code Section 408(a) or 408(b), or to a
qualified defined contribution plan described in Code Section 401(a) or 403(a) 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.
(c) An Eligible Retirement Plan is an individual retirement account described in Code
Section 408(a), an individual retirement annuity described in Code Section 408(b), an annuity plan
described in Code Section 403(a), or a qualified trust described in Code Section 401(a), an annuity
contract described in Code Section 403(b) and an eligible plan under Code Section 457(b) 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 relations order, as defined in Code Section 414(p).
(d) A Distributee includes a Member. In addition, the Members surviving Spouse and the
Members Spouse or former Spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations
order, as defined in Code Section 414(p), are Distributees with regard to the interest of the
Spouse or former Spouse.
(e) 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) 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 in this Section 8.1 apply to this Article VIII and
unless otherwise specifically stated in another section hereof do not apply to any other section of
the 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 (701/2) and (y) the
Members Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a Member who is
a five percent (5%) owner, as defined in Code Section 416(i), 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 (701/2), 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) Required Minimum Distributions. Notwithstanding Sections 7.2 and 7.5, the
provisions of this Section 8.2 shall apply for purposes of determining required minimum
distributions for calendar years beginning with the 2003 calendar year.
(i) The requirements of this Section 8.2 shall take precedence over any
inconsistent provisions of the Plan.
(ii) All distributions required under this Section 8.2 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 (701/2).
(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 Section 8.2(b), other
than Section 8.2(b)(i), shall apply as if the surviving Spouse were the
Member.
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For purposes of this Section 8.2(b)(ii) and Section 8.2(d), unless Section 8.2(b)(ii)(D) applies,
distributions shall be considered to commence on the Members Required Beginning Date. If Section
8.2(b)(ii)(D) applies, distributions shall be considered to commence on the date distributions are
required to commence to the surviving Spouse under Section 8.2(b)(i). 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 Section 8.2(b)(ii)(A)), 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). 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,
respectively, 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) 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
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remaining Life Expectancy of the Member or the remaining Life Expectancy of the
Members Designated Beneficiary, determined as follows:
(A) 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).
(B) 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).
(C) 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).
(D) 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) 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 Section
8.2(d)(i).
(A) If the Member dies before 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, distribution of the
Members entire interest in his Account shall be completed by
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December 31 of the calendar year containing the fifth (5th) anniversary
of the Members death.
(B) 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 Section 8.2(d)(ii)
shall be applied as if the surviving Spouse were the Member.
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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 Section
9.1(c)) and the withdrawal is necessary to satisfy the financial need of a Participant (as defined
in Section 9.1(d)).
(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 (or necessary to obtain) medical care that would be
deductible by the Participant under Code Section 213(d) (determined without regard
to whether the expenses exceed seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of adjusted gross
income);
(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 and room and board expenses,
for up to the next twelve (12) months of post-secondary education for the
Participant, or the Participants Spouse, children or dependents (as defined in Code
Section 152, without regard to Code Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B));
(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) to pay burial or funeral expenses for the Participants deceased parent,
spouse, children or dependents (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to
Code Section 152(d)(1)(B)); or
(vi) to pay expenses for the repair of damage to the Participants principal
residence that would qualify for the casualty deduction under Code Section 165
(determined without regard to whether the loss exceeds ten percent (10%) of adjusted
gross income).
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(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.
(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 591/2. 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 (591/2), 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 actively employed by the Employer (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 Section 9.5(f)) 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
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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 Section 9.5(e) is
applicable. With respect to a Military Leave of Absence, loan repayments will be suspended under
the Plan as permitted under Code Section 414(u)(4). 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 Code Section 401(a) required to be
aggregated with the Plan pursuant to Code Section 72(p) exceed the lesser of fifty percent (50%) of
the vested Account of the Borrower under the Plan, or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), less the
excess (if any) of 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 the outstanding balance of loans
outstanding on the date the loan is made. Only two (2) loans to a Participant may be outstanding
at any time but only one (1) 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 Section 9.5(a) 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
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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
shall be credited in the reverse order of priority as set forth in Section 9.5(f).
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, except as provided in
Section 9.5(b)(ii), 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 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 Section 9.5(b)(i) would cause the
term of a loan to exceed the maximum permitted term under Section 9.5(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 Section 9.5(b)(i) or Section 9.5(b)(ii) is
applicable to a loan, the 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 Section 9.5(b)(i) 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.
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(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Borrower who has a loan (or loans) outstanding under a
Historic Plan or another plan qualified under Code Section 401(a) which is transferred to the Plan
by trustee-to-trustee transfer or as a result of the merger of another plan qualified under Code
Section 401(a) 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).
(f) 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, the vested portion of the Profit Sharing Account and
then the QNEC Account.
(g) No loan shall be made in the event that the interest rate required to be charged pursuant
to Section 9.5(a)(ii) would violate any applicable usury law.
(h) 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, the Participant may elect to receive such
portion in Expedia 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 Section 10.2(a) 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
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tender or not tender (or withdraw from tender) or exchange such Expedia Stock in accordance
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 Article X, 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. Except as provided by Code Section 401(a)(13) or other applicable
law, 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 Code Section 414(p), 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 Code Section 401(a)(13)(C) 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 and each such member
shall serve at the pleasure of the 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 the 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 the 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 (i) the Committees
interpretation, construction and administration of the Plan and (ii) decisions
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or rules made by the Committee pursuant to the authority granted to the Committee under the
Plan.
12.7. Investment Policy Responsibility of the 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 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 the 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 the 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 the Plan, the Committee may in its sole discretion also require the written consent of
the Members Spouse to any other election or revocation of election made under the 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. 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 Committee may
appoint an investment manager or managers, as defined in Section 3(38) of ERISA, to
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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 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
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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 (A) the date on which the Claimant
responds to the Committees request for information or (B) 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.
(A) If a claim is wholly or partially denied, the notice to the
Claimant shall set forth:
(B) The specific reason or reasons for the denial;
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(C) Specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions upon which the
denial is based;
(D) 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;
(E) 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
(F) 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
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 (A) the date on which
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the Claimant responds to the Committees request for information or (B) 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 of 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) Relevant Documents. 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) Binding Interpretation. 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) Compliance With Regulation. The claims procedures set forth in this Section 12.20
are intended to comply with United States Department of Labor Regulation Section 2560.503-1 and
should be construed in accordance with such regulation. In no event shall they be interpreted as
expanding the rights of Claimants beyond what is required by United States Department of Labor
Regulation Section 2560.503-1.
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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 THE 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 6.9 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 any Adopting Employer) by action of the Board, 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 Code Section 401(a) 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 accruals after the amendment date if his employment were to
terminate shall become effective with respect to a Participant with at least three (3) Years of
Service (as defined under a Historic Plan) unless the Member is permitted to elect to have the
extent of his vesting in future accruals 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 Trust Fund. No modification or amendment of the Plan shall
cause or permit any part of the assets comprising the Trust 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 Trust 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 the 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 any Adopting Employer)
by action of the Board, 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 or complete discontinuance, 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 the 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 any Employee or former Employee
(including any deceased employee) who at any time during the Plan Year that includes the
Determination Date was:
(i) an officer of the Employer or an Affiliate having annual compensation
greater than one hundred thirty thousand dollars ($130,000) (as adjusted under Code
Section 416(i)(1)), provided that no more than fifty (50) employees (or, if fewer,
the greater of three percent (3%) or ten percent (10%) of the employees) shall be
treated as officers;
(ii) an Employee who owns (or is considered as owning within the meaning of
Code Section 318) 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
(iii) an Employee who (A) owns (or is considered as owning within the meaning
of Code Section 318) 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 (B) who receives annual compensation from the Employer or
any Affiliate in excess of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000).
For purposes of this Section 16.2(b), annual compensation means compensation within
the meaning of Code Section 415(c)(3). The determination of who is a Key Employee
will be made in accordance with Code Section 416(i)(1) and the applicable
regulations and other guidance of general applicability issued thereunder.
(c) Aggregated Plans. Aggregated Plans shall mean (i) all plans of the Employer or
any Affiliate that are qualified under Code Section 401(a) and in which a Key Employee participates
or participated at any time during the Plan Year containing the Determination Date or any of the
four preceding Plan Years and (ii) all other qualified plans of the Employer or any Affiliate that
enable any plan described in Section 16.2(c)(i) to meet the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(4)
or 410 (the Required Aggregation Group). The
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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 (i) the accounts of Key Employees under any
Aggregated Plan that is of a defined contribution type and (ii) 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 Section 16.2(d), Top-Heavy Plan shall not include a plan that consists solely
of a cash or deferred arrangement which meets the requirements of Code Section 401(k)(12) and
matching contributions with respect to which the requirements of Code Section 401(m)(11) 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) 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 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 Members Spouse 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
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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 Account and the 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.
(vii) 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 Code Section 416(g)(2)(A)(i);
provided, however, that:
(A) 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
(B) 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.
(viii) 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.
(ix) 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 the 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 the 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.
(x) 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
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employer), if the Plan provides the rollover or plan-to-plan transfer, it shall
not be counted as a distribution for purposes of this Article XVI. If the 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.
(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 one (1) year period ending on the Determination Date.
(f) 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.
(g) Top-Heavy Compensation. Top-Heavy Compensation shall mean compensation as
defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.415-2(d), as limited by Code Section 401(a)(17).
16.3. Minimum Contribution.
(a) Subject to Sections 16.3(c) and (d), for each Plan Year during which the Plan constitutes
a Top-Heavy Plan, any Employer contributions made under the Plan shall be allocated to ensure 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 (1) 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 hereto shall be
included.
(b) The minimum contribution referred to in Section 16.3(a) (except with regard to Key
Employees) shall not include any Employee contributions, or 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 Section 16.3(a) shall be reduced by the actuarial
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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 Code Section 404 and to the extent the deduction is
disallowed, shall be returned to the Employer within one (1) 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 (1) 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 Code Sections 401(a) and 401(k), 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. The Plan is intended to be a
qualified plan under the Code. Any provision of the 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 the 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, including a
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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 the Plan, then the
aggregate number and kind of shares which thereafter may be issued under the Plan and the number
and kind of shares or other property (including cash) held under the 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 the
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 THE PLAN BY AFFILIATE
18.1. Purpose of Article. The purpose of this Article XVIII 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 the 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 the
Trust.
(a) The Adopting Employer shall be bound by all the provisions of the Plan and the 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 the 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 the 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 the Trust.
18.3. Participation in the Plan.
(a) In the event of the adoption of the Plan and the 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 the 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:
(i) The right to designate an Adopting Employer as set forth herein;
(ii) 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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(iii) 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; and
(iv) The right to amend the Plan and the 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) 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 the Plan and the 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 the Plan and the Trust. Termination of the participation of any
Adopting Employer, or disassociation, shall not affect the participation in the Plan of any other
Adopting Employer or terminate the Plan or the 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 the 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
the 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 the Plan to be executed by its officer thereunto
duly authorized, as of the 27th day of December 2006.
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APPENDIX 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
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APPENDIX B
SPECIAL VESTING PROVISIONS
Notwithstanding
Section 5.1(b), but subject to Section 5.1(c), this Appendix B
applies to Transferred Participants who were participants in a 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 30, 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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